1998 Indian Federation Cup

21st edition of the Federation Cup August 2022 August 2022 1998 Federation Cup 23 August–12 September 1998 Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup India 16 Mohun Bagan 10 East Bengal 16 36 Cyril Barreto(4 goals) Amit Das (Mohun Bagan) 1997 2001 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.Bose Saibal Bagan ride on luck, EB errors to crown http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/51138/ The Indian Express 6 February 2017 13 September 1998 Amit Das and Hemanta Dora of Mohun Bagan were named the Player and Goalkeeper of the Tournament.21th "Kalyani Black Label" Federation Cup 1998: http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1998-99fedcup.html indianfootball.de 6 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170206055207/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1998-99fedcup.html 6 February 2017 Qualification 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."It has failed to achieve its objective http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199808.html The Hindu indianfootball.de 7 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20010731075627/http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199808.html 31 July 2001 29 August 1998 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.News: 16 July 1998 http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199807.html indianfootball.de 7 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20010730053220/http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m199807.html 30 July 2001 16 July 1998 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.Ghosh Arnab Mohun Bagan retails title http://www.indianfootball.de/article/article006.html indianfootball.de Sportstar 6 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20020612231945/http://www.indianfootball.de/article/article006.html 12 June 2002 9 October 1998 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." Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Border Security Force 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July Churchill Brothers 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July Dempo 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July East Bengal 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July Indian Telephone Industries 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July JCT Mills North Zone winner 14 10 August Jorba Durga East Zone winner 09 22 July Kochin South Zone winner 11 2 August Langsning North-East Zone winner 10 1 August Mohammedan 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July Mohun Bagan 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July Punjab State Electricity Board Play-off winner 16 23 August Salgaocar 1997 quarter-final 01 16 July State Bank of Travancore South Zone runner-up 12 2 August Tollygunge Agragami Play-off winner 15 20 August Vasco West Zone winner 13 8 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) 23 August Dempo 0–2 Report Vasco Gadekar 62Nickson 64 Nehru Stadium, Margao 23 August East Bengal 3–1 Report Jorba Durga Biswas 90Mondal 57Vijayan 84 Thapa 82 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 10,000 24 August 14:00 IST Churchill Brothers 7–0 Report Langsning Barreto 4 6 8 17Soares 43Ansari 75 76 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 24 August Salgaocar 0–1 Report State Bank of Travancore Ignatius 90 Cooperage Ground, Mumbai 25 August Border Security Force 1–0 Report Tollygunge Agragami Gauranga Pal 71 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 27 August Mohun Bagan 2–0 Report Kochin Okorie 13 26 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 27 August Indian Telephone Industries 0–1 Punjab State Electricity Board Gurdish Singh 26 Bangalore 28 August Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 yes Report JCT Mills Owino 116 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 8,000 Quarter-finals 27 August 14:00 IST Churchill Brothers 2–1 yes Report Border Security Force Mensah 32, 111 pen. Singh 84 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi Ramesh Rehani 28 August Vasco 0–5 Report East Bengal Vijayan 38 45R. Singh 56 86Chapman 86 Bangalore 30 August Mohammedan Sporting 0–0 yes Report Punjab State Electricity Board 4–3 Moses Ohira Joy Kabui Amitava Ghosh Subir Ghosh Arjan Ali Sandeep Saini Jujhar Singh Harjap Singh Dalip Kumar Sukhbir Singh Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata 31 August Mohun Bagan 1–0 Report State Bank of Travancore Omollo 82 Cooperage Ground, Mumbai Gokuldas Nagvenkar (Goa) Semi-finals 5 September East Bengal 1–0 Report Churchill Brothers R. Singh 70 Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri 6 September Mohammedan Sporting 1–2 Report Mohun Bagan Kabui 70 Vijayan 50Okorie 79 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Third place play-off 12 September Churchill Brothers 1–1 Report Mohammedan Sporting Elvis Fernandes 90 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Final 12 September Mohun Bagan 2–1 Report East Bengal Amit Das 10Vijayan 20 Chapman 85 Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Statistics Goalscorers 4 goals 22em Cyril Barreto (Churchill Brothers) 3 goals 22em Renedy Singh (East Bengal) Raman Vijayan (East Bengal) Chima Okorie (Mohun Bagan) 2 goals 22em Aqeel Ansari (Churchill Brothers) Philip Mensah (Churchill Brothers) Carlton Chapman (East Bengal) I. M. Vijayan (Mohun Bagan) 1 goal 22em 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. References External links 1998–99 Federation Cup Category:Indian Federation Cup seasons Category:1998–99 in domestic association football cups Category:1998–99 in Indian football