Federation Cup (India)

Federation Cup (India)

Founded	1977
Region	India
Number of teams	22
Most successful club	Mohun Bagan(13 titles)
Website	the-aiff.com
2011 Indian Federation Cup

The Federation Cup (abbreviated as Fed 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.

History

The tournament has been started by All India Football Federation (AIFF) in 1977.

Format

Qualifying Round

• 6 teams from the 2011 I-League 2nd Division Final Round along with ONGC FC who were relegated from the I-League play in a two-table format and the top team from both groups move on.

Group Stage

All 14 I-League teams along with the 2 qualifying round teams play in 4 groups of 4 with the top team going through.

Results

Past winners and runners-ups

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
2011	Salgaocar SC	East Bengal	3–1
2010	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	2–1
2006	Mohun Bagan	Sporting Clube de Goa	3–1
2005	Mahindra United	Sporting Clube de Goa	2–1
2004	Dempo SC	Mohun Bagan	2–0
2003	Mahindra United	Mohammedan Sporting	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	1–0
1992	Mohun Bagan	East Bengal	2–0
1991	Kerala Police	Mahindra & Mahindra	2–0 (a.e.t.)
1990	Kerala Police	Salgaocar SC	2–1
1989–90	Salgaocar SC	Mohammedan Sporting	2–1 (a.e.t.)
1988–89	Salgaocar SC	BSF	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	East Bengal	1–0
1983–84	Mohammedan Sporting	Mohun Bagan	0–0,2–0
1982–83	Mohun Bagan	Mafatlal Mills	1–0
1981–82	Mohun Bagan	Mohammedan Sporting	2–0
1980–81	Mohun Bagan, East Bengal (joint winners)		1–1
1979–80	BSF	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	15	7	1978*,1980*,1985,1996#,2007, 2009,2010	8	1984,1986,1992,1995,1996#, 1997,1998,2011
Salgaocar S.C.	7	4	1988,1989,1997,2011	3	1987,1990,1994
Mohammedan S.C.	5	2	1983,1984	3	1981,1989,2003
Mahindra United	5	2	2003,2005	3	1991,1993,2007
Dempo Sports Club	4	1	2004	3	1996#,2001,2008
JCT Mills F.C.	2	2	1995,1996#	0	-
Sporting Clube de Goa	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	1	0	-	1	2009

• * : shared
• # :There were two federation cups in 1996

See also

• I-League
• IFA Shield
• Durand Cup
• Rovers Cup
• List of football clubs in India

References

• Article on Indian football on BBC Sport July 30, 2004
• Federation cup at AIFF website

External links

• The AIFF official website
• India page on official AFC website
• Federation Cup 2008 Photos at Mango Peel
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website