2019 Super Cup (India)

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.

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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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I-League Aizawl (withdrawn) Indian Arrows Gokulam Kerala (withdrawn) Minerva Punjab (withdrawn) Indian Super League Pune City Delhi Dynamos Kerala Blasters Chennaiyin	I-League Chennai City East Bengal (withdrawn) Real Kashmir Churchill Brothers (withdrawn) Mohun Bagan (withdrawn) NEROCA (withdrawn) Indian Super League Bengaluru Goa Mumbai City NorthEast United Jamshedpur ATK

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

4 April

Bengaluru

1

Chennai City

2

31 March

Pune City

2

Chennai City

4

9 April

Chennai City

0

Goa

3

30 March

Indian Arrows

0

15 March

Goa

3

Kerala Blasters

0

6 April

Indian Arrows

2

Goa

4

Jamshedpur

3

13 April

Goa

2

Chennaiyin

1

29 March

Chennaiyin

2

Mumbai City

0

7 April

Chennaiyin

2

NorthEast United

1

10 April

Chennaiyin

2

ATK

0

5 April

Delhi Dynamos

3

ATK

4

1 April

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, and Aizawl — announced they would withdraw from Super Cup, citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs."^[5]

Kerala Blasters	0–2	Indian Arrows
	Report	Kiyam 39', 77' (pen.)

15 March 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

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]

Chennaiyin	2–0	Mumbai City
Vineeth 42' Lalpekhlua 43'	Report

29 March 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 300

Referee: Ajit Meetei

Indian Arrows	0–3	Goa
	Report	Coro 17' (pen.) Boumous 60' Peña 81'

30 March 2019

17:00 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 350

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Pune City	2–4	Chennai City
Marcelinho 42' Stanković 57' (pen.)	Report	Manzi 35', 40', 62' (pen.) Rodríguez 74'

31 March 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 350

Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

ATK	3–1	Real Kashmir
B. Singh 26' Lanzarote 79' Santos 83'	Report	Robertson 31'

1 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 270

Referee: Santosh Kumar

Quarter-finals

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

4 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ajit Meetei

Delhi Dynamos	3–4	ATK
Dhot 15' Lalhlimpuia 35' Kumar 72'	Report	B. Singh 23', 33', 51' Lanzarote 28'

5 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 450

Referee: Venkatesh R

Goa	4–3	Jamshedpur
Bedia 23' B. Fernandes 45+2' S. Fernandes 64' Coro 74' (pen.)	Report	Morgado 71' Cidoncha 77' Calvo 84' (pen.)

6 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 200

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Chennaiyin	2–1	NorthEast United
Alves 33' Thapa 40'	Report	Borges 9'

7 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 300

Referee: Santosh Kumar

Semi-finals

Chennai City	0–3	Goa
	Report	Coro 26' (pen.), 35' B. Fernandes 70'

9 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 250

Referee: Santosh Kumar

Chennaiyin	2–0	ATK
Vineeth 51' Thapa 58'	Report

10 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

Attendance: 700

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Final

Main article: 2019 Indian Super Cup final

Goa	2–1	Chennaiyin
Coro 51' B. Fernandes 64'	Report	Augusto 54'

13 April 2019

20:30 IST

Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar

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.