Federation Cup (India)
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The Federation Cup is an annual knockout style club football tournament in India
. It has started in 1977. From its inception till I-League
has been started in 1997 (then called NFL
), it was the most prestigious national level club football tournament in India. Presently it is the most important club tournament after the I-League
, to which it has become a de facto League Cup. The winning club of Federation Cup gets a chance to compete in the continental level in AFC Cup
.
The current holders of the Federation Cup are Salgaocar S.C. who beat Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. 3–1 in the 2011 final, becoming the first non-Kolkata club to win the premier domestic cup competition in Indian football since Mahindra United in 2005.
teams along with the 2 qualifying round teams play in 4 groups of 4 with the top team going through.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It has started in 1977. From its inception till I-League
I-League
The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...
has been started in 1997 (then called NFL
National Football League (India)
The National Football League was an association football league competition in India between 1996 and 2007 which was organised into three divisions. The league is now transformed into the I-League and continues with that name...
), it was the most prestigious national level club football tournament in India. Presently it is the most important club tournament after the I-League
I-League
The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...
, to which it has become a de facto League Cup. The winning club of Federation Cup gets a chance to compete in the continental level in AFC Cup
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their...
.
The current holders of the Federation Cup are Salgaocar S.C. who beat Kingfisher East Bengal F.C. 3–1 in the 2011 final, becoming the first non-Kolkata club to win the premier domestic cup competition in Indian football since Mahindra United in 2005.
Qualifying Round
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who were relegated from the I-LeagueI-LeagueThe I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...
play in a two-table format and the top team from both groups move on.
Group Stage
All 14 I-LeagueI-League
The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...
teams along with the 2 qualifying round teams play in 4 groups of 4 with the top team going through.
Past winners and runners-ups
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 2011 Indian Federation Cup The 2011 Indian Federation Cup will be the 33rd season of the knock-out competition. On 13 August 2011 the AIFF announced that 21 clubs had been accepted to the tournament..... |
Salgaocar SC | East Bengal | 3–1 |
| 2010 2010 Indian Federation Cup The 32nd Federation Cup qualifiers commenced from September 14. Eight teams battled it out for a place in the quarterfinal round and had been divided in to two groups.-Qualifying Play-Offs :... |
East Bengal | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 |
| 2009–10 | East Bengal | Shillong Lajong FC | 0–0 (a.e.t.), (3–0 pen.) |
| 2008 | Mohun Bagan | Dempo SC | 1–0 |
| 2007 | East Bengal | Mahindra United Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai... |
2–1 |
| 2006 | Mohun Bagan | Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa is a association football club based in the Indian state of Goa who currently participate in the I-League which is India's number one league competition in the country... |
3–1 |
| 2005 | Mahindra United Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai... |
Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa is a association football club based in the Indian state of Goa who currently participate in the I-League which is India's number one league competition in the country... |
2–1 |
| 2004 | Dempo SC | Mohun Bagan | 2–0 |
| 2003 | Mahindra United Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai... |
Mohammedan Sporting Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1891 at Kolkata, is one of the oldest and leading football clubs in India. The club currently plays in the second division of I-League and premier division of CFL.... |
1–0 |
| 2002 | Not held | ||
| 2001 | Mohun Bagan | Dempo SC | 2–1 |
| 2000 | Not held | ||
| 1999 | Not held | ||
| 1998 | Mohun Bagan | East Bengal | 2–1 |
| 1997 | Salgaocar SC | East Bengal | 2–1 |
| 1996# | East Bengal | Dempo SC | 2–1 |
| 1996# | JCT | East Bengal | 1–1 (a.e.t.), (5–3 (pen.) |
| 1995 | JCT | East Bengal | 1–1(a.e.t.), (7–6pen.) |
| 1994 | Mohun Bagan | Salgaocar SC | 0–0(a.e.t.), (3–0 pen.) |
| 1993 | Mohun Bagan | Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai... |
1–0 |
| 1992 | Mohun Bagan | East Bengal | 2–0 |
| 1991 | Kerala Police | Mahindra & Mahindra Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai... |
2–0 (a.e.t.) |
| 1990 | Kerala Police | Salgaocar SC | 2–1 |
| 1989–90 | Salgaocar SC | Mohammedan Sporting Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1891 at Kolkata, is one of the oldest and leading football clubs in India. The club currently plays in the second division of I-League and premier division of CFL.... |
2–1 (a.e.t.) |
| 1988–89 | Salgaocar SC | BSF Border Security Force The Border Security Force is a border patrol agency of the Government of India. Established on December 1, 1965, it is one of the Central Armed Police Forces. Its primary role is to guard India's international borders during peacetime and also prevent transnational crime... |
1–0 |
| 1987–88 | Mohun Bagan | Salgaocar SC | 2–0 |
| 1986–87 | Mohun Bagan | East Bengal | 0–0(a.e.t.), (5–4 pen.) |
| 1985–86 | East Bengal | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 |
| 1984–85 | Mohammedan Sporting Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1891 at Kolkata, is one of the oldest and leading football clubs in India. The club currently plays in the second division of I-League and premier division of CFL.... |
East Bengal | 1–0 |
| 1983–84 | Mohammedan Sporting Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1891 at Kolkata, is one of the oldest and leading football clubs in India. The club currently plays in the second division of I-League and premier division of CFL.... |
Mohun Bagan | 0–0,2–0 |
| 1982–83 | Mohun Bagan | Mafatlal Mills | 1–0 |
| 1981–82 | Mohun Bagan | Mohammedan Sporting Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1891 at Kolkata, is one of the oldest and leading football clubs in India. The club currently plays in the second division of I-League and premier division of CFL.... |
2–0 |
| 1980–81 | Mohun Bagan, East Bengal (joint winners) | 1–1 | |
| 1979–80 | BSF Border Security Force The Border Security Force is a border patrol agency of the Government of India. Established on December 1, 1965, it is one of the Central Armed Police Forces. Its primary role is to guard India's international borders during peacetime and also prevent transnational crime... |
Mafatlal Mills | 2–2,3–0 |
| 1978–79 | Mohun Bagan, East Bengal (joint winners) | 0–0 | |
| 1977–78 | ITI Bangalore | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 |
- a.e.t.: after extra time
- pen.: score in penalty shootout
Teams reaching final
| Club | Final Appearances | Winner | Winning Years | Runners-up | Runners-up Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohun Bagan | 18 | 13 | 1978*,1980*,1981,1982,1986, 1987,1992,1993,1994,1998, 2001,2006,2008 |
5 | 1977,1983,1985,2004,2010 |
| East Bengal East Bengal Club Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club are an Indian professional football club based at Kolkata. They are known to be one of the best footballing sides in India. They have won the most IFA Shields in Indian Football and are tied for the most National Football League and Durand Cup championships with... |
15 | 7 | 1978*,1980*,1985,1996#,2007, 2009,2010 2010 Indian Federation Cup The 32nd Federation Cup qualifiers commenced from September 14. Eight teams battled it out for a place in the quarterfinal round and had been divided in to two groups.-Qualifying Play-Offs :... |
8 | 1984,1986,1992,1995,1996#, 1997,1998,2011 |
| Salgaocar S.C. Salgaocar Sports Club Salgaocar Sporting Club is a professional football club who currently play in the I-League. They are based in Vasco, Goa. They are owned by the V. M... |
7 | 4 | 1988,1989,1997,2011 2011 Indian Federation Cup The 2011 Indian Federation Cup will be the 33rd season of the knock-out competition. On 13 August 2011 the AIFF announced that 21 clubs had been accepted to the tournament..... |
3 | 1987,1990,1994 |
| Mohammedan S.C. Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) Mohammedan Sporting Club, founded in 1891 at Kolkata, is one of the oldest and leading football clubs in India. The club currently plays in the second division of I-League and premier division of CFL.... |
5 | 2 | 1983,1984 | 3 | 1981,1989,2003 |
| Mahindra United Mahindra United Mahindra United Football Club was a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground was the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai... |
5 | 2 | 2003,2005 | 3 | 1991,1993,2007 |
| Dempo Sports Club Dempo Sports Club Dempo Sports Club is a sports club based in Panjim, Goa. Its football side is one of India's most prominent football teams. The club is owned and sponsored by the Dempo group of companies... |
4 | 1 | 2004 | 3 | 1996#,2001,2008 |
| JCT Mills F.C. JCT Mills Football Club JCT Football Club, founded in 1971, was an Indian professional football club based in Phagwara, Punjab . They were sponsored by Jagatjit Cotton and Textile Mills under the leadership of Samir Thapar and have emerged as one of the most successful Indian football clubs in recent years... |
2 | 2 | 1995,1996# | 0 | |
| Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa is a association football club based in the Indian state of Goa who currently participate in the I-League which is India's number one league competition in the country... |
2 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 2005,2006 | ||||
| Kerala Police | 2 | 2 | 1990, 1991 | 0 | |
| BSF (Border Security Force) | 2 | 1 | 1979 | 1 | 1988 |
| ITI (Indian Telephone Industries) | 1 | 1 | 1977 | 0 | |
| Lajong SSC Lajong SSC Shillong Lajong Football Club is a I-League football club from Shillong, Meghalaya. The club was established in 1983 with the prime objective of improving the diminishing standard of football in the state, and to spot, train and nurture local talent. In the local Khasi language Lajong translates to... |
1 | 0 | |||
| 1 | 2009 |
- * : shared
- # :There were two federation cups in 1996
See also
- I-LeagueI-LeagueThe I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...
- IFA ShieldIFA ShieldThe IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. It is the fourth oldest club cup competition in the world after the English and Scottish FA cup's and the Durand Cup.-Results of IFA Shield:...
- Durand CupDurand CupThe Durand Football Tournament was started by then, India's Foreign Secretary, Mortimer Durand at Simla, India, in 1888. The initial matches were played in Dagshai. It was basically initiated, as a recreation for British troops stationed in India. The Durand Cup was twice suspended, during the two...
- Rovers CupRovers CupThe Rovers Cup is a football tournament held in India. It was started by British football enthusiasts at Bombay in 1891. It is the 2nd oldest football tournament in India, after Durand Cup. 1st Worcester Regiment was the winner in the inaugural year...
- List of football clubs in India
External links
- The AIFF official website
- India page on official AFCAsian Football ConfederationThe Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
website - Federation Cup 2008 Photos at Mango Peel
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website