1961 IFA Shield Final
Event1961 IFA Shield
Mohun Bagan East Bengal
Joint winners declared after a replay
Final
Mohun Bagan East Bengal
0 0
Date26 September 1961
VenueEast Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
RefereeNrisingha Chatterjee
Attendance30,000 (estd.)
Replay
Mohun Bagan East Bengal
0 0
Date27 September 1961
VenueEast Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
RefereeNrisingha Chatterjee
Attendance30,000 (estd.)

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

Mohun Bagan0–0East Bengal
Attendance: 30,000 (est.)
Referee: Nrisingha Chatterjee
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
GKIndia Sanath Sett
DFIndia Prasanta Sarkhel
DFIndia Jarnail SIngh
DFIndia T. Abdul Rahman
MFIndia Mariappa Kempaiah
MFIndia Amiya Banerjee
FWIndia Dipu Das
FWIndia Amal Chakraborty
FWIndia Salauddin
FWIndia Chuni Goswami (c)
FWIndia Arumainayagam
GKIndia Abani Bose
DFIndia Chitto Chanda (c)
DFIndia Bikramjit Debnath
DFIndia Arun Ghosh
MFIndia Srikanta Banerjee
MFIndia Ram Bahadur Chettri
FWIndia Sukumar Samajpati
FWIndia Nilesh Sarkar
FWIndia Sunil Nandy
FWIndia Baloo
FWIndia 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

Mohun Bagan0–0 (a.e.t.)East Bengal
Attendance: 30,000 (est.)
Referee: Nrisingha Chatterjee
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
GKIndia Sanath Sett
DFIndia Prasanta Sarkhel
DFIndia Jarnail SIngh
DFIndia T. Abdul Rahman
MFIndia Mariappa Kempaiah
MFIndia Amiya Banerjee
FWIndia Dipu Das
FWIndia Amal Chakraborty
FWIndia Salauddin
FWIndia Chuni Goswami (c)
FWIndia Arumainayagam
GKIndia Abani Bose
DFIndia Chitto Chanda (c)
DFIndia Bikramjit Debnath
DFIndia Arun Ghosh
MFIndia Srikanta Banerjee
MFIndia Ram Bahadur Chettri
FWIndia Sukumar Samajpati
FWIndia Nilesh Sarkar
FWIndia Sunil Nandy
FWIndia Baloo
FWIndia 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

  1. 1 2 3 Chaudhuri, Arunava (10 October 2022). "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  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.
  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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