Many disputes have dogged the beautiful game throughout the years in various championships. 

The 2022–23 ISL season's opening knockout game made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Sunil Chhetri's audacious freekick gave Kerala a late goal, and head coach Ivan Vukomanovic declined to play the rest of the game. As a result, it was determined that Kerala had forfeited the game, and BFC had advanced to the semifinal.

Given how devoted Kerala Blasters supporters are to their team, Vukomanovic's decision to quit without attempting an equalizer sparked a lot of controversies. Let’s examine the top 5 football-related scandals in India in this post.

1. The conflict between Eelco Schattorie and Antonio Habas during an ISL match

The event happened during an ISL match between ATK and Kerala Blasters at Salt Lake Stadium in 2020. ATK was tormented by Kerala Blasters the whole game before they finally took the lead with a late goal. 

The hosts lost a few contentious judgments. When an ATK goal was disallowed for offside, pent-up resentment reached a breaking point. Eelco Schattorie and his helper Ishfaq Ahmed were the targets of an altercation between ATK head coach Antonio Habas and goalkeeping coach Angel Pindado. A two-game punishment and $1 million were given to each of the head coaches. Pindado received a similar sentence but was also fined $25,000 for kicking Ahmed during a heated argument.