2020 IFA Shield

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2020 IFA Shield
IFA Shield 2020
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates6 December 2020 – 19 December 2020 [1]
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Real Kashmir (1st title)
Runners-up George Telegraph
Tournament statistics
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 20021870
Source: ifawb.org

Mohammedan 40 Kidderpore
Nigam Soccerball shade.svg1', 86'
Mondal Soccerball shade.svg28'
Adjah Soccerball shade.svg46'
Report
Kalighat MS 41 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'
Mohammedan 10 Kalighat MS
Firoz Ali Soccerball shade.svg50' Report

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Real Kashmir 220051+46Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Peerless 20112311
3 Aryan 20111431
Source: ifawb.org

Aryan 11 Peerless
Sumit Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Rai Soccerball shade.svg90+2'

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 George Telegraph 220041+36Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Southern Samity 20112311
3 Indian Arrows 20111321
Source: ifawb.org

Indian Arrows 11 Southern Samity
Gurkirat Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Sujit Saren Soccerball shade.svg28'
Indian Arrows 02 George Telegraph
Report Stanley Eze Soccerball shade.svg13'
Goutam Das Soccerball shade.svg80'
George Telegraph 21 Southern Samity
Krishanu Naskar Soccerball shade.svg60'
Tanmoy Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg63'
Report Yao Rudy Abbidde Soccerball shade.svg83'

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 United 220031+26Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Gokulam Kerala 210173+43
3 BSS 20023960
Source: ifawb.org

Gokulam Kerala 01 United
Report Middleton Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
BSS 12 United
Ashique Ali Soccerball shade.svg49' Report Sourav Das Soccerball shade.svg20'
Jagannath Oraw Soccerball shade.svg31' (pen.)
Gokulam Kerala 72 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'

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

George Telegraph 10 Peerless
Tanmoy Ghosh Soccerball shade.svg46' Report
United 00 (a.e.t.) Kalighat MS
Report
Penalties
4–3

Semi-finals

Mohammedan 04 Real Kashmir
Report Adefemi Soccerball shade.svg59', 66', 88'
Robertson Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
George Telegraph 21 United
Saddam Hossain Soccerball shade.svg78'
Stanley Eze Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Basudeb Mondal Soccerball shade.svg36'

Final

George Telegraph 12 Real Kashmir
Goutam Das Soccerball shade.svg48' Report Adefemi Soccerball shade.svg36' (pen.)
Robertson Soccerball shade.svg59'

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

References

  1. "Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns !". IFAWB. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. "IFA Shield 2020: 12 teams to participate including Mohammedan Sporting and Gokulam Kerala FC; All you need to know". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. "IFA Shield may take place before I-League". The Rahnuma Daily. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. "Sports News | Real Kashmir Win First Major Tournament, Beat George Telegraph 2-1 in IFA Shield Final". LatestLY. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. "IFA Shield: Real Kashmir win first major tournament, beat George Telegraph 2-1". The Indian Express. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. "123rd IFA Shield 2020–21". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. "IFA Shield Fixture" (PDF). ifawb.org. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.