2011 Indian Federation Cup

2011 Indian Federation Cup

Salt Lake Stadium hosted the final on 29 September 2011
Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Salgaocar (4th title)
Runners-up	East Bengal
AFC Cup	East Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	51
Goals scored	84 (1.65 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Chidi Edeh Henry Antchouet
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The 2011 Indian Federation Cup was the 33rd season of the knock-out competition. On 13 August 2011 the AIFF announced that 21 clubs had been accepted to the tournament. ^[1]

The tournament Qualifiers commence from 8 September to 13 September and Final Group Round quarterfinals start from 17 September. The winner of this prestigious tournament will book their place in 2012 AFC Cup. ^[2]

East Bengal qualifies for 2012 AFC Cup because Salgaocar S.C. already qualified via them being I-League champions.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Qualifying Round	21	none	21	2011 2nd Division Final Round Teams + ONGC FC
Final Group Phrase	16	2	14	I-League
Semi-Finals	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	none	none

Qualifying round

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Mohammedan SC 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6 Vasco 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Ar-Hima 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 Source: [ citation needed ] 8 September 2011: Mohammedan SC 1 – 0 Ar-Hima 10 September 2011: Ar-Hima 0 – 0 [3] Vasco 12 September 2011: Vasco 0 – 1 Mohammedan SC

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Royal Wahingdoh 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 United Sikkim 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Southern Samity 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 ONGC 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0 Source: [ citation needed ] 9 September 2011: Southern Samity 0 – 1 Royal Wahingdoh 9 September 2011: United Sikkim 3 – 2 ONGC 11 September 2011: Royal Wahingdoh 1 – 0 United Sikkim 11 September 2011: ONGC 1 – 2 Southern Samity 13 September 2011: Royal Wahingdoh 3 – 1 ONGC 13 September 2011: United Sikkim 1 – 0 Southern Samity

Final group phase

Group A Group A will play in Pune Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Shillong Lajong 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Royal Wahingdoh 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Churchill Brothers 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 Mohun Bagan 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1 Source: [ citation needed ]

Group B Group B will play in Pune Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Salgaocar 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Pailan Arrows 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6 Mumbai 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 HAL S.C. 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 Source: [ citation needed ]

Group C Group C played in Kolkata Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts East Bengal 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Pune 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Dempo 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3 Mohammedan 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 Source: [ citation needed ]

Group D Group D will play in Kolkata Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Prayag United 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Sporting Clube de Goa 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 Air India FC 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Chirag United Club Kerala 3 0 0 3 2 5 −3 0 Source: [ citation needed ]

Semi-finals

25 September 2011

6:00 pm IST

Salgaocar	1–0	Shillong Lajong
Edeh 90+1'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 20,456

Referee: Pratap Singh

26 September 2011

6:00 pm IST

East Bengal	2–1	Prayag United
Gow 38' Paite 83'	Report	Dutta 17'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 75,364

Referee: Mangho Singh

Final

Main article: 2011 Indian Federation Cup final

29 September 2011

18:00 IST

East Bengal	1–3	Salgaocar
Gow 26'	Report	Edeh 5' Fernandes 17' Sueoka 67'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: M. B. Santhosh Kumar

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Henry Antchouet	Churchill Brothers	4
	Chidi Edeh	Salgaocar
2	Alan Gow	East Bengal	3
3	Daniel Bedemi	United Sikkim	2
	Ogba Kalu Nnanna	Sporting Clube de Goa
	Khangebam Jibon Singh	Pailan Arrows
	Johnny Menyongar	Shillong Lajong
	Robin Singh	East Bengal
	Khemtang Paite	East Bengal
	Roberto Mendes Silva	Churchill Brothers
	Henry Ezeh	Air India
	Jeje Lalpekhlua	Pune
	Chencho	Royal Wahingdoh
	Jackichand Singh	Royal Wahingdoh
	Stanley Okoroigwe	Mohammedan

Telecast

Brand Value Communications Ltd. broadcast all 27 final group phase matches of the competition through their channels News Time Bangla and News Time Assam in West Bengal and Assam respectively. On 20 September, DD Sports announced that they would telecast the matches starting with the two games that ended the group phase on 22 September. DD Sports also aired the semi-finals and final. ^[4]

See also

• I-League
• Federation Cup (India)

References

1. "Federation Cup Qualifiers to kick-off on September 8". the-aff. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
2. "Federation Cup semis and final at Kolkata". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 August 2011.
3. http://www.indiablooms.com/SportsDetailsPage/sportsDetails100911e.php%5B%5D
4. http://www.indiablooms.com/SportsDetailsPage/sportsDetails100911b.php%5B%5D

External links

• : www.kolkatafootball.com