The 2016 IFA Shield (officially known as the LG IFA Shield 2016[1][2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament is designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015.

2016 IFA Shield
LG IFA Shield 2016
Tournament details
Country India
Dates16 February - 6 March 2016
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsIndia Tata Football Academy (1st title)
Runner-upIndia AIFF Elite Academy
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored83 (3.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)England Francis Baptiste
India Baoringdao Bodo (6 Goals)
Best playerIndia Baoringdao Bodo
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2016.
← 2015
(2014)
2017 →

This year ten football clubs going to participate including two overseas football clubs. The winners of LG IFA Shield was awarded with an amount of 5 Lakhs, while the second seeded team will get an amount of 3 Lakhs.[3]

The tournament was managed by Ekalavya Sports Foundation, run by former international Kalyan Chaubey and other TFA graduates.[3]

Tata Football Academy became the champions of the tournament by beating AIFF Elite Academy on 6 March 2016 which was played at Mohun Bagan Ground. The score was even 2–2 during the regulation time. After extra time match ended 3–2 in the favour of Tata Football Academy. Shubham Ghosh was awarded the man of the match and Baoringdao Bodo player of the tournament.[4]

Venue edit

Most of the matches were held at East Bengal Ground and Mohun Bagan Ground while Kalyani Stadium and Barasat Stadium were the other venues.[3]

Qualifying round edit

Four teams played in knockout format. The winner of the knockouts qualified for the final phase of the tournament.

 
QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
          
 
12 February 2016
 
 
Tata Football Academy4
 
13 February 2016
 
Southern Samity0
 
Tata Football Academy1
 
11 February 2016
 
Aryan0
 
Aryan (p)0 (7)
 
15 February 2016
 
NB Rainbow0 (6)
 
Tata Football Academy3
 
11 February 2016
 
Bengal Football Academy1
 
Tollygunge Agragami1
 
13 February 2016
 
Bengal Football Academy8
 
Bengal Football Academy3
 
11 February 2016
 
Pathachakra0
 
Pathachakra6
 
 
Bhawanipore0
 

* Tata Football Academy qualified for final phase of 2016 IFA U19 Shield.

Final phase edit

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tata Football Academy 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Crystal Palace 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9
3   East Bengal 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
4   Salgaocar 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 3
5   United 4 0 0 4 3 10 −7 0
Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures and Results edit

16 February 2016 East Bengal   2–1   United Barasat Stadium
17:30 Arup Roy   49'
Budhwa Bara   70'
Report   33' (pen.) Sandip Bhattacharjee
17 February 2016 Salgaocar   1–4   Tata Football Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Ronaldo Oliveira   90+1' Report   34' Md Firoz Khan
  52' Subham Ghosh
  70' Mobashir Rahman
  90+2' Seino Kuki
19 February 2016 United   1–2   Salgaocar Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Sandip Bhattacharjee   90+1' Report   44', 90+2' Liston Colaco
21 February 2016 United   0–2   Tata Football Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Report   2' Rakesh Yadav
  29' Billu Teli
23 February 2016 Salgaocar   1–4   Crystal Palace Barasat Stadium
17:30 Tristaw Falcao   72' Report   12', 56' Levi Lumeka
  27' Francis Baptiste
  86' Kian Flanagan
25 February 2016 Crystal Palace   1–3   Tata Football Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Victor Fundi   6' Report   23' (pen.), 54' Shubham Ghosh
  45+3' Md. Firoz Khan
25 February 2016 East Bengal   2–0   Salgaocar Barasat Stadium
16:30 Arup Roy   65', 75' Report
27 February 2016 United   1–4   Crystal Palace Barasat Stadium
16:30 Sandip Bhattacharjee   Report   7', 48', 55' Francis Baptiste
  90+4' Levi Lumeka
29 February 2016 East Bengal   0–1   Crystal Palace Barasat Stadium
16:30 Report   70' Francis Baptiste

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   AIFF U19 4 4 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2   Frenz United 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9
3   DSK Academy 4 2 0 2 10 7 +3 6
4   Mohun Bagan 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1
5   Mohammedan 4 0 1 3 3 14 −11 1
Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures and Results edit

16 February 2016 AIFF U19   4–3   DSK Academy Barasat Stadium
14:30 Prosenjit Chakraborty   59'
Bedashwor Singh   77'
Baoringdao Bodo   80'
Anirudh Thapa   89'
Report   5' Lallianzuala Chhangte
  9' Lalruatpuia
  63' Gagandeep Singh
18 February 2016 Mohammedan   1–1   Mohun Bagan Barasat Stadium
16:30 Kamal Roy   45+1' Report   76' Amit Gayen
22 February 2016 Mohun Bagan   0–4   AIFF U19 Barasat Stadium
14:30 Report   11' Amal Das
  22' (pen.) Edmund Lalrindika
  57' Prosenjit Chakraborty
  63' Jerry Lalrinzuala
22 February 2016 DSK Academy   2–3   Frenz United Barasat Stadium
17:30 Lallianzuala Chhangte   9'
Lalruatpuia   49'
Report   11' Shahrul Akmal
  16' Hadi Fayyad
  90+3' Aep Maulana
24 February 2016 AIFF U19   4–2   Frenz United Barasat Stadium
16:30 Prosenjit Chakroborty   21'
Baoringdao Bodo   46', 62'
Bedashwor Singh   47'
Report   62' Hadi Fayyadh
  65' Dody Alfayed
25 February 2016 Mohun Bagan   0–2   DSK Academy Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Report   19' (pen.) Lallianzuala Chhangte
  59' Sk Asiruddin
26 February 2016 Mohammedan   0–5   Frenz United Barasat Stadium
16:30 Report   18' Hadi Fayyadh
  43' Dody Alfayed
  55', 89' Shahrul Akmal
  85' Aizat Mukhlis
28 February 2016 Mohun Bagan   0–1   Frenz United Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Report   12' Aep Maulana
28 February 2016 Mohammedan   2–5   AIFF U19 Barasat Stadium
16:30 Diptanu Das   29'
Sanu Hazra   90+2' (pen.)
Report   9', 70' Bedashwor Singh
  38' Edmund Lalrindika
  55' Baoringdao Bodo
  90+1' Prosenjit Chakraborty

Knockouts edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 March 2016
 
 
  AIFF U19 (p)2 (6)
 
6 March 2016
 
  Crystal Palace F.C.2 (5)
 
  AIFF U192
 
3 March 2016
 
  Tata Football Academy3
 
  Tata Football Academy1
 
 
  Frenz United0
 

Semi-finals edit

Team 1  Score  Team 2
AIFF U19   (6) 2–2 (5)   Crystal Palace
Tata Football Academy   1–0   Frenz United

Semi-final 1 edit

2 March 2016 AIFF U19   2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)
  Crystal Palace Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Bodo   21' (pen.)
Prosenjit Chakraborty   45'
Report Baptiste   52'
Flanagan   80'

Semi-final 2 edit

3 March 2016 Tata Football Academy   1–0   Frenz United Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Seino Kuki   36' Report

Final edit

6 March 2016 AIFF U19   2–3 (a.e.t.)   Tata Football Academy Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Bodo   31'
Lalrinzuala   90+4'
Report Shubham Ghosh   44' (pen.), 72'
Lalrinzuala   100' (o.g.)

Statistics edit

As of 2 March 2016

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Francis Baptiste   Crystal Palace 6
  Baoringdao Bodo   AIFF Academy
2
  Lallianzuala Chhangte   DSK Shivajians 5
  Prosenjit Chakraborty   AIFF Academy
3   Bedashwor Singh   AIFF Academy 4
4   Hadi Fayyad   Frenz United 3
  Levi Lumeka   Crystal Palace
  Sandip Bhattacharjee   United SC
  Shahrul Akmal   Frenz United

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LG partners IFA for LG IFA Shield U-19 Tournament 2015-2016". Football News India. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Bhaichung Bhutia Wants IFA Shield to be U-17 Tournament in 2017". Sports NDTV. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Goa to host IFA Shield matches". The Times of India. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "TFA U-19 Defeated AIFF U-19 To Clinch The IFA Shield". Sports NDTV. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.