2019 Indian Super Cup Explained

Super Cup
Year:2019
Country:India
Venue:Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Dates:15 March – 13 April
Num Teams:20
Champions:Goa
Count:1
Runner-Up:Chennaiyin
Matches:12
Goals:45
Attendance:5920
Top Goal Scorer:Coro
(5 goals)
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2023

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[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.

Qualification round
(8 teams)
Main competition
(12 teams)
I-League
Indian Super League
I-League
Indian Super League

Schedule

PhaseRoundMatch dates
Qualification round15–16 March 2019
Main tournamentRound of 1629 March – 3 April 2019
Quarter-finals4–7 April 2019
Semi-finals9–10 April 2019
Final13 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, Aizawl, and Chennai City — announced they would withdraw from Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."[5]

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]

Final

See main article: 2019 Indian Super Cup Final.

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[6]
1 CoroGoa5
2ATK4
Chennai City
4 Brandon FernandesGoa3
5Chennaiyin2
Chennaiyin
ATK
Amarjit Singh KiyamIndian Arrows
920 players1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Super Cup 2019 to start on March 15 in Bhubaneshwar. Nisanth V Easwar. 5 February 2019. 16 February 2019. Goal.
  2. Web site: Super Cup final: FC Goa wins first trophy after beating Chennaiyin 2-1 . 13 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230621013826/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/super-cup-final-2019-fc-goa-chennaiyin-fc-score-live-streaming-corominas-edu-bedia-thapa-ck-vineeth-brandon-updates-commentary/article26830391.ece . 21 June 2023 . Sportstar . The Hindu.
  3. Web site: Super Cup Media Team . Goa overcome Chennaiyin to clinch 2019 Hero Super Cup title . 13 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190413195556/https://www.supercup.in/news/goa-overcome-chennaiyin-to-clinch-2019-hero-super-cup-title . 13 April 2019 . supercup.in.
  4. Web site: Super Cup 2019: Qualifiers being on 15 March, final in Bhubaneshwar on 13 April.
  5. Web site: Super Cup: Minerva Punjab miss pre-match conference, meeting; AIFF terms it 'blatant disregard’. 14 March 2019.
  6. Web site: Hero Super Cup . the-aiff.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20191220000056/https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/super-cup . 20 December 2019.