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{{Short description|36th edition of the Federation Cup}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{infobox football tournament season
| title = [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]]
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| year = 2014–15
| dates = 28 December 2014 – 11 January 2015
| country = {{flag|India}}
| num_teams = 10
| champions = [[Bengaluru FC]]
| runner-up = [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| matches = 23
| goals = 61
| top goal scorer = [[Sunil Chhetri]] [[Tolgay Özbey]] (6 goals)
| player = [[Romeo Fernandes]]
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| overall attendance =
| prevseason = [[2013–14 Indian Federation Cup|2013–14]]
| nextseason = [[2015–16 Indian Federation Cup|2015–16]]
| updated = 11 January 2015
}}

The '''2014–15 Indian Federation Cup''', also known as the '''Hero Federation Cup''' for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th edition of the [[Federation Cup (India)|Federation Cup]], the main national [[association football|football]] cup competition in [[India]]. Ten of the eleven [[I-League]] clubs participated in the tournament the season with [[Bharat FC]] being the excluded club.<ref name=Teams>{{cite web|title=Fed Cup: Mohun Bagan clubbed with Bengaluru FC|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Fed-Cup-Mohun-Bagan-clubbed-with-Bengaluru-FC/articleshow/43446294.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]] were the reigning champions of the Federation Cup, having won the tournament in [[2013–14 Indian Federation Cup|2014]], however, due to failing to pass the licensing criteria for the I-League, they were unable to defend their title.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mergulhao|first1=Marcus|title=Champions kept out of Fed Cup|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Champions-kept-out-of-Fed-Cup/articleshow/43443330.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

All matches including the semi final and final were played in [[Goa]].

[[2015 Indian Federation Cup Final|The final]] was played between [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] and [[Bengaluru FC]] on 11 January 2015. [[Bengaluru FC]] beat [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]] 2–1 to clinch their maiden Federation Cup title.

==Rounds and dates==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Round
!Match date(s)
!Number of fixtures
!style="width:100px;"|Teams
|-
|Group Stage
|28 December 2014 – 7 January 2015
|20
|10
|-
|Semi-finals
|9 January 2015
|2
|4
|-
|Final
|11 January 2015
|1
|2
|}

==Teams==
On 25 September 2014, it was announced that ten of the eleven [[I-League]] clubs would be participating in the Federation Cup, with [[Bharat FC]] being the exception.<ref name=Teams/> No other teams from other leagues were invited to the tournament.<ref name=Teams/>

* [[Bengaluru FC]]
* [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
* [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
* [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]]
* [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]]
* [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
* [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]
* [[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
* [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
* [[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]

==Venues==
The venues for the Federation Cup were also announced on 28 September 2014. Group A matches would be played at the [[Fatorda Stadium]] with Group B matches taking place at the [[Tilak Maidan Stadium]]. The final and semi-finals would take place at the Fatorda Stadium.<ref name=Teams/>

<center>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Margao]]
! [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco]]
|-
| [[Fatorda Stadium]]
| [[Tilak Maidan Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''24,000'''
| Capacity: '''7,000'''
|-
|[[File:Fatorda Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Tilak Maidan Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|-
|}
</center>

==Group stage==
{{main|2014–15 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Key to colours in group tables
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|Top two teams advance to the semi-finals
|}

{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Group A===
{{:2014–15 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage|transcludesection=Group A}}
{{col-2}}

===Group B===
{{:2014–15 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage|transcludesection=Group B}}
{{col-end}}

==Knockout stages==

===Bracket===
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1=Semi Finals
| RD2=Finals

| RD1-team1 ='''[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]'''
| RD1-score1='''2'''
| RD1-team2 =[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-team3 ='''[[Bengaluru FC]]'''
| RD1-score3='''3'''
| RD1-team4 =[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
| RD1-score4=0

| RD2-team1 =[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
| RD2-score1 =1
| RD2-team2 ='''[[Bengaluru FC]]'''
| RD2-score2 ='''2'''
}}

==Semi-finals==
{{Football box
|date=9 January 2015
|time= 16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|score= 2–0
|report=[https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6145 Report]
|team2=[[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]]
|goals1=[[Tolgay Ozbey|Ozbey]] {{goal|12||58|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=
|referee=Pranjal Banerjee
}}
{{Football box
|date=9 January 2015
|time= 19:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Bengaluru FC]]
|score= 3–0
|report=[https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6146 Report]
|team2=[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]]
|goals1=[[Sean Rooney|Rooney]] {{goal|28}} [[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|37}} [[Eugeneson Lyngdoh|Lyngdoh]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=
|referee=MB Santosh Kumar
}}

==Final==
{{main|2015 Indian Federation Cup Final}}

{{Football box
|date=11 January 2015
|time= 16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]]
|score= 1–2
|report=[https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6151 Report]
|team2=[[Bengaluru FC]]
|goals1=[[Tolgay Ozbey|Ozbey]] {{goal|45+3|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Sunil Chhetri|Chhetri]] {{goal|10|pen.}} [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Singh]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=
|referee=Pratap Singh
}}

==Goalscorers==
'''6 Goals''':
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]] ([[Bengaluru FC]])
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tolgay Özbey]] ([[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]])
{{colend}}

'''4 Goals''':
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Douhou Pierre]] ([[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Romeo Fernandes]] ([[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]])
{{colend}}

'''3 Goals''':
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurjinder Kumar]] ([[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jackichand Singh]] ([[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Victorino Fernandes]] ([[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]])
{{colend}}

'''2 Goals''':
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|TRI}} [[Anthony Wolfe]] ([[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]])
* {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Dudu Omagbemi]] ([[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]])
* {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Pierre Boya]] ([[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]])
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ryuji Sueoka]] ([[Pune F.C.|Pune]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]] ([[Bengaluru FC]])
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sean Rooney (footballer)|Sean Rooney]] ([[Bengaluru FC]])
{{colend}}

'''1 Goals''':
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony D'Souza]] ([[Pune F.C.|Pune]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Arata Izumi]] ([[Pune F.C.|Pune]])
* {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Bekay Bewar]] ([[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Bikash Jairu]] ([[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Biswajit Saha]] ([[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Goa]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Clifton Dias]] ([[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Clifford Miranda]] ([[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]])
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Darryl Duffy]] ([[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]])
* {{flagicon|LBR}} [[Eric Brown (footballer)|Eric Brown]] ([[Pune F.C.|Pune]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Eugeneson Lyngdoh]] ([[Bengaluru FC]])
* {{flagicon|ZAM}} [[Francis Kasonde]] ([[Salgaocar F.C.|Salgaocar]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Jacob Lalrawngbawla]] ([[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]])
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Josimar da Silva Martins|Josimar]] ([[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingshuk Debnath]] ([[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalram Muana]] ([[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]])
* {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ranti Martins]] ([[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sampath Kuttymani]] ([[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Shylo Malsawmtluanga]] ([[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]])
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Thongkhosiem Haokip]] ([[Pune F.C.|Pune]])
{{colend}}

===Hat-tricks===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player !! For !! Against !! Result !! Date
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tolgay Özbey]] || Dempo || Sporting Goa || style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6126 4–1] || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|1|1}}
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Victorino Fernandes]] || Sporting Goa || East Bengal || style="text-align:center;"| [https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=6135 4–3] || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|1|6}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/tournaments-details.htm?tnmt_id=36 Section on the All India Football Federation website].

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