2023 AIFF Super Cup

2023 Super Cup

Hero Super Cup
EMS Stadium hosted the final on 25 April
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	EMS Stadium, Kozhikode Payyanad Stadium, Manjeri
Dates	3–6 April (qualification rounds) 8–25 April (main competition)
Teams	21 (all) 16 (group stage)
Final positions
Champions	Odisha (1st title)
Runners-up	Bengaluru
AFC Cup	Odisha
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	113 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	109,607 (3,425 per match)
Top goal scorer	Wilmar Jordán (7 goals)
Awards
Best player	Diego Mauricio
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The 2023 AIFF Super Cup, officially known as the 2023 Hero Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third edition of the Super Cup and the 41st season of the national knockout football competition in India. The competition was sponsored by Hero MotoCorp. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The tournament was being organised after a gap of four years due to various scheduling issues, with the latest edition being played in 2019. ^[4] This was the first time the Super Cup champions to had a spot allotted in the AFC competitions. ^[5] Odisha were crowned champions after defeating Bengaluru 2–1 in the final, their first-ever major title, ^[6] and qualified for the qualifier for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage.

Format

The 2023 edition of Super Cup was played across two cities of Kerala, Kozhikode and Manjeri, selected by the AIFF in a comprehensive and inclusive manner. The competition consisted of the qualifying play-offs, the group stage, the semi-finals and the final. ^[2]

The tournament proper featured 16 top clubs across the top two divisions of Indian football. All 11 clubs from the ISL and the 2022–23 I-League champions directly qualified to the group stage. The teams placed 2nd to 10th in the 2022–23 I-League competed for the four remaining spots in the qualifying round that featured single-leg ties.

The 16 qualified clubs were drawn into four groups of four each, competing in a single round-robin format, with group winners making it through to the semi-finals. ^[7]

Teams

Group stage direct entrants

Team	League	App(last)
ATK Mohun Bagan	Indian Super League	2nd [a] (2018)
Bengaluru		3rd (2019)
Chennaiyin		3rd (2019)
East Bengal		2nd (2018)
Goa		3rd (2019)
Hyderabad		1st
Jamshedpur		3rd (2019)
Kerala Blasters		3rd (2019)
Mumbai		3rd (2019)
NorthEast United		3rd (2019)
Odisha		1st
Roundglass Punjab	I-League	1st

Qualification entrants: Entering in second qualifying round

Team	League	App(last)
Aizawl	I-League	2nd (2018)
Churchill Brothers		2nd (2018)
Gokulam Kerala		2nd (2018)
Mohammedan		1st
Real Kashmir		2nd (2019)
Sreenidi Deccan		1st
TRAU		1st

Qualification entrants: Entering in first qualifying round

Team	League	App(last)
NEROCA	I-League	2nd (2018)
Rajasthan United		1st

Bengaluru

Chennaiyin

Goa

Jamshedpur

Mumbai

Hyderabad

NorthEast United

Odisha

Kerala Blasters

Gokulam Kerala

Aizawl

RoundGlass Punjab

Kolkata

Kolkata teams:
ATK Mohun Bagan
East Bengal

Hyderabad teams:
Hyderabad
Sreenidi Deccan

Goa teams:
Goa
Churchill Brothers

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Locations of the Indian Super Cup Group Stage teams

Schedule

Phase	Round	Match dates
Qualification round	First qualifying round	3 April 2023
	Second qualifying round	5–6 April 2023
Main tournament	Group stage	8–19 April 2023
	Semi-finals	21–22 April 2023
	Final	25 April 2023

Venues

A total of 32 matches were played across 2 cities, Kozhikode and Manjeri. 18 matches were played in Manjeri, including the qualifying play-offs, and 14 matches in Kozhikode.

Kozhikode	Manjeri
EMS Corporation Stadium	Payyanad Stadium
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 30,000

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rajasthan United	2–2 (1–3 p)	NEROCA

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sreenidi Deccan	4–2	NEROCA
Gokulam Kerala	5–2	Mohammedan
TRAU	0–1	Aizawl
Real Kashmir	0–6	Churchill Brothers

First qualifying round

Rajasthan United v NEROCA

3 April 2023 (2023-04-03)	Rajasthan United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	NEROCA	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Kharpan 65' Lalremsanga 98'	Report	L. Haokip 45+1' S. Fernandes 120+3'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 1,210 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Soram Poirei (NEROCA)
	Penalties
	R. Gupta Neihsial Amritpal Horam		S. Fernandes P. Singson L. Rakesh Meitei J. Singh

Second qualifying round

Sreenidi Deccan v NEROCA

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)Q-1	Sreenidi Deccan	4–2	NEROCA	Manjeri
17:00 IST	Shayesteh 37' Castañeda 55' (pen.) Hassan 90', 90+4'	Report	T. Ragui 67' B. Lupheng 80'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 483 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Rilwan Hassan (Sreenidi Deccan)

Gokulam Kerala v Mohammedan

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)Q-2	Gokulam Kerala	5–2	Mohammedan	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Ramos 11' Sourav 47' Noor 64' Zaman 78' Hakku 85'	Report	Dauda 27', 48'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,128 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Omar Ramos (Gokulam Kerala)

TRAU v Aizawl

6 April 2023 (2023-04-06)Q-3	TRAU	0–1	Aizawl	Manjeri
17:00 IST		Report	Veras 64'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 772 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Ivan Veras (Aizawl)

Real Kashmir v Churchill Brothers

6 April 2023 (2023-04-06)Q-4	Real Kashmir	0–6	Churchill Brothers	Manjeri
20:30 IST		Report	Cháves 6' (pen.) Kromah 36' (pen.), 45+1', 59', 61' Jakhonov 75'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 1,708 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Ansumana Kromah (Churchill Brothers)

Group stage

Main article: 2023 Indian Super Cup group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts			BEN	SRD	KER	RGP
1	Bengaluru	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	1–1	—
2	Sreenidi Deccan	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4 [b]			—	—	2–0	—
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4 [b]			—	—	—	3–1
4	Punjab	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3			0–2	1–0	—	—

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Notes:

1. previously played in 2018 as Mohun Bagan
2. Head-to-head points: Sreenidi Deccan 3, Kerala Blasters 0.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OFC	HYD	EAB	AIZ
1	Odisha	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	1–1	—
2	Hyderabad	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4			1–2	—	—	2–1
3	East Bengal	3	0	3	0	6	6	0	3			—	3–3	—	2–2
4	Aizawl	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1			0–3	—	—	—

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAM	FCG	AMB	GOK
1	Jamshedpur	3	3	0	0	11	5	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	3–0	3–2
2	Goa	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6			3–5	—	—	—
3	ATK Mohun Bagan	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3			—	0–1	—	5–1
4	Gokulam Kerala (H)	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0			—	1–0	—	—

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NEU	MCI	CHE	CHB
1	NorthEast United	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6 [a]	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	—	6–3
2	Mumbai City	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6 [a]			—	—	1–0	2–1
3	Chennaiyin	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4			4–2	—	—	—
4	Churchill Brothers	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1			—	—	0–0	—

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: NorthEast United 3, Mumbai City 0.

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Bengaluru	2
	C1	Jamshedpur	0
						A1	Bengaluru	1
						B1	Odisha	2
	B1	Odisha	3
	D1	NorthEast United	1

Semi-finals

21 April 2023 (2023-04-21)

19:00 IST

SF1

Bengaluru	2–0	Jamshedpur
Rane 67' Chhetri 84'	Report

EMS Stadium , Kozhikode

Attendance: 3,458

Referee: Venkatesh R

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22 April 2023 (2023-04-22)

19:00 IST

SF2

Odisha	3–1	NorthEast United
Sekar 10', 63' Maurício 86'	Report	Jordán 2'

Payyanad Stadium , Manjeri

Attendance: 6,234

Referee: Senthil Nathan Sekaran

Final

Main article: 2023 Indian Super Cup final

25 April 2023 (2023-04-25)

19:00 IST

Bengaluru	1–2	Odisha
Chhetri 85' (pen.)	Report	Maurício 23', 38'

EMS Stadium , Kozhikode

Attendance: 6,952

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Top scorers

As of 25 April 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [8]
1	Wilmar Jordán	NorthEast United	7
2	Ansumana Kromah	Churchill Brothers	5
	Diego Maurício	Odisha
4	Nandhakumar Sekar	Odisha	4
5	Harry Sawyer	Jamshedpur	3
	Naorem Mahesh Singh	East Bengal
	Rilwan Hassan	Sreenidi Deccan

Awards

Award	Winner
Hero of the Tournament Award for Best Player	Diego Maurício (Odisha)
Golden Boot	Wilmar Jordán (NorthEast United)
Best Goalkeeper	Amrinder Singh (Odisha)
Fair Play Award	Aizawl FC
Source: The-AIFF

Broadcasting

The Hero Super Cup 2023 was streamed live on Fancode app (all matches) and Sony Sports Ten 2 channel (all matches except the qualifiers). ^[9]

See also

• Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC competitions
• 2022–23 Indian Super League
• 2022–23 I-League
• 2022–23 I-League 2

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