The 2012 Indian Federation Cup Final was the 34th final of the

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, the top knock-out competition in

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, and was contested between

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and Dempo on 30 September 2012. East Bengal won the final 3–2, to claim their eighth Federation Cup title. Climax Lawrence put Dempo in front in the 51st minute but

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equalized for East Bengal in the 60th minute. The match then went into extra-time as

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scored the winner for East Bengal in the 100th minute before

Chidi Edeh Chidi Edeh (born 18 August 1987) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He played most of his career for clubs in India. Career Dempo In 2007, Edeh signed with I-League side Dempo SC and appeared in 15 league matches. H ...

scored the third goal for East Bengal in the 109th minute to seal the victory and championship before

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scored the consolation for Dempo.

Route to the final

East Bengal

East Bengal entered the

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automatically as they were already in the

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. They were placed in Group C along with

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa, simply known as Sporting Goa (also known by its abbreviation SCG), is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, in the Indian state of Goa, that competes in Goa Professional League. The club has also competed ...

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, and

Kalighat MS Kalighat Milan Sangha (also known as Kalighat MS), is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Premier Division of Calcutta Football League. Founded in 1944, the club has mostly been ...

and their matches were played in

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. The tournament got off to a mixture start for East Bengal as they drew their opening match 1–1 against Sporting Goa with new Nigerian signing

scoring his first goal for the club in the 10th minute from the penalty spot. The club then won their first game of the season in their second match of the tournament on 23 September 2012 against

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in which East Bengal came back from 0–1 down to 2–1 winners after Edeh and other new signing,

international,

scored two goals to gift Bengal the victory. East Bengal then confirmed promotion out of the group stage of the Federation Cup to the Semi-Finals after a remarkable come from behind victory in their last game at the group stage to

in which East Bengal came back from 2–0 to tie the score up at 2–2 through two goals from Manandeep Singh in the 26th and 30th minute but then East Bengal had to come from behind again after Kalighat took the lead again to go up 3–2 with Edeh scoring two goals to win the game for East Bengal 4–3 and send them to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals East Bengal took on

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and after finishing regulation time tied at 0–0 the match went into 30-minute extra-time where East Bengal would eventually take the lead from former Churchill Brothers youngster

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in the 111th minute of play which then allowed East Bengal to win the match 1–0 and send them to the final.

Dempo

Dempo entered the

automatically as they were already in the

. They were placed in Group A along with

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, and

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and their matches were played in

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. The tournament got off to a mix start as well for Dempo as they drew against

1–1 in their first match with

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scoring the equalizer for Dempo after

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gave Pailan the lead. Dempo then won their first match of the tournament in their second match of the group stage against

with Clifford Miranda again being the goalscorer for Dempo as they won 1–0. Dempo then confirmed their place into the semi-finals of the Federation Cup with a demolition performance over

in their last group match in which they won 4–0 with Miranda scoring one goal for the club and

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scoring a hat-trick. In the semi-finals Dempo took on reigning

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champions from

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on 27 September 2012 in a match that was eventually won by Dempo 2–0 with goals coming from

Joaquim Abranches Joaquim Abranches (born 28 October 1985) is an Indian professional football player who last played as a winger for Dempo S.C. in the Goa Professional League. Club career Dempo Hailing from Verna, Goa, Abranches was only 19 years old when he ...

in the 70th minute and Koko Sakibo in the 84th minute to send the Goan club to the final.

Match

Details

References

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