IFA Shield

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IFA Shield
Founded 1893
Region India (Indian Football Association)
Number of teams 8
Current champions Prayag United
Most successful team(s) East Bengal
Website IFA SHIELD
2013 IFA Shield

The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. It is the fourth oldest club cup competition in the world (Started in 1893) after the English and Scottish FA cup's and the Durand Cup. The first Indian club to win this prestigious tournament was Mohun Bagan Athletic Club in 1911 when they beat East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1.

Results of IFA Shield [edit]

Year Winner Runner-up
2013 India Prayag United India East Bengal
2012 India East Bengal India Prayag United
2011 India Churchill Brothers India Mohun Bagan
2010 Tournament not held -
2009 India Churchill Brothers India Mohun Bagan
2008 India Mahindra United South Africa Santos FC
2007 Tournament not held -
2006 India Mahindra United India Mohun Bagan
2005 Germany FC Bayern Munich II India Eveready
2004 Myanmar Myanmar F.R F.C India Mohun Bagan
2003 India Mohun Bagan India East Bengal
2002 India East Bengal India Churchill Brothers
2001 India East Bengal

- Palmeiras have been scratched from the record books -

Brazil Palmeiras

(Abandoned after 35 minutes as Palmeiras started a brawl on the pitch, match cancelled)

2000 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1999 India Mohun Bagan India Tollygunge Agragami
1998 India Mohun Bagan India East Bengal
1997 India East Bengal India FC Kochin
1996 India JCT MIlls Iraq Karkh Club
1995 India East Bengal Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting
1994 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1993 Uzbekistan FC Pakhtakor Tashkent Soviet Union FC Irtysh Pavlodar
1992 Tournament Not Held -
1991 India East Bengal India Army XI
1990 India East Bengal India Mohammedan Sporting

(Abandoned midway as Md.Sporting refused to continue)

1989 India Mohun Bagan India Tata Football Academy
1988 Tournament Not Held -
1987 India Mohun Bagan India Punjab Police
1986 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1985 Uruguay Peñarol Soviet Union Shaktyar
1984 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1983 India East Bengal and Aryans (joint winners)
1982 India Mohun Bagan India Mohammedan Sporting
1981 India East Bengal and Mohun Bagan (joint winners)
1980 Tournament abandoned -
1979 India Mohun Bagan India East Bengal
1978 India Mohun Bagan and ArmeniaFC Ararat Yerevan (joint winners)
1977 India Mohun Bagan India East Bengal
1976 India East Bengal and Mohun Bagan (joint winners)
1975 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1974 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1973 India East Bengal North Korea Pyongyang City Sports Club
1972 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan

(Abandoned due to rain during the replay. MB refused to play again and were scratched)

1971 India Mohammedan Sporting India Tollygunge Agragami
1970 India East Bengal Iran PAS Tehran
1969 India Mohun Bagan India East Bengal
1968 Abandoned due to court injunction -
1967 (final remained incomplete) East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan
1966 India East Bengal India Bengal Nagpur Railway
1965 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1964 Trophy abandoned after the final (Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal) 1-1 -
1963 India Bengal Nagpur Railway India Mohammedan Sporting
1962 India Mohun Bagan India Hyderabad XI
1961 India East Bengal and Mohun Bagan (joint winners)
1960 India Mohun Bagan India Indian Navy
1959 Abandoned due to dispute over date of finals -
1958 India East Bengal India Mohun Bagan
1911 India Mohun Bagan United Kingdom East Yorkshire Regiment
1893 United Kingdom Royal Irish Rifles United Kingdom W.D.R.A.

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