2012 Indian Federation Cup final

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2012 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event 2012 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Dempo
32
After Extra Time
Date30 September 2012
Venue Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, West Bengal
Referee Vishnu Chawhan (Gujarat) [1]
Attendance35,000 [2]
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The 2012 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 34th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between East Bengal and Dempo on 30 September 2012.

Contents

East Bengal won the final 3–2, to claim their eighth Federation Cup title. Climax Lawrence put Dempo in front in the 51st minute but Arnab Mondal equalized for East Bengal in the 60th minute. The match then went into extra-time as Manandeep Singh scored the winner for East Bengal in the 100th minute before Chidi Edeh scored the third goal for East Bengal in the 109th minute to seal the victory and championship before Mahesh Gawli scored the consolation for Dempo. [3]

Route to the final

East Bengal

RoundOppositionScore
GS Sporting Goa 1–1
GS ONGC 2–1
GS Kalighat MS 4–3
SF Churchill Brothers 1–0

East Bengal entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group C along with Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, and Kalighat MS and their matches were played in Siliguri. [4] The tournament got off to a mixture start for East Bengal as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing Chidi Edeh scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot. [5] The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against ONGC F.C. in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing, India international, Manandeep Singh scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory. [6] East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to Kalighat MS in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals. [7]

In the semi-finals East Bengal took on Churchill Brothers and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster Lalrindika Ralte in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final. [8]

Dempo

RoundOppositionScore
GS Pailan Arrows 1–1
GS Shillong Lajong 1–0
GS Mumbai 4–0
SF Salgaocar 2–0

Dempo entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group A along with Mumbai, Pailan Arrows, and Shillong Lajong and their matches were played in Jamshedpur. [4] The tournament got off to a mix start as well for Dempo as they drew against Pailan Arrows 1–1 in their first match with Clifford Miranda scoring the equalizer for Dempo after Holicharan Narzary gave Pailan the lead. [9] Dempo then won their first match of the tournament in their second match of the group stage against Shillong Lajong with Clifford Miranda again being the goalscorer for Dempo as they won 1–0. [10] Dempo then confirmed their place into the semi-finals of the Federation Cup with a demolition performance over Mumbai in their last group match in which they won 4–0 with Miranda scoring one goal for the club and Nigerian Koko Sakibo scoring a hat-trick. [11]

In the semi-finals Dempo took on reigning Federation Cup champions from 2011 Salgaocar on 27 September 2012 in a match that was eventually won by Dempo 2–0 with goals coming from Joaquim Abranches in the 70th minute and Koko Sakibo in the 84th minute to send the Goan club to the final. [12]


Match

Details

East Bengal 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Dempo
Mondal Soccerball shade.svg60'
Singh Soccerball shade.svg100'
Edeh Soccerball shade.svg109'		 Report Lawrence Soccerball shade.svg51'
Gawli Soccerball shade.svg111'
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Attendance: 35,000 (est.) [2]
Referee: Vishnu Chawhan (Gujarat) [1]
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East Bengal
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Dempo
GK1 Flag of India.svg Abhijit Mondal
RB29 Flag of India.svg Saumik Dey
CB3 Flag of India.svg Arnab Mondal
CB2 Flag of India.svg Raju Gaikwad
LB8 Flag of India.svg Naoba Singh
RM7 Flag of India.svg Harmanjot Khabra Sub off.svg 91'
CM14 Flag of India.svg Mehtab Hossain (c)
CM18 Flag of Nigeria.svg Penn Orji
LM35 Flag of India.svg Ishfaq Ahmed Sub off.svg 79'
ST26 Flag of India.svg Manandeep Singh
ST10 Flag of Nigeria.svg Chidi Edeh Sub off.svg 114'
Substitutes:
GK30 Flag of India.svg Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
DF25 Flag of India.svg Robert Lalthalma Sub on.svg 114'
DF34 Flag of India.svg Subodh Kumar
MF15 Flag of India.svg Sanju Pradhan Sub on.svg 79'
MF21 Flag of India.svg Lalrindika Ralte Sub on.svg 91'
FW6 Flag of India.svg Baljit Sahni
FW38 Flag of India.svg Seminlen Doungel
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Trevor Morgan
GK1 Flag of India.svg Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
RB4 Flag of India.svg Creson Antao
CB2 Flag of India.svg Debabrata Roy
CB28 Flag of India.svg Mahesh Gawli
LB18 Flag of India.svg Valeriano Rebello
MF6 Flag of India.svg Peter Carvalho Yellow card.svg 39'
MF15 Flag of India.svg Clifford Miranda (c)Sub off.svg 79'
MF8 Flag of India.svg Climax Lawrence Sub off.svg 103'
MF14 Flag of India.svg Anthony Pereira Yellow card.svg 78'Sub off.svg 96'
ST17 Flag of India.svg Joaquim Abranches
ST11 Flag of Nigeria.svg Koko Sakibo
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of India.svg Tyson Caiado
DF16 Flag of India.svg Samir Subash Naik
DF25 Flag of India.svg Rowilson Rodrigues
MF20 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Sueoka Sub on.svg 79'
MF7 Flag of India.svg Godwin Franco Sub on.svg 103'
MF19 Flag of India.svg Romeo Fernandes Sub on.svg 96'
FW29 Flag of India.svg Cliffton Gonsalves
Manager:
Flag of India.svg Armando Colaco

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