2015–16 Indian Federation Cup

2015–16 Federation Cup
Country  India
Dates 30 April 2016–21 May 2016
Teams 8
Matches played 8
Goals scored 26 (3.25 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jeje Lalpekhlua
Joel Sunday
(3 goals each)
← 2014–15
All statistics correct as of 5 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup, also known as Hero Federation Cup 2015–16 will be the 37th edition of the Federation Cup, the main national football cup competition in India. The tournament will be held from 30 April 2016 to 21 May 2016. Top 8 teams from 2015–16 I-League will participate in the tournament. Ten Sports Network, the Official Broadcaster of Hero Federation Cup 2016 will telecast only the Semi-finals and the Final match while Knockout stage matches will be streamed live on I-league website.

Background

In 2015, All India Football Federation decided to scrap Federation Cup due to congested calendar with I-League and Indian Super League occupying a large part of the calendar, but after Asian Football Confederation mandated that a club must play 18 matches in the season, AIFF decided to revive the tournament.[1]

Teams

Following teams have qualified for Federation Cup:

Rounds and dates

The tournament will be played between top 8 teams of 2015–16 I-League as the knock-out tournament on home and away basis.[2]

Round Match date(s) Number of fixtures Teams
Quarter finals 30 April/ 1 May/ 2 May 2016 – 3 May/ 4 May/ 5 May 2016 8 8
Semi-finals 8 May/ 10 May 2016 – 14 May/ 15 May 2016 4 4
Final 21 May 2016 1 2

Bracket

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
 Bengaluru FC 1 2 3  
 Aizawl 2 3 5  
   Aizawl '  
   Sporting Goa '  
 Sporting Goa 1 1 2
   Mumbai 0 0 0  
     
   
   East Bengal 1 2 3  
 Shillong Lajong (aet) 2 2 4  
   Shillong Lajong '
   Mohun Bagan '  
 Mohun Bagan 3 4 7
   Salgaocar 2 0 2  

Quarter-finals

2 May 2016
16:30 IST
Salgaocar 2–3 Mohun Bagan
Scott  26'
Mbarga  30' 		Report Jeje  1', 86'
A. Das  77'

5 May 2016
19:00 IST
Mohun Bagan 4–0 Salgaocar
Katsumi  25'
Norde  45+1', 52'
Jeje  90+4' 		Report

Semi-finals

Final

21 May 2016
TBD v TBD
TBD

Goalscorers

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

3 Goals:

2 Goals:

1 Goal:

References

  1. ↑ "AIFF decides to bring back Federation Cup". 27 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Federation Cup from April 30". 2 February 2016.

External links

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