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The AIFF Super Cup 2025-26 will feature 16 teams, divided into four groups for the group stage. Reigning ISL champions Mohun Bagan Super Giant and reigning Super Cup champions FC Goa have been named top seeds and will lead two separate groups.

The tournament will follow a group-stage format. The draw, conducted on Thursday, produced the following groups:

• Group A: Mohun Bagan Super Giant, East Bengal FC, Chennaiyin FC, Real Kashmir FC
• Group B: FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC, NorthEast United FC, Inter Kashi FC
• Group C: Bengaluru FC, Mohammedan SC, Punjab FC, Gokulam Kerala FC
• Group D: Mumbai City FC, Kerala Blasters FC, Hyderabad FC, Rajasthan United FC

Only the winners of each group will progress to the semi-finals. The winner will earn a playoff spot in the 2026-27 AFC Champions League Two. The Group Stage will see 24 matches, which will be played between October 25 and November 6, before a brief break for the November FIFA International Window, when India play Bangladesh (November 18) in their AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Final Round.

The sixth edition of the Super Cup will begin with East Bengal FC taking on Real Kashmir FC, while Mohun Bagan Super Giant will face Chennaiyin FC.

Fixtures for the AIFF Super Cup 2025-26:

October 25: East Bengal FC vs Real Kashmir FC
October 25: Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Chennaiyin FC
October 26: NorthEast United FC vs Inter Kashi
October 26: FC Goa vs Jamshedpur FC
October 27: Punjab FC vs Gokulam Kerala FC
October 27: Hyderabad FC vs Mumbai City FC
October 28: Chennaiyin FC vs East Bengal FC
October 28: Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Real Kashmir FC
October 29: Jamshedpur FC vs NorthEast United FC
October 29: FC Goa vs Inter Kashi
October 30: Bengaluru FC vs Mohammedan Sporting Club
October 30: Rajasthan United FC vs Kerala Blasters FC
October 31: Real Kashmir FC vs Chennaiyin FC
October 31: Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs East Bengal FC
November 1: Inter Kashi vs Jamshedpur FC
November 1: FC Goa vs NorthEast United FC
November 2: Mohammedan Sporting Club vs Punjab FC
November 2: Gokulam Kerala FC vs Bengaluru FC
November 3: Rajasthan United FC vs Mumbai City FC
November 3: Kerala Blasters FC vs Hyderabad FC
November 5: Bengaluru FC vs Punjab FC
November 5: Gokulam Kerala FC vs Mohammedan Sporting Club
November 6: Rajasthan United FC vs Hyderabad FC
November 6: Mumbai City FC vs Kerala Blasters FC

The dates for the knockout matches will be announced later.

Bengaluru FC won the inaugural Super Cup in 2018, before FC Goa lifted the trophy in 2019 by defeating Chennaiyin FC in the final. The competition was not held between 2020 and 2022 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but returned in 2023, when Odisha FC beat Bengaluru FC to claim their first-ever silverware. Kolkata Giants East Bengal FC emerged champions in 2024, while FC Goa reclaimed the Cup in May 2025 with a victory over Jamshedpur FC.