2024 Indian Super Cup group stage

The 2024 Kalinga Super Cup held in Odisha from January 9 to 28, 2024. A total of 16 teams, consisting of 12 ISL and 4 I-League, compete in the group stage to decide the 4 places in the knockout stage.

Draw

The draw for the group stage was conducted at the AIFF Football House in New Delhi on Monday, December 18, 2023. ^[1]

The teams were divided into four pots, with the 12 Indian Super League teams placed in Pots 1–3, according to their points per match in the ISL 2023-24 as of December 17, 2023. The three I-League teams were in Pot 4. ^[2]

Five I-League teams confirmed their participation in the Kalinga Super Cup – Gokulam Kerala FC, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Inter Kashi, and Rajasthan United FC. The top three of these teams, as per the I-League 2023-24 standings after the matches on December 24, 2023, qualified directly for the Kalinga Super Cup group stage as I-League 1, I-League 2, and I-League 3, respectively. The bottom two teams contested a single-leg qualifying play-off on January 9 to determine the fourth and final I-League team in the group stage. This team, known as I-League 4, was not included in the draw pot and automatically got placed in Group D at Position D4. ^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mumbai City Goa Mohun Bagan SG Kerala Blasters	Odisha Chennaiyin East Bengal NorthEast United	Bengaluru Jamshedpur Hyderabad Punjab	I-League 1 I-League 2 I-League 3

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. When tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:

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.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EAB	MBG	SRD	HYD
1	East Bengal	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	2–1	3–2
2	Mohun Bagan SG	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6			—	—	2–1	2–1
3	Sreenidi Deccan	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3			—	—	—	4–1
4	Hyderabad	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5	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

Matches

East Bengal v Hyderabad

9 January 2024 (2024-01-09)1	East Bengal	3–2	Hyderabad	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Silva 33', 54' Saúl 80'	Report	Ramhlunchhunga 45' Nim 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

Mohun Bagan SG v Sreenidi Deccan

9 January 2024 (2024-01-09)1	Mohun Bagan SG	2–1	Sreenidi Deccan	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Cummings 40' Sadiku 72'	Report	William 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Asish Rai (Mohun Bagan SG)

Mohun Bagan SG v Hyderabad

14 January 2024 (2024-01-14)2	Mohun Bagan SG	2–1	Hyderabad	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Zohminghlua 88' (o.g.) Petratos 90+2'	Report	Ramhlunchhunga 7'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Ramhlunchhunga (Hyderabad)

East Bengal v Sreenidi Deccan

14 January 2024 (2024-01-14)2	East Bengal	2–1	Sreenidi Deccan	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Maher 12' Siverio 32'	Report	William 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Hijazi Maher (East Bengal)

Hyderabad v Sreenidi Deccan

19 January 2024 (2024-01-19)3	Hyderabad	1–4	Sreenidi Deccan	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Chothe 83'	Report	Sissoko 5' Sabiá 7' Lalromawia 10' Lewis 36'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Lalromawia (Sreenidi Deccan)

Mohun Bagan SG v East Bengal

19 January 2024 (2024-01-19)3	Mohun Bagan SG	1–3	East Bengal	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Yuste 36'	Report	Silva 24', 80' Sekar 63'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAM	NEU	KER	SHL
1	Jamshedpur	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–3	2–0
2	NorthEast United	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6			—	—	4–1	2–1
3	Kerala Blasters	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3			—	—	—	3–1
4	Shillong Lajong	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	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

Matches

Kerala Blasters v Shillong Lajong

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)1	Kerala Blasters	3–1	Shillong Lajong	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Peprah 15', 27' Aimen 46'	Report	Paulino 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Kwame Peprah (Kerala Blasters)

NorthEast United v Jamshedpur

10 January 2024 (2024-01-10)1	NorthEast United	1–2	Jamshedpur	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Néstor 17'	Report	Chima 68' Ambri 89'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Jérémy Manzorro (Jamshedpur)

NorthEast United v Shillong Lajong

15 January 2024 (2024-01-15)2	NorthEast United	2–1	Shillong Lajong	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Néstor 59', 67' (pen.)	Report	Tardin 17'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Néstor Albiach (NorthEast United)

Kerala Blasters v Jamshedpur

15 January 2024 (2024-01-15)2	Kerala Blasters	2–3	Jamshedpur	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Diamantakos 29' (pen.), 61' (pen.)	Report	Chima 33', 57' Manzorro 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Chima

Jamshedpur v Shillong Lajong

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20)3	Jamshedpur	2–0	Shillong Lajong	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Sanan 45+1' Haokip 73'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Sanan Mohammed K (Jamshedpur)

Kerala Blasters v NorthEast United

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20)3	Kerala Blasters	1–4	NorthEast United	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Diamantakos 70'	Report	P. Gogoi 2' Bemammer 68' Tlang 75' Jithin 79'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Mohammed Ali Bemammer (NorthEast United)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MCI	CHE	PFC	GOK
1	Mumbai City	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	3–2	2–1
2	Chennaiyin	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4			—	—	1–1	2–0
3	Punjab	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2			—	—	—	0–0
4	Gokulam Kerala	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1			—	—	—	—

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

Mumbai City v Gokulam Kerala

11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)1	Mumbai City	2–1	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Ayush Chhikara 76' El Khayati 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 23'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Abdenasser El Khayati (Mumbai City)

Chennaiyin v Punjab

11 January 2024 (2024-01-11)1	Chennaiyin	1–1	Punjab	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Murray 82'	Report	Jordan 4'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Connor Shields (Chennaiyin)

Chennaiyin v Gokulam Kerala

16 January 2024 (2024-01-16)2	Chennaiyin	2–0	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Shields 25' Irfan Yadwad 64'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Connor Shields (Chennaiyin)

Mumbai City v Punjab

16 January 2024 (2024-01-16)2	Mumbai City	3–2	Punjab	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Ayush Chhikara 37', 56' Seilenthang Lotjem 90+3'	Report	Majcen 28', 87'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Ayush Chhikara (Mumbai City)

Punjab v Gokulam Kerala

21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)3	Punjab	0–0	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Melroy Melwin Assisi (Punjab)

Mumbai City v Chennaiyin

21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)3	Mumbai City	1–0	Chennaiyin	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Valpuia 24'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Phurba Lachenpa (Mumbai City)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		OFC	FCG	BEN	IKA
1	Odisha	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–2	1–0	3–0
2	Goa	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6			—	—	1–0	2–1
3	Bengaluru	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1			—	—	—	1–1
4	Inter Kashi	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1			—	—	—	—

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

Goa v Inter Kashi

12 January 2024 (2024-01-12)1	Goa	2–1	Inter Kashi	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Noah 58' Martínez 66'	Report	Nikum 78'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Noah Sadaoui (Goa)

Odisha v Bengaluru

12 January 2024 (2024-01-12)1	Odisha	1–0	Bengaluru	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Jahouh 21'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Ahmed Jahouh (Odisha)

Goa v Bengaluru

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)2	Goa	1–0	Bengaluru	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Brison Fernandes 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Brison Fernandes (Goa)

Odisha v Inter Kashi

17 January 2024 (2024-01-17)2	Odisha	3–0	Inter Kashi	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Puitea 45+2' Maurício 59' Vanlalruatfela 79'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha)

Bengaluru v Inter Kashi

22 January 2024 (2024-01-22)3	Bengaluru	1–1	Inter Kashi	Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST	Javi 58' (pen.)	Report	Edmund 15'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1 Man of the Match: Ryan Williams (Bengaluru

Goa v Odisha

21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)3	Goa	2–3	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST	Martínez 75', 86'	Report	Jahouh 51' (pen.) Fall 61', 66'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Man of the Match: Mourtada Fall (Odisha)

References

1. "Group stage draw for Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 conducted". the-aiff.com.
2. "KALINGA SUPER CUP 2024: GROUP STAGE DRAW ANNOUNCED IN NEW DELHI". www.indiansuperleague.com.
3. "Group stage draw for Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 conducted". the-aiff.com.