The 2023 Super Cup (also known as the 2023 Hero Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the

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and the 41st season of the national knockout football competition in

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. The competition was sponsored by Hero MotoCorp. The tournament was being organised after a gap of four years due to various scheduling issues, with the latest edition being played in

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. This was the first time the Super Cup champions to had a spot allotted in the AFC competitions.

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were crowned champions after defeating

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2–1 in the

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, their first-ever major title, and qualified for the qualifier for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage.

Format

The 2023 edition of Super Cup was played across two cities of

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and

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, selected by the

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in a comprehensive and inclusive manner. The competition consisted of the qualifying play-offs, the group stage, the semi-finals and the final. The tournament proper featured 16 top clubs across the top two divisions of Indian football. All 11 clubs from the ISL and the

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champions directly qualified to the group stage. The teams placed 2nd to 10th in the 2022–23 I-League competed for the four remaining spots in the qualifying round that featured single-leg ties. The 16 qualified clubs were drawn into four groups of four each, competing in a single round-robin format, with group winners making it through to the semi-finals.

Teams

Schedule

Venues

A total of 32 matches were played across 2 cities,

and

. 18 matches were played in Manjeri, including the qualifying play-offs, and 14 matches in Kozhikode.

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Top scorers

Awards

Broadcasting

The Hero Super Cup 2023 was streamed live on Fancode app (all matches) and

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channel (all matches except the qualifiers).

References

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