2019 Super Cup (India)

2019 Super Cup
Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 13 April 2019
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Venue(s)Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Dates15 March – 13 April
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsGoa (1st title)
Runners-upChennaiyin
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored45 (3.75 per match)
Attendance5,920 (493 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Coro
(5 goals)

The 2019 Super Cup (also known as the 2019 Hero Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the Super Cup and the 40th season of the national knockout football competition in India. The competition was sponsored by Hero MotoCorp. The competition began with the qualifiers on 15 March[1] at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar and was concluded with the final on 13 April.

Bengaluru were the defending champions but lost to Chennai City in the quarter-finals. Goa won the title by defeating Chennaiyin 2–1 in the final.[2][3]

Teams

A total of 16 teams are participating in the competition proper.[4] The top six teams from both the I-League and Indian Super League qualified for the Super Cup automatically while the bottom four sides have participated in the qualifiers. Before the qualification round, seven I-League clubs — Minerva Punjab, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, NEROCA, Gokulam Kerala and Aizawl announced they would withdraw from Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."[5]

Qualification round
(8 teams)[note 1] 		Main competition
(12 teams)[note 2]
I-League
Indian Super League
I-League
Indian Super League

Schedule

Phase Round Match dates
Qualification round 15–16 March 2019
Main tournament Round of 16 29 March – 3 April 2019
Quarter-finals 4–7 April 2019
Semi-finals 9–10 April 2019
Final 13 April 2019

Bracket

Qualification round

After the conclusion of the I-League and Indian Super League seasons, the All India Football Federation announced the draw for the qualification round of the Super Cup. Before the qualification round, seven I-League clubs — Minerva Punjab, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, NEROCA, Gokulam Kerala, and Aizawl — announced they would withdraw from Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."[5]

Kerala Blasters0–2Indian Arrows
Report
  • Kiyam 39', 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 250
Referee: Crystal John

Round of 16

Chennai City F.C. had announced they would withdraw from the tournament along with other I-League clubs but eventually decided to participate.[5]

Chennaiyin2–0Mumbai City
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Indian Arrows0–3Goa
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Pune City2–4Chennai City
 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
ATK3–1Real Kashmir
 Report
Attendance: 270
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Quarter-finals

Bengaluru1–2Chennai City
Chhetri 65' Report Gordillo 15'
Manzi 55'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ajit Meetei
Delhi Dynamos3–4ATK
 Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Venkatesh R
Goa4–3Jamshedpur
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Chennaiyin2–1NorthEast United
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi-finals

Chennai City0–3Goa
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Chennaiyin2–0ATK
 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Final

Main article: 2019 Indian Super Cup final
Goa2–1Chennaiyin
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ajit Meetei

Top scorers

As of 13 April 2019
Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Coro Goa 5
2 Balwant Singh ATK 4
Pedro Manzi Chennai City
4 Brandon Fernandes Goa 3
5 Anirudh Thapa Chennaiyin 2
C.K. Vineeth Chennaiyin
Manuel Lanzarote ATK
Amarjit Singh Kiyam[a] Indian Arrows
9 20 players 1
  1. ^ Goals in qualification round

Notes

  1. ^ Teams listed based on final position in either I-League or Indian Super League.
  2. ^ Teams listed based on final position in either I-League or Indian Super League.

References

  1. ^ Nisanth V Easwar (5 February 2019). "Super Cup 2019 to start on March 15 in Bhubaneshwar". Goal. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Super Cup final: FC Goa wins first trophy after beating Chennaiyin 2-1". Sportstar. The Hindu. 13 April 2019. Archived from the original on 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ Super Cup Media Team (13 April 2019). "Goa overcome Chennaiyin to clinch 2019 Hero Super Cup title". supercup.in. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Super Cup 2019: Qualifiers being on 15 March, final in Bhubaneshwar on 13 April".
  5. ^ a b c "Super Cup: Minerva Punjab miss pre-match conference, meeting; AIFF terms it 'blatant disregard'". 14 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Hero Super Cup". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
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