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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Super Cup
| year = 2024
| other_titles = Kalinga Super Cup
| country = [[India]]
| dates = ''Qualifying:'' 8 January<br />''Competition proper:''<br />9 – 28 January
| num_teams = ''Competition proper:'' 16<br />''Total (maximum):'' 17
| venue = [[Kalinga Stadium]] (main pitch, pitch 1), [[Bhubaneswar]]
| image = Kalinga Stadium during ISL.jpg
| caption = [[Kalinga Stadium]] hosted the final on 28 January
| image_size = 300px
| winners = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| count = 1
| second = [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| continental_cup_title = [[2024-25 AFC Champions League Two|AFC Champions League Two]]
| continental_cup_qualifiers = East Bengal
| matches = 28
| goals = 86
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = [[Cleiton Silva]] (5 goals)
| award = [[Isak Vanlalruatfela]]
| prev_season = [[2023 Super Cup (India)|2023]]
| next_season = [[2025 AIFF Super Cup|2025]]
}}

The '''2024 AIFF Super Cup''', officially known as the '''2024 Kalinga Super Cup''' for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth edition of the [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]] and the 42nd season of the national [[single-elimination tournament|knockout]] [[association football|football]] competition in [[football in India|India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kalinga Super Cup will kick off in Odisha from January 9, 2024 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/kalinga-super-cup-will-kick-off-in-odisha-from-january-9-2024 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.the-aiff.com |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201093010/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/kalinga-super-cup-will-kick-off-in-odisha-from-january-9-2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Odisha FC|Odisha]] were the defending champions, having defeated [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] in the 2023 [[2023 Indian Super Cup final|final]].

[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] defeated the defending champions [[Odisha FC|Odisha]] 3–2 in the final to win their first national title in 12 years.<ref name="SuperCup24">{{cite web |first=Akhil |last=Rawat |department=AIFF Media Team |location=Bhubaneswar |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/12-years-of-pall-of-gloom-lifted-east-bengal-win-a-spine-chiller-to-take-home-kalinga-super-cup |title=12 years of pall of gloom lifted: East Bengal win a spine-chiller to take home Kalinga Super Cup |date=28 January 2024 |publisher=[[All India Football Federation|AIFF]] |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128201257/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/12-years-of-pall-of-gloom-lifted-east-bengal-win-a-spine-chiller-to-take-home-kalinga-super-cup |url-status=live}}</ref> 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 [[Indian Super League|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 I-League|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.{{fact|date=October 2025}}

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/group-stage-draw-for-kalinga-super-cup-2023-24-conducted|title=Group stage draw for Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 conducted|website=the-aiff.com|access-date=|archive-date=11 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111164127/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/group-stage-draw-for-kalinga-super-cup-2023-24-conducted|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Teams ==

{{location map+|India3|float=right|width=390|alt=Locations of the Super Cup teams|caption=Locations of the Super Cup teams|places={{location map~ |India3 |lat=26.90 |long=75.80 |label= <div style="font-size:100%;position:relative">[[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]]</div>|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=12.969590 |long=77.593502 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=13.085638 |long=80.271630|label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]}} |position=right}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=15.289557 |long=73.962166 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[FC Goa|Goa]]}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=22.806189 |long=86.193083 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=19.129004 |long=72.835476 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai]]}} |position=right}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=30.699 |long=76.693 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Punjab FC|Punjab]]}} |position=right}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=26.115940 |long=91.760227 |label_size=90 |label=[[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] |position=right}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=20.287967 |long=85.823808 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Odisha FC|Odisha]]}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=9.997308 |long=76.300763 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|[[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=25.58 |long=91.89 |label= <div style="font-size:100%;position">[[Shillong Lajong FC|Shillong Lajong]]</div>|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=11.25 |long=75.77 |label= <div style="font-size:100%">{{nowrap|[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]}}</div>|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=25.318889 |long=83.012778 |label= <div style="font-size:100%;">{{nowrap|[[Inter Kashi]]}}</div>|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=22.56933 |long=88.40908 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|'''Kolkata'''}}|mark=Blue pog.svg |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |India3 |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=19.00 |long=87.00 |label_size=90 |label='''{{nowrap|[[Football in Kolkata|Kolkata]] teams:}}'''<br>
[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]<br>
{{nowrap|[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India3 |lat=17.446333 |long=78.344129 |label_size=90 |label={{nowrap|'''Hyderabad'''}}|mark=Blue pog.svg |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |India3 |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=15.00 |long=87.00 |label_size=90 |label='''{{nowrap|[[Hyderabad]] teams:}}'''<br>
[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]]<br>
{{nowrap|[[File:Red pog.svg|8px]] [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]}}
|position=right}}}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Group stage direct entrants:
! scope="col" style="width:150px" | Team
! scope="col" style="width:150px" | League
! scope="col" style="width:100px" | {{abbr|App|Appearances}} <small>(last)</small>
|-
| [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| rowspan="12" align="center" | [[Indian Super League]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| 3rd <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]]
| 2nd <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan SG]]
| 3rd <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]])</small>
|-
| [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
| 4th <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| 2nd <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]
| 2nd{{efn|Previously played in [[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]] as [[Roundglass Punjab]]}} <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
| rowspan="3" |[[I-League]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Group stage draw for Kalinga Super Cup 2023-24 conducted |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/group-stage-draw-for-kalinga-super-cup-2023-24-conducted |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.the-aiff.com |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111164127/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/group-stage-draw-for-kalinga-super-cup-2023-24-conducted |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 3rd <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|-
| [[Shillong Lajong FC|Shillong Lajong]]
| 2nd <small> ([[2018 Indian Super Cup|2018]]) </small>
|-
| [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
| 2nd <small> ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]]) </small>
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Qualification entrants:
!Team
!League
!{{abbr|App|Appearances}} <small>(last)</small>
|-
| [[Inter Kashi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[I-League]]
| 1st
|-
| [[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]]
| 2nd ([[2023 Indian Super Cup|2023]])
|}

==Schedule==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Phase
!Round
!Match dates
|-
|Qualification round
|Qualifier
|8 January 2024
|-
| rowspan="3" |Main tournament
|Group stage
|9–22 January 2024
|-
|Semi-finals
| 24–25 January 2024
|-
|Final
| 28 January 2024
|}

==Venues==
The matches were held in two different [[Kalinga Stadium]] pitches in Odisha.<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Bhubaneswar]]
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kalinga Stadium]]
|-
|Main Pitch{{Efn|Center}}
|Pitch 1{{Efn|Top left}}
|-
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
| Capacity: ~'''1000'''{{efn|It is a practice pitch with temporary stands}}
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | [[File:KalingaStadium.jpg|250px]]
|}

==Qualification round==
{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|'''[[Inter Kashi]]'''||5–0|[[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]]||}}
{{end}}
{{football box collapsible
| round =
|id=| date = 8 January 2024
| time =14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Inter Kashi]]
| score = 5–0
| penaltyscore =
| aet =
| report = https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/26067
| team2 = [[Rajasthan United FC|Rajasthan United]]
| goals1 = * [[Mario Barco|Barco]] {{goal|10||75}}
* [[Edmund Lalrindika|Lalrindika]] {{goal|58}}
* [[Haobam Tomba Singh|Haobam]] {{goal|87}}
* Ajsal {{goal|88}}
| goals2 =
| penalties1 =
| penalties2 =
| location = [[Bhubaneswar]]
| stadium =
[[Kalinga Stadium]] Pitch 1
| motm = [[Mario Barco]]
| referee = [[Pranjal Banerjee]]
|attendance =250
}}

==Group stage==
{{main|2024 Indian Super Cup group stage}}
===Group A===
{{:2024 Indian Super Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A}}

===Group B===
{{:2024 Indian Super Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B}}

===Group C===
{{:2024 Indian Super Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group C}}

===Group D===
{{:2024 Indian Super Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group D}}

==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
<onlyinclude><section begin=Bracket/>
{{4TeamBracket
| score-width = 75px
| team-width = 150px
| RD2=Final
| RD1-seed1 = '''A1'''
| RD1-team1 = '''[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]'''
| RD1-score1 = '''2'''
| RD1-seed2 = B1
| RD1-team2 =[[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
| RD1-score2 = 0
| RD1-seed3 = C1
| RD1-team3 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| RD1-score3 = 0
| RD1-seed4 = '''D1'''
| RD1-team4 = '''[[Odisha FC|Odisha]]'''
| RD1-score4 = '''1'''
| RD2-seed1 = '''SFW1'''
| RD2-team1 = '''[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]''' {{aet}}
| RD2-score1 = '''3'''
| RD2-seed2 = SFW2
| RD2-team2 = [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| RD2-score2 = 2
}}<section end=Bracket /></onlyinclude>

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
| round = SF1
| date = {{Start date|2024|01|24|df=y}}
| time = 19:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| score = 2–0
| report = https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/27265
| team2 = [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
| goals1 =
* [[Hijazi Maher|Maher]] {{goal|19}}
* [[Javier Siverio|Siverio]] {{goal|47}}
| goals2 =
| location = [[Bhubaneswar]]
| stadium = [[Kalinga Stadium]]
| attendance = 1,080
| motm = [[Hijazi Maher]] (East Bengal)
| referee = Rahul Kumar Gupta
}}

----

{{football box
| round = SF2
| date = {{Start date|2024|01|25|df=y}}
| time = 19:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
| score = 0–1
| report = https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/27266
| team2 = [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 = * [[Diego Mauricio|Mauricio]] {{goal|44|pen.}}
| location = [[Bhubaneswar]]
| stadium = [[Kalinga Stadium]]
| attendance = 3,348
| motm = [[Isak Vanlalruatfela]] (Odisha)
| referee = Harish Kundu
}}

=== Final ===
{{main|2024 Indian Super Cup final}}
<section begin=Final />
{{football box
| round = Final
| date = {{Start date|2024|01|28|df=y}}
| time = 19:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| score = 3–2
| aet = yes
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240129192454/https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/27789
| team2 = [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| goals1 =
* [[Nandhakumar Sekar|Sekar]] {{goal|51}}
* [[Saúl Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|62|pen.}}
* [[Cleiton Silva|Silva]] {{goal|111}}
| goals2 =
* [[Diego Maurício|Maurício]] {{goal|39}}
* [[Ahmed Jahouh|Jahouh]] {{goal|90+9|pen.}}
| location = [[Bhubaneswar]]
| stadium = [[Kalinga Stadium]]
| attendance = 10,121
| motm = [[Saúl Crespo]] (East Bengal)
| referee = Venkatesh R.
}}<section end=Final />

==Top scorers==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank
! Player
! Club
! Goals<ref name="SC">{{cite web |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/super-cup |title=Kalinga Super Cup |website=the-aiff.com |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129122422/https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/super-cup |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Cleiton Silva]]
| align="left" | [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| rowspan="1" | 5
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|MAR}} [[Ahmed Jahouh]]
| align="left" | [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
| rowspan="7" | 3
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Carlos Martínez (footballer, born June 1986)|Carlos Martínez]]
| align="left" | [[FC Goa|Goa]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Néstor Albiach]]
| align="left" | [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Diego Maurício]]
| align="left" | [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|NGA}} [[Daniel Chima Chukwu]]
| align="left" | [[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} Ayush Chhikara
| align="left" | [[Mumbai City FC|Mumbai City]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|GRC}} [[Dimitrios Diamantakos]]
| align="left" | [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
|-
| rowspan="12" | 3
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|GHA}} [[Kwame Peprah]]
| align="left" | [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| rowspan="12" | 2
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mario Barco]]
| align="left" | [[Inter Kashi]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|IND}} [[Ramhlunchhunga]]
| align="left" | [[Hyderabad FC|Hyderabad]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[William Alves (footballer, born 1991)|William Alves]]
| align="left" | [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SVN}} [[Luka Majcen]]
| align="left" | [[Punjab FC|Punjab]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|SEN}} [[Mourtada Fall]]
| align="left" | [[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Edmund Lalrindika]]
| align="left" | [[Inter Kashi]]
|-
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Saúl Crespo]]
| align="left" | [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|IND}} [[Nandhakumar Sekar]]
| align="left" | [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Javier Siverio]]
| align="left" | [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|-
| align="left" | {{flagicon|JOR}} [[Hijazi Maher]]
| align="left" | [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Winner
!Club
!Prize
|-
|Best Goalkeeper
|[[Lalthuammawia Ralte]]
|Odisha
|₹ 2,50,000
|-
|Best Defender
|[[Hijazi Maher]]
|East Bengal
|₹ 2,50,000
|-
|Best Midfielder
|[[Ahmed Jahouh]]
|Odisha
|₹ 2,50,000
|-
|Highest Goalscorer
|[[Cleiton Silva]]
|East Bengal
|₹ 2,50,000
|-
|Player of the Tournament
|[[Isak Vanlalruatfela]]
|Odisha
|₹ 2,50,000
|-
|Runners-up
| colspan="2" |[[Odisha FC|Odisha]]
|₹ 15,00,000
|-
|Champions
| colspan="2" |[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|₹ 25,00,000
|-
! colspan="4" |Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20240128201257/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/12-years-of-pall-of-gloom-lifted-east-bengal-win-a-spine-chiller-to-take-home-kalinga-super-cup AIFF]
|}

==Broadcasting==
The 2024 Kalinga Super Cup is streaming live on [[JioCinema]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://khelnow.com/football/2024-01-indian-football-kalinga-super-cup-telecast-jiocinema |title=JioCinema to broadcast Kalinga Super Cup 2024 |date=3 January 2024 |website=khelnow.com |access-date=11 January 2024 |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111203629/https://khelnow.com/football/2024-01-indian-football-kalinga-super-cup-telecast-jiocinema |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* '''Men'''
** [[2023–24 Indian Super League|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]]
** [[Reliance Foundation Development League|2024 Reliance Foundation Development League]]
* '''Women'''
** [[2023–24 Indian Women's League]]
** [[2023–24 Indian Women's League 2]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{AIFF Super Cup}}
{{2023–24 in Indian football}}
{{2023–24 in Asian football (AFC)}}

[[Category:2024 AIFF Super Cup]]
[[Category:AIFF Super Cup seasons|2024 Super Cup]]
[[Category:2023–24 in Indian football]]
[[Category:2023–24 in Asian men's domestic association football cups|Indian Super Cup]]
[[Category:2024 in Asian domestic association football cups|India]]
[[Category:January 2024 sports events in India]]

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