1970 IFA Shield final

1970 IFA Shield Final
Event	1970 IFA Shield
Date	25 September 1970
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match	Sudhir Karmakar
Attendance	60,000 (approx.)
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Last updated April 22, 2023

The 1970 IFA Shield Final was the 74th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Iranian giant PAS Tehran on 25 September 1970 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Route to the final

East Bengal

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
15 September 1970	Third Round	George Telegraph	w/o
18 September 1970	Quarter-Final	Eastern Railway	5–0
23 September 1970	Semi Final	Mohammedan Sporting	1–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}

East Bengal entered the 1970 IFA Shield as one of the leading Kolkata giants and was supposed to start their campaign from the third round. They were supposed to face George Telegraph but they were handed a walkover and East Bengal progressed into the next round. In the quarter-finals, East Bengal defeated Eastern Railway 5–0 with Shyam Thapa scoring a brace and Samaresh Chowdhury, Syed Nayeemuddin and Mohammed Habib scoring for the team.^[5] East Bengal faced Mohammedan Sporting in the semi-finals and were leading 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Mohammed Habib, but Mohammedan Sporting walked out of the game and conceded the match. The IFA announced East Bengal as the winners of the semi-final as they reached the final.^[4]

PAS Tehran

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
16 September 1970	Third Round	Aryan	1–0
18 September 1970	Quarter-Final	BNR	5–0
22 September 1970	Semi Final	Mohun Bagan	2–0

PAS Tehran, the runners up of the 1969 Tehran Province League, the top tier of Iranian football, were invited by the IFA to participate in the 1970 IFA Shield tournament. They started their campaign in the third round, where they defeated Aryan 1–0 with Iran national team forward Asghar Sharafi scoring the only goal for the team. In the quarter-finals, PAS Tehran defeated BNR 5–0 with goals from Homayoun Shahrokhi, who scored twice while Jahangir Nassiri, Parviz Mirza-Hassan and Asghar Sharafi scored one each.^[5] In the semi-final, PAS Tehran defeated Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 2–0 with both the goals in the second half scored by Daud Ahmadzadeh and Asghar Sharifi as they reached the final.^[6]

Match

Details

25 September 1970

15:00 IST

East Bengal	1–0	PAS Tehran
Parimal Dey 90'	Report

Eden Gardens , Kolkata, West Bengal

Attendance: 60,000 (est.)

Referee: Ramakanta Ganguly (West Bengal)

East Bengal

PAS Tehran



GK	Peter Thangaraj
RB	Sudhir Karmakar
CB	Syed Nayeemuddin
CB	Prasanta Sinha
LB	Santo Mitra (c)
CM	Kajal Mukherjee
CM	Samaresh Chowdhury	70'
RF	Swapan Sengupta
LF	Mohammed Habib	87'
ST	Ashok Chatterjee
ST	Shyam Thapa
Substitutes:
CM	Kalon Guha	70'
LF	Parimal Dey	87'
Coach:
Mohammed Hussain



GK	Keyvan Niknafas
RB	Mohsen Houshangi
CB	Hassan Habibi (c)
CB	Majid Halvaei
LB	Hossein Kazerani
CM	Homayoun Shahrokhi
CM	Mohammad Sadeghi
LF	Mehdi Monajati	69'
RF	Jahangir Nassiri	80'
ST	Parviz Mirza-Hassan
ST	Asghar Sharafi
Substitutes:
MF	Daud Ahmadzadeh	69'
MF	Mohammad Ali Malkiyan	80'
Coach:
Mehdi Asadollahi

Hero of the Match:
Sudhir Karmakar (East Bengal)

Match rules

90 minutes.

Notes

↑ Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.^[4]

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References

↑ UNI (26 September 1970). "East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
↑ Banerjee, Ritabrata (1 October 2021). "Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal". Goal. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
↑ Chakraborty, Sabyasachi (29 April 2020). "THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
1 2 PTI (24 September 1970). "E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
1 2 PTI (19 September 1970). "Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
↑ PTI (23 September 1970). "Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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[5] Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.^[4]

[final-1] UNI (26 September 1970). "East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[2] Banerjee, Ritabrata (1 October 2021). "Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal". Goal. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[3] Chakraborty, Sabyasachi (29 April 2020). "THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[ebsf-4] 1 2 PTI (24 September 1970). "E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[qf-6] 1 2 PTI (19 September 1970). "Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[7] PTI (23 September 1970). "Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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