2012 Indian Federation Cup

2012 Indian Federation Cup
Country	India
Teams	20
Champions	East Bengal
Runners-up	Dempo
Matches played	33
Goals scored	102 (3.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Chidi Edeh (5)
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The 2012 Indian Federation Cup was the 34th season of the top knock-out competition in India. The qualifiers started in August while the Final Round took place from 19 September 2012 to 30 September 2012.^[1]^[2]

Salgaocar were the defending champions, having beaten East Bengal 3–1 in the 2011 Final.

DD Sports Friday agreed to telecast live the semifinals and final of the tournament.^[3]

The cup was eventually won by East Bengal after they defeated Dempo in the final on 30 September 2012.^[4]

Teams[]

Round	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Qualifiers	6	N/A	N/A	2012 I-League 2nd Division Final Round + HAL
Group Stage	16	2	14	I-League
Semi-Finals	4	4	N/A	N/A
Final	2	2	N/A	N/A

Calendar[]

The calendar for the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, as announced by the All India Football Federation:

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs
Qualification	August	6	6
Group Stage	19–26 September	24	16
Semi-Finals	27–28 September	2	4
Final	30 September	1	2

Qualifying Rounds[]

All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of the I-League and have to compete in the qualifying rounds.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dempo	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Pailan Arrows	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Shillong Lajong	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
Mumbai	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Mohun Bagan	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Mohammedan	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Air India	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group C[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
ONGC	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Sporting Goa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Kalighat MS	3	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group D[]

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Salgaocar	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Pune	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Prayag United	2	0	1	1	2	1	+1	1
United Sikkim	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Semi-Finals[]

27 September 2012	Churchill Brothers	0–1 (a.e.t.)	East Bengal	showKanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
18:30 IST		Report	Ralte 111'

28 September 2012	Dempo	2–0	Salgaocar	showKanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
18:30 IST	Abranches 70' Sakibo 84'	Report

Final[]

30 September 2012	East Bengal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Dempo	showKanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
18:30 IST	Mondal 60' Singh 100' Edeh 109'	Report	Lawrence 51' Gawli 111'	Attendance: 35,000 (est)^[5]

Goalscorers[]

5 goals:

Chidi Edeh (East Bengal)

4 goals:

Manandeep Singh (East Bengal)

Koko Sakibo (Dempo)

3 goals:

Anthony D'Souza (Salgaocar)
Akram Moghrabi (Churchill Brothers)

Clifford Miranda (Dempo)
Christopher Chizoba (Kalighat MS)

Katsumi Yusa (ONGC)
David Opara (Mumbai)

2 goals:

Beto (Churchill Brothers)
Mohammed Rafique (Prayag United)
James Gbilee (Kalighat MS)

Henry Antchouet (Churchill Brothers)
Mackroy Peixote (Sporting Goa)
David Sunday (Mohammedan)

Holicharan Narzary (Pailan Arrows)
Dawson Fernandes (Sporting Goa)
Oneyama Eke (ONGC)

1 goal:

Luciano Sabrosa (Salgaocar)
Bikramjit Singh (Churchill Brothers)
Climax Lawrence (Dempo)
Tanmoy Kundu (Kalighat MS)
Chinadorai Sabeeth (Mohun Bagan)
Lalmuanpuia (ONGC)
Prabir Das (Pailan Arrows)
Nicholas Colaco (Salgaocar)
Johnny Menyongar (Shillong Lajong)
Gbeneme Friday (Shillong Lajong)

Carlos Hernández (Prayag United)
Joaquim Abranches (Dempo)
Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal)
Mohammed Mukhtar (Mohammedan)
Sachin Gawas (ONGC)
Dhanpal Ganeshan (Pailan Arrows)
Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune)
Victorino Fernandes (Sporting Goa)
Junior Obagbemiro (Air India)
Ebi Sukore (Shillong Lajong)

Bineesh Balan (Churchill Brothers)
Mahesh Gawli (Dempo)
Arnab Mondal (East Bengal)
Manish Mathani (Mohan Bagan)
Tarif Ahmed (ONGC)
Deepak Devrani (Pailan Arrows)
Arata Izumi (Pune)
Pierre Djidjia Douhou (Pune)
Henry Ezeh (Air India)
Ángel Guirado (Salgaocar)

References[]

^ Choudhuri, Arunava. "AIFF release Indian Calendar 2012/13 season". Arunava Football. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
^ "Federation Cup football from September 19". Business Standard. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
^ http://www.sportzpower.com/?q=content/dd-telecast-federation-cup-semifinals-final
^ Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 3–2 Dempo SC: Trevor Morgan gifted with a Federation Cup title on his birthday". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "East Bengal win Federation Cup". ESPN Star Sports. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

External links[]

The Indian Federation Cup at the-aiff.com

[1] Choudhuri, Arunava. "AIFF release Indian Calendar 2012/13 season". Arunava Football. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

[BS-2] "Federation Cup football from September 19". Business Standard. Retrieved 24 August 2012.

[3] ttp://www.sportzpower.com/?q=content/dd-telecast-federation-cup-semifinals-final

[4] Noronha, Anselm. "East Bengal 3–2 Dempo SC: Trevor Morgan gifted with a Federation Cup title on his birthday". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[5] "East Bengal win Federation Cup". ESPN Star Sports. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

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