IFA Shield

The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield Tournament was started in the same year. It is second oldest football tournament in India only after Durand Cup and the fourth oldest football competition in the world.

IFA Shield
Organising bodyIndian Football Association (West Bengal)
Founded1893 (1893)
Region India (primarily West Bengal)
Number of teamsVaries
Current champions Real Kashmir (1st title)
Most successful club(s) East Bengal (29 titles)
Television broadcastersKolkata TV
S Events
IFA TV (YouTube)
WebsiteIFA
2020 IFA Shield

During the initial years of the competition, the IFA Shield was dominated by British Army teams and the Royal Irish Rifles defeated W.D.R.A. to lift the first IFA Shield in 1893. However, their stranglehold over the Shield was broken in 1911, when Mohun Bagan AC became the first all-Indian side to win the IFA Shield by defeating East Yorkshire Regiment by 2-1. That was a historic moment for Indian football as well the struggle for independence, as the natives beat the Englishmen in their own game. While the Royal Irish Rifles remains the most successful British Army side with 5 titles, East Bengal Club has won the IFA Shield a record 29 times.

The first all-Indian side to lift the IFA Shield

From 2015 to 2018 the IFA Shield was designed as an youth tournament wherin youth teams of all divisions were allowed to participate.[1] The decision was taken by IFA due to busy schedule of AIFF which includes Indian Super League, I-League and Super Cup. In 2020, the tournament was once again organised as a senior event.[2]

Results of IFA Shield
Year Winner Score Runner-up Notes
2020 Real Kashmir 2–1 George Telegraph
2019 1
2018 East Bengal U19 1-1;4-2 (pen) Mohun Bagan U19 9
2017 FC Pune City U19 3–0 Mohun Bagan U19 9
2016 Tata Football Academy 3–2 (a.e.t.) AIFF U19 9 [3]
2015 United Sports Club U19 2–1 East Bengal U19 9
2014 Mohammedan Sporting 1-1;4-3 (pen) Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2013 Prayag United 1-0 East Bengal
2012 East Bengal 4-2 Prayag United
2011 Churchill Brothers 2-1 Mohun Bagan
2010 1
2009 Churchill Brothers 2-0 Mohun Bagan
2008 Mahindra United 3–1 Santos FC
2007 1
2006 Mahindra United 1–0 Mohun Bagan
2005 FC Bayern Munich II 5–1 Eveready
2004 Myanmar F.R F.C 0–0; 1–1; 4–2(pen) Mohun Bagan
2003 Mohun Bagan 0–0; 5–3(pen) East Bengal
2002 East Bengal 0–0; 5–4(pen) Churchill Brothers
2001 East Bengal 0–1 Palmeiras B 3 6
2000 East Bengal 1–1; 4–1(pen) Mohun Bagan
1999 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Tollygunge Agragami
1998 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Bengal
1997 East Bengal 3–2 FC Kochin
1996 JCT MIlls 1–0 Karkh Club
1995 East Bengal 1–1; 3–1(pen) Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting
1994 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan
1993 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 1–1; 5–4(pen) FC Irtysh Pavlodar
1992 1
1991 East Bengal 3–1 Army XI
1990 East Bengal 1–0 Mohammedan Sporting 4
1989 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Tata Football Academy
1988 1
1987 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Punjab Police
1986 East Bengal 0–0; 4–2(pen) Mohun Bagan
1985 Peñarol 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
1984 East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1983 East Bengal 0–0 Aryan 2
1982 Mohun Bagan 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting
1981 East Bengal 2–2 Mohun Bagan 2
1980 Tournament abandoned
1979 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal
1978 Mohun Bagan 2–2 FC Ararat Yerevan 2
1977 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal
1976 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan 2
1975 East Bengal 5–0 Mohun Bagan
1974 East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1973 East Bengal 3–1 Pyongyang City Sports Club
1972 East Bengal 0–0; 0–1 Mohun Bagan 5
1971 Mohammedan Sporting 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami
1970 East Bengal 1–0 PAS Tehran
1969 Mohun Bagan 3–1 East Bengal
1968 Abandoned due to court injunction
1967 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan 7 2
1966 East Bengal 1–0 Bengal Nagpur Railway
1965 East Bengal 1-0 Mohun Bagan
1964 Mohun Bagan 1–1 East Bengal 7
1963 Bengal Nagpur Railway 1–0 Mohammedan Sporting
1962 Mohun Bagan 3–1 Hyderabad XI
1961 East Bengal 0–0 Mohun Bagan 2
1960 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Indian Navy
1959 Abandoned due to dispute over date of finals
1958 East Bengal 1–1; 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1957 Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 (incomplete) Railway Sports Club (Kolkata)
1956 Mohun Bagan 4–0 Aryan
1955 Rajasthan Club 1–0 Aryans Football Club
1954 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Hyderabad Sporting
1953 Indian Culture League 0–0; 0–0 East Bengal
1952 Mohun Bagan 0–0; 2–2 Rajasthan Club 3
1951 East Bengal 0–0; 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1950 East Bengal 3–0 SSCB
1949 East Bengal 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1948 Mohun Bagan 1–1; 2–1 Bhawanipore
1947 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal
1946 1
1945 East Bengal 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1944 Eastern Bengal Railway 1–0 East Bengal
1943 East Bengal 3–0 Police AC
1942 Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 East Bengal
1941 Mohammedan Sporting 2–0 King's Own Scottish Borderers
1940 Aryans Football Club 4–1 Mohun Bagan
1939 Police AC 2–1 Calcutta Customs
1938 East Yorkshire Regiment 1–1; 1–1; 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting
1937 6th Fire Brigade 4–1 Police AC
1936 Mohammedan Sporting 0–0; 0–0; 2–1 Calcutta FC
1935 East Yorkshire Regiment 1–0 Royal Regiment
1934 KRR 2–1 Durham Light Infantry
1933 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2–1 King's Royal Rifles
1932 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment 2–1 Seaforth Highlanders
1931 Highland Light Infantry 1–1; 2–1 Durham Light Infantry
1930 Seaforth Highlanders 3–0 Royal Regiment
1929 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles 2–0 Rangoon Customs
1928 Sherwood Foresters 2–0 Dalhousie AC
1927 Sherwood Foresters 2–0 Dalhousie AC
1926 Sherwood Foresters 5–1 Cheshire Regiment
1925 2nd Battalion RS Fuliliers 5–1 Cheshire Regiment
1924 Calcutta FC 5–1 23 brigade REA
1923 Calcutta FC 3–0 Mohun Bagan
1922 Calcutta FC 1–0 Dalhousie AC
1921 3rd Battalion Brecknockshire 3–1 Calcutta FC
1920 Black Watch 2–0 Kumartuli
1919 1st Battalion Brecknockshire 3–1 Calcutta FC
1918 Training Reserve Battalion 1–0 Signal Service Depot
1917 10th Middlesex 2–0 Brecknockshire Regiment
1916 North Staffordshire Regiment 2–1 Calcutta FC
1915 Calcutta FC 0–0; 3–0 Calcutta Customs
1914 King's Own Regiment 1–0 Calcutta FC
1913 Royal Irish Rifles 2–0 91st Highlanders
1912 Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 Black Watch
1911 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Yorkshire Regiment 8
1910 Gordon Highlanders 0–0; 3–0 Calcutta FC
1909 Gordon Highlanders 0–0; 3–0 Calcutta Customs
1908 Gordon Highlanders 2–0 Calcutta Customs
1907 Highland Light Infantry 0–0; 1–0 Calcutta FC
1906 Calcutta FC 1–0 Highland Light Infantry
1905 Dalhousie AC 4–3 Calcutta FC
1904 Calcutta FC 1–0 King's Own Royal
1903 Calcutta FC 0–0; 1–1; 2–1 King's Own Scottish Borderers
1902 93 Highlanders 3–0 Dalhousie AC
1901 Royal Irish Rifles 4–0 Black Watch
1900 Calcutta FC 0–0; 6–0 Dalhousie AC
1899 South Lancashire Regiment 2–0 Barrackpore Artillery
1898 Gloucestershire Regiment 1–0 42nd Highlanders
1897 Dalhousie AC 4–0 31st Field Battalion
1896 Calcutta FC 3–0 King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1895 Royal Welch Fusiliers 1–0 King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1894 Royal Irish Rifles 2–0 Rifle Brigade
1893 Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 W.D.R.A.

Notes:

1. ^ Tournament not held.
2. ^ Joint winners.
3. ^ Abandoned.
4. ^ Abandoned midway as Mohammedan Sporting refused to continue.
5. ^ Abandoned due to rain during the replay. Mohun Bagan refused to play again and were scratched.
6. ^ Abandoned after 35 minutes as Palmeiras started a brawl on the pitch, match cancelled. Palmeiras have been scratched from the record books.[4]
7. ^ Final Abandoned.
8. ^ An all-Indian side wins the Shield for the 1st time
9. ^ Organised as an Under-19 tournament

Performance by Indian teams

Though the tournament was dominated by the British Army teams during its initial years, yet British Indian teams too participated representing India prior to the independence, but very few were an all-Indian side. Mohun Bagan AC was the first all-Indian side to win the tournament in 1911.

Top 10 Indian teams in IFA Shield
No. Team Championships Runner-ups Latest Championship
1 SC East Bengal 29 12 2012
2 Mohun Bagan AC 21 19 2003
3 Calcutta FC 9 8 1924
4 Mohammedan SC 6 4 2014
5 Dalhousie AC 2 5 1905
6 Churchill Brothers SC 2 1 2011
7 Mahindra United FC 2 0 2008
8 Aryan FC 1 2 1940
9 Police AC 1 2 1939
10 United SC 1 2 2013

Performance by Overseas teams

Awards

Since the 123rd edition of the tournament, the awards for the Best Coach of the tournament, the Best Player of the tournament, the highest goalscorer of the tournament and Fair Play has been renamed in honour of India's football icons- P. K. Banerjee, Chuni Goswami and Krishanu Dey,[5][6] and renowned sports photojournalist- Ronojoy 'Ronny' Roy.[7]

P.K. Banerjee Memorial Award for the Best Coach

Chuni Goswami Memorial Award for the Best Player

Ronny Roy Fair Play Award

Krishanu Dey Memorial Award

References
  1. "IFA Shield now U-19 tournament". Telegraph India. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. "IFA Shield set for return as senior event". The Indian Express. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. "IFA Shield: Tata Football Academy wins the 120th IFA Shield". 7 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. Sengupta, Somnath (8 March 2011). "The Glorious History Of IFA Shield". Thehardtackle.com.
  5. Mohamed, Farzan (3 December 2020). "IFA Shield 2020". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ""Krishanu Dey Memorable Highest Scorar Trophy" for 123RD IFA Shield 2020 । পিকে-চুনীর পর এবার IFA শিল্ডে কৃশানু দে-র নামে পুরস্কার". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. "Shield's Fair Play trophy renamed in honour of Ronny Roy". aajkaal.in. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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