The 1985 Indian Federation Cup final was the 9th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 19 May 1985 at the Sampangi Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka.
East Bengal won the final 1–0 courtesy of a goal by Jamshid Nassiri in the extra-time to claim their third Federation Cup title.
Route to the final
East BengalRound Mohun BaganOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultHAL2–0Matchday 1Sesa Goa3–0Central Excise Cochin1–0Matchday 2Madura Coats3–0JCT2–0Matchday 3Integral Coach Factory4–0OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout StageOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPunjab SEB2–12–00–1Semi–FinalSalgaocar1–1 0–01–1
Match Summary The Federation Cup final began at the Sampangi Stadium in Bangalore on 19 May 1985 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in the Kolkata Derby. The match was also a classic rivalry between the two coaches P. K. Banerjee of East Bengal and Amal Dutta of Mohun Bagan, two of the most famous coaches from Bengal at the time. East Bengal started as the favorites with a strong defense consisting of Balai Mukherjee, Monoranjan Bhattacharya, Tarun Dey and Aloke Mukherjee and a star-studded forward line consisting of Krishanu Dey, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Bikash Panji and Jamshid Nassiri. Both teams however canceled each other in the regulation ninety minutes but East Bengal won the match in extra-time after Iranian forward Jamshid Nassiri scored with a 30-yard long-range effort as East Bengal defeated their arch-rival Mohun Bagan 1–0 and lifted their third Federation Cup title.
Details
GK Bhaskar GangulyRB Balai Mukherjee (c)CB Monoranjan BhattacharyaCB Tarun DeyLB Aloke MukherjeeRM Bikash PanjiCM Sudip Chatterjee LM Sunirmal ChakrabortyFW Biswajit Bhattacharya FW Debasish Roy FW Jamshid NassiriSubstitutes:CM Debasish Mishra FW Krishanu Dey Head Coach: P. K. Banerjee GK Jagadish RB Krishnendu RoyCB Satyajit GhoshCB Subrata Bhattacharya (c)LB Samar BhattacharyaRM Abdul Majeed KakrooCM Prasanta BanerjeeLM Subir Sarkar FW Babu ManiFW Krishna Gopal ChowdhuryFW Bidesh Bose Substitutes:LM Mihir Bose FW Karthik Sett Head coach: Amal Dutta
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
See also India - List of Federation Cup Winners
References