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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1996 Indian Federation Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[1996 Indian Federation Cup]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 2
| team2 = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| team2score = 1
| details = '''After [[Golden goal#Association football|golden goal]] [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]]'''
| date = 11 August 1996
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal, India|West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Tushar Rakshit]]
| referee = Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra) <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>
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = 1995
| next = [[1997 Indian Federation Cup final|1997]]
}}
The '''1996 Indian Federation Cup final''' was the 19th final of the [[Federation Cup (India)|Indian Federation Cup]], the top knock-out competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giant [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and [[Dempo S.C.|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.<ref name="final">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1996-97fedcup.html|title=19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996:|work=IndianFootball.de|access-date=8 June 2021|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri}}</ref>

==Route to the final==
{{see also|1996 Indian Federation Cup}}

===East Bengal===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"

!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| R16
|[[Air India FC|Air India]]
| 2–1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-final
| Border Security Force
| 1–1 (4–3 pen)
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| 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 FC|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.<ref name="final"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india97.html|title=19th Federation Cup 1996|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=8 June 2021}}</ref>

===Dempo===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"

!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| R16
| Delhi Mughals
| 4–0
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-final
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
| 0–0 (5-3 pen)
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi-final
| [[JCT FC|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 AC|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 FC|JCT Mills]]; defeated them 3–1 to reach the final.<ref name="final"/>

==Match==
===Details===
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|date=11 August 1996
|time=17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|score= 2–1
|agget=yes
|goals1=[[Tushar Rakshit]] {{goal|14|}}<br />[[Raman Vijayan]] {{golden goal|107}}
|goals2=Camilo Goncalves {{goal|16}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=100,000 (est.)
|referee=Ravi Shekhar (Maharashtra)}}

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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}} [[Hemanta Dora]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subir Ghosh
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Debjit Ghosh]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Debasish Pal Chowdhury || || {{suboff|12}}
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ilyas Pasha
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ranjan Dey
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tushar Rakshit]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Basudeb Mondal
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amit Das
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Raman Vijayan]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Prashanta Chakraborty || || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Arumugam Saravanan || || {{subon|12}}|| ||{{suboff|100}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Tauseef Jamal || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ansari Abdul Hamid || || {{subon|100}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Monoranjan Bhattacharya]]
|}
|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}} Dominic D'Souza
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Matthew Rodrigues || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sunmani Singh
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|NGA}} Christopher Kem
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Xavier Colaco
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Valentino Ezuego
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shanta Kumar || {{suboff|61}}
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Itocha Singh
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Camilo Goncalves ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} P Manohoran
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|NGA}} Lullu Nwike || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Marcus Carvalho || {{subon|61}}
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Agnolo Miranda || {{subon|76}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Mahesh Singh || {{subon|75}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Socorro Coutinho
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Hero of the Match:'''<br />[[Tushar Rakshit]] (East Bengal)<ref name="final"/>

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Golden goal]] ends game.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
|}

==See also==
* [http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1996-97fedcup.html 19th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1996]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Federation Cup (India)}}
{{1996-97 in Indian football}}
{{SC East Bengal}}

[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Dempo SC matches]]
[[Category:Indian Federation Cup finals]]

1996 Indian Federation Cup final - Revision history

HeikeC58098401 at 21:11, 23 December 2025