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2019 Super Cup

Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 13 April 2019
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Dates	15 March – 13 April
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Goa (1st title)
Runner-up	Chennaiyin
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	45 (3.75 per match)
Attendance	5,920 (493 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Coro (5 goals)
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The 2019 Super Cup 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 and is officially known as the Hero Super Cup. The competition began with the qualifiers on 15 March 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.

Teams

A total of 16 teams are participating in the competition proper. 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.

Schedule

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, Aizawl, and Chennai City — announced they would withdraw from Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."

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.

Quarter-finals

Bengaluru	1–2	Chennai City
Chhetri 65'	Report	Gordillo 15' Manzi 55'

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

As of 13 April 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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	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. ^ "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.

External links

• 2019 Indian Super Cup
• Super Cup (India) seasons
• 2018–19 in Indian football
• 2018–19 domestic association football cups
• 2019 Asian domestic association football cups