Federation Cup (India)

Federation Cup
Founded	1977
Abolished	2017 (continued as Super Cup)
Region	India
Number of teams	Varied ; 8 (2017)
Qualifier for	AFC Cup
Last champions	Bengaluru (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Mohun Bagan (14 titles)
Television broadcasters	TEN 2
Motto	Where pride meets passion
Website	AIFF

The Federation Cup was an annual knockout football competition in Indian football which started in 1977. From its inception, until I-League was started in 1997 (then called NFL), it was the most prestigious national level club football tournament in India. Until 2017, it was the most important club tournament after the I-League, to which it became a de facto League Cup. Winner of the Federation Cup was given direct entry in the continental level at AFC Cup.

The holders of the 2017 Federation Cup were Bengaluru who beat Mohun Bagan 2–0 in the 2017 final held in Cuttack, Odisha.[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 was also held in a neutral venue. From 2015–16 season matches were played as two legged (home and away) knockout format.

Results

Past winners and runners-up

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1977–78	ITI (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	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	Not held
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	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)
2010	East Bengal	Mohun Bagan	1–0
2011	Salgaocar	East Bengal	3–1
2012	East Bengal	Dempo	3–2 (a.e.t.)
2013–14	Churchill Brothers	Sporting Goa	3–1
2014–15	Bengaluru FC	Dempo	2–1
2015–16	Mohun Bagan	Aizawl	5–0
2016–17	Bengaluru FC	Mohun Bagan	2–0 (a.e.t.)

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	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, 2009-10, 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
Bengaluru FC	2	2	2014–15, 2016–17	0	-
JCT Mills F.C.	2	2	1995,1995-96#	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	-
Lajong SSC	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[5]

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
6	Odafa Onyeka Okolie	17

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

References

"Bengaluru v Mohun Bagan Match Report, 21/05/17, Federation Cup | Goal.com". www.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". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 10 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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[1] "Bengaluru v Mohun Bagan Match Report, 21/05/17, Federation Cup | Goal.com". www.goal.com.

[2] "Why AIFF's decision to scrap the Fed Cup makes sense for Indian football". Firstpost. 24 April 2015.

[3] "AIFF decides to bring back Federation Cup". 27 November 2015.

[aiff-4] Federation Cup. the-aiff.com (archived)

[Fed-5] "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.