Wikipedia - Super Cup (India)

The AIFF Super Cup (also known as the Kalinga Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual football competition and the premier cup competition in men's domestic football in India. It was founded on February 19, 2018 as a replacement for Federation Cup. Organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the competition is open to all clubs in the Indian Super League and the I-League, the top two division of the Indian football league system respectively.

History

On 19 February 2018, the All India Football Federation announced the creation of the Super Cup as a reformed Federation Cup, India's main knockout football tournament. The qualifiers for the inaugural recherished tournament were held between 15–16 March. The tournament proper then commenced on 31 March and concluded with the final on 20 April 2018. Bengaluru emerged as the winners of the inaugural edition of the recherished tournament. They defeated East Bengal 4–1 in the final.

In the second edition, seven I-League clubs, namely Minerva Punjab, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, NEROCA, Gokulam Kerala, Aizwal and Churchill Brothers withdrew from the competition citing "unfair treatment to I-League clubs by the AIFF."

From 2020 to 2022, the competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From the 2024 season onwards the Super Cup is renamed as the Kalinga Super Cup. Inaugural edition was played between 9 and 28 January.

Indický futbalový turnaj "India - Super Cup" je národný futbalový pohár organizovaný Indickou futbalovou federáciou. Je to jeden z hlavných futbalových turnajov v Indii a zúčastňujú sa ho najlepšie kluby krajiny. Turnaj sa prvýkrát konal v roku 1997 a odvtedy sa koná pravidelne.

Formát turnaja sa v priebehu rokov menil, ale zvyčajne sa doň kvalifikuje 16 tímov. Tímy sú rozdelené do štyroch skupín po štyroch a hrajú systémom každý s každým. Víťazi každej skupiny postupujú do vyraďovacej fázy, ktorá zahŕňa štvrťfinále, semifinále a finále.

Turnaj bol ovládaný niekoľkými klubmi, pričom najúspešnejším je Mohun Bagan AC, ktorý ho vyhral päťkrát. Ďalšími úspešnými klubmi sú East Bengal FC a Bengaluru FC, ktorí ho vyhrali dvakrát.

India - Super Cup je prestížny turnaj a víťazovi sa udeľuje trofej Super Cup. Turnaj tiež poskytuje víťazovi miesto v Pohári AFC, druhej najvyššej klubovej súťaži Ázijskej futbalovej konfederácie.