The 1975 IFA Shield Final was the 79th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 30 September 1975 at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata.

1975 IFA Shield Final
Event1975 IFA Shield
Date30 September 1975
VenueMohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the MatchShyam Thapa
Attendance30,000 (approx.)
1974
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East Bengal won the final 5–0 to claim their 14th IFA Shield title. Shyam Thapa scored a brace while Surajit Sengupta, Ranjit Mukherjee and Subhankar Sanyal scored one each as East Bengal defeated their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in a record margin to lift their fourth consecutive IFA Shield title.[1][2][3]

Route to the final

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East Bengal

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Date Round Opposition Score
23 September 1975 Quarter-Final Police AC 5–0
26 September 1970 Semi Final Behala Youth 7–0

East Bengal entered the 1975 IFA Shield as the three times defending champions, and started their campaign directly from the quarter-final stage. East Bengal faced Police AC in the last eight and defeated them 5–0 with Surajit Sengupta scoring a hattrick for the team while Samaresh Chowdhury and Shyam Thapa scored the other two. In the semi-final, East Bengal faced Behala Youth and won 7–0 with Surajit Sengupta scoring four goals and Ranjit Mukherjee, Pradip Dutta and Subhankar Sanyal scoring one each as East Bengal reached the IFA Shield final for the twenty-second time.[4]

Mohun Bagan

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Date Round Opposition Score
25 September 1975 Quarter-Final Kalighat Club w/o
27 September 1970 Semi Final Tollygunge Agragami 4–1

Mohun Bagan entered the 1975 IFA Shield as one of the Kolkata giants and was supposed to start their campaign directly from the quarter-finals against Kalighat Club however, Kalighat had informed the Indian Football Association about their inability to field a team and Mohun Bagan received a walkover into the semi-finals. In the semi-final, Mohun Bagan defeated Tollygunge Agragami 4–1 with Sisir Guha Dastidar scoring twice and Bijoy Dikpati and Johor Das scoring one each as Mohun Bagan reached the finals. Srikumar Chakraborty scored the only goal for Tollygunge in the defeat.[4]

Match

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Details

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East Bengal5–0Mohun Bagan
Sengupta   6'
Thapa   14',   24', 50'
Mukherjee   38'
Sanyal   84'
Report
Attendance: 35,000 (est.)
Referee: Babul Barmese (Assam)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
East Bengal
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mohun Bagan
GK   Tarun Bose
RB   Sudhir Karmakar
CB   Ashokelal Banerjee (c)
CB   Shyamal Ghosh
LB   Kajal Dhali   75'
CM   Gautam Sarkar
CM   Samaresh Chowdhury
LF   Surajit Sengupta
RF   Subhash Bhowmick
ST   Ranjit Mukherjee
ST   Shyam Thapa   80'
Substitutes:
LB   Mridul Mutsuddi   75'
ST   Subhankar Sanyal   80'
Coach:
  P. K. Banerjee
GK   Bhaskar Ganguly   51'
RB   Bijoy Dikpati
CB   Nimai Goswami   75'
CB   Subrata Bhattacharya
LB   Dilip Palit
CM   Tapan Bose
CM   Prasun Banerjee
LF   Narayanswami Ulaganathan
RF   Kesto Mitra
ST   Johor Das
ST   Sisir Guha Dastidar (c)
Substitutes:
GK   Prasanta Mitra   51'
CB   Compton Dutta   75'
Coach:
  Arun Ghosh

Hero of the Match:
Shyam Thapa (East Bengal)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sengupta, Somnath (2 February 2011). "HIGH FIVE : MEMORABLE KOLKATA DERBIES". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (7 April 2020). "Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s". Goal. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ Sen, Debayan (10 February 2017). "Best of the Kolkata derby: Bhutia's kiss, Manna's unwelcome embrace, and Chuni's biryani". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b Chaudhuri, Arunava (28 January 2021). "India - List of IFA Shield Final". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2011.