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1996 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event1996 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Dempo
2 1
After golden goal extra time
Date11 August 1996
VenueSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the MatchTushar Rakshit
RefereeRavi Shekhar (Maharashtra) [1]
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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.[2]

Route to the final

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See also: 1996 Indian Federation Cup

East Bengal

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Round Opposition Score
R16 Air 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.[2][3]

Dempo

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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.[2]

Match

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Details

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East Bengal2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)Dempo
Tushar Rakshit 14'
Raman Vijayan gold-colored soccer ball 107'		 Camilo Goncalves 16'
Attendance: 100,000 (est.)
Referee: Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra)
East Bengal
Dempo
GK India Hemanta Dora
LB India Subir Ghosh
CB India Debjit Ghosh
CB India Debasish Pal Chowdhury downward-facing red arrow 12'
RB India Ilyas Pasha
RM India Ranjan Dey
CM India Tushar Rakshit (c)
CM India Basudeb Mondal
LM India Amit Das
ST India Raman Vijayan
ST India Prashanta Chakraborty downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
DF India Arumugam Saravanan upward-facing green arrow 12' downward-facing red arrow 100'
FW India Tauseef Jamal upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF India Ansari Abdul Hamid upward-facing green arrow 100'
Manager:
India Monoranjan Bhattacharya
GK India Dominic D'Souza
RB India Matthew Rodrigues downward-facing red arrow 76'
CB India Sunmani Singh
CB Nigeria Christopher Kem
LB India Xavier Colaco
LM India Valentino Ezuego
CM India Shanta Kumar downward-facing red arrow 61'
RM India Itocha Singh
ST India Camilo Goncalves (c)
ST India P Manohoran
ST Nigeria Lullu Nwike downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutes:
MF India Marcus Carvalho upward-facing green arrow 61'
DF India Agnolo Miranda upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW India Mahesh Singh upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
India Socorro Coutinho

Hero of the Match:
Tushar Rakshit (East Bengal)[2]

Match rules

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Chaudhuri, Arunava. "19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996:". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. ^ "19th Federation Cup 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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