1996 Indian Federation Cup final

1996 Indian Federation Cup final

Event	1996 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Dempo 2 1
After golden goal extra time
Date	11 August 1996
Venue	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match	Tushar Rakshit
Referee	Ravi 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

See also: 1996 Indian Federation Cup

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

11 August 1996

17:30 IST

East Bengal	2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Dempo
Tushar Rakshit 14' Raman Vijayan 107'		Camilo Goncalves 16'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 100,000 (est.)

Referee: Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra)

East Bengal

Dempo

GK Hemanta Dora LB Subir Ghosh CB Debjit Ghosh CB Debasish Pal Chowdhury  12' RB Ilyas Pasha RM Ranjan Dey CM Tushar Rakshit (c) CM Basudeb Mondal LM Amit Das ST Raman Vijayan ST Prashanta Chakraborty  76' Substitutes: DF Arumugam Saravanan  12'  100' FW Tauseef Jamal  76' MF Ansari Abdul Hamid  100' Manager: Monoranjan Bhattacharya

GK Dominic D'Souza RB Matthew Rodrigues  76' CB Sunmani Singh CB Christopher Kem LB Xavier Colaco LM Valentino Ezuego CM Shanta Kumar  61' RM Itocha Singh ST Camilo Goncalves (c) ST P Manohoran ST Lullu Nwike  75' Substitutes: MF Marcus Carvalho  61' DF Agnolo Miranda  76' FW Mahesh Singh  75' Manager: Socorro Coutinho

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

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

See also

• 19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996

References

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