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.
Route to the final
East Bengal Round Opposition Score R16Air 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.
Dempo Round Opposition Score 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.
Match Details
GK Hemanta Dora LB Subir GhoshCB Debjit GhoshCB Debasish Pal Chowdhury RB Ilyas PashaRM Ranjan Dey CM Tushar Rakshit (c)CM Basudeb Mondal LM Amit DasST Raman VijayanST 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 SinghCB Christopher KemLB Xavier ColacoLM Valentino EzuegoCM 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
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