1965 IFA Shield final

1965 IFA Shield Final
Event	1965 IFA Shield
	East Bengal won the final after a replay
Final
Date	22 September 1965
Venue	Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	Sailen Bhattacharya
Attendance	30,000 (estd.)
Replay
Date	16 October 1965
Venue	Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	Sailen Bhattacharya
Attendance	30,000 (estd.)

The 1965 IFA Shield Final was the 64th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 22 September 1965 first which ended in a draw and then a replay on 16 October 1965 at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the replayed final 1–0 to claim their 8th IFA Shield title. Ashim Moulik scored the only goal in the replay final as East Bengal lifted their eighth IFA Shield title.^[1]

Route to the final

Mohun Bagan		Round	East Bengal
Opponent	Result	Round	Opponent	Result
Wari	1–0	Third Round	Burdwan District XI	6–0
Eastern Railway	0–0; w/o	Quarter–Final	Hyderabad XI	2–1
Bangalore XI	5–0	Semi–Final	Bengal Nagpur Railway	2–0

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 22 September 1961 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in a Kolkata Derby. Mohun Bagan made their seventeenth appearance in the final after they defeated Bangalore XI 5–0 in the semi-final, having won it nine times previously in 1911, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, and 1962. East Bengal reached their thirteenth final after defeating Bengal Nagpur Railway 2–0 in the semi-final, having won the title seven times previously in 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, and 1961.^[1]

Both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal tried to dominate the game from the first minute but cancelled each other out. The goalkeepers Pradyut Barman and Peter Thangaraj were the stars of the game as both of them made some terrific saves as the game ended in a goalless draw. The committee decided to host the final in a later date.^[2]

Details

22 September 1961

15:00 IST

Mohun Bagan	0–0	East Bengal

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 30,000 (est.)

Referee: Sailen Bhattacharya

Mohun Bagan

East Bengal



GK		Pradyut Barman
DF		Bikramjit Debnath
DF		Jarnail SIngh
DF		T. Abdul Rahman
MF		Bidyut Mazumdar
MF		Bimal Chakraborty
FW		Kajal Mukherjee
FW		Amal Chakraborty
FW		Ashok Chatterjee
FW		Chuni Goswami (c)
FW		Arumainayagam
Substitutes:
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GK		Peter Thangaraj
DF		Shanto Mitra
DF		Chandreshwar Prasad
DF		Sushil Sinha
MF		Srikanta Banerjee
MF		Prasanta Sinha
FW		Sukumar Samajpati (c)
FW		Parimal Dey
FW		Ashim Moulik
FW		Satish Das
FW		Sambhu Das Chowdhury
Substitutes:
FW		Sujato

Match rules

70 minutes.
Replay if scores still level.

Replay

Summary

The replay final began at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 16 October 1965 after the first game ended in a 0–0 stalemate.

East Bengal and Mohun Bagan both tried to dominate the game once again from the first minute with both the teams creating multiple chances but failed to break the deadlock. Kajal Mukherjee got the best chance for Mohun Bagan in the first half but he missed an open net as the game remained goalless at halftime. The match slowed down in the second half and was almost going to end in another goalless tie, when Ashim Moulik received the ball from Parimal Dey in the very last minute of the game and scored with a powerful long range effort to make it 1–0 for East Bengal as they lifted their eighth IFA Shield title.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Details

16 October 1965