2023 Indian Super Cup group stage

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.

Draw

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 contained the top four finishers in the 2022–23 Indian Super League.
• Pot 2 contained 5th- to 8th-placed teams in the 2022–23 Indian Super League.
• Pot 3 contained the remaining 3 teams in the ISL and 2022–23 I-League champions.
• Pot 4 contained the 4 winners of the qualifying round.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
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

Format

Each group was played in a single round-robin format. The top team advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

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]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Drawing of lots.

Centralised venues

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]

• Group A, C: EMS Stadium
• Group B, D: Payyanad Stadium

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	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 [lower-alpha 1]			—	—	2–0	—
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]			—	—	—	3–1
4	Punjab FC	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. Head-to-head points: Sreenidi Deccan 3, Kerala Blasters 0.

Matches

Bengaluru v Sreenidi Deccan

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08)1	Bengaluru	1–1	Sreenidi Deccan	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Hernández 10'	Report	Shayesteh 21' Dinesh  24'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 3,214 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Bijay Chhetri (Sreenidi Deccan)

Kerala Blasters v Punjab FC

8 April 2023 (2023-04-08)2	Kerala Blasters	3–1	Punjab FC	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	Diamantakos 41' (p) Nishu 54' Rahul 90+5'	Report	Vanlalremdika  50' Mera  65' Krishananda 73'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 11,562 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Nishu Kumar (Kerala Blasters)

Sreenidi Deccan v Kerala Blasters

12 April 2023 (2023-04-12)3	Sreenidi Deccan	2–0	Kerala Blasters	Kozhikode
17:30 IST	Hassan 17' Castañeda 44' Dinesh  64'	Report	Adhikari  16' Jeakson  59' Diamantakos  89'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 7,458 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Phalguni Singh (Sreenidi Deccan)

Punjab FC v Bengaluru

12 April 2023 (2023-04-12)4	Punjab FC	0–2	Bengaluru	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	K. Lhungdim  35' Naocha  54'  78'	Report	Kumar  39' Shrivas  40' Jhingan  53' Udanta 67' Hernández 90+6' (p)	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Sandesh Jhingan (Bengaluru)

Punjab FC v Sreenidi Deccan

16 April 2023 (2023-04-16)5	Punjab FC	1–0	Sreenidi Deccan	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Valpuia  7'41' F. Lallawmawma  71'	Report	Bagui  45+4'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,023 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Kiran Chemjong (RoundGlass Punjab)

Bengaluru v Kerala Blasters

16 April 2023 (2023-04-16)6	Bengaluru	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	Krishna 23' 45'	Report	Lešković  35' Diamantakos 77'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 22,565 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Javi Hernández (Bengaluru)

Group B

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	—	—	—

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

Matches

Hyderabad v Aizawl

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09)1	Hyderabad	2–1	Aizawl	Manjeri
17:00 IST	Chianese 17' Mohammed  36' Victor 51' (p)	Report	Lalramsanga  11' Lalchhawnkima  90' Veras 90+6'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 452 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Joel Chianese (Hyderabad)

Odisha v East Bengal

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09)2	Odisha	1–1	East Bengal	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Mawihmingthanga  45' Rebello  54' Sekar 73'	Report	Rahman 38'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,412 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha)

Aizawl v Odisha

13 April 2023 (2023-04-13)3	Aizawl	0–3	Odisha	Manjeri
17:00 IST		Report	Maurício 47' Rodríguez 55' Sekar 90+2'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 272 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Aniket Jadhav (Odisha)

East Bengal v Hyderabad

13 April 2023 (2023-04-13)4	East Bengal	3–3	Hyderabad	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Mahesh 4', 45' Suhair 17' Jervis  42' Kamaljit  73'	Report	Siverio 11', 71' 90' Rabeeh 83'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,772 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Javier Siverio (Hyderabad)

East Bengal v Aizawl

17 April 2023 (2023-04-17)5	East Bengal	2–2	Aizawl	Manjeri
17:00 IST	Mahesh 17' 49' Passi 22' Golui  61' Silva  90+6'	Report	H. Lalhruaitluanga 42' Lalramsanga  45' D. Lalhlansanga 48'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 113 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: David Lalhlansanga (Aizawl)

Hyderabad v Odisha

17 April 2023 (2023-04-17)6	Hyderabad	1–2	Odisha	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Siverio 11' Poojari  39' Sana  45+3' Gurmeet  90+6'	Report	Maurício 55' Panwar  57' Rodríguez 86'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 1,860 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha)

Group C

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	Mohun Bagan SG	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

Matches

Mohun Bagan SG v Gokulam Kerala

10 April 2023 (2023-04-10)1	Mohun Bagan SG	5–1	Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Colaco 6', 27' Boumous 45' Manvir 63' Bose  70' Nassiri 90+4'	Report	Jassim  38' Mendigutxia 72' Bouba  87'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,743 Referee: Venkatesh R Man of the Match: Liston Colaco (Mohun Bagan SG)

Goa v Jamshedpur

10 April 2023 (2023-04-10)2	Goa	3–5	Jamshedpur	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	Sadaoui 6', 70' Guarrotxena 61'	Report	Chaudhari 11' Crivellaro 27', 59' Halder  28' Arnaout 45+4' (o.g.) Sawyer 82' Chukwu  90+2'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,247 Referee: I Jamal Mohamed Man of the Match: Rafael Crivellaro (Jamshedpur)

Gokulam Kerala v Goa

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)3	Gokulam Kerala	0–1	Goa	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Sreekuttan  45+1' Zaman  72'	Report	Gama  43' Guarrotxena 90'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Noah Sadaoui (Goa)

Jamshedpur v Mohun Bagan SG

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)4	Jamshedpur	3–0	Mohun Bagan SG	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	Boris 22', 43' 66' Chukwu  33' Renthlei  58' Crivellaro  66' Sabiá  66' Sawyer 90+3'	Report	Damjanović  36' Martins  43'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Pratik Chaudhari (Jamshedpur)

Jamshedpur v Gokulam Kerala

18 April 2023 (2023-04-18)5	Jamshedpur	3–2	Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode
17:00 IST	Sawyer 40' Choudhary 59' Pandita 69'	Report	S. Konney 33', 62' Saini  57' D'Silva  71'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Harry Sawyer (Jamshedpur)

Mohun Bagan SG v Goa

18 April 2023 (2023-04-18)6	Mohun Bagan SG	0–1	Goa	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	McHugh  60' Martins  62' Khawlhring  87'	Report	Guarrotxena  12' Tlang  17' Arnaout 89'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 2,156 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Fares Arnaout (Goa)

Group D

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	—

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.

Matches

Mumbai City v Churchill Brothers

11 April 2023 (2023-04-11)1	Mumbai City	2–1	Churchill Brothers	Manjeri
17:00 IST	Mehtab 27' Chhangte 90+3' (p)	Report	Kromah 9' A. Gaonkar  26' Hangshing  84'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 553 Referee: Senthil Nathan S Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (Mumbai City)

Chennaiyin v NorthEast United

11 April 2023 (2023-04-11)2	Chennaiyin	4–2	NorthEast United	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Ali 17', 82' 83' Jiteshwor  24' Vanspaul 33' Düker 50' Diagne  73'	Report	Saji  22' Rochharzela 42' Irshad  68' Ralte 90+3'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 3,264 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Aakash Sangwan (Chennaiyin)

Churchill Brothers v Chennaiyin

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)3	Churchill Brothers	0–0	Chennaiyin	Manjeri
17:00 IST	Costa  66'  85' Hangshing  90+4'	Report	Das  29' Vanspaul  71'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Joseph Clemente (Churchill Brothers)

NorthEast United v Mumbai City

15 April 2023 (2023-04-15)4	NorthEast United	2–1	Mumbai City	Manjeri
20:30 IST	Jordán 32' (p), 50' Zoherliana  34' Tondonba  44' Benny  71' Michu  80'	Report	Gurkirat  68' Apuia 85' Vikram  89'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 4,329 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (NorthEast United)

NorthEast United v Churchill Brothers

19 April 2023 (2023-04-19)5	NorthEast United	6–3	Churchill Brothers	Kozhikode
20:30 IST	Jordán 27', 43', 51', 70' A. Kholmurodov  59' Nigam 78' Jithin 90+1'	Report	Fernandes 55' Cháves 60' 71' Irshad 83' (o.g.) D'Souza  86'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Wilmar Jordán (NorthEast United)

Mumbai City v Chennaiyin

19 April 2023 (2023-04-19)6	Mumbai City	1–0	Chennaiyin	Manjeri
20:30 IST	A. Chhikara 33' Apuia  60' Vikram  72'	Report	Hakhamaneshi  40' Diagne  45+1' Karikari  90+1' Rafique  90+7'	Stadium: Payyanad Stadium Attendance: 4,617 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Mehtab Singh (Mumbai City)

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