FAO Super Cup

The FAO Super Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic football, based in Odisha, India. In 2018, the inaugural edition of the Super Cup was played. 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 Student's Club.

FAO Super Cup
Organising bodyFootball Association of Odisha (FAO)
Founded2018 (2018)
RegionOdisha
Number of teams8 (2023)
Current championsSports Odisha
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Rising Star Club
Sunrise Club
Sports Odisha
(1 title each)
Television broadcastersFA Odisha
SportsKPI
(YouTube, Facebook)
2023 FAO Super Cup

History

In 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

A 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
List of FAO Super Cup Finals
Year Winners Score Runners-up
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

Results by team
Club Wins First final won Last final won Runners-up Last final lost Total final appearances
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

References
  1. "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.
  2. "FAO restructures domestic football". Football Association of Odisha. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
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