1961 IFA Shield final

1961 IFA Shield Final
Event	1961 IFA Shield
	Joint winners declared after a replay
Final
Date	26 September 1961
Venue	East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	Nrisingha Chatterjee
Attendance	30,000 (estd.)
Replay
Date	27 September 1961
Venue	East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	Nrisingha Chatterjee
Attendance	30,000 (estd.)
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The 1961 IFA Shield Final was the 60th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 26 September 1961 first which ended in a draw and then a replay on 27 September 1961 at the East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata respectively.

Both teams failed to score in either of the finals and were declared as joint winners. Mohun Bagan lifted their eight titles while East Bengal won their seventh IFA Shield title.^[1]

Route to the final

Mohun Bagan		Round	East Bengal
Opponent	Result	Round	Opponent	Result
Burnpur United	9–0	Third Round	Wari	3–1
International	3–0	Quarter–Final	Mahishur	3–1
Eastern Railway	0–0; 2–0	Semi–Final	Indian Navy	2–1

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the East Bengal-Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 26 September 1958 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in a Kolkata Derby. Mohun Bagan, the defending champions, made their fourteenth appearance in the final after they defeated Eastern Railway 2–0 in the semi-final, having won it seven times previously in 1911, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, and 1960. East Bengal reached their eleventh final after defeating Indian Navy 2–1 in the semi-final, having won the title six times previously in 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, and 1958.^[1]

Both teams tried to take control of the game but neither failed to create chances as both teams cancelled each other out. Salauddin of Mohun Bagan and Sukumar Samajpati of East Bengal got chances but failed to score as the game ended in a 0–0 draw. The IFA Shield committee decided to host the replay final the very next day.^[2]^[3]

Details

26 September 1961

15:45 IST

Mohun Bagan	0–0	East Bengal

East Bengal-Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 30,000 (est.)

Referee: Nrisingha Chatterjee

Mohun Bagan

East Bengal



GK		Sanath Sett
DF		Prasanta Sarkhel
DF		Jarnail SIngh
DF		T. Abdul Rahman
MF		Mariappa Kempaiah
MF		Amiya Banerjee
FW		Dipu Das
FW		Amal Chakraborty
FW		Salauddin
FW		Chuni Goswami (c)
FW		Arumainayagam



GK		Abani Bose
DF		Chitto Chanda (c)
DF		Bikramjit Debnath
DF		Arun Ghosh
MF		Srikanta Banerjee
MF		Ram Bahadur Chettri
FW		Sukumar Samajpati
FW		Nilesh Sarkar
FW		Sunil Nandy
FW		Baloo
FW		Dharmalingam Kannan

Match rules

70 minutes.
Replay if scores still level.
No Substitutes.

Replay

Summary

The replay final began at the East Bengal-Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 27 September 1961 after the first game ended in a 0–0 stalemate.

Mohun Bagan kicked off the match and Chuni Goswami tried a long-range effort at the very first minute which was easily collected by East Bengal custodian Abani Bose. East Bengal counterattacked in the fourth minute, but T. Rahman blocked the shot by Dharmalingam Kannan for a corner. Kannan got another opportunity in the seventeenth minute when his shot was saved by Sanath Sett and rebounded off the crossbar onto the feet of Sukumar Samajpati, whose shot again struck the crossbar and went out. In the thirty-first minute, Nilesh Sarkar once again hit the crossbar as East Bengal failed to score. The second half begun in the same way as East Bengal struck the post for the fourth time, when Kannan took a powerful shot in the thirty-eighth minute. Mohun Bagan too got some few chances in the second half but failed to score as the game ended 0–0 in regulation time. An additional fifteen minutes of extra time was played but both teams failed to break the deadlock as the game ended in a 0–0 draw. The IFA decided to declare both the teams as joint winners of the competition. Mohun Bagan captain Chuni Goswami defeated East Bengal captain Citto Chanda in the coin toss which decided that Bagan would keep the Shield for the first six months, followed by East Bengal.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Details

27 September 1961

15:45 IST

Mohun Bagan	0–0 (a.e.t.)	East Bengal

East Bengal-Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 30,000 (est.)

Referee: Nrisingha Chatterjee

Mohun Bagan

East Bengal



GK		Sanath Sett
DF		Prasanta Sarkhel
DF		Jarnail SIngh
DF		T. Abdul Rahman
MF		Mariappa Kempaiah
MF		Amiya Banerjee
FW		Dipu Das
FW		Amal Chakraborty
FW		Salauddin
FW		Chuni Goswami (c)
FW		Arumainayagam



GK		Abani Bose
DF		Chitto Chanda (c)
DF		Bikramjit Debnath
DF		Arun Ghosh
MF		Srikanta Banerjee
MF		Ram Bahadur Chettri
FW		Sukumar Samajpati
FW		Nilesh Sarkar
FW		Sunil Nandy
FW		Baloo
FW		Dharmalingam Kannan

Match rules

70 minutes.
15 minutes of extra time if game ends in a draw.
Joint winners if game ends in a draw after extra time.
No Substitutes.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chaudhuri, Arunava (10 October 2022). "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ "আই এফ এ শিল্ড ফাইনাল অমীমাংসিত" [IFA Shiled Final remains undecided]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 27 September 1961.
^ PTI (27 September 1961). "I.F.A. TOURNEY FINAL UNDECIDED". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ "মোহনবাগান ও ইস্টবেঙ্গল যুগ্ম বিজয়ী সাব্যস্ত" [Mohun Bagan and East Bengal declared joint winners]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 28 September 1961.
^ PTI (28 September 1961). "BAGAN, EAST BENGAL SHARE TROPHY". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
^ Sen, Debayan (1 August 2020). "A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ Kapadia, Novy (5 October 2013). "Tulsidas Balaram - The tormented genius of Indian football". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
^ "Barefoot footballer Ahmed Khan no more". The Hindu. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

External links

IFA Shield Finals

[rsssf-1] Chaudhuri, Arunava (10 October 2022). "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[final-2] "আই এফ এ শিল্ড ফাইনাল অমীমাংসিত" [IFA Shiled Final remains undecided]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 27 September 1961.

[3] PTI (27 September 1961). "I.F.A. TOURNEY FINAL UNDECIDED". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[finalreplay-4] "মোহনবাগান ও ইস্টবেঙ্গল যুগ্ম বিজয়ী সাব্যস্ত" [Mohun Bagan and East Bengal declared joint winners]. Jugantor (in Bengali). 28 September 1961.

[5] PTI (28 September 1961). "BAGAN, EAST BENGAL SHARE TROPHY". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[6] Sen, Debayan (1 August 2020). "A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits". ESPN. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[7] Kapadia, Novy (5 October 2013). "Tulsidas Balaram - The tormented genius of Indian football". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

[8] "Barefoot footballer Ahmed Khan no more". The Hindu. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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1961 IFA Shield final

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