Mumbai City will join Mohun Bagan Super Giant, Goa FC, Bengaluru, NorthEast United and Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League playoffs.

Mumbai City made the cut after defeating Bengaluru 2-0 to end the league with 36 points.

The single-leg playoffs for a place in the semi-finals will see Mumbai City take on Bengaluru on March 29 and NorthEast United facing Jamshedpur FC the following day.

Mohun Bagan, who became the first team to defend the ISL Shield, and Goa qualified directly for the semi-finals on virtue of finishing first and second in the league with 56 and 48 points respectively.

The semi-finals are from April 2-7 while the 2024-25 season final is on April 12.

Other matches saw Mohammedan SC end bottom of the league on 13 points after their 2-2 draw with Punjab FC, who closed 10th with 28 points.

The last-league stage tie of the season saw Hyderabad drawing 1-1 with Kerala Blasters, who closed their campaign in eighth spot with 29 points. Hyderabad finished second from the bottom with 18 points.

Iran: Tractor maintain pole position, Persepolis make gains
Tractor defeated Gol Gohar 2-1 to stay at the top of the Iran Pro League with 48 points from 22 matches. They are one point clear of Persepolis, who moved up a rung to second after beating Malavan 2-0.

Tractor found themselves trailing to Alireza Kazemi Ahmadi's second minute strike but Abolfazi Razzaghi's own goal in the 24th minute saw the match back on level terms. Mehdi Hashemnejad netted the winner in the 51st minute.

Ali Alipour struck his 10th goal of the season in the 16th minute to open proceedings for Persepolis, with Serdar Dursun scoring the second in the 67th minute for the defending champions.

Sepahan lost ground after a 1-1 draw with relegation-threatened Nassaji Mazandaran, the former’s fifth stalemate in their last six league matches. The 2014 champions tumbled to third and are one point behind Persepolis.

Foolad remained in fourth after defeating Aluminium Arak 2-0 while Zob Ahan drew 1-1 with Esteghlal F.C.

In other matches, Shams Azar defeated bottom club Havadar 3-2, Kheybar beat Chadormalu 2-0 and Rafjansan and Esteghlal Khuzestan played out a goalless draw.

Muras United, who lost the season-opening Kyrgyz Super Cup to FC Abdysh-Ata, took revenge in the Kyrgyz Republic Premier League when they beat the defending champions 3-0.

Alay Osh beat FC Ozgon 1-0 but had two players red-carded in the 81st and 95th minutes while Asiagoal Bishkek and FC Bars Issyk-Kul’s 1-1 stalemate saw the latter reduced to 10 men.

Neftchi Kochkor-Ata’s Eldar Moldozhunusov nabbed a hat-trick in their 4-1 win over Oshmu-Aldier.

In other matches, last season’s runners-up Dordoi Bishkek beat FC Alga Bishkek 3-1, Kyrgyzaltyn defeated Bishkek City 2-1 while Talant FC and Ilbirs Bishkek FC drew 0-0.

Last season’s runners-up FC AGMK claimed their second straight win in the Uzbekistan Super League after defeating 16-time league champions Pakhtakor 2-0.

Defending champions FC Nasaf drew 1-1 with Andijan while Bunyodkor, who finished 10th last season, beat FC Shurtan 2-0. The tie between Buxoro FC and Qizilqum Zarafshon ended with a similar margin.

In other matches, Navbahor Namangan beat FC Sogdiana 3-2 and Dinamo Samarqand defeated FC Mash'al 1-0. FC Surkhon overcame Xorazm FK 2-0 while the Neftchi Fergana-Kokand 1912 match ended goalless.

Defending champions FC Istiklol beat Regar Tadaz Tursunzade 2-1 in the Tajik League but had some shine taken off their victory when they had a player sent off eight minutes into injury time.

Regar Tadaz‘s earlier game, a 1-0 win over Barkchi Hisor, saw three players red-carded. Barkchi’s Mekhrubon Gafforzoda was sent off in the 25th minute and Sherzod Radzhabov in the 55th while Regar’s Daler Imomnazarov was given his marching orders in the 67th.

Barkchi put aside their defeat to comfortably beat Hosilot Farxor 3-0 in their second match.

FC Hulbuk defeated Pandzhsher Dzhaloliddin 2-0, their second win after a 1-0 result against Kulob Istaravshan early last week. Pandzhsher, meanwhile, went down again in their next match, falling 3-0 to CSKA Dushanbe.

Other matches saw Vahsh Bokhtar defeat last season’s runners-up FK Khujand 2-1 and Ravshan lose 1-0 to Eskhata Khujand.

Shagadam Turkmenbashi defeated FK Ashgabat 3-2 to climb to the top of the Yokary Liga with seven points, one ahead of last season’s runners-up FC Ahal.

The league leaders, who earlier drew 0-0 with Nebitchi Balkanabat, have played one more match than Ahal, who beat Kopetdag Ashgabat 4-0 to register their second win.

Kopetdag also lost their first match 3-0 to FK Merw, who then proceeded to engage in a goalless draw with FK Ashgabat.

Nebitchi, meanwhile, beat Altyn Asyr 1-0 in a match held early last week.

Defending champions FC Arkadag have yet to see any action after their match against Altyn Asyr was postponed. They meet Sagadam in their first game at the end of the month.