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2024 Super Cup (India)
The 2024 Super Cup (also known as the 2024 Kalinga Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of the Super Cup and the 42nd season of the national knockout football competition in India. Odisha were the defending champions, having defeated Bengaluru in the 2023 final. East Bengal defeated the defending champions Odisha 3–2 in the final to win their first national title in 12 years. 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 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 standings on December 24 qualify for the group stage. The remaining t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 AFC Champions League Two
The 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two was the 21st edition of the Asia's second-tier club football tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and first since it was rebranded as the AFC Champions League Two. This was the first season using a revised format. It featured 32 teams in the group stage. The final was played on 18 May 2025 at the Bishan Stadium in Bishan, Singapore. The winners were given an indirect preliminary stage slot for the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Elite, if not already qualified through their domestic performance. Central Coast Mariners were the reigning champions, but they were unable to defend their title as they participated in the AFC Champions League Elite league stage instead. Association team allocation The associations were allocated slots according to their club competitions ranking, which was published after the 2022 competitions were completed. ;Notes Teams ''The number of appearances and last appearance in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjab FC
Punjab Football Club (formerly known as RoundGlass Punjab FC) is an Indian professional association football, football club founded in Mohali, Punjab. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of the Indian football league system. It was the first club to win promotion into the Indian Super League, doing so after winning the 2022–23 I-League title. History In April 2020, ''RoundGlass Sports Pvt. Ltd.'' completed the acquisition of the I-League club Minerva Academy FC, Minerva Punjab, rebranding it later the year as RoundGlass Punjab. After promotion to the ISL, they changed name to Punjab FC in July 2023. On 15 June 2020, they appointed Curtis Fleming as head coach. On 15 July, they appointed Nikolaos Topoliatis as new technical director. As the season progressed, Punjab made it to the championship stage and finished their season with a 2–3 loss to Churchill Brothers FC Goa, Churchill Brothers. They achieved 2nd position with 22 points in 15 league matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai City FC
Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is part of the City Football Group. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of the Indian football league system. They are the first club to win both the League Winners Shield and the ISL cup title in a single season, which it accomplished in the 2020–21 Indian Super League, 2020–21 season. They were the first team to win the ISL league winners shield twice. In 2020, Sergio Lobera was announced as the manager for the new season and they won the ISL league winners shield and the ISL Cup title for the first time during the 2020–21 Indian Super League season. Des Buckingham who was appointed as the head coach before the 2021–22 Indian Super League season, led the team to two wins in the 2022 AFC Champions League making Mumbai the first Indian team to win a game at the AFC Champions League group stage, and ended up fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamshedpur FC
Jamshedpur Football Club (, ) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football league system, Indian football. Founded in 2017, the club debuted in the ISL during the 2017–18 Indian Super League season, 2017–18 season. It is the only club in the top flight to have self owned JRD Tata Sports Complex, stadium and training facilities. The club is owned and managed by Tata Steel. The club was established on 12 June 2017, when Tata Steel won the bidding rights for one of the two expansion slots in the ISL. Former Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace manager Steve Coppell was appointed as Jamshedpur's first manager. The club made their ISL debut during 2017–18 season and missed a place in semi-finals narrowly and finished at 5th position, in the next season also saw they finishing at 5th. After a disappointing 2019–20 Indian Super League, 2019-20 campa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Goa
Futebol Clube de Goa is an India, Indian professional association football, football club based in Fatorda, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of Football in India, Indian football. The club was established on 26 August 2014. Nicknamed as ''Gaur, Gaurs'', the club plays their home matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao. FC Goa is one of the most successful clubs in the ISL history, being the first ISL Club to qualify for AFC Champions League Elite. Brazilian coach Zico (footballer), Zico was the first manager of the club. Their marquee players for their first two seasons were French winger Robert Pires and Brazilian defender Lúcio, respectively. The team finished the league stage in the second position in 2014 Indian Super League season, their first season. In the 2014 Indian Super League finals, end-of-season play-offs, they lost via a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shootout against Atlético de Kolkata in the semi-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennaiyin FC
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the ISL. It has won the ISL Cup title on two occasions, in the 2015, 2017–18 seasons respectively. The club is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. The team's name ''Chennaiyin FC'' means ''Chennai's football club'' in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to a possessive 's' in English. The club's primary colour is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the '' Dhrishti Bommai'', a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture. Chennaiyin has played three ISL Finals winning it two times. The first final they played was the 2015 final which they beat FC Goa by 3–2 in Goa. In their second final, they played against Bengalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 I-League
The 2023–24 I-League was the 17th season of the I-League and the second season as the second tier of Indian football league system. Mohammedan won the I-League for the first time and were promoted to the Indian Super League, while TRAU and NEROCA were relegated to I-League 2. Changes from last season ;Promoted to Indian Super League * RoundGlass Punjab ;Promoted from I-League 2 *Delhi * Shillong Lajong ;Relegated to I-League 2 * Mumbai Kenkre * Sudeva Delhi ;Corporate entries The AIFF accepted five bids for direct entry to I-League. * Inter Kashi * Namdhari Bunkerhill Pvt Ltd (Ambala) withdrew its bid after inking a majority shareholding in Mohammedan. Nimida United Sports Development Pvt Ltd ( Bengaluru United) and Concatenate Advest Advisory Pvt Ltd (Delhi) were unable to fulfill the bid conditions. Inter Kashi, from a tier-2 city (Varanasi), will have relegation immunity for two seasons; while Namdhari, from a tier-3 city ( Bhaini Ala), will be free from rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan United FC
Rajasthan United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Founded in 2018 as ''JECRC CF'', the academy team participated in inaugural edition of R-League A Division in 2019, and clinched the title. In 2020, ''JECRC CF'' was rebranded as Rajasthan United. The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. Rajasthan United won the 2021 I-League Qualifiers and thus became the first ever club from the state to qualify for the I-League. History Rajasthan United FC is the premier professional football club based in Jaipur. The club was founded in 2018 by an engineering student Kamal Singh Saroha, with his colleagues and friends as JECRC CF (''Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre''), and re-branded as Rajasthan United in 2020, after the introduction of Rajat Mishra and Swapnil Dhaka as the co-founders. In its first year of inception, they managed to win the R-League A Division. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter Kashi
Inter Kashi Football Club, commonly referred to as Inter Kashi (इंटर काशी), is an Indian professional football club based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The club currently competes in the I-League, the second tier league of the Indian football league system. It is the first professional club from the state of Uttar Pradesh to play in a national level league of the country. The club is in collaboration with Spanish club Atlético Madrid and Andorran club Inter Escaldes and association with an Andorran club FC Andorra. Inter Kashi is also the official Event App Sponsor and Event Partner of Soccerex Miami on 14 November 2024 marking their leap in CONCACAF footballing sector after getting associated with multiple UEFA clubs. The club's name also came in limelight when a question regarding them came in the famous Indian show Kaun Banega Crorepati. The club ended their 2023–24 I-League season campaign coming fourth position. They ended the controversial 2024-25 I- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shillong Lajong FC
Shillong Lajong Football Club (founded as Lajong SC) is an Indian professional Association football, football club based in Shillong, Meghalaya. The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, following Promotion and relegation, promotion from the 2022–23 I-League 2. Shillong Lajong also takes part in regional competitions. Shillong Lajong was incorporated in 1983, with the prime objective of improving the declining standard of football in the state, and to spot, train and nurture local talent. In the local Khasi language, ''Lajong'' translates to "our own". Nicknamed "the Red Dragons", Shillong Lajong briefly participated in I-League until their relegation in 2017, then top flight Indian football. They also appeared in the Indian Super Cup in 2018 and reached semi-finals. They were nominated for 2022–23 I-League 2 qualifiers. Headquartered in Shillong, Lajong has access to the largest student population in the North-Eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sreenidi Deccan FC
Sreenidi Deccan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana. It was established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy in Hyderabad, and later was launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 2021. The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system. On 5 June 2020, All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League and on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan FC was granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League. History Formation and journey Sreenidi football academy was founded in January 2015 in Aziznagar. It received the first accreditation from the AIFF in June 2019 and in its initial years the club played in the football leagues for the age groups of U13, U15 & U18. On 5 June 2020, the AIFF issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the league, and on 12 August Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
