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The FAO Super Cup (also known as the MGM FAO Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic football, based in Odisha, India. The inaugural edition of the Super Cup was played in 2018. The Super Cup is organised by and named after the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, India. Sunrise Club of Cuttack were the champions of the inaugural edition of the tournament, beating the Rising Students Club.
Organising body | Football Association of Odisha (FAO) |
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Gegründet | 2018 |
Region | Odisha |
Number of teams | 8 (2023) |
Current champions | Sports Odisha (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Rising Star Club Sunrise Club Sports Odisha (1 title each) |
Television broadcasters | FA Odisha SportsKPI (YouTube, Facebook) |
2024 FAO Super Cup |
History
editIn 2018, the Football Association of Odisha, in a total revamp, introduced the two new leagues to the footballing system of the state; annual knockout football competition in men's domestic football i.e. the FAO Super Cup and the Inter District Football Championship, which will be played among the districts of Odisha.[1]
League format
editA three-tier system consisting of Diamond, Gold and Silver leagues; top four teams from the Diamond League, top three teams of Gold League, and the winners of Silver League play-off, would be promoted to the FAO Super cup. A total of eight teams compete in the tournament. In a total revamp of the league, the FAO Football league was converted to second highest level footballing league, as the premier state level football league was introduced by the Football Association of Odisha from 2018.[2]
Results
editYear | Winners | Score | Runners-up |
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2018 | Sunrise Club | 2–1 | Rising Students Club |
2022 | Rising Star Club | 0–0 (2–0 p) | Bidanasi Club |
2023 | Sports Odisha | 1–0 | Sunrise Club |
2024 |
Results by team
editClub | Wins | First final won | Last final won | Runners-up | Last final lost | Total final appearances |
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Sports Odisha | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | 1 | ||
Rising Star Club | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 1 | ||
Sunrise Club | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 1 | 2023 | 2 |
Bidanasi Club | 0 | 1 | 2022 | 1 | ||
Rising Students Club | 0 | 1 | 2018 | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "All you need to know about the football league structure in Odisha". Goal. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ "FAO restructures domestic football". Football Association of Odisha. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2018.