2007 Indian Federation Cup Final

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2007 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event2007 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Mahindra United
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Date15 September 2007
VenueGuru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab
Man of the MatchEdmilson Marques Pardal
RefereeK Shankar (Tamil Nadu) [1]
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The 2007 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 29th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mahindra United on 15 September 2007.

East Bengal won the final 2–1 with a brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson Marques Pardal to claim their fifth Federation Cup title.[2]

Route to the final[]

See also: Federation Cup (India)

East Bengal[]

Round Date Opposition Score
R16 4 September 2007 Mohammedan Sporting 3–1
Quarter Final 9 September 2007 JCT 3–2
Semi Final 11 September 2007 Mohun Bagan 3–2

East Bengal entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the Pre-Quarter Finals, East Bengal faced Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting in their opening match and won 3–1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan ilast eightQuarter-Final. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and in a thriller of a game, East Bengal won 3–2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.[3] In the Semi Final, it was a Kolkata Derby as East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3–2 to reach the final.[4][5]

Mahindra United[]

Round Date Opposition Score
R16 5 September 2007 HAL 1–0
Quarter Final 8 September 2007 Sporting Clube de Goa 1–1 (5-4 pen)
Semi Final 12 September 2007 Dempo 1–1 (3-1 pen)

Mahindra United entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the Pre-Quarter Finals, they faced HAL and won it courtesy of a soliraty goal from Steven Dias in the 9th minute.[6] In the Quarter Final, they faced Sporting Clube de Goa and after 120 minutes the game ended 1–1 and Mahindra won 5–4 via penalty shootout to reach the last four of the tournament. In the Semi Final, Mahindra United faced the reigning I-league champions Dempo and the match once again remained deadlock at 1–1 after 120 minutes. Manjit Singh put Mahindra ahead in the 32nd minute but Beto equalised for Dempo just six minutes later. Mahindra won the game 3–1 in the penalty shootout to reach the final.[7]

Match[]

Details[]

East Bengal2–1Mahindra United
Edmilson Marques Pardal Goal 36' (pen), 45+1' Report Sunil Kumar Red card 42'
Manjit Singh Goal 45+3'
Attendance: 10,000 (est.)
Referee: K Shankar (Tamil Nadu)
East Bengal
Mahindra
GK 24 India Subrata Paul (c)
LB 29 India Saumik Dey
CB 3 Nigeria Majek Bolaji
CB 2 India Muttah Suresh
RB 27 India Irungbam Surkumar Singh
CM 26 India Mehrajuddin Wadoo Substituted off 82'
CM 7 India Jayanta Sen
RW 9 India Alvito D'Cunha Substituted off 74'
LW 19 India Syed Rahim Nabi
ST 25 India Ashim Biswas
ST 30 Brazil Edmilson Marques Pardal Substituted off 90'
Substitutes:
DF 17 Ghana Abdul Samed Okocha Substituted in 82'
MF 6 India Dipankar Roy Substituted in 74'
FW 10 India Dipendu Biswas Substituted in 90'
Manager:
India Subrata Bhattacharya
GK 24 India Sandip Nandy (c)
RB 7 India Sushanth Mathew
CB 16 India Sunil Kumar
CB 5 India Harpreet Singh
LB 14 India Dharmaraj Ravanan
LM 4 India Krishnan Nair Ajayan
CM 29 Ivory Coast Douhou Pierre
RM 23 India Steven Dias Substituted off 78'
ST 12 India Manjit Singh Substituted off 79'
ST 26 Democratic Republic of the Congo Edson Minga Substituted off 46'
ST 10 Nigeria Andrews Pomeyie Mensah
Substitutes:
MF 17 India Sukhwinder Singh Substituted in 46'
FW 11 India Mohammad Rafi Substituted in 78'
FW 9 India Surojit Bose Substituted in 79'
Manager:
India Derrick Pereira

Hero of the Match:
Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal)[2]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "29th Federation Cup, Live Coverage". IndianFootball.de. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Edmilson guides EB to cup". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Speedy Nabi takes East Bengal to semis". Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Mohun Bagan go down fighting to East Bengal". One India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ "East Bengal send Bagan packing - Bhattacharya's tactical move proves decisive". Telegraph India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Mahindras, Clube de Goa win". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Subrata, Pereira match their wits in Federation Cup final". DNA India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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