Cooch Behar Cup

Cooch Behar Cup

The trophy of Cooch Behar Cup
Organiser(s)	Indian Football Association (West Bengal)
Founded	1893;132 years ago (1893)
Region	India
Most championships	Mohun Bagan (18 titles)

The Cooch Behar Cup was an Indian football tournament held in Kolkata and organised by the Indian Football Association. ^[1] Incorporated in 1893, it was one of the oldest football tournaments in Asia. ^{[2] [3]}

History

The Maharaja of Cooch Behar Nripendra Narayan started the Cooch Behar cup in 1893 in Kolkata where both Indian and European teams participated in the tournament. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

The Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan first played each other in this tournament in 1921. ^[7]

Results

List of Cooch Behar Cup Finals ^[8]

Year	Winners	Ref.
1893	Fort William Arsenal	[9] [10]
1894	National Association
1895	Fort William Arsenal
1896	Fort William Arsenal
1897	National Association
1898	National Association
1899	National Association
1900	Hare Sporting FC
1901	National Association
1902	Mohammedan Sporting	[11]
1903	National Association
1904	Mohun Bagan	[12]
1905	Mohun Bagan
1906	Mohammedan Sporting
1907	Mohun Bagan
1908	Aryans Club
1909	Mohammedan Sporting
1910	Aryans Club
1911	Abandoned due to death of donor of the Cup
1912	Mohun Bagan
1913	Abandoned due to death of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Jagaddipendra Narayan
1914	Telegraph Storeyard
1915	Tajhat FC
1916	Mohun Bagan
1917	Kumartuli Institute
1918	Tajhat FC
1919	Tajhat FC
1920	Abandoned owing to a fracas on the field of play
1921	Mohun Bagan
1922	Mohun Bagan
1923	Bhawanipore Sporting
1924	East Bengal	[13]
1925	Mohun Bagan
1926	Medical College
1927	Bhawanipore Club
1928	Mohun Bagan
1929	Bhawanipore
1930	East Bengal Railway
1931	Mohun Bagan
1932	Aryans Club
1933	Aryans Club
1934	Aryans Club
1935	Mohun Bagan
1936	Mohun Bagan
1937	Town Club
1941	Mohun Bagan
1942	East Bengal
1943	East Bengal
1944	Mohun Bagan
1945	East Bengal
1947	Mohammedan Sporting
1948	Mohun Bagan
1949	Mohun Bagan
1952	Mohammedan Sporting
1960	East Bengal
1962	Mohun Bagan
1967	Howrah Union
1972	Mohun Bagan

See also

• History of Indian football

References

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• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN   978-0-143-42641-7.
• Shreekumar, S. S. (15 August 2020). THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR INDIA'S FOOTBALL. HSRA Publications. p. 244. ISBN   9788194721697. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
• Sen, Ronojoy (2015). "The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta". Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN   978-0-231-16490-0.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Sharma, Nikhil Paramjit; Gupta, Shantanu (4 February 2019). India's Football Dream. SAGE Publications India. ISBN   9789353283063. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
• Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN   9780670058747.
• Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN   9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
• Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN   978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
• Mukhopadhay, Subir (2018). সোনায় লেখা ইতিহাসে মোহনবাগান (transl. Mohun Bagan in the history written in gold). ISBN   978-93-850172-0-9.
• Banerjee, Argha; Basu, Rupak (2022). মোহনবাগান: সবুজ ঘাসের মেরুন গল্প (transl. Mohun Bagan: Green fields' Maroon stories). Shalidhan. ISBN   978-81-954667-0-2.
• Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN   9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
• Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN   9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
• Kausik Bandyopadhyay (29 November 2020). Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   9781000084054. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
• "Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence". Soccer & Society. 6:2–3 (2–3). Taylor & Francis: 227–256. 6 August 2006. doi:10.1080/14660970500106410. S2CID   216862171. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

Others

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