1997 Indian Federation Cup

The 1997 Indian Federation Cup, also known as 1997 Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup due to sponsorship reasons, was the 20th season of the Indian Federation Cup. The tournament was held between 14 June and 20 July 1997. It was won by Salgaocar, who beat defending champions East Bengal 2–1 in the final. Salgaocar's captain Bruno Coutinho was named player of the tournament.^[1]

1997 Indian Federation Cup

Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup
Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Salgaocar (3rd title)
Runners-up	East Bengal
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Salgaocar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bruno Coutinho Chima Okorie (8 goals each)
Awards
Best player	Bruno Coutinho
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Pre-quarterfinals

14 June

Mohammedan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kerala Police
Majhi 90'	Report	Pappachan 3'
Penalties
Debashis Hazra Senapati Cassius Owino Subir Ghosh Amitav Ghosh Arpan Dey Ohidul Islam	6–5	Sreenivasan Edison Pushparaj Asokan Mathew Sasi Pappachan

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore

14 June

East Bengal	3–0	Integral Coach Factory
Moosa 57' R. Singh 61' Saravanan 69'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

15 June

Border Security Force	2–0	Marmagao Port Trust
Das 10' Mahato 68'	Report

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore

15 June

Salgaocar	6–0	Mizo Highlanders

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17 June

Mohun Bagan	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Punjab Police
Mondal 20'	Report	Kumar 55'
Penalties
Singh Devinder Singh Swaran Singh Harnek Singh Buta Singh	4–3	Das Okorie Chatterjee Dora Ranjan Mazhi

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore

18 June

Eastern Railway	0–2	Indian Telephone Industries
	Report	Kenneth Raj 74', 88'

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: M. Sreedharan (Tamil Nadu)

21 June

Dempo	2–0	State Bank of Travancore
Meetei 10' Silviera 80'	Report

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad

22 June

Churchill Brothers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	JCT Mills
Kumar		Jasbir Singh 36'
Penalties
	3–1

Quarter-finals

29 June

Mohun Bagan	6–0	Churchill Brothers
Mondal 36' Okorie 43', 47', 73', 83' Khalique 75'	Report

Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

5 July

Salgaocar	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Border Security Force
Coutinho 45'	Report	Das 27'
Penalties
Jules Alberto Coutinho Venkatesh Robert Fernandes	4–3	Raghubir Singh Pradip Gorai Abay Mohato Avtar Singh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad

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6 July

East Bengal	4–0	Mohammedan
Haque 4', ?' Moosa 20' (pen.) Bhutia 26'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Referee: Bosco Pereira

9 July

Indian Telephone Industries	1–2	Dempo
Sudhakar 26'	Report	Soares 6' Ribeiro 21'

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad

Semi-finals

12 July

Salgaocar	1–0	Dempo

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Main article: East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan

13 July

East Bengal	4–1	Mohun Bagan
Haque 25' Bhutia 46', 85', 88'	Report	Okorie 66'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 131,781^[2]

Referee: Inayatullah Khan (Karnataka)

Third place play-off

15 July

Mohun Bagan	3–1	Dempo
Khalique 11', 70' Okorie 52'	Report	Soares 62'

Nehru Stadium, Guwahati

Final

Main article: 1997 Indian Federation Cup final

20 July

East Bengal	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Salgaocar
Omollo 83'	Report	Coutinho 23', 92'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata