Kalinga Super Cup 2024: Fixtures, format, telecast and more

A total of 16 teams will compete in the Kalinga Super Cup 2024.

The 2024 Super Cup, retitled as the Kalinga Super Cup will be the 4th edition of the Super Cup and the 42nd season of the national knockout football competition in India. The competition will commence from the 9th of January, and will continue until the 28th of this month.

All 12 ISL teams will participate in the Super Cup. Among the five I-League teams confirming their participation (Gokulam Kerala FC, Sreenidi Deccan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Inter Kashi, and Rajasthan United FC), the top three as per the 2023–24 standings after the matches on December 24, will qualify for the group stage. The remaining two teams will contest a single-leg qualifying play-off to determine the fourth and final I-League team in the group stage.

Teams

Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Mumbai City FC Northeast United FC Kerala Blasters Odisha FC East Bengal FC Goa Chennaiyin FC Punjab FC Hyderabad FC Bengaluru FC Jamshedpur FC Sreenidhi Deccan

Shillong Lajong

Gokulam Kerala

Inter Kashi / Rajasthan United

Format

The 16 participants were drawn into four groups of four teams each, competing in a single round-robin format, with the group winners making it through to the semi-finals. 

The semi-finals will be a single-legged tie, and the winners will compete in the final for the silverware and qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League 2 preliminary stage.

Additional criteria

Starting from this year, the Super Cup allows a maximum of six foreign players in each team. Notably, one of these foreign players must be included from the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) quota.

Venue

All games will be played in two alternate pitches at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha.

Telecast 

The 2024 Kalinga Super Cup will be streamed live on JioCinema.

Fixtures

Group A Fixtures

Date	Time	Match	Venue
January 9, 2024	02:00 PM	East Bengal FC vs Hyderabad FC	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 9, 2024	07:30 PM	Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Sreenidi Deccan	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 14, 2024	02:00 PM	Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Hyderabad FC	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 14, 2024	07:30 PM	East Bengal FC vs Sreenidi Deccan	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 19, 2024	02:00 PM	Hyderabad FC vs Sreenidi Deccan	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 19, 2024	07:30 PM	Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs East Bengal FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch

Group B Fixtures 

Date	Time	Match	Venue
January 10, 2024	02:00 PM	Kerala Blasters FC vs Shillong Lajong	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 10, 2024	07:30 PM	NorthEast United FC vs Jamshedpur FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 15, 2024	02:00 PM	NorthEast United FC vs Shillong Lajong	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 15, 2024	07:30 PM	Kerala Blasters FC vs Jamshedpur FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 20, 2024	02:00 PM	Jamshedpur FC vs Shillong Lajong	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 20, 2024	07:30 PM	Kerala Blasters FC vs NorthEast United FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch

Group C Fixtures

Date	Time	Match	Venue
January 11, 2024	02:00 PM	Mumbai City FC vs Gokulam Kerala	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 11, 2024	07:30 PM	Chennaiyin FC vs Punjab FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 16, 2024	02:00 PM	Chennaiyin FC vs Gokulam Kerala	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 16, 2024	07:30 PM	Mumbai City FC vs Punjab FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 21, 2024	02:00 PM	Punjab FC vs Gokulam Kerala	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 21, 2024	07:30 PM	Mumbai City FC vs Chennaiyin FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch

Group D Fixtures

Date	Time	Match	Venue
January 12, 2024	02:00 PM	FC Goa vs I-League 4	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 12, 2024	07:30 PM	Odisha FC vs Bengaluru FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 17, 2024	02:00 PM	FC Goa vs Bengaluru FC	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 17, 2024	07:30 PM	Odisha FC vs I-League 4	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 22, 2024	02:00 PM	Bengaluru FC vs I-League 4	Kalinga Stadium Pitch 1
January 22, 2024	07:30 PM	FC Goa vs Odisha FC	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch

Semi-Final Fixtures

Date	Time	Match	Venue
January 24, 2024	07:30 PM	Winner of Group A vs Winner of Group B (Semi-Final 1)	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch
January 25, 2024	07:30 PM	Winner of Group C vs Winner of Group D (Semi-Final 2)	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch

Final

Date	Time	Match	Venue
January 28, 2024	07:30 PM	Winner of Semi-Final 1 vs Winner of Semi-Final 2	Kalinga Stadium Main Pitch

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