Super Cup | Mohun Bagan drawn against Bengaluru FC in tournament opener

Mohun Bagan are considered to be one of India’s oldest football clubs and after finishing fifth in the recently concluded edition of the I-League with 29 points, they would be pumped to go up against last year’s Super Cup winners in their season opener in Bhubaneswar. They ended their campaign with a 3-2 against Shillong Lajong and would want to carry on their momentum.

Bengaluru, meanwhile, booked their place in the final for the second year running after beating NorthEast United in a thriller. Newly crowned I-League champions Chennai City FC would be playing the winners of Qualifier 1 FC Pune City and Minerva Punjab FC on March 31. East Bengal, who ended last season as runners-up would be taking on the winners of the qualifier between Delhi Dynamos and the team finishing ninth in the I-League on March 30.

Two-time champions ATK will lock horns with Real Kashmir on April 1 while Chennaiyin FC, who had a torrid season this time, will meet former I-League champions Aizawl FC in a qualifier on March 16. The four qualifiers will be held on March 15 and 16. The semi-finals are scheduled for April 9 and 10, while the final will be held on April 13. 

THE FIXTURES: QUALIFIERS: March 15 (5 pm): FC Pune City vs I-League 10 (Qualifier 1). March 15 (8.30 pm): Kerala Blasters FC vs Indian Arrows (Q2). March 16 (5 pm): Delhi Dynamos vs I-League 9 (Q3). March 16

(8.30 pm): Chennaiyin FC vs Aizawl FC (Q4) ROUND OF 16: March 29 (8.30 pm): Q4 vs Mumbai City FC (PQ1); March 30 (5 pm): Q2 vs FC Goa (PQ2); March 30 (8.30 pm): Q3 vs East Bengal (PQ3); March 31 (5 pm): Mohun Bagan vs Bengaluru FC (PQ4); March 31

(8.30 pm): Q1 vs Chennai City FC (PQ5); April 1 (8.30 pm): ATK vs Real Kashmir FC (PQ6); April 2 (8.30 pm): Jamshedpur FC vs Churchill Brothers (PQ7); April 3 (8.30 pm): Neroca FC vs NEUFC (PQ8). QUARTERFINALS: April 4 (8.30 pm): PQ4 vs PQ5 (Q9); April 5

(8.30 pm): PQ3 vs PQ6 (Q10); April 6 (8.30 pm): PQ2 vs PQ7 (Q11); April 7 (8.30 pm): PQ1 vs PQ8 (Q12). SEMIFINALS: April 9 (8.30 pm): Winner Q9 vs Winner Q11; April 10

(8.30 pm): Winner Q10 vs Winner Q12. FINAL — April 13 (8.30pm).