# 2019 Super Cup (India)

The 2019 Super Cup 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 and is officially known as the Hero Super Cup. 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.
| Qualification round (8 teams) | Main competition (12 teams) |
| I-League Aizawl Indian Arrows Gokulam Kerala Minerva Punjab Indian Super League Pune City Delhi Dynamos Kerala Blasters Chennaiyin | I-League Chennai City East Bengal Real Kashmir Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan NEROCA Indian Super League Bengaluru Goa Mumbai City NorthEast United Jamshedpur ATK |

## Schedule

| Phase | Round | Match dates |
| Qualification round | Qualification round | 15–16 March 2019 |
| Main tournament | Round of 16 | 29 March – 3 April 2019 |
| Main tournament | Quarter-finals | 4–7 April 2019 |
| Main tournament | Semi-finals | 9–10 April 2019 |
| Main tournament | Final | 13 April 2019 |

## Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 31 March | 31 March | | | | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | | | | | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | | 4 April | 4 April | | | | | |
| Bengaluru | w/o | 4 April | 4 April | | | | |
| Bengaluru | w/o | Bengaluru | 1 | | | | |
| 31 March | 31 March | | Bengaluru | 1 | | | | |
| 31 March | 31 March | Chennai City | 2 | | | | |
| Pune City | 2 | Chennai City | 2 | | | | |
| Pune City | 2 | | | | 9 April | 9 April | | |
| Chennai City | 4 | | | | 9 April | 9 April | |
| Chennai City | 4 | | | | Chennai City | 0 | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | | Chennai City | 0 | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | Goa | 3 | |
| Indian Arrows | 0 | | | | Goa | 3 | |
| Indian Arrows | 0 | 6 April | 6 April | | | | | |
| Goa | 3 | 6 April | 6 April | | | | |
| Goa | 3 | Goa | 4 | | | | |
| 2 April | 2 April | | Goa | 4 | | | | |
| 2 April | 2 April | Jamshedpur | 3 | | | | |
| Jamshedpur | w/o | Jamshedpur | 3 | | | | |
| Jamshedpur | w/o | | | | | | | 13 April | 13 April |
| Churchill Brothers | | | | | | | | 13 April | 13 April |
| Churchill Brothers | | | | | | | | Goa | 2 |
| 29 March | 29 March | | | | | | | | Goa | 2 |
| 29 March | 29 March | | | | | | | Chennaiyin | 1 |
| Chennaiyin | 2 | | | | | | | Chennaiyin | 1 |
| Chennaiyin | 2 | 7 April | 7 April | | | | | | |
| Mumbai City | 0 | 7 April | 7 April | | | | | | |
| Mumbai City | 0 | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 April | 3 April | | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | | | | |
| 3 April | 3 April | NorthEast United | 1 | | | | | | |
| NEROCA | | NorthEast United | 1 | | | | | | |
| NEROCA | | | | | 10 April | 10 April | | | | |
| NorthEast United | w/o | | | | 10 April | 10 April | | | |
| NorthEast United | w/o | | | | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | | Chennaiyin | 2 | | | |
| 30 March | 30 March | | | | ATK | 0 | |
| Delhi Dynamos | w/o | | | | ATK | 0 | |
| Delhi Dynamos | w/o | 5 April | 5 April | | | | | |
| East Bengal | | 5 April | 5 April | | | | |
| East Bengal | | Delhi Dynamos | 3 | | | | |
| 1 April | 1 April | | Delhi Dynamos | 3 | | | | |
| 1 April | 1 April | ATK | 4 | | | | |
| ATK | 3 | ATK | 4 | | | | |
| Real Kashmir | 1 | | | | | | |

## 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, Aizawl, and Chennai City — 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.

## Top scorers

    As of 13 April 2019
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Coro | Goa | 5 |
| 2 | Balwant Singh | ATK | 4 |
| 2 | Pedro Manzi | Chennai City | 4 |
| 4 | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | 3 |
| 5 | Anirudh Thapa | Chennaiyin | 2 |
| 5 | C.K. Vineeth | Chennaiyin | 2 |
| 5 | Manuel Lanzarote | ATK | 2 |
| 5 | Amarjit Singh Kiyam | Indian Arrows | 2 |
| 9 | 20 players | 20 players | 1 |
* ↑ Goals in qualification round