1985 Indian Federation Cup final

1985 Indian Federation Cup final

Event	1985 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Mohun Bagan 1 0
After extra time
Date	19 May 1985
Venue	Sampangi Stadium, Bangalore, Karnataka
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The 1985 Indian Federation Cup final was the 9th 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 19 May 1985 at the Sampangi Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka.

East Bengal won the final 1–0 courtesy of a goal by Jamshid Nassiri in the extra-time to claim their third Federation Cup title. ^{[1] [2]}

Route to the final

East Bengal				Round	Mohun Bagan
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
HAL	2–0			Matchday 1	Sesa Goa	3–0
Central Excise Cochin	1–0			Matchday 2	Madura Coats	3–0
JCT	2–0			Matchday 3	Integral Coach Factory	4–0
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout Stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Punjab SEB	2–1	2–0	0–1	Semi–Final	Salgaocar	1–1 (4–3 p)	0–0	1–1

Match

Summary

The Federation Cup final began at the Sampangi Stadium in Bangalore on 19 May 1985 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in the Kolkata Derby. The match was also a classic rivalry between the two coaches P. K. Banerjee of East Bengal and Amal Dutta of Mohun Bagan, two of the most famous coaches from Bengal at the time. East Bengal started as the favorites with a strong defense consisting of Balai Mukherjee, Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Tarun Dey and Aloke Mukherjee and a star-studded forward line consisting of Krishanu Dey, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Bikash Panji and Jamshid Nassiri. Both teams however canceled each other in the regulation ninety minutes but East Bengal won the match in extra-time after Iranian forward Jamshid Nassiri scored with a 30-yard long-range effort as East Bengal defeated their arch-rival Mohun Bagan 1–0 and lifted their third Federation Cup title. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

Details

19 May 1985

14:30 IST

East Bengal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Mohun Bagan
Nassiri 102'

Sampangi Stadium, Bangalore

Attendance: 20,000 (est.)

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

GK Bhaskar Ganguly RB Balai Mukherjee (c) CB Monoranjan Bhattacharya CB Tarun Dey LB Aloke Mukherjee RM Bikash Panji CM Sudip Chatterjee  71' LM Sunirmal Chakraborty FW Biswajit Bhattacharya FW Debasish Roy  101' FW Jamshid Nassiri Substitutes: CM Debasish Mishra  71' FW Krishanu Dey  101' Head Coach: P. K. Banerjee

GK Jagadish RB Krishnendu Roy CB Satyajit Ghosh CB Subrata Bhattacharya (c) LB Samar Bhattacharya RM Abdul Majeed Kakroo CM Prasanta Banerjee LM Subir Sarkar  61' FW Babu Mani FW Krishna Gopal Chowdhury FW Bidesh Bose  97' Substitutes: LM Mihir Bose  81' FW Karthik Sett  97' Head coach: Amal Dutta

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

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. King, Ian; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet; Cruickshank, Mark (30 May 2013). "Federation Cup 1985 (at Bangalore)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
3. SS Shreekumar (1 September 2015). "India Must Focus on Single League, Says Nassiri". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
4. Judge, Shahid (29 October 2022). "Kolkata Derby: When Iran striker Jamshid Nassiri, a neutral, was consumed by the famous rivalry". Scroll. Retrieved 2 November 2022.