The 2023 Hero Super Cup group stage was played from 8th to 19th April. [1] A total of 16 teams, consisting of 11 ISL and 5 I-League, competed in the group stage to decide the 4 places in the knockout stage.
The draw for the group stage was held at the AIFF headquarters, Football House in New Delhi on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots, each of four teams, based on the following principles: [2]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Mumbai City FC Hyderabad FC Mohun Bagan SG Bengaluru FC | Kerala Blasters FC Odisha FC FC Goa Chennaiyin FC | East Bengal FC Jamshedpur FC NorthEast United FC RoundGlass Punjab FC | Qualifier 1 winner Qualifier 2 winner Qualifier 3 winner Qualifier 4 winner |
Each group was played in a single round-robin format. The top team advanced to the knockout stage.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). When tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order: [3]
On 7 March, the AIFF announced that for the first time the tournament would be played in Kerala, across two cities— Kozhikode and Manjeri. [4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BEN | SRD | KER | RGP | ||
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | 2–0 | — | ||
3 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | Punjab | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | — |
8 April 20231 | Bengaluru | 1–1 | Sreenidi Deccan | Kozhikode |
17:00 IST |
| Report | Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Bijay Chhetri (Sreenidi Deccan) |
8 April 20232 | Kerala Blasters | 3–1 | Punjab FC | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 11,562 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Nishu Kumar (Kerala Blasters) |
12 April 20233 | Sreenidi Deccan | 2–0 | Kerala Blasters | Kozhikode |
17:30 IST | Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 7,458 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Phalguni Singh (Sreenidi Deccan) |
12 April 20234 | Punjab FC | 0–2 | Bengaluru | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST |
| Report | Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (Bengaluru) |
16 April 20235 | Punjab FC | 1–0 | Sreenidi Deccan | Manjeri |
20:30 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab) |
16 April 20236 | Bengaluru | 1–1 | Kerala Blasters | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 22,565 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Javi Hernández (Bengaluru) |
Pos | Team | 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 | — | — | — |
9 April 20231 | Hyderabad | 2–1 | Aizawl | Manjeri |
17:00 IST | Report |
| Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 452 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Joel Chianese (Hyderabad) |
9 April 20232 | Odisha | 1–1 | East Bengal | Manjeri |
20:30 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha) |
13 April 20233 | Aizawl | 0–3 | Odisha | Manjeri |
17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 272 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Aniket Jadhav (Odisha) |
13 April 20234 | East Bengal | 3–3 | Hyderabad | Manjeri |
20:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,772 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Javier Siverio (Hyderabad) |
17 April 20235 | East Bengal | 2–2 | Aizawl | Manjeri |
17:00 IST | Report |
| Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 113 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: David Lalhlansanga (Aizawl) |
Pos | Team | 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 | — | — |
10 April 20231 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 5–1 | Gokulam Kerala | Kozhikode |
17:00 IST | Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,743 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Liston Colaco (Mohun Bagan SG) |
10 April 20232 | Goa | 3–5 | Jamshedpur | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST |
| Report | Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,247 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Rafael Crivellaro (Jamshedpur) |
14 April 20233 | Gokulam Kerala | 0–1 | Goa | Kozhikode |
17:00 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Noah Sadaoui (Goa) |
14 April 20234 | Jamshedpur | 3–0 | ATK Mohun Bagan | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST | Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Pratik Chaudhari (Jamshedpur) |
18 April 20235 | Jamshedpur | 3–2 | Gokulam Kerala | Kozhikode |
17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Harry Sawyer (Jamshedpur) |
18 April 20236 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 0–1 | Goa | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST |
| Report |
| Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,156 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Fares Arnaout (Goa) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEU | MCI | CHE | CHB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NorthEast United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | 6–3 | |
2 | Mumbai City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | — | — | 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 | — |
11 April 20231 | Mumbai City | 2–1 | Churchill Brothers | Manjeri |
17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 553 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (Mumbai City) |
11 April 20232 | Chennaiyin | 4–2 | NorthEast United | Manjeri |
20:30 IST | Report |
| Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Aakash Sangwan (Chennaiyin) |
15 April 20233 | Churchill Brothers | 0–0 | Chennaiyin | Manjeri |
17:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Joseph Clemente (Churchill Brothers) |
15 April 20234 | NorthEast United | 2–1 | Mumbai City | Manjeri |
20:30 IST | Report | Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 4,329 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (NorthEast United) |
19 April 20235 | NorthEast United | 6–3 | Churchill Brothers | Kozhikode |
20:30 IST | Report | Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (NorthEast United) |
19 April 20236 | Mumbai City | 1–0 | Chennaiyin | Manjeri |
20:30 IST | Report |
| Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 4,617 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Mehtab Singh (Mumbai City) |
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