Federation Cup (India)

Federation Cup

Founded	1977
Region	India
Number of teams	8 (2016)
Current champions	Mohun Bagan (14th title)
Most successful club(s)	Mohun Bagan (14 titles)
Television broadcasters	TEN 2
Motto	Where pride meets passion
Website	AIFF
2015–16 Indian Federation Cup

The Federation Cup, also known as Hero Federation Cup for sponsorship reasons, 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 the Federation Cup gets a chance to compete in the continental level in AFC Cup.

The current holders of the Federation Cup are Mohun Bagan who beat Aizawl F.C. 5–0 in the 2016 final held in Guwahati, Assam.^[1]

In April 2015, All India Football Federation announced that Federation Cup will be put "on hold" for "2-3 years" to avoid scheduling conflict with Indian Super League and I-League.,^[2] but after Asian Football Confederation mandated that a club must play 18 matches in the season, AIFF decided to revive the tournament.^[3]

Venues

Matches during the Federation Cup were usually held at neutral venues around India. The Final is also held in a neutral venue.From 2015-16 season matches will be played as two legged (home and away)knockout format.Final will be in a neutral venue.

Results

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
2015–16	Mohun Bagan	Aizawl F.C.	5–0
2014–15	Bengaluru FC	Dempo	2–1
2013–14	Churchill Brothers	Sporting Clube de Goa	3–1
2012	East Bengal	Dempo SC	3–2 (a.e.t.)
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
1995-96	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	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	19	14	1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015–16	5	1977, 1983, 1985, 2004, 2010
East Bengal	16	8	1979,1980,1985, 1996, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012	8	1984,1986,1992, 1995, 1996-97,1997,1998, 2011
Salgaocar S.C.	7	4	1988,1989,1997, 2011	3	1987,1990,1994
Dempo Sports Club	6	1	2004	5	1996#,2001,2008, 2012, 2014–15
Mohammedan S.C.	5	2	1983,1984	3	1981,1989,2003
Mahindra United	5	2	2003,2005	3	1991,1993,2007
Sporting Clube de Goa	3	0	-	3	2005,2006,2013–14
JCT Mills F.C.	2	2	1995,1996#	0	-
Kerala Police	2	2	1990, 1991^[4]	0	-
BSF (Border Security Force)	2	1	1979	1	1988
ITI (Indian Telephone Industries)	1	1	1977	0	-
Churchill Brothers	1	1	2013–14	0	-
Bengaluru FC	1	1	2014–15	0	-
Lajong SSC	1	0	-	1	2009
Aizawl F.C.	1	0	-	1	2015–16

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

Overall top goalscorers

As of 10 January 2015^[5]

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Jose Ramirez Barreto	27
2	Chima Okorie	26*
3	Baichung Bhutia	25
4	Chidi Edeh	23
5	Ranti Martins	18
6	IM Vijayan	17
6	Odafa Okolie	17

(Note. * Includes 7 goals scored in Eastern Zone Qualifiers at Sibsagar - 1990 Federation Cup)

References

↑ "Federation Cup: Mohun Bagan 5-0 Aizawl FC - Sony Norde stars as Bagan lift their 14th Federation Cup title". Goal.com.
↑ "Why AIFF's decision to scrap the Fed Cup makes sense for Indian football". Firstpost. 24 April 2015.
↑ "AIFF decides to bring back Federation Cup". 27 November 2015.
↑ Federation Cup. the-aiff.com (archived)
↑ "From the history book, roll of honour". 10 January 2015.

Football in India

National teams

Men	India U-23 U-20 U-17

Women	India U-19 U-16

League competitions

Level 1	I-League (Official league) Indian Super League

Level 2	I-League 2nd Division

State/District	Assam Bangalore Chennai Delhi Goa Jamshedpur Kerala Kolkata Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Mumbai Odisha Pune Punjab Sikkim Telangana Uttarakhand

Cup competitions

AIFF cups	Federation Cup Santosh Trophy

Other cups	Durand Cup

Other

Youth football
Indian football seasons
State associations
Defunct leagues

Lists

National football league cups around the world (FIFA)

Active	England Finland France Gibraltar Hong Kong Iceland India Israel Japan Latvia Malaysia Northern Ireland Philippines Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Singapore South Africa Thailand Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Wales

Defunct	Belgium China Denmark Germany Greece Hungary Japan (JSL) Korea Republic Poland Russia Spain Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine USSR

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

National football associations of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan (AFF) Australia (FFA) Bahrain (BFA) Bangladesh (BFF) Bhutan (BFF) Brunei Darussalam (NFABD) Cambodia (FFC) China PR (CFA) Timor-Leste (FFTL) Guam (GFA) Hong Kong (HKFA) India (AIFF) Indonesia (PSSI) Iran (FFIRI) Iraq (IFA) Japan (JFA) Jordan (JFA) Korea DPR (PRKFA) Korea Republic (KFA) Kuwait (KFA) Kyrgyzstan (FFKR) Laos (LFF) Lebanon (LFA) Macau (MFA) Malaysia (FAM) Maldives (FAM) Mongolia (MFF) Myanmar (MFF) Nepal (ANFA) Northern Mariana Islands (NMIFA) Oman (OFA) Pakistan (PFF) Palestine (PFA) Philippines (PFF) Qatar (QFA) Saudi Arabia (SAFF) Singapore (FAS) Sri Lanka (FFSL) Syria (FASF) Chinese Taipei (CTFA) Tajikistan (FFT) Thailand (FAT) Turkmenistan (TFF) United Arab Emirates (UAEFA) Uzbekistan (UFF) Vietnam (VFF) Yemen (YFA)

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