2012 Indian Federation Cup

2012 Indian Federation Cup
	Kanchenjunga Stadium hosted the final on 30 September 2012
Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	East Bengal (8th title)
Runner-up	Dempo
AFC Cup	East Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	102 (3.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Chidi Edeh (5)
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The 2012 Indian Federation Cup was the 34th season of the top knock-out competition in India. The qualifiers started in August while the final round took place from 19 September 2012 to 30 September 2012.^[1]^[2]

Salgaocar were the defending champions, having beaten East Bengal 3–1 in the 2011 Final.

DD Sports Friday agreed to telecast live the semifinals and final of the tournament.^[3]

The cup was eventually won by East Bengal after they defeated Dempo in the final on 30 September 2012.^[4]

Teams

Round	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Qualifiers	6	N/A	N/A	2012 I-League 2nd Division final round + HAL
Group stage	16	2	14	I-League
Semi-finals	4	4	N/A	N/A
Final	2	2	N/A	N/A

Calendar

The calendar for the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, as announced by the All India Football Federation:

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs
Qualification	August	6	6
Group stage	19–26 September	24	16
Semi-finals	27–28 September	2	4
Final	30 September	1	2

Qualifying rounds

All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of the I-League and have to compete in the qualifying rounds.

Group stage

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dempo	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Pailan Arrows	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Shillong Lajong	3	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
Mumbai	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Mohun Bagan	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Mohammedan	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Air India	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
ONGC	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
Sporting Goa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Kalighat MS	3	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Salgaocar	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Pune	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Prayag United	3	0	2	1	3	2	+1	2
United Sikkim	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semi-finals

27 September 2012	Churchill Brothers	0–1 (a.e.t.)	East Bengal	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
18:30 IST		Report	Ralte 111'

28 September 2012	Dempo	2–0	Salgaocar	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
18:30 IST	Abranches 70' Sakibo 84'	Report

Final

30 September 2012	East Bengal	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Dempo	Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
18:30 IST	Mondal 60' Singh 100' Edeh 109'	Report	Lawrence 51' Gawli 111'	Attendance: 35,000 (est)^[5]