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{{About|the original cup match between the league and cup champions|the present-day tournament between [[I-League]] and [[Indian Super League]] teams|Super Cup (India)}}
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{{Infobox football tournament
| name = Indian Super Cup
| logo =
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1997}}
| abolished = 2011
| region = {{flagicon|IND}} India
| number of teams = 2
| current champions = [[East Bengal]] (3rd title)
| most successful club = [[East Bengal]] (3 titles)
| motto =
| website =
| previous =
| current = [[2011 Indian Super Cup|2011]] (last held)
}}
The '''Indian Super Cup''' was [[Football in India|Indian football]]'s annual match contested between the champions of the previous [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] or [[I-League]] season and the holders of the [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]], usually held at a neutral venue. If the League champions also won the Federation Cup then the league runners-up would provide the opposition. The fixture was usually considered the curtain raiser to the Indian football domestic season.

The fixture was last contested in [[2011 Indian Super Cup|2011]] when [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] won the cup for the third time, defeating [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] 9–8 on penalties.

==History==
The Indian Super Cup was started in 1997 by the [[All India Football Federation]] as a playoff between the then [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] champions and [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]] holders.<ref name="Super Cup">{{cite web|title=Indian Super Cup|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiasupcuphist.html|website=RSSSF}}</ref> The first edition took place that year between the [[1996–97 National Football League (India)|1996–97 NFL]] (first season in league history) champions [[JCT F.C.|JCT Mills]] and [[1996 Indian Federation Cup|1996 Federation Cup]] holders [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]. After the match ended 0–0, East Bengal won the first Super Cup on penalties 4–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st Super Cup|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india97.html#supcup|website=RSSSF}}</ref> [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] proceeded to win the next two editions of the Super Cup before the tournament was suspended for three seasons.<ref name="Super Cup"/> When the cup returned in 2003 [[Mahindra United]] defeated East Bengal on penalties 4–3 after drawing them 1–1.<ref name="Super Cup"/> The cup was then held seven more times before being suspended and hasn't been played since the [[2011 Indian Super Cup|2011 fixture]].<ref name="Super Cup"/>

==Records==
* The most successful side in the Indian Super Cup is [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]. The club have won the annual fixture three times.
* The biggest victory in the Super Cup was during the 2007 fixture when [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] defeated [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] 4–0 at the [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]].
* [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] have won the cup consecutively the most times (2) in 1998 and 1999.
* [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]] are the only side to have won the Super Cup, without winning the league or Federation Cup.

==Results and winners==
===Results===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Winner
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Runner-up
!scope="col"|Venue
|-
|1997
|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|0–0 (4–2[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])
|[[JCT F.C.|JCT Mills]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|-
|1998
|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|1–0
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|-
|1999
|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|1–0
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|[[Ambedkar Stadium]]
|-
|colspan="5"|''Tournament suspended between 2000 and 2002''
|-
|2003
|[[Mahindra United]]
|1–1 (4–3[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])
|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]]
|-
|2005
|[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|3–0
|[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|[[EMS Stadium]]
|-
|[[2006 Indian Super Cup|2006]]
|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|2–1
|[[Mahindra United]]
|[[Cooperage Ground]]
|-
|2007
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|4–0
|[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|[[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|-
|2008
|[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|1–0
|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|-
|2009
|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|2–1
|[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|[[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|-
|[[2010 Indian Super Cup|2010]]
|[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|3–1
|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|[[Tau Devi Lal Stadium]]
|-
|[[2011 Indian Super Cup|2011]]
|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|0–0 (9–8[[Penalty kick (association football)|p]])
|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|[[Ambedkar Stadium]]
|}

===Winners===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Club
!Wins
!Last match won
!Runners-up
|-
|align=left|[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]||3||[[2011 Indian Super Cup|2011]]||3
|-
|align=left|[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]||2||[[2010 Indian Super Cup|2010]]||3
|-
|align=left|[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]||2||2009||2
|-
|align=left|[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]||2||1999||1
|-
|align=left|[[Mahindra United]]||1||2003||1
|-
|align=left|[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]||1||2005||0
|-
|align=left|[[JCT F.C.|JCT]]||0||—||1
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Football in India}}
{{National football Supercups (AFC region)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Super Cup (1997-2011)}}
[[Category:Super Cup (India)]]
[[Category:National association football supercups]]
[[Category:Football competitions in India]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in India]]

Indian Super Cup (1997–2011) - Revision history

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