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]

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

East Bengal

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

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

Details

East Bengal2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)Dempo
Tushar Rakshit 14'
Raman Vijayan gold-colored soccer ball 107' 		Camilo Goncalves 16'
Attendance: 100,000 (est.)
Referee: Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra)
East Bengal
Dempo
GKIndia Hemanta Dora
LBIndia Subir Ghosh
CBIndia Debjit Ghosh
CBIndia Debasish Pal Chowdhurydownward-facing red arrow 12'
RBIndia Ilyas Pasha
RMIndia Ranjan Dey
CMIndia Tushar Rakshit (c)
CMIndia Basudeb Mondal
LMIndia Amit Das
STIndia Raman Vijayan
STIndia Prashanta Chakrabortydownward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
DFIndia Arumugam Saravananupward-facing green arrow 12'downward-facing red arrow 100'
FWIndia Tauseef Jamalupward-facing green arrow 76'
MFIndia Ansari Abdul Hamidupward-facing green arrow 100'
Manager:
India Monoranjan Bhattacharya
GKIndia Dominic D'Souza
RBIndia Matthew Rodriguesdownward-facing red arrow 76'
CBIndia Sunmani Singh
CBNigeria Christopher Kem
LBIndia Xavier Colaco
LMIndia Valentino Ezuego
CMIndia Shanta Kumardownward-facing red arrow 61'
RMIndia Itocha Singh
STIndia Camilo Goncalves (c)
STIndia P Manohoran
STNigeria Lullu Nwikedownward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutes:
MFIndia Marcus Carvalhoupward-facing green arrow 61'
DFIndia Agnolo Mirandaupward-facing green arrow 76'
FWIndia Mahesh Singhupward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
India Socorro Coutinho

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

Match rules

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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