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1980 Indian Federation Cup Final
Event	1980 Indian Federation Cup
	Joint winners
Date	8 May 1980
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	J. P. Coutinho (Maharashtra)
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The 1980 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 4th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 8 May 1980 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.^[2]

Both the teams were announced as joint winners after the match ended 1–1 after the regulation time.^[3]

Route to the final

East Bengal				Round	Mohun Bagan
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
HAL	2–1			Matchday 1	Salgaocar	2–0
Mafatlal	2–0			Matchday 2	ITI	2–0
Dempo	3–0			Matchday 3	JCT	2–1
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout Stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Punjab Police	4–1	3–0	1–1	Semi–Final	Mohammedan Sporting	2–2 (4–2 p)	1–1	1–1

Match

Summary

The Federation Cup final began at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in the Kolkata Derby. The match for fierce and full of fights, as both teams played a physical game. Referee J. P. Coutinho had to flash out four yellow cards to the players: Majid Bishkar, Jamshid Nassiri, Kajal Chatterjee, and Compton Dutta. East Bengal scored the first goal of the match after Mohammed Habib scored in the twenty-fourth minute of the match with a powerful header from an unmarked position inside the box from a corner kick. Mohun Bagan equalized in the sixty-sixth minute after Mihir Bose scored with a half-volley from inside the box. The match ended 1–1 in regulation time but as prior decided, the extra 15 minutes were not played and both the teams were announced as joint champions of the Federation Cup. Referee J. P. Coutinho explained the decision was taken due to poor visibility and lack of lights.^[3]^[1]

Details

8 May 1980

14:30 IST

East Bengal	1–1	Mohun Bagan
Habib 24'		Bose 66'

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Attendance: 60,000 (est.)

Referee: J. P. Coutinho (Maharashtra)

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan



GK	Nasir Ahmed
LB	Satyajit Mitra (c)
CB	Monoranjan Bhattacharya
CB	Samar Bhattacharya
RB	Thomas Matthew
CM	Kajal Chatterjee
CM	Mohammed Habib	80'
RW	Tapan Das
LW	Mahmood Khabazi
ST	Majid Bishkar
ST	Jamshid Nassiri
Substitutes:
CM	Bivash Sarkar	80'
Head Coach:
P. K. Banerjee



GK	Pratap Ghosh
RB	Sanjib Chowdhury
CB	Compton Dutta
CB	Subrata Bhattacharya
LB	Shyamal Banerjee
CM	Gautam Sarkar (c)
CM	Prasun Banerjee
RW	Manas Bhattacharya
LW	Xavier Pius	81'
ST	Mihir Bose
ST	Bidesh Bose
Substitutes:
ST	Shyam Thapa	81'
Head coach:
Arun Ghosh

Match rules

90 minutes.
15 minutes of extra time if necessary.

References

^ ^a ^b Kapadia, Novy (7 October 2012). "East Bengal's Federation Cup successes". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ Judge, Shahid (29 October 2022). "Kolkata Derby: When Iran striker Jamshid Nassiri, a neutral, was consumed by the famous rivalry". Scroll. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "কথায় কথায় মারামারি, নিয়ম ভেঙে নিষ্পত্তি, ফেডারেশন কাপ দু'দলেরই" [Constant fights. match ends with breaking of rules, Federation Cup title for both teams]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 9 May 1980.