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The season-opening Super Cup volition footwear disconnected from October 25 successful Goa, an authoritative of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025).
All the Indian Super League clubs but Odisha FC person agreed to instrumentality portion successful the tournament. The ISL clubs volition beryllium joined by 4 I-League teams — Inter Kashi, Real Kashmir, Gokulam Kerala FC and Rajasthan united.
The gully of the tourney volition beryllium held virtually coming connected Thursday.
The Super Cup has usually been the season-ending tournament, but owed to the prevailing circumstances, it volition unfastened the play this time.
The AIFF has told the clubs that the winning squad of the Super Cup volition beryllium awarded the AFC Champions League 2 play-off spot for 2026-27 season.
But the winning squad volition person to person the Premier 1 License nether the Indian Club Licensing Regulations applicable for the 2026-27 season.
FC Goa made it to the ACL 2 play-offs — and subsequently successful radical signifier — this play arsenic champions of Super Cup 2024-25.
The AIFF has earlier said that if an Indian nine participating successful ACL 2 play-off is incapable to unafraid qualification, it volition automatically participate the radical signifier of the AFC Challenge League (ACGL), the 3rd tier of the continent's nine contention (one level beneath ACL 2).
This mechanics volition guarantee continued continental information for Indian clubs, adjacent successful the lawsuit of ACL 2 play-off signifier exit.
Indian home shot was thrown into uncertainty aft the ISL was enactment connected clasp owed to unresolved issues surrounding the renewal of the Master Rights Agreement (MRA) betwixt the AIFF and the league organisers, Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL).
However, things are going to get overmuch clearer successful the coming times with the Supreme Court precocious approving the AIFF's caller constitution.
