2010 Indian Federation Cup final

2010 Indian Federation Cup Final

Event	2010 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Mohun Bagan 1 0
Date	2 October 2010
Venue	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, Odisha
Man of the Match	Reisangmei Vashum
Referee	Dinesh Nair [1]
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The 2010 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 2 October 2010.

East Bengal won the final 1–0, to successfully retain and claim their seventh Federation Cup title. Reisangmei Vashum scored the solitary goal for the Red and Gold brigade in the 53rd minute from Robin Singh's lay-off pass. ^[2]

Route to the final

See also: 2010 Indian Federation Cup

East Bengal

Round	Date	Opposition	Score
GS	21 September 2010	Air India	3–1
GS	23 September 2010	HAL	2–1
GS	25 September 2010	Pune FC	1–0
Semi-final	29 September 2010	Churchill Brothers	1–0

East Bengal entered the 2010 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group A along with Air India, HAL, and Pune FC and their matches were played in Cuttack. The tournament got off to a great start for East Bengal as they defeated Air India in their opening match by 3–1 with Tolgay Ozbey scoring a brace and Robin Singh scoring the third. Bijith Setty scored a consolation goal in the 89th minute for Air India. ^[3] In the second match, East Bengal came from behind to defeat HAL by 2–1 with Penn Orji and Tolgay Ozbey finding the back of the net in the 13th and 33rd minute respectively after Hamza put HAL ahead in the 9th minute. ^[4] In the last game of the group stages, East Bengal pipped Pune FC by 1–0 with Penn Orji finding the back of the net once again in the 67th minute as the Red and Gold brigade confirmed the top spot in the group with 3 wins and progressed to the Semi-finals where they would face Churchill Brothers. Tolgay Ozbey's 11th-minute strike was enough for Trevor Morgan's men to reach the final. ^[5]

Mohun Bagan

Round	Date	Opposition	Score
GS	22 September 2010	Shillong Lajong	1–0
GS	24 September 2010	Mumbai FC	0–0
GS	26 September 2010	Salgaocar	6–1
Semi-final	30 September 2010	Dempo	1–1 (5–3 pen)

Mohun Bagan entered the 2010 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group D along with Mumbai, Salgaocar and Shillong Lajong and their matches were played in Cuttack.The tournament got off to a mix start as well for Bagan as they won against Shillong Lajong 1–0 in their first match with Muritala Ali scoring the winner for Bagan and then drew goalless with Mumbai FC in their second match. In the last game of the group they required a win against Salgaocar to qualify and Bagan thrashed the Goan club by 6–1 with José Ramirez Barreto and Muritala Ali scoring hattricks each. ^[6] In the semi-finals Mohun Bagan took on Dempo and the game ended 1–1 after 120 minutes. Ranti Martins put Dempo ahead in the 2nd minute while Chidi Edeh scored the equaliser in the 66th minute for Bagan. In the penalty shootout, Sangram Mukherjee saved Ogba Kalu Nnanna's shot as they won 5–3 to reach the finals. ^[7]

Match

Details

2 October 2010

18:30 IST

East Bengal	1 – 0	Mohun Bagan
Reisangmei Vashum 53'	Report	Muritala Ali  70'  88'

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Attendance: 10,000 (est.)

Referee: Dinesh Nair

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

GK 24 Sandip Nandy LB 29 Saumik Dey (c) CB 3 Nirmal Chettri CB 4 Uga Okpara RB 8 Naoba Singh RM 7 Harmanjot Khabra  88' CM 14 Mehtab Hossain CM 18 Penn Orji LM 12 Reisangmei Vashum  79' ST 23 Robin Singh  80' ST 20 Tolgay Ozbey  77' Substitutes: DF 2 Ravinder Singh  88' MF 17 Sushanth Mathew  80' FW 10 Ekene Ikenwa  77' Manager: Trevor Morgan

GK 31 Shilton Paul RB 2 S.K. Azim CB 4 Kingshuk Debnath CB 34 Sagram Mandi LB 6 R Dhanarajan DM 16 Okwy Diamondstar  60' CM 14 Manish Maithani (c) MF 8 Snehasish Chakraborty ST 12 Ashim Biswas  74' ST 10 José Ramirez Barreto ST 11 Muritala Ali  70'  88' Substitutes: MF 7 Jayanta Sen  70' FW 9 Chidi Edeh  60' Manager: Stanley Rozario

References

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2. "Federation Cup: East Bengal Down Mohun Bagan To Retain Their Federation Cup Crown". Goal. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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4. "HINDUSTAN AERO VS. EAST BENGAL 1 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
5. "East Bengal entered the final of Federation Cup after they overcame a spirited Churchill Brothers 1-0 in the semifinals at Barabati Stadium on Wednesday. They will play the winners of the other semifinal between Mohun Bagan and Dempo Sports Club". Times of India. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
6. "Mohun Bagan thrash Salgaocar 6-1 to enter semis". Zee News. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
7. "Mohun Bagan Cruise Into Federation Cup Final". Outlook India. Retrieved 5 November 2020.