1998 Indian Federation Cup

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1998 Indian Federation Cup
Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup
Country India
Dates23 August–12 September 1998
Teams16
Champions Mohun Bagan (10th title)
Runners-up East Bengal
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Cyril Barreto
(4 goals)
Best playerAmit Das (Mohun Bagan)
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The 1998 Indian Federation Cup, also known as 1998 Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the Indian Federation Cup. It was held between 23 August and 12 September 1998. Salgaocar were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round by State Bank of Travancore. Mohun Bagan won the tournament for the tenth time, following a 2–1 over East Bengal in the final played at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, a replay of the previous edition's semifinal when the latter won. [1] Amit Das and Hemanta Dora of Mohun Bagan were named the Player and Goalkeeper of the Tournament. [2]

Contents

Qualification

For the 1998 edition, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) decided to increase the number of entries to justify the tournament as that "for champion clubs" on the back of two decades of "[failure] to achieve its propagated aims and objectives." [3] Accordingly, on 16 July 1998, the President of AIFF, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, announced that the edition would have 48 teams competing. Eight teams would be seeded directly into the round of 16 and eight other teams would qualify from five zones: North, East, North-East, West and South. He added that the qualifying rounds would be played on a knock-out basis, and that top two teams from South Zone and the winners of the four other zones would qualify for the tournament proper, while the other two would come from a play-off among runners-up of the four zones. [4] Salgaocar, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan, Border Security Force, Indian Telephone Industries, Dempo and Churchill Brothers were announced as the eight seeded teams. A report carried by Sportstar said that the teams were seeded based on their quarter-final entry in the previous edition. [5]

The qualification round saw 37 teams vying from five zones for the eight spots. A then newly formed club, Bengal Mumbai, was not allowed to enter the competition from the West Zone as, according to the AIFF, "the team would have to come through the state league and prove themselves." [4] [2]

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asQualified on
Border Security Force 1997 quarter-final16 July
Churchill Brothers 1997 quarter-final16 July
Dempo 1997 quarter-final16 July
East Bengal 1997 quarter-final16 July
Indian Telephone Industries 1997 quarter-final16 July
JCT Mills North Zone winner10 August
Jorba Durga East Zone winner22 July
Kochin South Zone winner2 August
Langsning North-East Zone winner1 August
Mohammedan 1997 quarter-final16 July
Mohun Bagan 1997 quarter-final16 July
Punjab State Electricity Board Play-off winner23 August
Salgaocar 1997 quarter-final16 July
State Bank of Travancore South Zone runner-up2 August
Tollygunge Agragami Play-off winner20 August
Vasco West Zone winner8 August

Results

In case of a tie at regular time, extra time with golden goal was used. In case scores remain tied even after extra time, penalty shoot-out was used.

Pre-quarterfinals (round of 16)

Dempo 0–2 Vasco
Report Gadekar Soccerball shade.svg62'
Nickson Soccerball shade.svg64'
Nehru Stadium, Margao
East Bengal 3–1Jorba Durga
Biswas Soccerball shade.svg90'
Mondal Soccerball shade.svg57'
Vijayan Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report Thapa Soccerball shade.svg82'
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Attendance: 10,000
Churchill Brothers 7–0 Langsning
Barreto Soccerball shade.svg4', 6', 8', 17'
Soares Soccerball shade.svg43'
Ansari Soccerball shade.svg75', 76'		 Report
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Indian Telephone Industries 0–1Punjab State Electricity Board
Gurdish Singh Soccerball shade.svg26'
Bangalore
Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 (a.e.t.) JCT Mills
Owino Soccerball shade gold.svg 116' Report
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Attendance: 8,000

Quarter-finals

Churchill Brothers 2–1 (a.e.t.) Border Security Force
Mensah Soccerball shade.svg32', Soccerball shade gold.svg 111' (pen.) Report Singh Soccerball shade.svg84'
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Ramesh Rehani
Vasco 0–5 East Bengal
Report Vijayan Soccerball shade.svg38', 45'
R. Singh Soccerball shade.svg56', 86'
Chapman Soccerball shade.svg86'
Bangalore
Mohammedan Sporting 0–0 (a.e.t.)Punjab State Electricity Board
Report
Penalties
Moses Ohira Soccerball shad check.svg
Joy Kabui Soccerball shad check.svg
Amitava Ghosh Soccerball shad check.svg
Subir Ghosh Soccerball shad check.svg
Arjan Ali Soccerball shade cross.svg		4–3Sandeep Saini Soccerball shad check.svg
Jujhar Singh Soccerball shad check.svg
Harjap Singh Soccerball shad check.svg
Dalip Kumar Soccerball shade cross.svg
Sukhbir Singh Soccerball shade cross.svg
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Mohun Bagan 1–0 State Bank of Travancore
Omollo Soccerball shade.svg82' Report
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Referee: Gokuldas Nagvenkar (Goa)

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Churchill Brothers 1–1 Mohammedan Sporting
Elvis Fernandes Soccerball shade.svg90' Report
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Final

Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal
Amit Das Soccerball shade.svg10'
Vijayan Soccerball shade.svg20'		 Report Chapman Soccerball shade.svg85'
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
  • Cyril Barreto (Churchill Brothers)
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Gauranga Pal (Border Security Force)
  • Harvinder Singh (Border Security Force)
  • Mario Soares (Churchill Brothers)
  • Elvis Fernandes (Churchill Brothers)
  • Dipendu Biswas (East Bengal)
  • Basudeb Mondal (East Bengal)
  • Suraj Thapa (Jorba Durga)
  • Cassius Owino (Mohammedan Sporting)
  • Joy Kabui (Mohammedan Sporting)
  • Sammy Omollo (Mohun Bagan)
  • Gurdish Singh (Punjab State Electricity Board)
  • Sylvester Ignatius (State Bank of Travancore)
  • Premanand Gadekar (Vasco)
  • Louis Nickson (Vasco)

Awards

Player of the Tournament
Amit Das (Mohun Bagan)
Best Goalkeeper
Hemanta Dora (Mohun Bagan)

Prize money

United Breweries Group sponsored the tournament and announced a prize money of ₹2 million for the winning team. The team that came second, third and fourth were given ₹1.5 million, ₹1 million and ₹500,000 respectively. All the other teams that participated in the tournament proper received ₹100,000 each. [4]

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  2. 1 2 "21th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1998:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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