The 2024 AIFF Super Cup, officially known as the 2024 Kalinga Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the Super Cup and the 42nd season of the national knockout football competition in India.
Odisha were the defending champions, having defeated Bengaluru in the 2023 final.
East Bengal defeated the defending champions Odisha 3–2 in the final to win their first national title in 12 years. As the winners, East Bengal have qualified for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two preliminary stage.
Format Competition format consists of a Qualifying round, Group stage and a knock-out stage. Group stage featured 16 teams across the top two divisions of Indian football. All 12 from the ISL qualify directly for the group stage. Among the I-League teams confirming their participation (Gokulam Kerala FC, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Inter Kashi, and Rajasthan United FC), the top three per 2023–24 standings on 24 December qualify for the group stage. The remaining two teams contested a single-leg qualifying play-off to determine the fourth and final I-League team in the group stage.
The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups of four each, competing in a single round-robin format, with group winners making it through to the semi-finals.
Teams
+Group stage direct entrants: Team League (last) Bengaluru Indian Super League 4th (2023) Chennaiyin 4th (2023) East Bengal 3rd (2023) Goa 4th (2023) Hyderabad 2nd (2023) Jamshedpur 4th (2023) Kerala Blasters 4th (2023) Mohun Bagan SG 3rd (2023) Mumbai City 4th (2023) NorthEast United 4th (2023) Odisha 2nd (2023) Punjab 2nd (2023) Gokulam KeralaI-League 3rd (2023) Shillong Lajong 2nd (2018) Sreenidi Deccan 2nd (2023)
+Qualification entrants:TeamLeague (last) Inter KashiI-League 1st Rajasthan United 2nd (2023)
Schedule
PhaseRoundMatch datesQualification roundQualifier 8 January 2024Main tournamentGroup stage 9–22 January 2024Semi-finals 24–25 January 2024Final 28 January 2024
Venues The matches were held in two different Kalinga Stadium pitches in Odisha. Bhubaneswar Kalinga StadiumMain PitchPitch 1 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: ~1000
Qualification round
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 1 Cleiton Silva East Bengal 5 2 Ahmed Jahouh Odisha 3 Carlos Martínez Goa Néstor Albiach NorthEast United Diego Maurício Odisha Daniel Chima Chukwu Jamshedpur Ayush Chhikara Mumbai City Dimitrios Diamantakos Kerala Blasters 3 Kwame Peprah Kerala Blasters 2 Mario Barco Inter Kashi Ramhlunchhunga Hyderabad William Alves Sreenidi Deccan Luka Majcen Punjab Mourtada Fall Odisha Edmund Lalrindika Inter Kashi Saúl Crespo East Bengal Nandhakumar Sekar East Bengal Javier Siverio East Bengal Hijazi Maher East Bengal
Awards AwardWinnerClubPrizeBest GoalkeeperLalthuammawia Ralte Odisha₹ 2,50,000Best DefenderHijazi MaherEast Bengal₹ 2,50,000Best MidfielderAhmed JahouhOdisha₹ 2,50,000Highest GoalscorerCleiton SilvaEast Bengal₹ 2,50,000Player of the TournamentIsak VanlalruatfelaOdisha₹ 2,50,000Runners-upOdisha₹ 15,00,000ChampionsEast Bengal₹ 25,00,000Source: AIFF
Broadcasting The 2024 Kalinga Super Cup is streaming live on JioCinema.
See also Men 2023-24 Indian Super League (Tier I) 2023–24 I-League (Tier II) 2023–24 I-League 2 (Tier III) 2023–24 I-League 3 (Tier IV) 2023–24 Indian State Leagues (Tier V) 2023 Durand Cup 2024 Reliance Foundation Development League Women 2023–24 Indian Women's League 2023–24 Indian Women's League 2
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