1973 IFA Shield final

1973 IFA Shield Final

Event	1973 IFA Shield
East Bengal Pyongyang City 3 1
Date	27 September 1973
Venue	East Bengal Ground, Kolkata, West Bengal
Referee	T. N. Lao (Delhi)
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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.

East Bengal won the final 3–1 to claim their 12th IFA Shield title. Mohammed Akbar scored twice while Subhash Bhowmick scored the other goal for East Bengal in the final as they lifted their twelfth IFA Shield title. ^[1]

Match

Summary

The IFA Shield final began at the East Bengal Ground in Kolkata on 27 September 1973 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: —

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

See also

• IFA Shield Finals

References

1. 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.