1978 Indian Federation Cup final

1978 Indian Federation Cup Final

Event	1978 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Mohun Bagan 0 0
Joint winners
Date	7 May 1978 9 May 1978 (replay)
Venue	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
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The 1978 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 2nd final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 7 May 1978 and the replay on 9 May 1978 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. ^[1]

Both the teams were announced as joint winners after both the matches ended 0–0 after full time. ^{[2] [3]}

Route to the final

East Bengal				Round	Mohun Bagan
Opponent	Result			Quarter Final Group League	Opponent	Result
Rajasthan Police	5–0			Matchday 1	Premier Tyres	0–0
Mafatlal	2–1			Matchday 2	HAL	8–0
ITI	2–0			Matchday 3	JCT	1–1
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout Stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
JCT	3–0	1–0	2–0	Semi–Final	ITI	2–2 (7–6 p)	2–0	0–2

Match

Summary

The Federation Cup final began at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore on 7 May 1978 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in the Kolkata Derby. Ranjit Mukherjee's header came off the crossbar in the opening minutes of the game as East Bengal created more chances in the first half while Mohun Bagan was dominant in the second half. Shibaji Banerjee of Mohun Bagan was shown a yellow card for time wasting while Surajit Sengupta of East Bengal was carded for a foul on Dilip Palit in the second half of the game. Both teams canceled each other out as none of them was able to break the deadlock and the game ended in a 0–0 stalemate. ^{[4] [5]} The final was replayed on 9 May 1978 and once again the game ended in a 0–0 draw and both the teams were announced as joint winners, with both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan won their first-ever Federation Cup title. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Details

7 May 1978

14:30 IST

East Bengal	0–0	Mohun Bagan

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore

Attendance: 20,000 (est.)

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

GK Bhaskar Ganguly LB Satyajit Mitra CB Monoranjan Bhattacharya CB Shyamal Ghosh RB Chinmay Chatterjee CM Prasanta Banerjee CM Samaresh CHowdhury RW Surajit Sengupta (c) LW Narayanswami Ulaganathan ST Tapan Das ST Ranjit Mukherjee Substitutes: CM Mihir Bose Head Coach: Arun Ghosh

GK Shibaji Banerjee RB Sudhir Karmakar CB Shyamal Banerjee CB Subrata Bhattacharya LB Dilip Palit CM Gautam Sarkar CM Prasun Banerjee (c) RW Manas Bhattacharya LW Bidesh Bose ST Shyam Thapa ST Subhash Bhowmick Substitutes: CB Pradip Chowdhury ST Mohammed Habib Head coach: P. K. Banerjee

Replay

9 May 1978

14:30 IST

East Bengal	0–0	Mohun Bagan

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore

Attendance: 20,000 (est.)

Match rules 90 minutes. Replay if match ends in a draw Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw

See also

• India - List of Federation Cup Winners

References

1. Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
2. "দু'দলই বিজয়ী" [Both teams winners]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 10 May 1978.
3. "এবারের ফেডারেশন কাপে যুগ্মবিজয়ী" [Joint Champions in this year's Federation Cup]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 10 May 1978.
4. "কইম্বাতুরে খেলা গোলশূন্য" [Match ends goalless in Coimbatore]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 8 May 1978.
5. "প্রাণপাত পরিশ্রমেও গোল হয়নি" [No Goals even after tireless efforts]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 8 May 1978.