The club ended their first Indian Super League campaign in fifth place, thus missing out on the chance to participate in the finals.

Other players recruited included those with previous ISL experience such as Sameehg Doutie, Memo, Kervens Belfort, André Bikey, and Matheus Gonçalves.

However a draw and three defeats, including the loss against Goa during their last league stage match, meant that the club would miss out on qualification for the finals.

During their inaugural season, every player in the squad played at least one match, whether as a starter or substitute, while as a whole, the club scored 16 goals.

Matheus Gonçalves ended the campaign as Jamshedpur's top scorer with four goals, all scored in the Indian Super League.

[4] After winning the expansion bid to enter the Indian Super League, on 14 July 2017, Tata announced that the inaugural head coach for the Jamshedpur franchise would be Steve Coppell.

[5][non-primary source needed] Coppell, the previous ISL season, had led the Kerala Blasters to the league final.

[6] Construction on the team for the first season began on 23 July 2017 when Jamshedpur, along with the other nine clubs, took part in the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft.

[8] At the end of the draft, Jamshedpur were composed of fifteen players, including Edathodika: Subrata Pal, Mehtab Hossain, Souvik Chakrabarti, Robin Gurung, Bikash Jairu, Jerry Mawihmingthanga, Shouvik Ghosh, Sairuat Kima, Sanjiban Ghosh, Farukh Choudhary, Sumeet Passi, Yumnam Raju, Ashim Biswas, and Siddharth Singh.

[10][non-primary source needed] Tiri had played two seasons with fellow Indian Super League side ATK.

The team proceeded to sign foreign players who had played in the ISL in past seasons such as André Bikey, Matheus Goncalves, Memo, Sameehg Doutie, and Kervens Belfort.

Jamshedpur made their first in-season squad change on 7 January 2018 when midfielder Wellington Priori replaced Talla N'Diaye.

Despite the match being goalless at halftime, Jamshedpur soon scored their first ever goal with Izu Azuka heading the ball past opposing goalkeeper Albino Gomes in the 61st minute.

Despite going down early through a goal from Thiago Santos, Jamshedpur's Izu Azuka managed to score a brace right before halftime to give Coppell's men the lead.

Brandon Fernandes was brought down in the box by André Bikey and Manuel Lanzarote converted the penalty a second time after the first one, which he also scored, was disallowed.

Jamshedpur took the lead in the 37th minute after Farukh Choudhary dribbled into the box and his attempted shot was deflected into the net by Sanju Pradhan.

Despite Coppell's men taking the during the first half through Wellington Priori, Chennaiyin found the equalizer in the 88th minute from Mohammed Rafi.

[42] The club then returned home but in a different venue as the Kalinga Stadium was used for the final two matches of the season by Jamshedpur.

With Jamshedpur down to 10-men and using their backup goalkeeper, Sanjiban Ghosh, who had not made a single appearance till that point, the club fell to Goa.

[48] As Jamshedpur finished in fifth place during the 2017–18 ISL season, the club entered the main competition directly which was hosted at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

[53] Eventually the match did occur, with Coppell deciding to start backup goalkeeper Sanjiban Ghosh while also giving rightback Robin Gurung his first appearance of the season.

[54][non-primary source needed] The match ended goalless after full-time and remained deadlock at 0–0 after extra time.

[56] The sending off of Pal allowed Rafique Ali Sardar to come on and make his professional debut for the club.

[57][non-primary source needed] During the second half, with both teams playing with eight players each, Jamshedpur gave up four goals while scoring once at the end.

Coro, Manvir Singh, and Hugo Boumous scored for Goa while Ashim Biswas found the consolation for Jamshedpur as they lost 5–1.