1998 Indian Federation Cup

The 1998 Indian Federation Cup, also known as 1998 Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 21st season of the Indian Federation Cup. It was held between 23 August and 12 September 1998. Salgaocar were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round by State Bank of Travancore. Mohun Bagan won the tournament for the tenth time, following a 2–1 over East Bengal in the final played at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, a replay of the previous edition's semifinal when the latter won.[1] Amit Das and Hemanta Dora of Mohun Bagan were named the Player and Goalkeeper of the Tournament.[2]

1998 Indian Federation Cup
Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup
CountryIndia
Dates23 August–12 September 1998
Teams16
ChampionsMohun Bagan (10th title)
Runners-upEast Bengal
Matches played16
Goals scored36 (2.25 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Cyril Barreto
(4 goals)
Best playerAmit Das (Mohun Bagan)
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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."[3] 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.[4] Salgaocar, East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan, Border Security Force, Indian Telephone Industries, Dempo and 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 previous edition.[5]

The qualification round saw 37 teams vying from five zones for the eight spots. A then newly formed club, 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."[4][2]

Qualified teams
Team Qualified as Qualified on
Border Security Force1997 quarter-final16 July
Churchill Brothers1997 quarter-final16 July
Dempo1997 quarter-final16 July
East Bengal1997 quarter-final16 July
Indian Telephone Industries1997 quarter-final16 July
JCT MillsNorth Zone winner10 August
Jorba DurgaEast Zone winner22 July
KochinSouth Zone winner2 August
LangsningNorth-East Zone winner1 August
Mohammedan1997 quarter-final16 July
Mohun Bagan1997 quarter-final16 July
Punjab State Electricity BoardPlay-off winner23 August
Salgaocar1997 quarter-final16 July
State Bank of TravancoreSouth Zone runner-up2 August
Tollygunge AgragamiPlay-off winner20 August
VascoWest Zone winner8 August

Results

In case of a tie at regular time, extra time with golden goal was used. In case scores remain tied even after extra time, penalty shoot-out was used.

Pre-quarterfinals (Round of 16)
Dempo0–2Vasco
Report Gadekar  62'
Nickson  64'
East Bengal3–1Jorba Durga
Biswas  90'
Mondal  57'
Vijayan  84'		 Report Thapa  82'
Attendance: 10,000
Churchill Brothers7–0Langsning
Barreto  4', 6', 8', 17'
Soares  43'
Ansari  75', 76'		 Report
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Salgaocar0–1State Bank of Travancore
Report Ignatius  90'
Border Security Force1–0Tollygunge Agragami
Gauranga Pal  71' Report
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Mohun Bagan2–0Kochin
Okorie  13', 26' Report
Indian Telephone Industries0–1Punjab State Electricity Board
Gurdish Singh  26'
Mohammedan Sporting1–0 (a.e.t.)JCT Mills
Owino  116' Report
Attendance: 8,000

Quarter-finals
Churchill Brothers2–1 (a.e.t.)Border Security Force
Mensah  32',  111'  (pen.) Report Singh  84'
Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi
Referee: Ramesh Rehani
Vasco0–5East Bengal
Report Vijayan  38', 45'
R. Singh  56', 86'
Chapman  86'
Mohammedan Sporting0–0 (a.e.t.)Punjab State Electricity Board
Report
Penalties
Moses Ohira
Joy Kabui
Amitava Ghosh
Subir Ghosh
Arjan Ali 		4–3 Sandeep Saini
Jujhar Singh
Harjap Singh
Dalip Kumar
Sukhbir Singh
Mohun Bagan1–0State Bank of Travancore
Omollo  82' Report
Referee: Gokuldas Nagvenkar (Goa)

Semi-finals
East Bengal1–0Churchill Brothers
R. Singh  70' Report
Mohammedan Sporting1–2Mohun Bagan
Kabui  70' Report Vijayan  50'
Okorie  79'

Third place play-off
Churchill Brothers1–1Mohammedan Sporting
Elvis Fernandes  90' Report

Final
Mohun Bagan2–1East Bengal
Amit Das  10'
Vijayan  20'		 Report Chapman  85'

Statistics

Goalscorers
4 goals
  • Cyril Barreto (Churchill Brothers)
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Gauranga Pal (Border Security Force)
  • Harvinder Singh (Border Security Force)
  • 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)

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 ₹2 million for the winning team. The team that came second, third and fourth were given ₹1.5 million, ₹1 million and ₹500,000 respectively. All the other teams that participated in the tournament proper received ₹100,000 each.[4]

References
  1. Bose, Saibal (13 September 1998). "Bagan ride on luck, EB errors to crown". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. "21th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1998:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. "It has failed to achieve its objective". The Hindu. indianfootball.de. 29 August 1998. Archived from the original on 31 July 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. "News: 16 July 1998". indianfootball.de. 16 July 1998. Archived from the original on 30 July 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. Ghosh, Arnab (9 October 1998). "Mohun Bagan retails title". Sportstar. indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 12 June 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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