2024 Super Cup (India)

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2024 Super Cup
Kalinga Stadium during ISL.jpg
Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 28 January
Tournament details
Country India
Venue(s) Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Dates8 January (qualifier)
9 – 28 January (main completion)
Teams17 (all)
16 (group stage)
Defending champions Odisha
Final positions
Champions East Bengal (1st title)
Runner-up Odisha
AFC Champions League Two East Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored86 (3.07 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Cleiton Silva (5 goals)
Best player Isak Vanlalruatfela
  2023
2025  

The 2024 Super Cup (also known as the 2024 Kalinga Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of the Super Cup and the 42nd season of the national knockout football competition in India. [1]

Contents

Odisha were the defending champions, having defeated Bengaluru in the 2023 final.

East Bengal defeated the defending champions Odisha 3–2 in the final to win their first national title in 12 years. [2] As the winners, East Bengal have qualified for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage.

Format

The tournament proper featured 16 teams across the top two divisions of Indian football. All 12 from the ISL qualify directly for the group stage. Among the I-League teams confirming their participation (Gokulam Kerala FC, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Inter Kashi, and Rajasthan United FC), the top three per 2023–24 standings on December 24 qualify for the group stage. The remaining two teams will contest a single-leg qualifying play-off to determine the fourth and final I-League team in the group stage.

The 16 qualified teams 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. [3]

Teams

Group stage direct entrants:
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Bengaluru Indian Super League 4th (2023)
Chennaiyin 4th (2023)
East Bengal 3rd (2023)
Goa 4th (2023)
Hyderabad 2nd (2023)
Jamshedpur 4th (2023)
Kerala Blasters 4th (2023)
Mohun Bagan SG 3rd (2023)
Mumbai City 4th (2023)
NorthEast United 4th (2023)
Odisha 4th (2023) [4]
Punjab 2nd (2023) [5]
Gokulam Kerala I-League [6] 4th (2023)
Shillong Lajong 2nd (2018)
Sreenidi Deccan 2nd (2023)
Qualification entrants:
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Inter Kashi I-League Debut
Rajasthan United 2nd (2023)

Schedule

PhaseRoundMatch dates
Qualification roundQualifier8 January 2024
Main tournamentGroup stage9–22 January 2024
Semi-finals24–25 January 2024
Final28 January 2024

Venues

The matches are planned to be held in two different Kalinga Stadium pitches in Odisha. [1]

Bhubaneswar
Kalinga Stadium
Main Pitch [a] Pitch 1 [b]
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: ~1000 [c]
KalingaStadium.jpg

Qualification Round

Team 1 Score Team 2
Inter Kashi 5–0 Rajasthan United
8 January 2024 Inter Kashi 5–0 Rajasthan United Bhubaneswar
14:00 IST
Report Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
Attendance: 250
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
Man of the Match: Mario Barco

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification EAB MBG SRD HYD
1 East Bengal 330084+49Advance to knockout stage 3–12–13–2
2 Mohun Bagan SG 320155062–12–1
3 Sreenidi Deccan 310265+134–1
4 Hyderabad 30034950
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 B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification JAM NEU KER SHL
1 Jamshedpur 330073+49Advance to knockout stage 2–12–32–0
2 NorthEast United 320174+364–12–1
3 Kerala Blasters 310268233–1
4 Shillong Lajong 30032750
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification MCI CHE PFC GOK
1 Mumbai City 330063+39Advance to knockout stage 1–03–22–1
2 Chennaiyin 311132+141–12–0
3 Punjab 302134120–0
4 Gokulam Kerala 30121431
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 D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification OFC FCG BEN IKA
1 Odisha 330072+59Advance to knockout stage 3–21–03–0
2 Goa 320154+161–02–1
3 Bengaluru 301213211–1
4 Inter Kashi 30122641
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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals Final
      
A1 East Bengal 2
B1 Jamshedpur 0
SFW1 East Bengal (a.e.t.) 3
SFW2 Odisha 2
C1 Mumbai City 0
D1 Odisha 1

Semi-finals

SF1
East Bengal 2–0 Jamshedpur
Report
Kalinga Stadium , Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

SF2
Mumbai City 0–1 Odisha
Report
Kalinga Stadium , Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 3,348
Referee: Harish Kundu

Final

Final
East Bengal 3–2 (a.e.t.) Odisha
Report
Kalinga Stadium , Bhubaneswar
Attendance: 10,121
Referee: Venkatesh R.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [7]
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Cleiton Silva East Bengal 5
2 Flag of Morocco.svg Ahmed Jahouh Odisha 3
Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Martínez Goa
Flag of Spain.svg Néstor Albiach NorthEast United
Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Maurício Odisha
Flag of Nigeria.svg Daniel Chima Chukwu Jamshedpur
Flag of India.svg Ayush Chhikara Mumbai City
Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Diamantakos Kerala Blasters
3 Flag of Ghana.svg Kwame Peprah Kerala Blasters 2
Flag of Spain.svg Mario Barco Inter Kashi
Flag of India.svg Ramhlunchhunga Hyderabad
Flag of Brazil.svg William Alves Sreenidi Deccan
Flag of Slovenia.svg Luka Majcen Punjab
Flag of Senegal.svg Mourtada Fall Odisha
Flag of India.svg Edmund Lalrindika Inter Kashi
Flag of Spain.svg Saúl Crespo East Bengal
Flag of India.svg Nandhakumar Sekar East Bengal
Flag of Spain.svg Javier Siverio East Bengal
Flag of Jordan.svg Hijazi Maher East Bengal

Awards

AwardWinnerClubPrize
Best Goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte Odisha₹ 2,50,000
Best Defender Hijazi Maher East Bengal₹ 2,50,000
Best Midfielder Ahmed Jahouh Odisha₹ 2,50,000
Highest Goalscorer Cleiton Silva East Bengal₹ 2,50,000
Player of the Tournament Isak Vanlalruatfela Odisha₹ 2,50,000
Runners-up Odisha ₹ 15,00,000
Champions East Bengal ₹ 25,00,000
Source: AIFF

Broadcasting

The 2024 Kalinga Super Cup is streaming live on JioCinema. [8]

See also

Notes

  1. Center
  2. Top left
  3. It is a practice pitch with temporary stands

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