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.
| Event | 1975 IFA Shield | ||||||
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| Date | 30 September 1975 | ||||||
| Venue | Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Shyam Thapa | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,000 (approx.) | ||||||
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
editEast Bengal
edit| Date | Round | Opposition | Score |
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| 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
edit| Date | Round | Opposition | Score |
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| 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
editDetails
edit| East Bengal | 5–0 | Mohun Bagan |
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Sengupta  6'Thapa  14', 24', 50'Mukherjee 38'Sanyal 84' |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sengupta, Somnath (2 February 2011). "HIGH FIVE : MEMORABLE KOLKATA DERBIES". The Hard Tackle. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (7 April 2020). "Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s". Goal. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Chaudhuri, Arunava (28 January 2021). "India - List of IFA Shield Final". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 November 2011.