2012 Indian Federation Cup Final

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2012 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event 2012 Indian Federation Cup
After Extra Time
Date 30 September 2012
Venue Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, West Bengal
Referee Vishnu Chawhan (Gujarat)[1]
Attendance 35,000[2]
2011
2013

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.

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

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East Bengal

Round Opposition Score
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

Round Opposition Score
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

30 September 2012
18:30 IST
East Bengal 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Dempo
Mondal Goal 60'
Singh Goal 100'
Edeh Goal 109'
Report Lawrence Goal 51'
Gawli Goal 111'
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
Attendance: 35,000 (est)[2]
Referee: Vishnu Chawhan (Gujarat)[1]
East Bengal
Dempo
GK 1 India Abhijit Mondal
RB 29 India Saumik Dey
CB 3 India Arnab Mondal
CB 2 India Raju Gaikwad
LB 8 India Naoba Singh
RM 7 India Harmanjot Khabra Substituted off 91'
CM 14 India Mehtab Hossain (c)
CM 18 Nigeria Penn Orji
LM 35 India Ishfaq Ahmed Substituted off 79'
ST 26 India Manandeep Singh
ST 10 Nigeria Chidi Edeh Substituted off 114'
Substitutes:
GK 30 India Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
DF 25 India Robert Lalthalma Substituted in 114'
DF 34 India Subodh Kumar
MF 15 India Sanju Pradhan Substituted in 79'
MF 21 India Lalrindika Ralte Substituted in 91'
FW 6 India Baljit Sahni
FW 38 India Seminlen Doungel
Manager:
England Trevor Morgan
GK 1 India Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
RB 4 India Creson Antao
CB 2 India Debabrata Roy
CB 28 India Mahesh Gawli
LB 18 India Valeriano Rebello
MF 6 India Peter Carvalho Booked 39'
MF 15 India Clifford Miranda (c) Substituted off 79'
MF 8 India Climax Lawrence Substituted off 103'
MF 14 India Anthony Pereira Booked 78' Substituted off 96'
ST 17 India Joaquim Abranches
ST 11 Nigeria Koko Sakibo
Substitutes:
GK 31 India Tyson Caiado
DF 16 India Samir Subash Naik
DF 25 India Rowilson Rodrigues
MF 20 Japan Ryuji Sueoka Substituted in 79'
MF 7 India Godwin Franco Substituted in 103'
MF 19 India Romeo Fernandes Substituted in 96'
FW 29 India Cliffton Gonsalves
Manager:
India Armando Colaco

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