The 2019 AIFF Super Cup, officially 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 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar and was concluded with the final on 13 April.
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.
Teams A total of 16 teams are participating in the competition proper. 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."
Qualification round(8 teams) Main competition(12 teams)I-League Aizawl (withdrawn) Indian Arrows Gokulam Kerala (withdrawn) Minerva Punjab (withdrawn)
Indian Super League Pune City Delhi Dynamos Kerala Blasters ChennaiyinI-League Chennai City East Bengal (withdrawn) Real Kashmir Churchill Brothers (withdrawn) Mohun Bagan (withdrawn) NEROCA (withdrawn)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
PhaseRoundMatch datesQualification round15–16 March 2019Main tournamentRound of 1629 March – 3 April 2019Quarter-finals 4–7 April 2019Semi-finals 9–10 April 2019Final 13 April 2019
Bracket
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."
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.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals 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 Indian Arrows 9 20 players 1
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