2006 Indian Super Cup

The 2006 Indian Super Cup was the 6th Indian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's I-League and Federation Cup competitions. However, since Mahindra United won both the 2005–06 National Football League and the 2005 Indian Federation Cup, the match was between Mahindra United and East Bengal (runner's up of the 2005–06 National Football League), with East Bengal winning 2–1 to clinch their second Super Cup title. The match was played at Cooperage Ground, Mumbai, on October 27 May 2006.[1]

2006 Indian Super Cup
Event2006 Indian Super Cup
Mahindra United East Bengal
1 2
Date27 May 2006
VenueCooperage Ground, Mumbai
RefereeS Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
Attendance5,000 (est.)

Summary

Mahindra United had the best ever season in their history by winning the 2005–06 National Football League and the 2005 Federation Cup. The team coached by Derrick Pereira had been one of the consistent performers throughout the season, losing just 3 matches in the entire league. East Bengal on the other hand missed out on the National League title, finishing second by five points. Coached by Belgian manager Philippe De Ridder, East Bengal wanted to end the season on a high.

Mahindra United fielded a strong lineup, wanting to complete the hat-trick of trophies for the season with Yusif Yakubu and Jose Ramirez Barreto both starting upfront. However, Belgian coach Philippe De Ridder had made other plans as East Bengal dominated the proceedings and won the game by 2–1. Nigerian attacker Guy Ndem Herve opened the scoring with a header off Alvito D'Cunha's corner in the 23rd minute and just 10 minutes later, Alvito scored directly from the corner to put East Bengal two nil ahead. The defensive pairing of Guy Mertial and Muttah Suresh with Sashti Duley as right-back did their job perfectly to stop the dangerous duo of Yakubu and Barreto. Yakubu did reduce the margin in the second half but it was a mere consolation as East Bengal went on to lift their second Indian Super Cup title.[2]

Match details
Mahindra United1–2East Bengal
Yusif Yakubu  65' Report Guy Ndem Herve  23'
Alvito D'Cunha  33'
Attendance: 5,000 (est.)
Referee: S Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
Mahindra United
East Bengal
GK1 Subhasish Roy Chowdhury
RB7 Sushanth Mathew
CB18 Peter Siddqiue
CB14 Mahesh Gawli
LB4 Deepak Mondal
CM28 Krishnan Nair Ajayan
CM6 Shanmugam Venkatesh
LW9 Surojit Bose 32'
RW23 Steven Dias
ST8 Jose Ramirez Barreto (c)
ST10 Yusif Yakubu
Substitutes:
MF19 David Adjei 32'
Manager:
Derrick Pereira
GK24 Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (c)
LB19 Syed Rahim Nabi
CB26 Ngassa Ewane Guy Martial
CB2 Muttah Suresh
RB8 Sasthi Duley 77'
LW22 Debabrata Roy
CM7 Jayanta Sen
CM9 Alvito D'Cunha 67'
RW28 Shylo Malsawmtluanga 54'
ST'20 Ndem Guy Herve
ST32 Gouranga Dutta
Substitutes:
MF6 Dipankar Roy 54'
MF11 Kalia Kulothungan 67'
DF16 Covan Lawrence 77'
Manager:
Philippe De Ridder

Assistant referees:
Dinesh Nair (Gujarat)
Benjamin Silva (Goa)
Fourth official:
Franky Fernandes (Goa)

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References
  1. "9th "ONGC" Super Cup 2005/06". IndianFootball.de. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. "East Bengal edge out Mahindra to win Super Cup". Outlook India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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