Federation Cup (India)
AFC Cup | |
Last champions | Bengaluru (2nd title) |
---|---|
Most successful club(s) | Mohun Bagan (14 titles) |
Motto | Where Pride Meets Passion |
The Federation Cup was an annual knockout football competition and the premier cup competition in men's domestic Indian football until 2017.[1] Established in 1977, it was organized by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The Federation Cup was eventually replaced by the Super Cup from the 2018 season.
Bengaluru were the last champions, having defeated Mohun Bagan 2–0 in the 2017 final.[2]
History
In 1977, the All India Football Federation started the Federation Cup as the first club based national tournament in the country. Inaugural champion of the competition was the ITI (Indian Telephone Industries) who defeated Mohun Bagan in the final.[3] In 2015 the All India Football Federation announced that the Federation Cup will be put on hold to avoid scheduling conflict with the Indian Super League and the I-League.[4] After the Asian Football Confederation mandated that a club must play at least 18 matches in the season, the AIFF decided to revive the tournament under new format.[5] On 19 February 2018, the AIFF fully abolished the competition and formed the Super Cup as a replacement. In July 2023 AIFF has decided again to revive the competition in 2023-24 season as the premier cup competition in the country but later it moved to 2024-25 season.[6]
Venues
Matches during the Federation Cup were usually held at neutral venues around India. The final was also held in a neutral venue. From 2015 matches were played as two legged (home and away) knockout format.
Results
Federation Cup finals
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
---|---|---|---|
1977–78 | Indian Telephone Industries | Mohun Bagan | 1–0 |
1978–79 | Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (joint winners) | 0–0
| |
1979–80 | BSF | Mafatlal Mills | 2–2, 3–0 |
1980–81 | Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (joint winners) | 1–1
| |
1981–82 | Mohun Bagan | Mohammedan
|
2–0 |
1982–83 | Mohun Bagan | Mafatlal Mills | 1–0 |
1983–84 | Mohammedan
|
Mohun Bagan | 0–0, 2–0 |
1984–85 | Mohammedan
|
East Bengal
|
1–0 |
1985 | East Bengal
|
Mohun Bagan | 1–0
|
1986–87 | Mohun Bagan | East Bengal | 0–0 ( a.e.t.) (5–4 p )
|
1987–88 | Mohun Bagan | Salgaocar
|
2–0 |
1988–89 | Salgaocar
|
BSF | 1–0 |
1989–90 | Salgaocar
|
Mohammedan Sporting
|
2–1 ( a.e.t. )
|
1990 | Kerala Police
|
Salgaocar
|
2–1 |
1991 | Kerala Police
|
Mahindra & Mahindra
|
2–0 ( a.e.t. )
|
1992 | Mohun Bagan | East Bengal | 2–0 |
1993 | Mohun Bagan | Mahindra & Mahindra
|
1–0 |
1994 | Mohun Bagan | Salgaocar
|
0–0 ( a.e.t.) (3–0 p )
|
1995 | JCT Mills | East Bengal | 1–1 ( a.e.t.) (7–6 p )
|
1995–96 | JCT Mills | East Bengal | 1–1 ( a.e.t.) (5–3 p )
|
1996 | East Bengal
|
Dempo
|
2–1
|
1997 | Salgaocar
|
East Bengal
|
2–1
|
1998 | Mohun Bagan | East Bengal
|
2–1 |
1999 | Not held | ||
2000 | |||
2001 | Mohun Bagan | Dempo
|
2–1 |
2002 | Not held | ||
2003 | Mahindra United
|
Mohammedan Sporting
|
1–0 |
2004 | Dempo
|
Mohun Bagan | 2–0 |
2005 | Mahindra United
|
Sporting Goa
|
2–1 |
2006 | Mohun Bagan | Sporting Goa
|
3–1 |
2007 | East Bengal | Mahindra United
|
2–1
|
2008
|
Mohun Bagan | Dempo
|
1–0 |
2009–10
|
East Bengal
|
Shillong Lajong
|
a.e.t.) (3–0 p )
|
2010 | East Bengal | Mohun Bagan | 1–0
|
2011 | Salgaocar
|
East Bengal | 3–1
|
2012 | East Bengal | Dempo
|
a.e.t. )
|
2013–14 | Churchill Brothers
|
Sporting Goa
|
3–1
|
2014–15 | Bengaluru | Dempo
|
2–1
|
2015–16 | Mohun Bagan | Aizawl
|
5–0
|
2016–17 | Bengaluru | Mohun Bagan | a.e.t. )
|
since 2017 | Replaced by Super Cup |
- a.e.t.: After extra time
- pen.: Score in penalty shootout
Finalists
Club | Final Appearances |
Winner | Winning Years | Runners-up | Runners-up Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mohun Bagan | 20 | 14 | 1978*, 1980*, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015–16 |
6 | 1977, 1983, 1985, 2004, 2010, 2016–17 |
East Bengal | 16 | 8 | 1978*,1980*,1985, 1996, 2007, | 8 | 1984,1986,1992, 1995,
1996–97,1997,1998, 2011 |
Salgaocar
|
7 | 4 | 1988,1989,1997, 2011 | 3 | 1987,1990,1994 |
Dempo
|
6 | 1 | 2004 | 5 | 1996#,2001,2008, 2012, 2014–15 |
Mohammedan
|
5 | 2 | 1983,1984 | 3 | 1981,1989,2003 |
Mahindra United
|
5 | 2 | 2003,2005 | 3 | 1991,1993,2007 |
Sporting Goa
|
3 | 0 | - | 3 | 2005,2006,2013–14 |
Bengaluru | 2 | 2 | 2014–15, 2016–17 | 0 | - |
JCT Mills
|
2 | 2 | 1995,1995-96# | 0 | - |
Kerala Police | 2 | 2 | 1990, 1991[7] | 0 | - |
Border Security Force
|
2 | 1 | 1979 | 1 | 1988 |
Indian Telephone Industries | 1 | 1 | 1977 | 0 | - |
Churchill Brothers
|
1 | 1 | 2013–14 | 0 | - |
Shillong Lajong
|
1 | 0 | - | 1 | 2009
|
Aizawl
|
1 | 0 | - | 1 | 2015–16 |
- * : Shared
- # : There were two federation cups in 1996
Overall top goalscorers
- As of 10 January 2015[8]
Rank | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1 | Jose Ramirez Barreto
|
27 |
2 | Chima Okorie | 26* |
3 | Bhaichung Bhutia | 25 |
4 | Chidi Edeh | 23 |
5 | Ranti Martins | 18 |
6 | I. M. Vijayan | 17 |
Odafa Onyeka Okolie |
(Note. * Includes 7 goals scored in Eastern Zone Qualifiers at Sibsagar – 1990 Federation Cup)
See also
- History of Indian football
- Indian football league system
- Durand Cup
- I-League 2
- I-League 3
- Indian Super Cup (1997–2011)
- State leagues
- Institutional League
References
- ^ "AIFF Executive Committee inducts five new clubs into Hero I-League, Federation Cup restored". the-aiff.com.
- ^ Solomon, Joseph (21 May 2017). "Bengaluru FC Crowned Champions of Hero Federation Cup". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Federation Cup". IndianFootball.de. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "Why AIFF's decision to scrap the Fed Cup makes sense for Indian football". Firstpost. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "AIFF decides to bring back Federation Cup". The Times of India. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ "AIFF Executive Committee inducts five new clubs into Hero I-League, Federation Cup restored". the-aiff.com.
- ^ Federation Cup. the-aiff.com (archived)
- ^ "From the history book, roll of honour". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2021.