IFA Shield

IFA Shield
Organising bodyIndian Football Association (West Bengal)
Founded1893 (1893)
RegionIndia (primarily West Bengal)
Number of teamsVarious
Related competitionsWomen's IFA Shield
Current championsReal Kashmir (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)East Bengal (29 titles)
Websiteifawb.in
2025

The IFA Shield is a football competition organized by the Indian Football Association, the football governing body in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] The IFA came into existence in 1893,[2] and was named after the association. The IFA Shield tournament was started in the same year. It is the third oldest football tournament in India, after Durand Cup and Trades Cup, and is among the oldest football competitions in the world.[3]

History

The royal houses of Patiala and Cooch Behar, A.A. Apcar of Armenian Club and J Sutherland of Dalhousie AC had financially contributed for the inception of the Shield. The coveted shield was designed by Walter Locke & Co. (Calcutta) and made by Messrs Elkington & Co. (London).[4]

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,[5] when Mohun Bagan became the first all-Indian side to win the IFA Shield by defeating East Yorkshire Regiment by 2–1.[6][7][8] 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.

From 2015 to 2018, the IFA Shield was designed as an youth tournament wherein youth teams of all divisions were allowed to participate.[9] The decision was taken by IFA due to busy schedule of AIFF which includes Indian Super League, I-League, I-League 2nd Division, State leagues and Super Cup among others. In 2020, the tournament was once again organised as a senior event.[10]

Results

Pre-independence era (1893–1946)

Year Winner Score Runner-up Notes
1893 Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 W.D.R.A.
1894 Royal Irish Rifles (2) 2–0 Rifle Brigade
1895 Royal Welch Fusiliers 1–0 King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1896 Calcutta 3–0 King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1897 Dalhousie 4–0 31st Field Battalion
1898 Gloucestershire Regiment 1–0 42nd Highlanders
1899 South Lancashire Regiment 2–0 Barrackpore Artillery
1900 Calcutta (2) 0–0; 6–0 Dalhousie
1901 Royal Irish Rifles (3) 4–0 Black Watch
1902 93rd Highlanders 3–0 Dalhousie
1903 Calcutta (3) 0–0; 1–1; 2–1 King's Own Scottish Borderers
1904 Calcutta (4) 1–0 King's Own Royal Regiment
1905 Dalhousie (2) 4–3 Calcutta
1906 Calcutta (5) 1–0 Highland Light Infantry
1907 Highland Light Infantry 0–0; 1–0 Calcutta
1908 Gordon Highlanders 2–0 Calcutta Customs
1909 Gordon Highlanders (2) 0–0; 3–0 Calcutta Customs
1910 Gordon Highlanders (3) 0–0; 2–0 Calcutta
1911 Mohun Bagan 2–1 East Yorkshire Regiment 3
1912 Royal Irish Rifles (4) 1–0 Black Watch
1913 Royal Irish Rifles (5) 2–0 91st Highlanders
1914 King's Own Royal Regiment 1–0 Calcutta
1915 Calcutta (6) 0–0; 3–0 Calcutta Customs
1916 North Staffordshire Regiment 2–1 Calcutta
1917 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 2–0 Brecknockshire Battalion
1918 Training Reserve Battalion 1–0 Signal Service Depot
1919 1st Battalion of Brecknockshire 3–1 Calcutta
1920 Black Watch 2–0 Kumartuli
1921 3rd Battalion of Brecknockshire (2) 3–1 Calcutta
1922 Calcutta (7) 1–0 Dalhousie
1923 Calcutta (8) 3–0 Mohun Bagan [11]
1924 Calcutta (9) 5–1 23rd Brigade of Royal Engineers Association
1925 2nd Battalion of Royal Scots Fusiliers 5–1 Cheshire Regiment
1926 Sherwood Foresters 5–1 Cheshire Regiment
1927 Sherwood Foresters (2) 2–0 Dalhousie
1928 Sherwood Foresters (3) 2–0 Dalhousie
1929 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles (6) 2–0 Rangoon Customs
1930 Seaforth Highlanders 3–0 Royal Regiment
1931 Highland Light Infantry 1–1; 2–1 Durham Light Infantry
1932 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment 2–1 Seaforth Highlanders
1933 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 2–1 King's Royal Rifles
1934 Tournament declared void ( King's Royal Rifles and Durham Light Infantry: 2–2) 4
1935 East Yorkshire Regiment 1–0 Royal Regiment
1936 Mohammedan 0–0; 0–0; 2–1 Calcutta
1937 6th Fire Brigade 4–1 Police
1938 East Yorkshire Regiment (2) 1–1; 1–1; 2–0 Mohammedan
1939 Police 2–1 Calcutta Customs
1940 Aryan 4–1 Mohun Bagan
1941 Mohammedan (2) 2–0 King's Own Scottish Borderers
1942 Mohammedan (3) 1–0 East Bengal
1943 East Bengal 3–0 Police
1944 Eastern Bengal Railway 1–0 East Bengal
1945 East Bengal (2) 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1946 Not held 1

Post-independence era (1947–present)

Year Winner Score Runner-up Notes
1947 Mohun Bagan (2) 1–0 East Bengal
1948 Mohun Bagan (3) 1–1; 2–1 Bhawanipore
1949 East Bengal (3) 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1950 East Bengal (4) 3–0 Services
1951 East Bengal (5) 0–0; 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1952 Tournament declared void (Mohun Bagan and Rajasthan Club: 0–0; 2–2)
1953 Indian Culture League 0–0; 0–0; 1–1 East Bengal 5
1954 Mohun Bagan (4) 1–0 Hyderabad Sporting
1955 Rajasthan Club 0–0; 1–0 Aryan
1956 Mohun Bagan (5) 4–0 Aryan
1957 Mohammedan (4) 3–0 Railways SC
1958 East Bengal (6) 1–1; 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1959 Abandoned due to dispute over date of finals
1960 Mohun Bagan (6) 1–0 Indian Navy
1961 East Bengal (7) and
Mohun Bagan (7) 		0–0 – 2
1962 Mohun Bagan (8) 3–1 Hyderabad XI
1963 Bengal Nagpur Railway 1–0 Mohammedan
1964 Tournament declared void (Mohun Bagan and East Bengal: 1–1)
1965 East Bengal (8) 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1966 East Bengal (9) 1–0 Bengal Nagpur Railway
1967 Tournament declared void (Mohun Bagan and East Bengal: 0–0)
1968 Abandoned due to court injunction
1969 Mohun Bagan (9) 3–1 East Bengal
1970 East Bengal (10) 1–0 PAS Tehran
1971 Mohammedan (5) 2–0 Tollygunge Agragami [12]
1972 East Bengal (11) 0–0; 0–1 Mohun Bagan 6
1973 East Bengal (12) 3–1 Pyongyang
1974 East Bengal (13) 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1975 East Bengal (14) 5–0 Mohun Bagan
1976 East Bengal (15) and
Mohun Bagan (10) 		0–0 – 2
1977 Mohun Bagan (11) 1–0 East Bengal
1978 Mohun Bagan (12) and
Ararat Yerevan 		2–2 – 2
1979 Mohun Bagan (13) 1–0 East Bengal
1980 Tournament abandoned
1981 Mohun Bagan (14) and
East Bengal (16) 		2–2 – 2
1982 Mohun Bagan (15) 2–1 Mohammedan
1983 East Bengal (17) and
Aryan (2) 		0–0 – 2
1984 East Bengal (18) 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1985 Peñarol 1–0 Shakhtar Donetsk
1986 East Bengal (19) 0–0 (4–2 p) Mohun Bagan
1987 Mohun Bagan (16) 1–0 Punjab Police
1988 Not held 1
1989 Mohun Bagan (17) 1–0 Tata Football Academy
1990 East Bengal (20) 1–0 Mohammedan 7
1991 East Bengal (21) 3–1 Army XI
1992 Not held 1
1993 Pakhtakor Tashkent 1–1 (5–4 p) Irtysh Pavlodar
1994 East Bengal (22) 2–1 Mohun Bagan
1995 East Bengal (23) 1–1 (3–1 p) Mohammedan Dhaka
1996 JCT 1–0 Al-Karkh [13]
1997 East Bengal (24) 3–2 Kochin
1998 Mohun Bagan (18) 2–1 East Bengal
1999 Mohun Bagan (19) 1–0 Tollygunge Agragami
2000 East Bengal (25) 1–1 (4–1 p) Mohun Bagan
2001 East Bengal (26) 1–0 Palmeiras B 8
2002 East Bengal (27) 0–0 (5–4 p) Churchill Brothers
2003 Mohun Bagan (20) 0–0 (5–3 p) East Bengal
2004 Finance and Revenue 1–1 (4–2 p) Mohun Bagan
2005 Bayern Munich II 5–1 Eveready
2006 Mahindra United 1–0 Mohun Bagan
2007 Not held 1
2008 Mahindra United (2) 3–1 Santos
2009 Churchill Brothers 2–0 Mohun Bagan
2010 Not held 1
2011 Churchill Brothers (2) 2–1 Mohun Bagan
2012 East Bengal (28) 4–2 Prayag United
2013 Prayag United 1–0 East Bengal
2014 Mohammedan (6) 1–1 (4–3 p) Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
2015 United U19 (2) 2–1 East Bengal U19 9
2016 Tata Football Academy 3–2 (a.e.t.) AIFF U19 9[14]
2017 FC Pune City U19 3–0 Mohun Bagan U19 9
2018 East Bengal U19 (29) 1–1 (4–2 p) Mohun Bagan U19 9
2019 Not held 1
2020 Real Kashmir 2–1 George Telegraph [15]
2021 Real Kashmir (2) 2–1 Sreenidi Deccan [16]
2022 Not held
2023
2024 [17]
2025

Notes:

1. ^ Tournament not held.
2. ^ Joint winners.
3. ^ An all-Indian side won the Shield for the first time.
4. ^ The final was abandoned due to a dispute between the finalists over extra time.[18]
5. ^ A scheduled fourth match was scratched and Indian Culture League were awarded the Shield as East Bengal played with an unregistered player in the third match.[19]
6. ^ The replay was abandoned due to torrential rain, but Mohun Bagan objected to a third match and refused to play: the third match was scratched and East Bengal were awarded the Shield.[20]
7. ^ The final was abandoned at half-time after Mohammedan Sporting refused to continue, and East Bengal were awarded the Shield.[21]
8. ^ The final was abandoned after 35 minutes after Palmeiras started a violent brawl, with Palmeiras fans also throwing chairs onto the pitch: East Bengal were awarded the Shield, and the IFA ordered that Palmeiras' results be deleted from the records.[22][19]
9. ^ Organised as an Under-19 tournament.

Performance by teams

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 the first all-Indian side to win the tournament in 1911.

Top 10 Indian teams in IFA Shield

No. Team Championships
(Latest) 		Runner-ups
1 East Bengal 29 (2018) 11
2 Mohun Bagan 20 (2003)[23] 20
3 Calcutta 9 (1924) 8
4 Mohammedan 6 (2014) 4
5 Dalhousie 2 (1905) 5
6 Churchill Brothers 2 (2011) 1
United 2 (2015) 1
8 Mahindra United 2 (2008) 0
Real Kashmir 2 (2021) 0
10 Aryan 2 (1983) 2
Police 1 (1939) 2

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,[24][25] and renowned sports photojournalist – Ronojoy 'Ronny' Roy.[26][27]

Krishanu Dey Memorial Award

As of December 2020

Year Player Goals Club
2020 Abegunrin Adefemi Lukman 5 Real Kashmir
2021 Rahim Osumanu 5 Gokulam Kerala

P. K. Banerjee Memorial Award for the Best Coach

As of December 2020

Year Head Coach Club
2020 Ranjan Bhattacharya George Telegraph

Chuni Goswami Memorial Award for the Best Player

As of December 2020

Year Player Club
2020 Mason Robertson Real Kashmir
2021 Mason Robertson Real Kashmir

Ronny Roy Fair Play Award

As of December 2021

Year Club
2020 Real Kashmir FC
2021 Indian Arrows

See also

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