2013–14 Indian Federation Cup

2013–14 Federation Cup
	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium hosted the final on 25 January 2014
Tournament details
Country	Indian
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Churchill Brothers (1st title)
Runner-up	Sporting Goa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	79 (2.72 per match)
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The 2013–14 Indian Federation Cup was the 35th edition of the Federation Cup, the main domestic cup competition in Indian football. A total of 16 teams played in this edition of the tournament in which they all entered in the group stage consisting of four groups of four teams each.^[1]

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The defending champions were East Bengal, who beat Dempo 3–2 in the 2012 final.^[2]

The final was played on 25 January 2014 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi, Kerala between Churchill Brothers and Sporting Goa, with Churchill Brothers winning 3–1.

Teams

This edition of the Federation Cup saw 16 teams taking part in the tournament, 13 of which came from the ongoing I-League with the other three coming from the I-League 2nd Division.^[1] Originally, the three 2nd Division teams to take part in the tournament were to be Bhawanipore, Langsning, and United Sikkim, however, Langning withdrew.^[1] As a replacement, Eagles were allowed to enter the tournament for fulfilling the AFC Criteria and also to add a local team from Kerala into the tournament.^[1]

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Teams
From I-League	From I-League 2nd Division
• Bengaluru FC • Churchill Brothers • Dempo • East Bengal • Mohammedan • Mohun Bagan • Mumbai • Pune • Rangdajied United • Salgaocar • Shillong Lajong • Sporting Goa • United	• Bhawanipore • Eagles • United Sikkim

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Venues

The venues for the Federation Cup were announced in 2013, with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and the MDS Complex being chosen to host matches.^[1] The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium hosted matches for Group A and C while the MDS Complex hosted Group B and D matches.^[1] The semi-finals and final took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.^[1]

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Kochi	Manjeri
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	MDS Complex
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 22,000

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Group stage

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Key to colours in group tables
Top placed team advances to the semi-finals

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Group A

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9
Eagles	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
United	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Pune	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sporting Goa	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
East Bengal	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Bengaluru FC	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Rangdajied United	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mohun Bagan	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Shillong Lajong	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
Salgaocar	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	4
Mumbai	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dempo	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Mohammedan	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Bhawanipore	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
United Sikkim	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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Semi-finals

23 January 2014	Churchill Brothers	2–1	Mohun Bagan	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Singh 4' Wolfe 14'	Report	Okolie 33'

23 January 2014	Sporting Goa	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Dempo	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
	Karpeh 30' Arturo 82' (pen.), 115' (pen.)	Report	Özbey 72' Amiri 88'