1998 Indian Federation Cup

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1998 Indian Federation Cup
Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup
CountryIndia
Dates23 August–12 September 1998
Teams16
ChampionsMohun Bagan (10th title)
Runners-upEast Bengal
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Cyril Barreto
(4 goals)
Best playerAmit Das (Mohun Bagan)
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2001 →

The 1998 Indian Federation Cup, also known as 1998 Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the Indian Federation Cup. It was held between 23 August and 12 September 1998. Salgaocar were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round by State Bank of Travancore. Mohun Bagan won the tournament for the tenth time, following a 2–1 over East Bengal in the final played at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, a replay of the previous edition's semifinal when the latter won.[1] Amit Das and Hemanta Dora of Mohun Bagan were named the Player and Goalkeeper of the Tournament.[2]

Qualification[]

Main article: 1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification

For the 1998 edition, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) decided to increase the number of entries to justify the tournament as that "for champion clubs" on the back of two decades of "[failure] to achieve its propagated aims and objectives."[3] Accordingly, on 16 July 1998, the President of AIFF, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, announced that the edition would have 48 teams competing. Eight teams would be seeded directly into the round of 16 and eight other teams would qualify from five zones: North, East, North-East, West and South. He added that the qualifying rounds would be played on a knock-out basis, and that top two teams from South Zone and the winners of the four other zones would qualify for the tournament proper, while the other two would come from a play-off among runners-up of the four zones.[4] Salgaocar, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan, Border Security Force, , Dempo and Churchill Brothers were announced as the eight seeded teams. A report carried by Sportstar said that the teams were seeded based on their quarter-final entry in the previous edition.[5]

The qualification round saw 37 teams vying from five zones for the eight spots. A then newly formed club, Bengal Mumbai, was not allowed to enter the competition from the West Zone as, according to the AIFF, "the team would have to come through the state league and prove themselves."[4][2]

Qualified teams[]

Team Qualified as Qualified on
Border Security Force 1997 quarter-final 16 July
Churchill Brothers 1997 quarter-final 16 July
Dempo 1997 quarter-final 16 July
East Bengal 1997 quarter-final 16 July
1997 quarter-final 16 July
JCT Mills North Zone winner 10 August
Jorba Durga East Zone winner 22 July
Kochin South Zone winner 2 August
Langsning North-East Zone winner 1 August
Mohammedan 1997 quarter-final 16 July
Mohun Bagan 1997 quarter-final 16 July
Punjab State Electricity Board Play-off winner 23 August
Salgaocar 1997 quarter-final 16 July
State Bank of Travancore South Zone runner-up 2 August
Tollygunge Agragami Play-off winner 20 August
Vasco West Zone winner 8 August

Results[]

In case of a tie at regular time, extra time with golden goal was used. In case scores remain tied even after extra time, penalty shoot-out was used.

Pre-quarterfinals (Round of 16)[]

Dempo0–2Vasco
Report Goal 62'
Goal 64'
East Bengal3–1Jorba Durga
Biswas Goal 90'
Goal 57'
Vijayan Goal 84'		 Report Goal 82'
Attendance: 10,000
Churchill Brothers7–0Langsning
Goal 4', 6', 8', 17'
Soares Goal 43'
Goal 75', 76'		 Report
Salgaocar0–1State Bank of Travancore
Report Goal 90'
Border Security Force1–0Tollygunge Agragami
Gauranga Pal Goal 71' Report
Mohun Bagan2–0Kochin
Okorie Goal 13', 26' Report
0–1Punjab State Electricity Board
Gurdish Singh Goal 26'
Mohammedan Sporting1–0 (a.e.t.)JCT Mills
Golden goal 116' Report
Attendance: 8,000

Quarter-finals[]

Churchill Brothers2–1 (a.e.t.)Border Security Force
Goal 32', Golden goal 111'  (pen.) Report Goal 84'
Referee: Ramesh Rehani
Vasco0–5East Bengal
Report Vijayan Goal 38', 45'
R. Singh Goal 56', 86'
Chapman Goal 86'
Mohammedan Sporting0–0 (a.e.t.)Punjab State Electricity Board
Report
Penalties
Moses Ohira Penalty scored
Joy Kabui Penalty scored
Amitava Ghosh Penalty scored
Subir Ghosh Penalty scored
Arjan Ali Penalty missed		 4–3 Sandeep Saini Penalty scored
Jujhar Singh Penalty scored
Harjap Singh Penalty scored
Dalip Kumar Penalty missed
Sukhbir Singh Penalty missed
Mohun Bagan1–0State Bank of Travancore
Omollo Goal 82' Report
Referee: Gokuldas Nagvenkar (Goa)

Semi-finals[]

East Bengal1–0Churchill Brothers
R. Singh Goal 70' Report
Mohammedan Sporting1–2Mohun Bagan
Goal 70' Report Vijayan Goal 50'
Okorie Goal 79'

Third place play-off[]

Churchill Brothers1–1Mohammedan Sporting
Elvis Fernandes Goal 90' Report

Final[]

Mohun Bagan2–1East Bengal
Amit Das Goal 10'
Vijayan Goal 20'		 Report Chapman Goal 85'

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

4 goals
  • Cyril Barreto (Churchill Brothers)
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Gauranga Pal (Border Security Force)
  • Harvinder Singh (Border Security Force)
  • Mario Soares (Churchill Brothers)
  • Elvis Fernandes (Churchill Brothers)
  • Dipendu Biswas (East Bengal)
  • (East Bengal)
  • Suraj Thapa (Jorba Durga)
  • Cassius Owino (Mohammedan Sporting)
  • Joy Kabui (Mohammedan Sporting)
  • Sammy Omollo (Mohun Bagan)
  • Gurdish Singh (Punjab State Electricity Board)
  • Sylvester Ignatius (State Bank of Travancore)
  • Premanand Gadekar (Vasco)
  • Louis Nickson (Vasco)

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament
Amit Das (Mohun Bagan)
Best Goalkeeper
Hemanta Dora (Mohun Bagan)

Prize money[]

United Breweries Group sponsored the tournament and announced a prize money of ₹2 million for the winning team. The team that came second, third and fourth were given ₹1.5 million, ₹1 million and ₹500,000 respectively. All the other teams that participated in the tournament proper received ₹100,000 each.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Bose, Saibal (13 September 1998). "Bagan ride on luck, EB errors to crown". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "21th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1998:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ "It has failed to achieve its objective". The Hindu. indianfootball.de. 29 August 1998. Archived from the original on 31 July 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "News: 16 July 1998". indianfootball.de. 16 July 1998. Archived from the original on 30 July 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. ^ Ghosh, Arnab (9 October 1998). "Mohun Bagan retails title". Sportstar. indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 12 June 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

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