2024 Super Cup (India)

2024 Super Cup
Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 28 January
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Venue(s)Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Dates8 January (qualifier)
9 – 28 January (main completion)
Teams17 (all)
16 (group stage)
Defending championsOdisha
Final positions
ChampionsEast Bengal (1st title)
Runner-upOdisha
AFC Champions League TwoEast Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored86 (3.07 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Cleiton Silva (5 goals)
Best playerIsak Vanlalruatfela
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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]

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

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Locations of the Super Cup teams
Group stage direct entrants:
Team League App (last)
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) [4]
Mumbai City 4th (2023)
NorthEast United 4th (2023)
Odisha 4th (2023) [5]
Punjab 2nd (2023) [6]
Gokulam Kerala I-League[7] 4th (2023)
Shillong Lajong 2nd (2018)
Sreenidi Deccan 2nd (2023)
Qualification entrants:
Team League App (last)
Inter Kashi I-League Debut
Rajasthan United 2nd (2023)

Schedule

Phase Round Match dates
Qualification round Qualifier 8 January 2024
Main tournament Group stage 9–22 January 2024
Semi-finals 24–25 January 2024
Final 28 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: 12,000 Capacity: ~1000[c]

Qualifier

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

Main article: 2024 Indian Super Cup group stage

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

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

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

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

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 Bengal2–0Jamshedpur
 Report
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
SF2
Mumbai City0–1Odisha
Report
Attendance: 3,348
Referee: Harish Kundu

Final

Main article: 2024 Indian Super Cup final
Final
East Bengal3–2 (a.e.t.)Odisha
 Report
Attendance: 10,121
Referee: Venkatesh R.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Brazil Cleiton Silva East Bengal 5
2 Morocco Ahmed Jahouh Odisha 3
Spain Carlos Martínez Goa
Spain Néstor Albiach NorthEast United
Brazil Diego Maurício Odisha
Nigeria Daniel Chima Chukwu Jamshedpur
India Ayush Chhikara Mumbai City
Greece Dimitrios Diamantakos Kerala Blasters
3 Ghana Kwame Peprah Kerala Blasters 2
Spain Mario Barco Inter Kashi
India Ramhlunchhunga Hyderabad
Brazil William Alves Sreenidi Deccan
Slovenia Luka Majcen Punjab
Senegal Mourtada Fall Odisha
India Edmund Lalrindika Inter Kashi
Spain Saúl Crespo East Bengal
India Nandhakumar Sekar East Bengal
Spain Javier Siverio East Bengal
Jordan Hijazi Maher East Bengal

Awards

Award Winner Club Prize
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.[9]

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Kalinga Super Cup will kick off in Odisha from January 9, 2024". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Rawat, Akhil (28 January 2024). "12 years of pall of gloom lifted: East Bengal win a spine-chiller to take home Kalinga Super Cup". AIFF Media Team. Bhubaneswar: AIFF. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Group stage draw for Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 conducted". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ Mohun Bagan previously played in 2018 and in 2023
  5. ^ Previously played in 2018 and 2019 as Delhi Dynamos FC
  6. ^ Previously played in 2023 as Roundglass Punjab
  7. ^ "Group stage draw for Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 conducted". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Kalinga Super Cup". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ "JioCinema to broadcast Kalinga Super Cup 2024". khelnow.com. 3 January 2024. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.