1997 Indian Federation Cup final

1997 Indian Federation Cup final

Event	1997 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Salgaocar 1 2
After golden goal extra time
Date	20 July 1997
Venue	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match	Bruno Coutinho
Referee	Gulab Chouhan (Gujarat)
Attendance	1,20,000(approx)
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The 1997 Indian Federation Cup final was the 20th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Salgaocar of Goa on 20 July 1997 at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.

Salgaocar won the final 2–1 courtesy of a Golden goal by Bruno Coutinho in the extra-time to claim their third Federation Cup title. ^{[1] [2]}

Route to the final

See also: 1997 Indian Federation Cup

East Bengal

Round	Date	Opposition	Score
Pre-Quarter Final	14 June 1997	Integral Coach Factory	3–0
Quarter Final	6 July 1997	Mohammedan Sporting	4–0
Semi Final	13 July 1997	Mohun Bagan	4–1

East Bengal entered the 1997 Indian Federation Cup as the defending champions. In the pre-quarter finals, East Bengal faced Integral Coach Factory and won 3–0 with goals from Naushad Moosa, Renedy Singh and Arumugam Saravanan. ^[3] In the quarter-finals, East Bengal defeated Mohammedan Sporting 4–0 as Nazimul Haq scored twice, Naushad Moosa and Bhaichung Bhutia scored the other two. ^[4] In the semi-finals, East Bengal defeated their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan 4–1 in the famous Diamond Derby in front of a record 131,781 crowd at the Salt Lake Stadium. ^[5] Bhaichung Bhutia scored a hattrick while Nazimul Haq scored the other for East Bengal. Chima Okorie scored the only goal for Bagan as East Bengal reached their fourth consecutive final. ^[6]

Salgaocar

Round	Date	Opposition	Score
Pre-Quarter Final	15 June 1997	Mizo Highlanders	6–0
Quarter Final	5 July 1997	Border Security Force	1–1 (4-3 pen)
Semi Final	12 July 1997	Dempo	1–0

Salgaocar entered the 1997 Indian Federation Cup as one of the National League teams. In the pre-quarter finals, Salgaocar defeated Mizo Highlanders 6–0 to reach the last eight of the tournament where they faced Border Security Force. In the quarter-finals, Salgaocar defeated Border Security force 4–3 via penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1 after added extra time. Bruno Coutinho scored for Salgaocar while Prasanta Das had scored for BSF. ^[7] In the semi-finals, Salgaocar faced the runner-up from the previous edition Dempo and won 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from Bruno Coutinho as they reached the final. ^[6]

Match

Details

20 July 1997

16:30 IST

East Bengal	1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Salgaocar
Sammy Omollo 83'	Report	Bruno Coutinho 23'92'

Salt Lake Stadium , Kolkata

Attendance: 100,000 (est.)

Referee: Gulab Chauhan (Gujarat)

East Bengal

Salgaocar

GK 1 Haggi Azande Abulista RB 17 Ilyas Pasha CB 2 Naushad Moosa CB 4 Sammy Omollo LB 5 Amitabha Chanda  35' RM 14 Abdul Sadique CM 18 Tushar Rakshit (c) CM 16 Sankarlal Chakraborty LM 8 Somatai Saiza ST 15 Bhaichung Bhutia ST 23 Nazimul Haq  65' Substitutes: LB 20 Falguni Dutta  35' CM 6 Shamsi Reza  65' Coach: Monoranjan Bhattacharya

GK 20 Juje Siddi RB 3 Francis Coelho  76' CB 3 Franky Barreto (c) CB 22 Roberto Fernandes LB 21 Roque Pereira LM 6 Shanmugam Venkatesh  61' CM 7 Jules Alberto CM 19 Savio Medeira RM 16 Domingues Vaz ST 10 Bruno Coutinho ST 25 Jude Odegah  88' Substitutes: LM 23 Sanaton Singh  61' FW 8 Gaspah Castro  88' Coach: T.K. Chathunni

Hero of the Match: Bruno Coutinho (Salgaocar) [1]

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

See also

• 20th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1997

References

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5. Bose, Saibal (14 July 1997). "Bhutia's barrage batters Bagan". The Indian Express. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
6. Choudhuri, Arunava; Jönsson, Mikael; Bobrowsky, Josef (6 December 2006). "20th Federation Cup 1997". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
7. UNI (6 July 1997). "Salgaocar enter Fed Cup semis". The Indian Express. Retrieved 4 November 2021.