• This is the first season where it is no longer mandatory to include at least one player from a member association of the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC). • Besides doing away with the Asian quota, the ISL has also increased the salary cap from to , with two players, either domestic or international, outside the salary cap. Until last season, only a
marquee player's salary was outside the cap. The new guidelines will allow teams to spend freely on international players. • As per the Asian Football Confederation roadmap, relegation was to start in the ISL from 2024–25, but the AIFF decided not to implement it this season. • New home grown player category has been added – up to 3 of whom can be excluded from the salary cap. The homegrown players are U-23 players who have been registered with a team for consecutive 3 years. • Maximum of one concussion substitution in a match per team, correspondingly the opposing team will receive an additional substitution opportunity. • Claim for wrongful dismissals for direct red cards has been introduced by the AIFF. ==Teams==