List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:
The IFA-Shield is Calcutta's oldest football tournament organised by Bengal's governing football
body, the Indian Football Association. In 1911 Mohun Bagan AC was the first Indian team to win the IFA-Shield Trophy, a
beginning for Indian teams in the tournament and in mainstream football under the British.
Years Winners - Runners-Up Score :
1893 Royal Irish Rifles - W.D.R.A. 1-0
1894 Royal Irish Rifles - Rifle Brigade 2-0
1895 Royal Welsh Fusilers - Shropshire LI 1-0
1896 Calcutta FC - Shropshire LI 3-0
1897 Dalhousie - 31st Field Battery 4-0
1898 Glouchester - 42nd Highlanders 1-0
1899 South Lancashire - Barrackpore Artillery 2-0
1900 Calcutta FC - Dalhousie 0-0;6-0
1901 Royal Irish Rifles - Black Watch 4-0
1902 93rd Highlanders - Dalhousie 3-0
1903 Calcutta FC - K.O.S.B. 0-0;1-1;2-1
1904 Calcutta FC - King's Own Royal 1-0
1905 Dalhousie - Calcutta FC 4-3
1906 Calcutta FC - Highland Light Infantry 1-0
1907 Highland Light Infantry - Calcutta FC 0-0;1-0
1908 Gordon Highlanders - Calcutta Customs 2-0
1909 Gordon Highlanders - Calcutta Customs 0-0;3-0
1910 Gordon Highlanders - Calcutta FC 0-0;2-0
1911 Mohun Bagan AC - East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1
1912 Royal Irish Rifles - Black Watch 1-0
1913 Royal Irish Rifles - 91st Highlanders 2-0
1914 King's Own Regiment - Calcutta FC 1-0
1915 Calcutta FC - Calcutta Customs 0-0;3-0
1916 North Stafford - Calcutta FC 2-1
1917 10th Middlesex - Brecknockshire Regiment 2-0
1918 Training Reserve Bn. - Signal Service Dept. 1-0
1919 1st Bn. Brecknockshire - Calcutta FC 3-1
1920 Black Watch - Kumartuli 2-0
1921 3rd Bn. Brecknockshire - Calcutta FC 3-1
1922 Calcutta FC - Dalhousie 1-0
1923 Calcutta FC - Mohun Bagan AC 3-0
1924 Calcutta FC - 23rd Brigade REA 5-1
1925 2nd Bn. RS Fusiliers - Cheshire Regiment 5-1
1926 Sherwood Foresters - Cheshire Regiment 5-1
1927 Sherwood Foresters - Dalhousie 2-0
1928 Sherwood Foresters - Dalhousie 2-0
1929 2nd Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles - Rangoon Customs 2-0
1930 D. Seaforth Highlanders - Royal Regiment 3-0
1931 Highland Light Infantry - Durham Light Infantry 1-1;2-1
1932 2nd Bn. Esser Regiment - D. Seaforth Highlanders 2-1
1933 DCLI - King's Royal Rifles 2-1
1934 KRR - Durham LI (abandoned) 2-2
1935 East Yorkshire Regiment - Royal Regiment 1-0
1936 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Calcutta FC 0-0;0-0;2-1
1937 6th Fire Brigade - Police AC 4-1
1938 East York - Mohammedan Sporting 1-1;1-1;2-0
1939 Police AC - Calcutta Customs 2-1
1940 Aryans Club - Mohun Bagan AC 4-1
1941 Mohammedan Sporting Club - K.O.S.B. 2-0
1942 Mohammedan Sporting Club - East Bengal Club 1-0
1943 East Bengal Club - Police AC 3-0
1944 EB Railways - East Bengal Club 1-0
1945 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 1-0
1946 Tournament not held
1947 Mohun Bagan AC - East Bengal Club 1-0
1948 Mohun Bagan AC - Bhawanipore 1-1;2-1
1949 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 2-0
1950 East Bengal Club - SSCB 3-0
1951 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 0-0;2-0
1952 Mohun Bagan AC - Rajasthan (abandoned) 0-0;2-2
1953 Indian Culture League - East Bengal Club 0-0;0-0;1-1
1954 Mohun Bagan AC - Hyderabad Sporting 1-0
1955 Rajasthan Club - Aryans Club 0-0;1-0
1956 Mohun Bagan AC - Aryans Club 4-0
1957 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Railways Sports Club 3-0
1958 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 1-1;1-0
1959 Abandoned due to dispute over date of finals
1960 Mohun Bagan AC - Indian Navy (Bombay) 1-0
1961 Mohun Bagan & East Bengal - (joint winners) 0-0
1962 Mohun Bagan AC - Hyderabad XI 3-1
1963 B.N. Railways - Mohammedan Sporting 1-0
1964 Trophy abandoned after the final (M.Bagan vs E.Bengal) 1-1
1965 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 1-0
1966 East Bengal Club - B.N. Railways 1-0
1967 Mohun Bagan & East Bengal (final remained incomplete) 0-0
1968 Abandoned due to court injunction
1969 Mohun Bagan AC - East Bengal Club 3-1
1970 East Bengal Club - Pas Club, Iran 1-0
1971 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Tollygunge Agragami 2-0
1972 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 0-0;0-1
(Abandoned due to rain during the replay. MB refused to play again & were scratched)
1973 East Bengal Club - Pyongyang City Club 3-1
1974 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 1-0
1975 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 5-0
1976 Mohun Bagan & East Bengal - (joint winners) 0-0
1977 Mohun Bagan AC - East Bengal Club 1-0
1978 Ararat Erevan & Mohun Bagan - (joint winners) 2-2
1979 Mohun Bagan AC - East Bengal Club 1-0
1980 Tournament abandoned
1981 Mohun Bagan & East Bengal - (joint winners) 2-2
1982 Mohun Bagan AC - Mohammedan Sporting 2-1
1983 Aryans Club & East Bengal - (joint winners) 0-0
1984 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 1-0
1985 Penarol (URUGUAY) - Shaktyar (USSR) 1-0
1986 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 0-0;4-2 [pen]
1987 Mohun Bagan AC - Punjab Police 1-0
1988 Tournament not held
1989 Mohun Bagan AC - Tata Football Academy 1-0
1990 East Bengal Club - Mohammedan Sporting 1-0
(Abandoned midway as Md.Sporting refused to continue)
1991 East Bengal Club - Army XI 3-1
1992 Tournament not held
1993 Pakhtakor Club - Pavlodar Club 1-1;5-4 [pen]
1994 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 2-1
1995 East Bengal Club - Dhaka Md. Sporting 1-1;3-1 [pen]
1996 JCT Mills - Karkh Club (IRAQ) 1-0
1997 East Bengal Club - FC Kochin 3-2
1998 Mohun Bagan AC - East Bengal Club 2-1
1999 Mohun Bagan AC - Tollygunge Agragami 1-0
2000 East Bengal Club - Mohun Bagan AC 1-1;4-1 [pen]
2001 East Bengal Club - Palmeiras B 0-1 (35 minutes)
(Abandoned after 35 minutes as Palmeiras started a brawl on the pitch, match cancelled)
- Palmeiras have been scratched from the record books -
2002-03 East Bengal Club - Churchill Brothers SC 0-0;5-4 [pen]
2003 Mohun Bagan AC - East Bengal Club 0-0;5-3 [pen]
2004 Myanmar Finance&Revenue FC - Mohun Bagan AC 0-0,1-1;4-2 [pen]
2005 FC Bayern Munich II,GERMANY - EverReady SA 5-1
2006 Mahindra United - Mohun Bagan AC 1-0
2007-08 Mahindra United - Santos FC (SOUTH AFRICA) 3-1
IFA-Shield Winners/Runners-Up:
27 [10] East Bengal Club - Calcutta
21 [15] Mohun Bagan AC - Calcutta
9 [ 8] Calcutta FC
5 [ 4] Mohammedan Sporting - Calcutta
5 [ 0] Royal Irish Rifles
3 [ 0] Gordon Highlanders
3 [ 0] Sherwood Foresters
2 [ 5] Dalhousie
2 [ 0] Mahindra United - Mumbai
1 [ 2] Aryans Club - Calcutta
1 [ 2] Black Watch
1 [ 2] Police AC - Calcutta
1 [ 1] 93rd Highlanders
1 [ 1] B.N. Railways
1 [ 1] D. Seaforth Highlanders
1 [ 1] East Yorkshire Regiment
1 [ 1] Highland Light Infantry
0 [ 1] Myanmar Finance & Revenue FC (earlier Rangoon Customs) - MYANMAR
1 [ 1] Rajasthan Club - Calcutta
1 [ 0] 1st Bn. Brecknockshire
1 [ 0] 2nd Bn. Royal Ulster Rifles
1 [ 0] 2nd Bn. RS Fusiliers
1 [ 0] 3rd Bn. Brecknockshire
1 [ 0] 6th Fire Brigade
1 [ 0] 10th Middlesex
1 [ 0] Ararat Erevan - (USSR)
1 [ 0] FC Bayern Munich II - GERMANY
1 [ 0] DCLI
1 [ 0] East York
1 [ 0] EB Railways
1 [ 0] Glouchester
1 [ 0] Highland Light Infantry
1 [ 0] Indian Culture League - Bombay
1 [ 0] Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills - Phagwara
1 [ 0] King's Own Regiment
1 [ 0] KRR
1 [ 0] North Stafford
1 [ 0] Pakhtakor Club - (UZBEKISTAN)
1 [ 0] Penarol - (URUGUAY)
1 [ 0] Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1 [ 0] Training Reserve Bn.
0 [ 4] Calcutta Customs
0 [ 2] Cheshire Regiment
0 [ 2] Durham Light Infantry
0 [ 2] K.O.S.B.
0 [ 2] Royal Regiment
0 [ 2] Shropshire LI
0 [ 2] Tollygunge Agragami - Calcutta
0 [ 1] 23rd Brigade REA
0 [ 1] 31st Field Battery
0 [ 1] 42nd Highlanders
0 [ 1] Army XI
0 [ 1] Bhawanipore
0 [ 1] Brecknockshire Regiment
0 [ 1] Churchill Brothers SC - Goa
0 [ 1] EverReady SA - Calcutta
0 [ 1] FC Kochin - Kochi
0 [ 1] Hyderabad XI
0 [ 1] Indian Navy - Bombay
0 [ 1] Karkh Club - (IRAQ)
0 [ 1] King's Own Royal
0 [ 1] King's Royal Rifles
0 [ 1] Kumartuli
0 [ 1] Mohammedan Sporting Club - Dhaka (BANGLADESH)
0 [ 1] Pas Club - Teheran (IRAN)
0 [ 1] Pavlodar Club - (KAZAKHSTAN)
0 [ 1] Punjab Police - Jalandhar
0 [ 1] Pyongyang City Club - (NORTH KOREA)
0 [ 1] Railways Sports Club
0 [ 1] Rifle Brigade
0 [ 1] Santos FC - Capetown (SOUTH AFRICA)
0 [ 1] Shaktyar - (USSR)
0 [ 1] Signal Service Department
0 [ 1] SSCB
0 [ 1] Tata Football Academy - Jamshedpur
0 [ 1] W.D.R.A.
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