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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title               = 1998 Indian Federation Cup
| dates               = 23 August–12 September 1998
| other_titles        = Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup
| image               =
| imagesize           =
| caption             =
| country             = [[India]]
| num_teams           = 16
| champions           = [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] (10th title)
| runner-up           = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| matches             = 16
| goals               = 36
| top goal scorer     = Cyril Barreto<br/>(4 goals)
| player              = Amit Das (Mohun Bagan)
| prevseason          = [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]]
| nextseason          = [[2001 Indian Federation Cup|2001]]
}}

The '''1998 Indian Federation Cup''', also known as '''1998 Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup''' due to sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the [[Federation Cup (India)|Indian Federation Cup]]. It was held between 23 August and 12 September 1998. [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round by [[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]. [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] won the tournament for the tenth time, following a 2–1 over [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] in the final played at the [[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]], a replay of the [[1997 Federation Cup Semifinal: East Bengal F.C. v Mohun Bagan A.C.|previous edition's semifinal]] when the latter won.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bose|first1=Saibal|title=Bagan ride on luck, EB errors to crown|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/51138/|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=6 February 2017|date=13 September 1998}}</ref> Amit Das and Hemanta Dora of Mohun Bagan were named the Player and Goalkeeper of the Tournament.<ref name="if1">{{cite web|title=21th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1998:|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1998-99fedcup.html|publisher=indianfootball.de|accessdate=6 February 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206055207/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1998-99fedcup.html|archivedate=6 February 2017}}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{Main article|1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification}}
For the 1998 edition, the [[All India Football Federation]] (AIFF) decided to increase the number of entries to justify the tournament as that "for champion clubs" on the back of two decades of "[failure] to achieve its propagated aims and objectives."<ref>{{cite web|title=It has failed to achieve its objective|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199808.html|work=The Hindu|publisher=indianfootball.de|accessdate=7 February 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010731075627/http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199808.html|archivedate=31 July 2001|date=29 August 1998}}</ref> Accordingly, on 16 July 1998, the President of AIFF, [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]], announced that the edition would have 48 teams competing. Eight teams would be seeded directly into the round of 16 and eight other teams would qualify from five zones: North, East, North-East, West and South. He added that the qualifying rounds would be played on a knock-out basis, and that top two teams from South Zone and the winners of the four other zones would qualify for the tournament proper, while the other two would come from a play-off among runners-up of the four zones.<ref name="if2">{{cite web|title=News: 16 July 1998|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199807.html|publisher=indianfootball.de|accessdate=7 February 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010730053220/http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199807.html|archivedate=30 July 2001|date=16 July 1998}}</ref> [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]], [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]], [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]], [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]], [[Border Security Force S.C.|Border Security Force]], [[Indian Telephone Industries Sports Club|Indian Telephone Industries]], [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] and [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] were announced as the eight seeded teams. A report carried by ''[[Sportstar]]'' said that the teams were seeded based on their quarter-final entry in the [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|previous edition]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ghosh|first1=Arnab|title=Mohun Bagan retails title|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/article/article006.html|publisher=indianfootball.de|work=[[Sportstar]]|accessdate=6 February 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020612231945/http://www.indianfootball.de/article/article006.html|archivedate=12 June 2002|date=9 October 1998}}</ref>

The qualification round saw 37 teams vying from five zones for the eight spots. A then newly formed club, [[Bengal Mumbai FC|Bengal Mumbai]], was not allowed to enter the competition from the West Zone as, according to the AIFF, "the team would have to come through the state league and prove themselves."<ref name="if1"/><ref name="if2"/>

===Qualified teams===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
|-
| [[Border Security Force S.C.|Border Security Force]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[Indian Telephone Industries Sports Club|Indian Telephone Industries]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[JCT FC|JCT Mills]] || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#North Zone|North Zone]] winner || {{Sort|14|10 August}}
|-
| Jorba Durga || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#East Zone|East Zone]] winner || {{Sort|09|22 July}}
|-
| [[FC Kochin|Kochin]] || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#South Zone|South Zone]] winner || {{Sort|11|2 August}}
|-
| [[Langsning F.C.|Langsning]] || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#North-East Zone|North-East Zone]] winner || {{Sort|10|1 August}}
|-
| [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| Punjab State Electricity Board || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#Playoffs|Play-off]] winner || {{Sort|16|23 August}}
|-
| [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]] || [[1997 Indian Federation Cup|1997]] quarter-final || {{Sort|01|16 July}}
|-
| [[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]] || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#South Zone|South Zone]] runner-up || {{Sort|12|2 August}}
|-
| [[Tollygunge Agragami F.C.|Tollygunge Agragami]] || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#Playoffs|Play-off]] winner || {{Sort|15|20 August}}
|-
| [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]] || [[1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification#West Zone|West Zone]] winner || {{Sort|13|8 August}}
|}

==Results==
In case of a tie at regular time, [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] with [[golden goal]] was used. In case scores remain tied even after extra time, [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] was used.

===Pre-quarterfinals (Round of 16)===
{{Football box
|date=23 August
|time=
|team1=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|score=0–2
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug23/sports.htm#5 Report]
|team2=[[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Premanand Gadekar|Gadekar]] {{goal|62}}<br/>[[Louis Nickson (footballer)|Nickson]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=23 August
|time=
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|score=3–1
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug24/sports.htm#2 Report]
|team2=Jorba Durga
|goals1=[[Dipendu Biswas|Biswas]] {{goal|90}}<br/>[[Basudeb Mondal|Mondal]] {{goal|57}}<br/>[[Raman Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2=[[Suraj Thapa (footballer)|Thapa]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Barabati Stadium]], [[Cuttack]]
|attendance=10,000
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=24 August
|time=14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|score=7–0
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug25/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=[[Langsning F.C.|Langsning]]
|goals1=[[Cyril Barreto|Barreto]] {{goal|4||6||8||17}}<br/>[[Mario Soares (footballer)|Soares]] {{goal|43}}<br/>[[Aqeel Ansari|Ansari]] {{goal|75||76}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=24 August
|time=
|team1=[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|score=0–1
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug25/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Sylvester Ignatius|Ignatius]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Cooperage Ground]], [[Mumbai]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=25 August
|time=
|team1=[[Border Security Force S.C.|Border Security Force]]
|score=1–0
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug26/sports.htm#2 Report]
|team2=[[Tollygunge Agragami F.C.|Tollygunge Agragami]]
|goals1=Gauranga Pal {{goal|71}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=27 August
|time=
|team1=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|score=2–0
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug28/sports.htm#15 Report]
|team2=[[FC Kochin|Kochin]]
|goals1=[[Chima Okorie|Okorie]] {{goal|13||26}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=27 August
|time=
|team1=[[Indian Telephone Industries Sports Club|Indian Telephone Industries]]
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2=Punjab State Electricity Board
|goals1=
|goals2=Gurdish Singh {{goal|26}}
|stadium=[[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=28 August
|time=
|team1=[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|score=1–0
|aet=yes
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug29/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=[[JCT F.C.|JCT Mills]]
|goals1=[[Cassius Owino|Owino]] {{golden goal|116}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=8,000
|referee=
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{Football box
|date=27 August
|time=14:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|score=2–1
|aet=yes
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug28/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=[[Border Security Force S.C.|Border Security Force]]
|goals1=[[Philip Mensah|Mensah]] {{goal|32}}, {{golden goal|111|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Harvinder Singh (footballer)|Singh]] {{goal|84}}
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=
|referee=Ramesh Rehani
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=28 August
|time=
|team1=[[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]
|score=0–5
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug29/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Raman Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|38||45}}<br/>[[Renedy Singh|R. Singh]] {{goal|56||86}}<br/>[[Carlton Chapman|Chapman]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium=[[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=30 August
|time=
|team1=[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|score=0–0
|aet=yes
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug31/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=Punjab State Electricity Board
|goals1=
|goals2=
|penaltyscore=4–3
|penalties1=Moses Ohira {{pengoal}}<br/>Joy Kabui {{pengoal}}<br/>Amitava Ghosh {{pengoal}}<br/>Subir Ghosh {{pengoal}}<br/>Arjan Ali {{penmiss}}
|penalties2=Sandeep Saini {{pengoal}}<br/>Jujhar Singh {{pengoal}}<br/>Harjap Singh {{pengoal}}<br/>Dalip Kumar {{penmiss}}<br/>Sukhbir Singh {{penmiss}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=31 August
|time=
|team1=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|score=1–0
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep01/sports.htm#1 Report]
|team2=[[State Bank of Travancore (football club)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|goals1=[[Sammy Omollo|Omollo]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Cooperage Ground]], [[Mumbai]]
|attendance=
|referee=Gokuldas Nagvenkar ([[Goa Football Association|Goa]])
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{Football box
|date=5 September
|time=
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|score=1–0
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep06/sports.htm#5 Report]
|team2=[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|goals1=[[Renedy Singh|R. Singh]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Kanchenjunga Stadium]], [[Siliguri]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
----
{{Football box
|date=6 September
|time=
|team1=[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|score=1–2
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep07/sports.htm#4 Report]
|team2=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|goals1=[[Joy Kabui|Kabui]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2=[[I. M. Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|50}}<br/>[[Chima Okorie|Okorie]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Third place play-off===
{{Football box
|date=12 September
|time=
|team1=[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|score=1–1
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep14/sports.htm#21 Report]
|team2=[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|goals1=Elvis Fernandes {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

===Final===
{{Football box
|date=12 September
|time=
|team1=[[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
|score=2–1
|report=[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98sep13/sports.htm#14 Report]
|team2=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|goals1=Amit Das {{goal|10}}<br/>[[I. M. Vijayan|Vijayan]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2=[[Carlton Chapman|Chapman]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
;4 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Cyril Barreto (Churchill Brothers)
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Renedy Singh]] (East Bengal)
* [[Raman Vijayan]] (East Bengal)
* [[Chima Okorie]] (Mohun Bagan)
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Aqeel Ansari (Churchill Brothers)
* Philip Mensah (Churchill Brothers)
* [[Carlton Chapman]] (East Bengal)
* [[I. M. Vijayan]] (Mohun Bagan)
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
* Gauranga Pal (Border Security Force)
* Harvinder Singh (Border Security Force)
* [[Mario Soares (footballer)|Mario Soares]] (Churchill Brothers)
* Elvis Fernandes (Churchill Brothers)
* [[Dipendu Biswas]] (East Bengal)
* [[Basudeb Mondal]] (East Bengal)
* Suraj Thapa (Jorba Durga)
* Cassius Owino (Mohammedan Sporting)
* Joy Kabui (Mohammedan Sporting)
* [[Sammy Omollo]] (Mohun Bagan)
* Gurdish Singh (Punjab State Electricity Board)
* Sylvester Ignatius (State Bank of Travancore)
* Premanand Gadekar (Vasco)
* Louis Nickson (Vasco)
{{div col end}}

===Awards===
;Player of the Tournament: Amit Das (Mohun Bagan)
;Best Goalkeeper: Hemanta Dora (Mohun Bagan)

===Prize money===
[[United Breweries Group]] sponsored the tournament and announced a prize money of {{INR}}2 million for the winning team. The team that came second, third and fourth were given {{INR}}1.5 million, {{INR}}1 million and {{INR}}500,000 respectively. All the other teams that participated in the 
tournament proper received {{INR}}100,000 each.<ref name="if2"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india99.html#fedcup 1998–99 Federation Cup]

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