2007 Indian Federation Cup Final

The 2007 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 29th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mahindra United on 15 September 2007.

2007 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event2007 Indian Federation Cup
East Bengal Mahindra United
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Date15 September 2007
VenueGuru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab
Man of the MatchEdmilson Marques Pardal
RefereeK Shankar (Tamil Nadu) [1]

East Bengal won the final 2–1 with a brace from Brazilian forward Edmilson Marques Pardal to claim their fifth Federation Cup title.[2]

Route to the final
See also: Federation Cup (India)

East Bengal
Round Date Opposition Score
R16 4 September 2007 Mohammedan Sporting 3–1
Quarter Final 9 September 2007 JCT 3–2
Semi Final 11 September 2007 Mohun Bagan 3–2

East Bengal entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the Pre-Quarter Finals, East Bengal faced Kolkata giants Mohammedan Sporting in their opening match and won 3–1 with Ashim Biswas putting them ahead in the 21st minute. Kalia Kulothungan equalised for Mohammedan ilast eightQuarter-Final. In the Quarter-Final, East Bengal faced hosts JCT and in a thriller of a game, East Bengal won 3–2 with another brace from Edmilson after Irungbam Surkumar Singh put them ahead in the 14th minute. Eduardo da Silva Escobar and Renedy Singh scored for JCT.[3] In the Semi Final, it was a Kolkata Derby as East Bengal faced arch-rivals Mohun Bagan. Bhaichung Bhutia put Mohun bagan ahead in the 12th minute but East Bengal rallied from behind to score three. Surkumar Singh equalised in the 25th minute while Dipendu Biswas and Ashim Biswas scored the other two. José Ramirez Barreto's goal in the 71st minute wasn't enough for Bagan as East Bengal won 3–2 to reach the final.[4][5]

Mahindra United
Round Date Opposition Score
R16 5 September 2007 HAL 1–0
Quarter Final 8 September 2007 Sporting Clube de Goa 1–1 (5-4 pen)
Semi Final 12 September 2007 Dempo 1–1 (3-1 pen)

Mahindra United entered the 2007 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. In the Pre-Quarter Finals, they faced HAL and won it courtesy of a soliraty goal from Steven Dias in the 9th minute.[6] In the Quarter Final, they faced Sporting Clube de Goa and after 120 minutes the game ended 1–1 and Mahindra won 5–4 via penalty shootout to reach the last four of the tournament. In the Semi Final, Mahindra United faced the reigning I-league champions Dempo and the match once again remained deadlock at 1–1 after 120 minutes. Manjit Singh put Mahindra ahead in the 32nd minute but Beto equalised for Dempo just six minutes later. Mahindra won the game 3–1 in the penalty shootout to reach the final.[7]

Match

Details
East BengalvMahindra United
Edmilson Marques Pardal  36' (pen), 45+1' Report Sunil Kumar  42'
Manjit Singh  45+3'
Attendance: 10,000 (est.)
Referee: K Shankar (Tamil Nadu)
East Bengal
Mahindra
GK24 Subrata Paul (c)
LB29 Saumik Dey
CB3 Majek Bolaji
CB2 Muttah Suresh
RB27 Irungbam Surkumar Singh
CM26 Mehrajuddin Wadoo 82'
CM7 Jayanta Sen
RW9 Alvito D'Cunha 74'
LW19 Syed Rahim Nabi
ST25 Ashim Biswas
ST30 Edmilson Marques Pardal 90'
Substitutes:
DF17 Abdul Samed Okocha 82'
MF6 Dipankar Roy 74'
FW10 Dipendu Biswas 90'
Manager:
Subrata Bhattacharya
GK24 Sandip Nandy (c)
RB7 Sushanth Mathew
CB16 Sunil Kumar
CB5 Harpreet Singh
LB14 Dharmaraj Ravanan
LM4 Krishnan Nair Ajayan
CM29 Douhou Pierre
RM23 Steven Dias 78'
ST12 Manjit Singh 79'
ST26 Edson Minga 46'
ST10 Andrews Pomeyie Mensah
Substitutes:
MF17 Sukhwinder Singh 46'
FW11 Mohammad Rafi 78'
FW9 Surojit Bose 79'
Manager:
Derrick Pereira

Hero of the Match:
Edmilson Marques Pardal (East Bengal)[2]

Match rules

See also

References
  1. "29th Federation Cup, Live Coverage". IndianFootball.de. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. "Edmilson guides EB to cup". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. "Speedy Nabi takes East Bengal to semis". Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. "Mohun Bagan go down fighting to East Bengal". One India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. "East Bengal send Bagan packing - Bhattacharya's tactical move proves decisive". Telegraph India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "Mahindras, Clube de Goa win". Indian Express. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. "Subrata, Pereira match their wits in Federation Cup final". DNA India. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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