1996 Indian Federation Cup final

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1996 Indian Federation Cup final
Event1996 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Dempo
2 1
After golden goal extra time
Date11 August 1996
VenueSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the MatchTushar Rakshit
RefereeRavi Shekhar (Maharashtra) [1]
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The 1996 Indian Federation Cup final was the 19th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Dempo of Goa on 11 August 1996.

East Bengal won the final 2–1 courtesy of a Golden goal by Raman Vijayan in the extra-time to claim their fourth Federation Cup title.[2]

Route to the final[edit | edit source]

See also: 1996 Indian Federation Cup

East Bengal[edit | edit source]

Round Opposition Score
R16 Air India 2–1
Quarter-final Border Security Force 1–1 (4–3 pen)
Semi-final Kerala Police 3–0

East Bengal entered the 1996 Indian Federation Cup as the runner's up of the tournament's previous edition. In the pre-quarter-final, they faced Air India in their opening match and won 2–1. In the quarter-final, East Bengal faced Border Security Force and in a thriller of a game, won 4–3 in the penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1 after 120 minutes. Raman Vijayan scored the only goal for East Bengal. In the semi-final, East Bengal faced Kerala Police and won the match handsomely by 3–0 with a brace from Vijayan as they reached the final.[2][3]

Dempo[edit | edit source]

Round Opposition Score
R16 Delhi Mughals 4–0
Quarter-final Mohun Bagan 0–0 (5-3 pen)
Semi-final JCT Mills 3–1

In the pre-quarter-finals, Dempo faced Delhi Mughals and won it 4–0. In the quarter-final, they faced Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and after 120 minutes the game ended 0–0 and Dempo won 5–3 via penalty shootout to reach the last four of the tournament. In the Semi-final, they faced the reigning champions JCT Mills; defeated them 3–1 to reach the final.[2]

Match[edit | edit source]

Details[edit | edit source]

East Bengal2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)Dempo
Tushar Rakshit Goal 14'
Raman Vijayan Template:Golden goal		 Camilo Goncalves Goal 16'
Attendance: 100,000 (est.)
Referee: Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra)
East Bengal
Dempo
GK India Hemanta Dora
LB India Subir Ghosh
CB India Debjit Ghosh
CB India Debasish Pal Chowdhury Substituted off 12'
RB India Ilyas Pasha
RM India Ranjan Dey
CM India Tushar Rakshit (c)
CM India Basudeb Mondal
LM India Amit Das
ST India Raman Vijayan
ST India Prashanta Chakraborty Substituted off 76'
Substitutes:
DF India Arumugam Saravanan Substituted in 12' Substituted off 100'
FW India Tauseef Jamal Substituted in 76'
MF India Ansari Abdul Hamid Substituted in 100'
Manager:
India Monoranjan Bhattacharya
GK India Dominic D'Souza
RB India Matthew Rodrigues Substituted off 76'
CB India Sunmani Singh
CB Nigeria Christopher Kem
LB India Xavier Colaco
LM India Valentino Ezuego
CM India Shanta Kumar Substituted off 61'
RM India Itocha Singh
ST India Camilo Goncalves (c)
ST India P Manohoran
ST Nigeria Lullu Nwike Substituted off 75'
Substitutes:
MF India Marcus Carvalho Substituted in 61'
DF India Agnolo Miranda Substituted in 76'
FW India Mahesh Singh Substituted in 75'
Manager:
India Socorro Coutinho

Hero of the Match:
Tushar Rakshit (East Bengal)[2]

Match rules

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Chaudhuri, Arunava. "19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996:". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "19th Federation Cup 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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