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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1978 Indian Federation Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[Federation Cup (India)|1978 Indian Federation Cup]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 0
| team2 = [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
| team2score = 0
| details = '''Joint winners'''
| date = 7 May 1978<br />9 May 1978 (replay)
| stadium = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
| city = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee =
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = 1977
| next = 1979
}}
The '''1978 Indian Federation Cup final''' was the 2nd final of the [[Federation Cup (India)|Indian Federation Cup]], the top knock-out competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giants [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]] on 7 May 1978 and the replay on 9 May 1978 at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=report>{{cite news |first=Novy|last=Kapadia|title=East Bengal's Federation Cup successes|url= https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/east-bengals-federation-cup-successes |work=Sportskeeda |date=7 October 2012 |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>

Both the teams were announced as joint winners after both the matches ended 0–0 after full time.<ref name=final>{{cite news |date=10 May 1978 |title=দু'দলই বিজয়ী |trans-title=Both teams winners |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref name=final2>{{cite news |date=10 May 1978 |title=এবারের ফেডারেশন কাপে যুগ্মবিজয়ী |trans-title=Joint Champions in this year's Federation Cup |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref>

==Route to the final==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="4"| [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
!Round
!colspan="4"| [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="3"|Result
|Quarter Final Group League
|Opponent
|colspan="3"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan Police
|colspan="3"|5–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 1
|style="text-align:left"|Premier Tyres
|colspan="3"|0–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Mafatlal
|colspan="3"|2–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 2
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC|HAL]]
|colspan="3"|8–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|ITI
|colspan="3"|2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 3
|style="text-align:left"|[[JCT F.C.|JCT]]
|colspan="3"|1–1
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|Knockout Stage
|Opponent
|Agg.
|1st leg
|2nd leg
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[JCT F.C.|JCT]]
|3–0
|1–0
|2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|ITI
|2–2 {{pso|7–6}}
|2–0
|0–2
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The Federation Cup final began at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in [[Coimbatore]] on 7 May 1978 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]] faced each other in the [[Kolkata Derby]]. Ranjit Mukherjee's header came off the crossbar in the opening minutes of the game as East Bengal created more chances in the first half while Mohun Bagan was dominant in the second half. [[Shibaji Banerjee]] of Mohun Bagan was shown a yellow card for time wasting while [[Surajit Sengupta]] of East Bengal was carded for a foul on Dilip Palit in the second half of the game. Both teams canceled each other out as none of them was able to break the deadlock and the game ended in a 0–0 stalemate.<ref name=final1>{{cite news |date=8 May 1978 |title=কইম্বাতুরে খেলা গোলশূন্য |trans-title=Match ends goalless in Coimbatore |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref name=final3>{{cite news |date=8 May 1978 |title=প্রাণপাত পরিশ্রমেও গোল হয়নি |trans-title=No Goals even after tireless efforts |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref> The final was replayed on 9 May 1978 and once again the game ended in a 0–0 draw and both the teams were announced as joint winners, with both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan won their first-ever Federation Cup title.<ref name=final/><ref name=final2/><ref name=report/>

===Details===
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|date=7 May 1978
|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|score= 0–0
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Coimbatore]]
|attendance=20,000 (est.)
|referee=}}

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Bhaskar Ganguly]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Satyajit Mitra
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shyamal Ghosh
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chinmay Chatterjee
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Prasanta Banerjee]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Samaresh CHowdhury
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Surajit Sengupta]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|}}
|-
|LW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Narayanswami Ulaganathan]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Tapan Das
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ranjit Mukherjee
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Mihir Bose || || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Head Coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Ghosh]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shibaji Banerjee]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sudhir Karmakar || {{suboff|}}
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shyamal Banerjee
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subrata Bhattacharya]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Dilip Palit
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gautam Sarkar]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Prasun Banerjee]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Manas Bhattacharya || {{suboff|}}
|-
|LW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Bidesh Bose
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shyam Thapa]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhash Bhowmick]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Pradip Chowdhury || {{subon|}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]] || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Head coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. K. Banerjee]]
|}
|}

====Replay====
{{footballbox
|date=9 May 1978
|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|score= 0–0
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Coimbatore]]
|attendance=20,000 (est.)
|referee=}}

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
* 90 minutes.
* Replay if match ends in a draw
* Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw
|}

==See also==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiacuphist.html India - List of Federation Cup Winners]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Federation Cup (India)}}
{{East Bengal FC}}
{{Mohun Bagan Super Giant}}

[[Category:Indian Federation Cup finals]]
[[Category:1978–79 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant matches]]

1978 Indian Federation Cup final - Revision history

Nandini Gowda KL at 21:06, 23 December 2025