2000 IFA Shield final

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2000 IFA Shield Final
Event 2000 IFA Shield
East Bengal won 41 on penalties
Date16 September 2000
Venue Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match Sangram Mukherjee
Attendance80,000 (approx.)
1999
2001

The 2000 IFA Shield Final was the 106th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 16 September 2000. [1] [2]

Contents

East Bengal won the final 41 via penalties after the game ended 11 after extra-time, to claim their 25th IFA Shield title. [3]

Route to the final

East Bengal

DateRoundOppositionScore
5 September 2000Group Stage BNR 1–0
8 September 2000Group Stage JCT 3–0
10 September 2000Group StageCalcutta Port Trust3–0
13 September 2000Semi Final Tollygunge Agragami 1–0

East Bengal entered the 2000 IFA Shield as one of the National Football League teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside BNR, JCT and Calcutta Port Trust. In the opening game against BNR on 5 September, East Bengal managed a 10 victory courtesy of a solitary goal from Bijen Singh. In the second game, East Bengal defeated JCT 30 with a brace from Dipendu Biswas and Bijen Singh scoring the third for the team. East Bengal defeated Calcuta Port Trust 30 in the last game of the group stage with Dipendu Biswas scoring another brace and Bijen Singh scoring in third consecutive match as East Bengal topped the group with three wins and reached the last four. In the semi-finals, East Bengal defeated Tollygunge Agragami 10 courtesy of a solitary strike from Surkumar Singh as they reached the final. [1] [2]

Mohun Bagan

DateRoundOppositionScore
6 September 2000Group Stage State Bank of Travancore 3–1
9 September 2000Group Stage George Telegraph 3–0
11 September 2000Group Stage Tollygunge Agragami 1–1
14 September 2000Semi Final JCT 1–0

Mohun Bagan entered the 2000 IFA Shield as the defending champions and were allocated into Group B alongside State Bank of Travancore, George Telegraph and Tollygunge Agragami. In the opening game, Mohun Bagan defeated State Bank of Travancore 31 with Jose Ramirez Barreto scoring a brace and an own goal from Paul Anthony. Sylvester Ignatius scored the only goal for SBT. Mohun Bagan defeated George Telegraph 30 in the second match. Jose Barreto, R. C. Prakash and Satyajit Chatterjee scored for the team. In the last match of the group stage, Mohun Bagan drew 11 with Tollygunge Agragami after Bhabani Mohanty scored an early goal for Tollygunge only to be equalised by Jose Barreto in the second half as Mohun Bagan topped the group with two wins and a draw to reach the last four. In the semi-finals, Mohun Bagan defeated JCT 10 with Basudeb Mondal scoring the only goal taking them to the final. [1] [2]

Match

Details

East Bengal 1–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) Mohun Bagan
Chandan Das Soccerball shade.svg26' Report Jose Ramirez Barreto Soccerball shade.svg78'
Penalties
4–1
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Attendance: 80,000 (est.)
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)
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East Bengal
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Mohun Bagan
GK Flag of India.svg Sangram Mukherjee
RB Flag of India.svg Surkumar Singh
CB Flag of India.svg Deepak Mondal
CB Flag of Ghana.svg Jackson Egypong
LB Flag of India.svg Ratan Singh
CM Flag of Ghana.svg Suley Musah
CM Flag of India.svg Carlton Chapman (c)Sub off.svg 51'
RM Flag of India.svg Chandan Das
LM Flag of India.svg Dipankar Roy Sub off.svg 88'
ST Flag of India.svg Dipendu Biswas
ST Flag of India.svg Bijen Singh
Substitutes:
CM Flag of India.svg Tushar Rakshit Sub on.svg 51'Sub off.svg 103'
CB Flag of India.svg Anit Ghosh Sub on.svg 88'
CM Flag of India.svg Ranjan DeySub on.svg 103'
Manager:
Flag of India.svg Syed Nayeemuddin
GK Flag of India.svg Sandip Nandy
RB Flag of India.svg Dulal Biswas
CB Flag of Kenya.svg Sammy Omollo
CB Flag of India.svg Muttah Suresh Sub off.svg 36'
LB Flag of India.svg Amitava Chanda
LM Flag of India.svg R.P. Singh Sub off.svg 71'
CM Flag of India.svg Debjit Ghosh
CM Flag of India.svg Basudeb Mondal
RM Flag of India.svg Satyajit Chatterjee (c)
ST Flag of India.svg R. C. Prakash
ST Flag of Brazil.svg Jose Ramirez Barreto
Substitutes:
MF Flag of Brazil.svg Joao SantosSub on.svg 36'Sub off.svg 82'
MF Flag of India.svg Hussain MustafiSub on.svg 71'
ST Flag of India.svg Amar GangulySub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Flag of India.svg Anjan Chowdhury

Hero of the Match:
Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal)

Match rules

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chaudhuri, Arunava. "106th IFA-Shield 2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "106th IFA Shield 2000". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. Chatterjee, Arup (16 September 2000). "EB ESCAPE WITH WIN & TITLE". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2021.