1996 Indian Federation Cup final

Football match

1996 Indian Federation Cup FinalEvent| 1996 Indian Federation Cup

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| East Bengal | Dempo

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2 | 1
After golden goal extra time
Date| 11 August 1996
Venue| Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match| Tushar Rakshit
Referee| Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra) [1]

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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[edit]

See also: 1996 Indian Federation Cup

### East Bengal[edit]

Round  | Opposition  | Score

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R16  | Air India | 2–1
Quarter-final  | Border Security Force  | 1–1 (4–3 pen)
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[edit]

Round  | Opposition  | Score

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R16  | Delhi Mughals  | 4–0
Quarter-final  | Mohun Bagan | 0–0 (5-3 pen)
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[edit]

### Details[edit]

11 August 1996

17:30 IST

East Bengal| 2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)| Dempo

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Tushar Rakshit 14'
Raman Vijayan 107' |  | Camilo Goncalves  16'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 100,000 (est.)

Referee: Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra)

East Bengal

Dempo

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GK |  |  Hemanta Dora
LB |  |  Subir Ghosh
CB |  |  Debjit Ghosh
CB |  |  Debasish Pal Chowdhury |  |  12'
RB |  |  Ilyas Pasha
RM |  |  Ranjan Dey
CM |  |  Tushar Rakshit (c)
CM |  |  Basudeb Mondal
LM |  |  Amit Das
ST |  |  Raman Vijayan
ST |  |  Prashanta Chakraborty |  |  76'
Substitutes:
DF |  |  Arumugam Saravanan |  |  12' |  |  100'
FW |  |  Tauseef Jamal |  |  76'
MF |  |  Ansari Abdul Hamid |  |  100'
Manager:
Monoranjan Bhattacharya
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GK |  |  Dominic D'Souza
RB |  |  Matthew Rodrigues |  76'
CB |  |  Sunmani Singh
CB |  |  Christopher Kem
LB |  |  Xavier Colaco
LM |  |  Valentino Ezuego
CM |  |  Shanta Kumar |  61'
RM |  |  Itocha Singh
ST |  |  Camilo Goncalves (c)
ST |  |  P Manohoran
ST |  |  Lullu Nwike |  75'
Substitutes:
MF |  |  Marcus Carvalho |  61'
DF |  |  Agnolo Miranda |  76'
FW |  |  Mahesh Singh |  75'
Manager:
Socorro Coutinho

Hero of the Match:
Tushar Rakshit (East Bengal)[2]

Match rules

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

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## See also[edit]

* 19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
2. ^ a b c d Chaudhuri, Arunava. "19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996:". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
3. ^ "19th Federation Cup 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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