2014–15 Indian Federation Cup

36th edition of the Federation Cup

Football tournament season

2014–15 Federation Cup
Tournament details
Fatorda stadium hosted the final on 11 January 2015
Country	India
Dates	28 December 2014 – 11 January 2015
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Bengaluru FC (1st title)
Runner-up	Dempo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	61 (2.65 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sunil Chhetri Tolgay Özbey (6 goals)
Best player	Romeo Fernandes
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 11 January 2015.

The 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup, also known as the Hero Federation Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th edition of the Federation Cup, the main national football cup competition in India. Ten of the eleven I-League clubs participated in the tournament the season with Bharat FC being the excluded club.

Churchill Brothers were the reigning champions of the Federation Cup, having won the tournament in 2014, however, due to failing to pass the licensing criteria for the I-League, they were unable to defend their title.

All matches including the semi-final and final were played in Goa.

The final was played between Dempo and Bengaluru FC on 11 January 2015. Bengaluru FC beat Dempo 2–1 to clinch their maiden Federation Cup title.

Rounds and dates

Round	Match date(s)	Number of fixtures	Teams
Group stage	28 December 2014 – 7 January 2015	20	10
Semi-finals	9 January 2015	2	4
Final	11 January 2015	1	2

Teams

On 25 September 2014, it was announced that ten of the eleven I-League clubs would be participating in the Federation Cup, with Bharat FC being the exception. No other teams from other leagues were invited to the tournament.

Venues

The venues for the Federation Cup were also announced on 28 September 2014. Group A matches would be played at the Fatorda Stadium with Group B matches taking place at the Tilak Maidan Stadium. The final and semi-finals would take place at the Fatorda Stadium.

Margao	Vasco
Fatorda Stadium	Tilak Maidan Stadium
Capacity: 24,000	Capacity: 7,000

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 Indian Federation Cup Group Stage

Key to colours in group tables
Top two teams advance to the semi-finals

Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dempo	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	10
Sporting Goa	4	2	0	2	7	9	−2	6
East Bengal	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
Royal Wahingdoh	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	4
Mumbai	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	4

Source:

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bengaluru FC	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	10
Salgaocar	4	3	0	1	11	6	+5	9
Mohun Bagan	4	1	2	1	3	5	−2	5
Pune	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
Shillong Lajong	4	0	0	4	2	7	−5	0

Source:

Knockout stages

Bracket

Semi-finals			Finals

1	Dempo	2

4	Salgaocar	0
			Dempo	1

			Bengaluru FC	2
3	Bengaluru FC	3

2	Sporting Goa	0

Semi-finals

9 January 201516:00 IST

Dempo	2–0	Salgaocar
Ozbey 12', 58' (pen.)	Report

Fatorda Stadium, MargaoReferee: Pranjal Banerjee 9 January 201519:00 IST

Bengaluru FC	3–0	Sporting Goa
Rooney 28' Chhetri 37' Lyngdoh 87'	Report

Fatorda Stadium, MargaoReferee: MB Santosh Kumar

Final

Main article: 2015 Indian Federation Cup final 11 January 201516:00 IST

Dempo	1–2	Bengaluru FC
Ozbey 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Chhetri 10' (pen.) Singh 68'

Fatorda Stadium, MargaoReferee: Pratap Singh

Goalscorers

6 Goals:

Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC)
Tolgay Özbey (Dempo)

4 Goals:

Douhou Pierre (Salgaocar)
Romeo Fernandes (Dempo)

3 Goals:

2 Goals:

1 Goals:

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Tolgay Özbey	Dempo	Sporting Goa	4–1	1 January 2015
Victorino Fernandes	Sporting Goa	East Bengal	4–3	6 January 2015

References

^ "Fed Cup: Mohun Bagan clubbed with Bengaluru FC". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
Mergulhao, Marcus. "Champions kept out of Fed Cup". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

External links

Section on the All India Football Federation website.

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