Federation Cup (India)
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 Bengaluru FC who beat Dempo 2–1 in the 2015 final held in Margao, Goa.[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
- 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 | 18 | 13 | 1979*,1980*,1981,1982,1986,
1987,1992,1993,1994,1998,
2001,2006,2008 |
5 | 1977,1983,1985,2004,2010 |
East Bengal |
16 | 8 | 1979*,1980*,1985,1996#,2007, 2009, 2010, 2012 | 8 | 1984,1986,1992,1995,1996#,
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 |
- * : shared
- # :There were two federation cups in 1996
See also
References
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