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The North East Lajong Super Series is an seven-day pre-season football tournament hosted by Indian I-League club Shillong Lajong F.C. and held in North East India, the club's location.

The tournament will be a round-robin tournament in which each team plays each other once, with the best two teams facing each other in the Final which is held at the Nehru Stadium in Shillong.

History
On 12 August 2012 it was announced that New Zealand A-League club Wellington Phoenix would be touring India and participating in an event with I-League clubs Shillong Lajong and United Sikkim. It was announced that the three teams would be particpating in a tournament called the North East Lajong Super Series and that the tournament would be funded by Shillong Lajong and JOR Events. The tournament was originally going to be held in Shillong, Imphal, and Guwahati but due to the 2012 Assam riots the venue in Guwahati was taken out. The tournament began on 24 August 2012 with Wellington Phoenix beating United Sikkim 3–0 in Imphal.