2020 IFA Shield

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2020 IFA Shield
IFA Shield 2020
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Dates6 December 2020 – 19 December 2020 [1]
Teams12
Champions Real Kashmir (1st title)
Runners-up George Telegraph
Matches played22
Goals scored54 (2.45 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Lukman Adefemi (5 goals)
← 2018
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.

The 2020 IFA Shield is the 123rd edition of the IFA Shield. It will have four I-League teams and eight Calcutta Premier Division teams. No overseas teams were invited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. [2] [3] Real Kashmir beat George Telegraph in the final to win their first IFA Shield title. [4] [5]

Contents

Teams

GroupTeam [6] Location
A Kalighat MS Kolkata, West Bengal
Kidderpore Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal
B Aryan Kolkata, West Bengal
Peerless Kolkata, West Bengal
Real Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
C George Telegraph Kolkata, West Bengal
Indian Arrows Mumbai, Maharashtra
Southern Samity Kolkata, West Bengal
D BSS Kolkata, West Bengal
Gokulam Kerala Calicut, Kerala
United Kolkata, West Bengal

Venue

All the matches were held at Salt Lake Stadium, East Bengal Ground, Mohun Bagan Ground, Sailen Manna Stadium, Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Kalyani Stadium. [7]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Mohammedan 220050+56Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Kalighat MS 210142+23
3 Kidderpore 200218−70
Source: ifawb.org
Mohammedan 4–0 Kidderpore
Nigam Soccerball shade.svg1', 86'
Mondal Soccerball shade.svg28'
Adjah Soccerball shade.svg46'		 Report
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Kalighat MS 4–1 Kidderpore
Paswan Soccerball shade.svg12'
Supriyo Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg51'
Tuhin Sikdar Soccerball shade.svg74'
Gourab Mondol Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Saikat Sikdar Soccerball shade.svg27'
Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
Mohammedan 1–0 Kalighat MS
Firoz Ali Soccerball shade.svg50' Report
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Real Kashmir 220051+46Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Peerless 201123−11
3 Aryan 201114−31
Source: ifawb.org
Real Kashmir 2–1 Peerless
Lyngdoh Soccerball shade.svg25'
Danish Farooq Soccerball shade.svg32'		 Report Rai Soccerball shade.svg20'
East Bengal Ground, Kolkata
Real Kashmir 3–0 Aryan
Robertson Soccerball shade.svg72'
Danish Farooq Soccerball shade.svg84'
Adefemi Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Aryan 1–1 Peerless
Sumit Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Rai Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 George Telegraph 220041+36Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Southern Samity 201123−11
3 Indian Arrows 201113−21
Source: ifawb.org
Indian Arrows 1–1 Southern Samity
Gurkirat Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Sujit Saren Soccerball shade.svg28'
Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata
Indian Arrows 0–2 George Telegraph
Report Stanley Eze Soccerball shade.svg13'
Goutam Das Soccerball shade.svg80'
Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah
George Telegraph 2–1 Southern Samity
Krishanu Naskar Soccerball shade.svg60'
Tanmoy Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Report Yao Rudy Abbidde Soccerball shade.svg83'
East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 United 220031+26Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Gokulam Kerala 210173+43
3 BSS 200239−60
Source: ifawb.org
Gokulam Kerala 0–1 United
Report Middleton Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
BSS 1–2 United
Ashique Ali Soccerball shade.svg49' Report Sourav Das Soccerball shade.svg20'
Jagannath Oraw Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.)
Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata
Gokulam Kerala 7–2 BSS
Antwi Soccerball shade.svg8' (pen.), 11', 21', 47'
Shibil Soccerball shade.svg70'
Jithin Soccerball shade.svg75'
Saliou Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report Pritam Roy Soccerball shade.svg67'
Asif Ali Molla Soccerball shade.svg74'
Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Mohammedan 1
Gokulam Kerala 0
Mohammedan 0
Real Kashmir 4
Real Kashmir 1
Southern Samity 0
Real Kashmir 2
George Telegraph 1
George Telegraph 1
Peerless 0
George Telegraph 2
United 1
United (p)0 (4)
Kalighat MS 0 (3)

Quarter-finals

Mohammedan 1–0 Gokulam Kerala
Sarkar Soccerball shade.svg7' (pen) Report
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani
Real Kashmir 1–0 Southern Samity
Danish Farooq Soccerball shade.svg22' Report
East Bengal Ground, Kolkata
George Telegraph 1–0 Peerless
Tanmoy Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg46' Report
Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata
United 0–0 (a.e.t.) Kalighat MS
Report
Penalties
4–3
Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah

Semi-finals

Mohammedan 0–4 Real Kashmir
Report Adefemi Soccerball shade.svg59', 66', 88'
Robertson Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
George Telegraph 2–1 United
Saddam Hossain Soccerball shade.svg78'
Stanley Eze Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report Basudeb Mondal Soccerball shade.svg36'
Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Final

George Telegraph 1–2 Real Kashmir
Goutam Das Soccerball shade.svg48' Report Adefemi Soccerball shade.svg36' (pen.)
Robertson Soccerball shade.svg59'
Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

Statistics

Top goal scorers

RankNat.PlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Lukman Adefemi Real Kashmir5
2 Flag of Ghana.svg Denny Antwi Gokulam Kerala4
3 Flag of India.svg Danish Farooq Real Kashmir3
Flag of Scotland.svg Mason Robertson Real Kashmir
5 Flag of India.svg Gani Nigam Mohammedan2
Flag of India.svg Uttam Rai Peerless
Flag of India.svg Tanmoy Ghosh George Telegraph
Flag of Nigeria.svg Stanley Eze George Telegraph
Flag of India.svg Goutam Das George Telegraph

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