1973 IFA Shield final

1973 IFA Shield Final
Event	1973 IFA Shield
Date	27 September 1973
Venue	East Bengal Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	T. N. Lao (Delhi)
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Last updated April 22, 2023

The 1973 IFA Shield Final was the 77th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Pyongyang City of DPR Korea on 27 September 1973 at the East Bengal Ground in Kolkata.

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the East Bengal Ground in Kolkata on 27 September 1974 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant East Bengal, the defending champions faced Pyongyang City of DPR Korea. East Bengal had previously won the tournament eleven times and reached the finals defeating Selangor of Malaysia 3–0 in the semi-finals.

East Bengal dominated the proceedings from the beginning and took an early lead in the fifth minute when Subhash Bhowmick took a free-kick which when fisted by the Pyongyang custodian, fell onto the feet of Mohammed Akbar who scored from close range to make it 1–0. Subhash Bhowmick once again found himself new the Pyongyang box in the tenth minute and he dribbled past three defenders to score the second as East Bengal took a 2–0 lead within ten minutes. The North Korean team tried to make a comeback and reduced the margin the seventy-second minute as their forward Gun Chang-Gap scored to make it 2–1 but it was Mohammed Akbar again just a few minutes later, with a powerful grounded effort scored for East Bengal and made it 3–1 as East Bengal held onto the lead until fulltime and successfully defended their IFA Shield title and lifted the Shield for the twelfth time.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Details

27 September 1973

14:30 IST

East Bengal	3–1	Pyongyang City
Mohammed Akbar 5', 75' Bhowmick 10'		Gun Chang-Gap 72'

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 30,000 (est.)

Referee: T. N. Lao (Delhi)

East Bengal

Pyongyang



GK		Arun Banerjee
RB		Sudhir Karmakar
CB		Ashokelal Banerjee
CB		Shyamal Ghosh
LB		Prabir Majumdar
CM		Gautam Sarkar
CM		Samaresh Chowdhury
RW		Swapan Sengupta (c)
LW		Subhash Bhowmick
ST		Mohammed Habib
ST		Mohammed Akbar
Head Coach:
P. K. Banerjee



GK		Lee Jong-Seong
RB		Ji Jong-Hi
CB		Un Chi-Yong
CB		Kim Goang-Ho
LB		Hwang Sang-Jim
CM		Kim Giong-Mukh
CM		Kim Pi-Dok
RW		Hang Un-Sang
LW		Choi Goang-Nam (c)
ST		Gun Chang-Gap
ST		Miyong Dong-Chang
Substitutes:
RB		So On-Heok
RW		Jong Man-Sap
Head coach:
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Match rules

90 minutes.
Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw

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References

1 2 Chaudhuri, Arunava (10 October 2022). "India – List of IFA Shield Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
↑ Banerjee, Ritabrata (7 April 2020). "Indian Football: Down the memory lane – East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s". Goal. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
↑ Rakshit, Deeparnab (13 November 2020). "East Bengal Vs Pong Yong City Club, IFA Shield Final 1973". East Bengal the Real Power. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
↑ Sadhu, Rahul (23 January 2022). "Subhas Bhowmick: 'A man of football style and substance'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

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[rsssf-1] 1 2 Chaudhuri, Arunava (10 October 2022). "India – List of IFA Shield Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[2] Banerjee, Ritabrata (7 April 2020). "Indian Football: Down the memory lane – East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s". Goal. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

[3] Rakshit, Deeparnab (13 November 2020). "East Bengal Vs Pong Yong City Club, IFA Shield Final 1973". East Bengal the Real Power. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[4] Sadhu, Rahul (23 January 2022). "Subhas Bhowmick: 'A man of football style and substance'". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

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