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.

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.East Bengal FC emerged champions in 2024, while FC Goa reclaimed the Cup in May 2025 with a victory over Jamshedpur FC.