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.
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.
East Bengal qualifies for 2012 AFC Cup because Salgaocar S.C. already qualified via them being I-League champions.
Teams Round Clubsremaining Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis 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
8 September 2011: Mohammedan SC 1 – 0 Ar-Hima 10 September 2011: Ar-Hima 0 – 0 Vasco 12 September 2011: Vasco 0 – 1 Mohammedan SC
Group B
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
Group B Group B will play in Pune
Group C Group C played in Kolkata
Group D Group D will play in Kolkata
Semi-finals
Final
Top goal scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Henry Antchouet Churchill Brothers4 Chidi Edeh Salgaocar2 Alan Gow East Bengal33 Daniel Bedemi United Sikkim2 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.
See also I-League Federation Cup (India)
References
External links : www.kolkatafootball.com