1996 Indian Federation Cup final explained

1996 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event:	1996 Indian Federation Cup
Team1:	East Bengal
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Dempo
Team2score:	1
Details:	After golden goal extra time
Date:	11 August 1996
Stadium:	Salt Lake Stadium
City:	Kolkata, West Bengal
Man Of The Match1a:	Tushar Rakshit
Referee:	Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra) ^[1]
Previous:	1995
Next:	1997

The 1996 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 19th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Dempo of Goa on 11 August 1996.

East Bengal won the final 2 - 1 courtesy of a Golden goal by Raman Vijayan in the extra-time to claim their fourth Federation Cup title.^[2]

Route to the final

See also: 1996 Indian Federation Cup.

East Bengal

--	+ East Bengal -->	scope=col width="80"	Round	scope=col width="120"	Opposition	scope=col width="80"	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"	R16	Air India	2–1
scope=row style="text-align:center"	Quarter-final	Border Security Force	1–1 (4–3 pen)
scope=row style="text-align:center"	Semi-final	Kerala Police	3–0

East Bengal entered the 1996 Indian Federation Cup as the runner's up of the tournament's previous edition. In the pre-quarter-final, they faced Air India in their opening match and won 2 - 1. In the quarter-final, East Bengal faced Border Security Force and in a thriller of a game, won 4 - 3 in the penalty shootout after the game ended 1 - 1 after 120 minutes. Raman Vijayan scored the only goal for East Bengal. In the semi-final, East Bengal faced Kerala Police and won the match handsomely by 3 - 0 with a brace from Vijayan as they reached the final.^{[2] [3]}

Dempo

--	+ Dempo -->	scope=col width="80"	Round	scope=col width="120"	Opposition	scope=col width="80"	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"	R16	Delhi Mughals	4–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"	Quarter-final	Mohun Bagan	0–0 (5-3 pen)
scope=row style="text-align:center"	Semi-final	JCT Mills	3–1

In the pre-quarter-finals, Dempo faced Delhi Mughals and won it 4 - 0. In the quarter-final, they faced Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and after 120 minutes the game ended 0 - 0 and Dempo won 5 - 3 via penalty shootout to reach the last four of the tournament. In the Semi-final, they faced the reigning champions JCT Mills; defeated them 3 - 1 to reach the final.^[2]

Match

Details

GK LB Subir Ghosh CB Debjit Ghosh CB Debasish Pal Chowdhury RB Ilyas Pasha RM Ranjan Dey CM Tushar Rakshit (c) CM Basudeb Mondal LM Amit Das ST Raman Vijayan ST Prashanta Chakraborty Substitutes: DF Arumugam Saravanan FW Tauseef Jamal MF Ansari Abdul Hamid Manager: Monoranjan Bhattacharya

GK Dominic D'Souza RB Matthew Rodrigues CB Sunmani Singh CB Christopher Kem LB Xavier Colaco LM Valentino Ezuego CM Shanta Kumar RM Itocha Singh ST Camilo Goncalves (c) ST P Manohoran ST Lullu Nwike Substitutes: MF Marcus Carvalho DF Agnolo Miranda FW Mahesh Singh Manager: Socorro Coutinho

Hero of the Match: Tushar Rakshit (East Bengal)

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

See also

• 19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996

Notes and References

1. News: Novy. Kapadia. East Bengal's Federation Cup successes. Sportskeeda . 7 October 2012 . 8 June 2021 .
2. Web site: 19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996:. IndianFootball.de. 8 June 2021. Arunava. Chaudhuri.
3. Web site: 19th Federation Cup 1996. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 8 June 2021.