2018 Super Cup (India)

The 2018 Super Cup (also known as the 2018 Hero Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural edition of the Super Cup and the 39th season of the national knockout football competition in India. The competition was sponsored by Hero MotoCorp. The Super Cup replaced the Federation Cup as the national knockout competition.^[1][2] The competition began with the qualifiers on 15 March 2018 and concluded with the final on 20 April 2018.^[3] The entire tournament took place in the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.^[3]

2018 Super Cup

Kalinga Stadium hosted the final on 20 April 2018
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar
Dates	15 – 16 Match (qualifiers) 31 March – 20 April (main competition)
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	Bengaluru (1st title)
Runners-up	East Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	67 (3.53 per match)
Attendance	53,969 (2,840 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sunil Chhetri (6 goals)
Awards
Best player	Miku
← 2016–17 (Federation Cup)[1] 2019 →

The competition featured teams from both the I-League and the Indian Super League.^[4] Both leagues contain 10 teams each; the top six teams from both qualified for the tournament automatically, while the bottom four sides contested in the qualifiers.^[4]

Bengaluru won the title by defeating East Bengal in the final.

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.^[4]

Qualification round (8 teams)[note 1]	Main competition (12 teams)[note 2]
I-League Gokulam Kerala Chennai City Churchill Brothers Indian Arrows Indian Super League Mumbai City Delhi Dynamos ATK NorthEast United	I-League Minerva Punjab NEROCA Mohun Bagan East Bengal Aizawl Shillong Lajong Indian Super League Bengaluru Chennaiyin Goa Pune City Jamshedpur Kerala Blasters

Schedule

On 12 March 2018, the All India Football Federation announced the schedule and full format of the tournament.^[5] Due to the participation of Aizawl and Bengaluru in the AFC Cup, the schedule for the quarter-finals shall be decided at a later date.^[5]

Phase	Round	Match dates
Qualification round		15–16 March 2018
Main tournament	Round of 16	31 March – 6 April 2018
	Quarter-finals	8–13 April 2018
	Semi-finals	16–17 April 2018
	Final	20 April 2018

Bracket

Qualification round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

31 March

Aizawl (pen.)

2 (5)

Chennaiyin

2 (3)

8 April

Aizawl

0

East Bengal

1

5 April

East Bengal

2

16 March

Mumbai City

1

Mumbai City (a.e.t.)

2

16 April

Indian Arrows

1

East Bengal

1

Goa

0

2 April

Minerva Punjab

0 (4)

Jamshedpur (pen.)

0 (5)

12 April

Jamshedpur

1

Goa

5

3 April

Goa

3

16 March

ATK

1

ATK

4

20 April

Chennai City

1

East Bengal

1

15 March

Bengaluru

4

Delhi Dynamos

1

1 April

Churchill Brothers (a.e.t.)

2

Churchill Brothers

1

Mohun Bagan

2

11 April

Mohun Bagan

3

Shillong Lajong

1

4 April

Pune City

2

Shillong Lajong

3

17 April

Mohun Bagan

2

Bengaluru

4

1 April

Bengaluru

2

15 March

Gokulam Kerala

1

NorthEast United

0

13 April

Gokulam Kerala

2

Bengaluru

3

NEROCA

1

6 April

NEROCA

3

Kerala Blasters

2

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.^[6]

Delhi Dynamos	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Churchill Brothers
Uche 6'	Report	Plaza 34', 106'

15 March 2018

17:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: C. R. Srikrishna

---

NorthEast United	0–2	Gokulam Kerala
	Report	Kisekka 43', 74'

15 March 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

---

Mumbai City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Indian Arrows
Emaná 90' (pen.) Santos 104'	Report	Praveen 77'

16 March 2018

17:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Ajitkumar Lairenlakpam

---

ATK	4–1	Chennai City
Sharma 37' Zequinha 58' Mehta 76' Keane 83'	Report	Joachim 45+7'

16 March 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 3,000

Round of 16

The All India Football Federation announced the draw for the round of 16 of the competition on 12 March 2018.^[7]

Chennaiyin	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Aizawl
Alves 89' D. Singh 114'	Report	Ionescu 22', 91'
Penalties
B. Singh Rafi D. Singh Ganesh	3–5	Ionescu Dodoz Saighani Lalchhawnkima Lalmuankima

31 March 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

---

Bengaluru	2–1	Gokulam Kerala
Miku 69' U. Singh 90+2'	Report	Kisekka 33'

1 April 2018

17:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,233

Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

---

Churchill Brothers	1–2	Mohun Bagan
Plaza 30'	Report	Dipanda 45+3' (pen.), 70'

1 April 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 8,120

Referee: Venkatesh R

---

Minerva Punjab	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Jamshedpur
	Report
Penalties
Opoku Dano Khan A. Singh K. Singh Chemjong Gagandeep	4–5	Belfort Priori Memo Bikey Passi Jairu Hossain

2 April 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 3,256

Referee: Santosh Kumar

---

Goa	3–1	ATK
Coro 45+1' Boumous 70' Fernandes 77'	Report	Keane 50'

3 April 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 2,583

Referee: Rowan Arumughan

---

Pune City	2–3	Shillong Lajong
Lucca 17' Marcelinho 21'	Report	Koffi 29' Pradhan 61' Lalmuanpuia 90+2' (pen.)

4 April 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 728

Referee: C. R. Srikrishna

---

Mumbai City	1–2	East Bengal
Emaná 22'	Report	Yusa 26' Amnah 73'

5 April 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,354

Referee: Venkatesh R

---

NEROCA	3–2	Kerala Blasters
Joachim 68' Williams 79' Odili 81' (pen.)	Report	Pulga 11' Prasanth 49'

6 April 2018

20:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 1,865

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

Quarter-finals

The dates for the quarter-final matches were scheduled to be announced at a later date to accommodate AFC Cup commitments of Aizawl and Bengaluru.^[7] After Aizawl and Bengaluru advanced to the quarter-finals, the following fixtures were confirmed for the quarter-finals.^[8] During the game between Jamshedpur FC and FC Goa, six players (three each from both the teams) were sent off at the half-time for violent conduct.^[9] In the games against NEROCA F.C., Sunil Chhetri scored the first hat-trick of the tournament.

Aizawl	0–1	East Bengal
	Report	Ralte 90+6' (pen.)

8 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 3,286

Referee: C. R. Srikrishna

---

Mohun Bagan	3–1	Shillong Lajong
Faiaz 12' Kadam 22' Moghrabi 59'	Report	Koffi 28'

11 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Santosh Kumar

---

Jamshedpur	1–5	Goa
Biswas 90+1'	Report	Fernandes 34' Coro 69' (pen.) M. Singh 77' Boumous 79', 89'

12 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Venkatesh R

---

Bengaluru	3–1	NEROCA
Chhetri 12', 55', 90+4'	Report	Singh 45+3'

13 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 16 April and 17 April 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium.^[7]

East Bengal	1–0	Goa
Dudu 78'	Report

16 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Santosh Kumar

---

Mohun Bagan	2–4	Bengaluru
Dipanda 42', 90+3'	Report	Miku 62', 65', 88' (pen.) Chhetri 90+1'

17 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 3,600

Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Final

Main article: 2018 Indian Super Cup final

The final was played on 20 April 2018 at the Kalinga Stadium and Bengaluru won the inaugural Super Cup by defeating East Bengal in the final.^[7]

East Bengal	1–4	Bengaluru
Kromah 28'	Report	Bheke 39' Chhetri 69' (pen.), 90+1' Miku 71'

20 April 2018

16:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: C. R. Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu)

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)

5 goals

• Miku (Bengaluru)

4 goals

• Aser Pierrick Dipanda (Mohun Bagan)

3 goals

• Hugo Boumous (Goa)

2 goals

• Andrei Ionescu (Aizawl)
• Abdoulaye Koffi (Shillong Lajong)
• Coro (Goa)
• Brandon Fernandes (Goa)

1 goal

• Robbie Keane (ATK)
• Udanta Singh (Bengaluru)
• Rahul Bheke (Bengaluru)
• Maílson Alves (Chennaiyin)
• Dhanachandra Singh (Chennaiyin)
• Willis Plaza (Churchill Brothers)
• Katsumi Yusa (East Bengal)
• Mahmoud Amnah (East Bengal)
• Dudu Omagbemi (East Bengal)
• Laldanmawia Ralte (East Bengal)
• Ansumana Kromah (East Bengal)
• Manvir Singh (Goa)
• Henry Kisekka (Gokulam Kerala)
• Ashim Biswas (Jamshedpur)
• Pulga (Kerala Blasters)
• Prasanth Karuthadathkuni (Kerala Blasters)
• Sheikh Faiaz (Mohun Bagan)
• Nikhil Kadam (Mohun Bagan)
• Akram Moghrabi (Mohun Bagan)
• Achille Emaná (Mumbai City)
• Jean-Michel Joachim (NEROCA)
• Aryn Williams (NEROCA)
• Felix Chidi Odili (NEROCA)
• Pritam Singh (NEROCA)
• Jonatan Lucca (Pune City)
• Marcelinho (Pune City)
• Rakesh Pradhan (Shillong Lajong)
• Samuel Lalmuanpuia (Shillong Lajong)

See also

• 2017–18 I-League
• 2017–18 Indian Super League season