The Cooch Behar Cup was an Indian football tournament held in Kolkata and organised by the Indian Football Association.[1] Incorporated in 1893, it was one of the oldest football tournaments in Asia.[2][3]
 The trophy of Cooch Behar Cup | |
| Organising body | Indian Football Association |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1893 |
| Region | India |
| Most successful team(s) | Mohun Bagan (18 titles) |
History
editThe Maharaja of Cooch Behar Nripendra Narayan started the Cooch Behar cup in 1893 in Kolkata where both Indian and European teams participated in the tournament.[4][5][6]
The Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan first played each other in this tournament in 1921.[7]
Results
edit| Year | Winners | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Fort William Arsenal | [9][10] |
| 1894 | National Association | |
| 1895 | Fort William Arsenal | |
| 1896 | Fort William Arsenal | |
| 1897 | National Association | |
| 1898 | National Association | |
| 1899 | National Association | |
| 1900 | Hare Sporting FC | |
| 1901 | National Association | |
| 1902 | Mohammedan Sporting | [11] |
| 1903 | National Association | |
| 1904 | Mohun Bagan | [12] |
| 1905 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1906 | Mohammedan Sporting | |
| 1907 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1908 | Aryans Club | |
| 1909 | Mohammedan Sporting | |
| 1910 | Aryans Club | |
| 1911 | Abandoned due to death of donor of the Cup | |
| 1912 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1913 | Abandoned due to death of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayan | |
| 1914 | Telegraph Storeyard | |
| 1915 | Tajhat FC | |
| 1916 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1917 | Kumartuli Institute | |
| 1918 | Tajhat FC | |
| 1919 | Tajhat FC | |
| 1920 | Abandoned owing to a fracas on the field of play | |
| 1921 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1922 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1923 | Bhawanipore Sporting | |
| 1924 | East Bengal | [13] |
| 1925 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1926 | Medical College | |
| 1927 | Bhawanipore Club | |
| 1928 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1929 | Bhawanipore | |
| 1930 | East Bengal Railway | |
| 1931 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1932 | Aryans Club | |
| 1933 | Aryans Club | |
| 1934 | Aryans Club | |
| 1935 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1936 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1937 | Town Club | |
| 1941 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1942 | East Bengal | |
| 1943 | East Bengal | |
| 1944 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1945 | East Bengal | |
| 1947 | Mohammedan Sporting | |
| 1948 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1949 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1952 | Mohammedan Sporting | |
| 1960 | East Bengal | |
| 1962 | Mohun Bagan | |
| 1967 | Howrah Union | |
| 1972 | Mohun Bagan | |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "East Bengal Club – Trophy Room". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
Further reading
editBibliography
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- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Shreekumar, S. S. (15 August 2020). THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR INDIA'S FOOTBALL. HSRA Publications. p. 244. ISBN 9788194721697. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- Sen, Ronojoy (2015). "The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta". Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-16490-0.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- Sharma, Nikhil Paramjit; Gupta, Shantanu (4 February 2019). India's Football Dream. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789353283063. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
- Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
- Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
- Mukhopadhay, Subir (2018). সোনায় লেখা ইতিহাসে মোহনবাগান (transl. Mohun Bagan in the history written in gold). ISBN 978-93-850172-0-9.
- Banerjee, Argha; Basu, Rupak (2022). মোহনবাগান: সবুজ ঘাসের মেরুন গল্প (transl. Mohun Bagan: Green fields' Maroon stories). Shalidhan. ISBN 978-81-954667-0-2.
- Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
- Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
- Kausik Bandyopadhyay (29 November 2020). Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000084054. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- "Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence". Soccer & Society. 6:2–3 (2–3). Taylor & Francis: 227–256. 6 August 2006. doi:10.1080/14660970500106410. S2CID 216862171. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Others
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