| Hero Super Cup | |
|---|---|
 Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 13 April 2019 | |
| Tournament details | |
| Country |  India |
| Venue(s) | Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar |
| Dates | March 15 – April 13 |
| 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) |
The 2019 Super Cup was the second edition of the Super Cup and 40th season of the main club knockout football competition in India. The competition is sponsored by Hero MotoCorp and is officially known as the Hero Super Cup. The competition began with the qualifiers on 15 March 2019[1] at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar and was concluded with the final on 13 April 2019. Bengaluru FC were the defending champions, but lost to Chennai City F.C. in the quarter-finals. FC Goa won the title by defeating Chennaiyin FC 2–1 in the final.
Teams
A total of 16 teams are participating in the competition proper.[2] 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.
| Qualification round (8 teams)[note 1] |
Main competition (12 teams)[note 2] |
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Round dates
| 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
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||||||
| Mohun Bagan | ||||||||||||||
| 4 April | ||||||||||||||
| Bengaluru | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Bengaluru | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||||||
| Chennai City | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Pune City | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 9 April | ||||||||||||||
| Chennai City | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Chennai City | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||||||
| Goa | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Indian Arrows | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||||||
| Goa | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 April | ||||||||||||||
| Jamshedpur | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jamshedpur | w/o | |||||||||||||
| 13 April | ||||||||||||||
| Churchill Brothers | ||||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||||||
| Chennaiyin | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Chennaiyin | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mumbai City | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chennaiyin | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 3 April | ||||||||||||||
| NorthEast United | 1 | |||||||||||||
| NEROCA | ||||||||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||||||
| NorthEast United | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Chennaiyin | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||||||
| ATK | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Delhi Dynamos | w/o | |||||||||||||
| 5 April | ||||||||||||||
| East Bengal | ||||||||||||||
| Delhi Dynamos | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1 April | ||||||||||||||
| ATK | 4 | |||||||||||||
| ATK | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Real Kashmir | 1 | |||||||||||||
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."[3]
| Kerala Blasters | 0–2 | Indian Arrows |
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| Report |
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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.[3]
| Chennaiyin | 2–0 | Mumbai City |
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Report |
| Pune City | 2–4 | Chennai City |
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Report |
| ATK | 3–1 | Real Kashmir |
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| Report |
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Quarter-finals
| Delhi Dynamos | 3–4 | ATK |
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Report |
| Goa | 4–3 | Jamshedpur |
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Report |
Semi-finals
| Chennai City | 0–3 | Goa |
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| Report |
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Final
| Goa | 2–1 | Chennaiyin |
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Report |
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Top scorers
- As of 13 April 2019
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[lower-alpha 1] |
Indian Arrows | ||
| 9 | 20 players | 1 | |
- ↑ Goals in qualification round
Notes
- ↑ Teams listed based on final position in either I-League or Indian Super League.
- ↑ Teams listed based on final position in either I-League or Indian Super League.
References
- ↑ Nisanth V Easwar (5 February 2019). "Super Cup 2019 to start on March 15 in Bhubaneshwar". Goal. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ↑ "Super Cup 2019: Qualifiers being on 15 March, final in Bhubaneshwar on 13 April".
- 1 2 "Super Cup: Minerva Punjab miss pre-match conference, meeting; AIFF terms it 'blatant disregard'". 14 March 2019.
- ↑ "Hero Super Cup". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.