Calcutta’s Big Two have clashed 17 times in the Federation Cup, with East Bengal winning 5 and Mohun Bagan 4, with 8 matches failing to produce a result. Following is the list of their meetings in the tournament:

1978 (Coimbatore), Final — Bagan 0 EB 0; Replayed final — Bagan 0 EB 0

1980 (Calcutta), Final — Bagan 1 (Mihir) EB 1 (Habib)

1981 (Madras), Semi-final, 1st leg — Bagan 2 (Pius 2) EB 0; Semi-final (2nd leg) — Bagan 0 EB 0

1984 (Trichi), Semi-final, 1st leg — Bagan 0 EB 0; Semi-final 2nd leg — Bagan 0 EB 1 (Biswajit)

1985 (Bangalore), Final — Bagan 0 EB 1 (Jamshed)

1986 (Srinagar), Final — Bagan 0 EB 0. Bagan won by 5-4 in tie-breaker

1990 (Cuttack), East zone round robin — Bagan 0 EB 1 (Chima)

1991 (Kannur), Quarter final group — Bagan 1 (Prasanta) EB 1 (Mani)

1992 (Calcutta), Final — Bagan 2 (Debashish Sarkar, Chima) EB 0

1993 (Kozhikode), Quarter final group — Bagan 0 EB 0

1995 (Calcutta), Semi-final — Mohun Bagan 1 (Sisir) EB 2 (Bhaichung 2)

1996 (Kannur, January edition) Quarter final group — Bagan 1 (Christopher) EB 1 (Mizan)

1997 (Calcutta), Semi-final — Bagan 1 (Chima) EB 4 (Bhaichung 3, Nazimul)

1998 (Calcutta), Final — Bagan 2 (Amit Das, I.M. Vijayan) EB 1 (Chapman)