Trades Cup

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Trades Cup
Organising body Indian Football Association (West Bengal)
Founded1889;136 years ago (1889)
RegionIndia
Number of teams24
Current champions Dalhousie AC (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Mohun Bagan (11 titles)

The Trades Cup (also known as the Trades Challenge Cup [1] or IFA Trades Challenge Cup) [2] is an Indian football tournament held in Kolkata and organised by Indian Football Association. [3] [4] Incorporated in 1889, it is the second-oldest football tournament in Asia and the oldest in Kolkata. [5] [6] [7] It is the traditional curtain raiser for the Kolkata football season.

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History

The Trades Cup was instituted in 1889 by the trading community of Calcutta and was organised by the Dalhousie AC committee. [1] [8] It was the first open football tournament in India, where Indian, British, regimental and college clubs participated. [9] [10]

The first Indian club to win a match against a British team was Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari's Sovabazar Club. [11] [12] [13] [14] They won the opening match of the 1892 Trades Cup by defeating the East Surrey Regiment with the score of 2–1. [15] [16] [17] The first Indian club to win the Trades Cup was the National Association who won the trophy in the 1900 edition. The Indian club from South Calcutta under the guidance of Manmatha Ganguly defeated the British side, Shibpur Engineering College on 11 August 1900 at the Shobhabazar Ground. [15] [18] [19] Mohun Bagan completed a hat-trick of Trades Cup titles between 1906 and 1908, [20] which enabled them to make their IFA Shield debut in 1909. [21]

The Trades Cup was revived after not being held for 25 years in 2004 by the IFA. The tournament gives the Kolkata clubs outside the "Big Three" playing in the Premier and lower divisions the chance to field and organise their teams ahead of the start of their league season. [22]

Results

List of Trades Cup Finals [23] [24]
YearWinnersScoreRunners-upRef.
1889 Dalhousie 2–1Howrah
1890 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg The Buffs Regiment
1891 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2nd King's Liverpool Regiment
1892 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1st East Lancashire Regiment
1893 St Xavier's College
1894 Medical College
1895 Medical College (2)
1896 Shibpur Engineering College
1897 Apprentice Engineers' Recreation Club, Jamalpore
1898 Apprentice Engineers' Recreation Club, Jamalpore (2)
1899Hastings FC
1900National Association Shibpur Engineering College
1901 Shibpur Engineering College (2)
1902National Association (2)
1903 Medical College (3)
1904 Medical College (4)
1905 Shibpur Engineering College (3)
1906 Mohun Bagan [25]
1907 Mohun Bagan (2)3–2 Dalhousie B [25]
1908 Mohun Bagan (3) [25]
1909Wanderers
1910Eastern India Railway, Asansol
1911Chandernagore FC
1912National Association (3)
1913 Aryan [26]
1914Kumartuli [26]
1932 Howrah Union [27] [28]
1938 Mohun Bagan (4) [29]
1939 Mohun Bagan (5)
1943 Mohun Bagan (6)
1944 Mohun Bagan (7)
1945 Mohun Bagan (8)
1949 Mohun Bagan (9)
1950 Mohun Bagan (10)
1960 East Bengal [30]
1965 Mohun Bagan (11)
1966 East Bengal (2) [30]
1975 East Bengal (3) [30]
1976 East Bengal (4) [30]
1977–2003Not held
2004 Calcutta 2–1 Eastern Railway [22]
2005 Eastern Railway (3–2 p) Wari [31]
2006 Peerless 0–0 (5–4 p) United [32]
2007 Chirag United 3–1 Eastern Railway [33]
2008 West Bengal Police 3–0SAIL [34]
2011 Howrah Union (2)1–0 Food Corporation of India
2012Janbazar SC1–0 Howrah Union
2013Pathachakra FC1–0Milan Bithee FC [35]
2014 Food Corporation of India 5–1Mohammedan AC [36]
2015City AC2–1Barisha SC
2016Calcutta Port Trust0–0 (5–4 p) Wari
2017City AC (2)2–1 (5–4 p) BSS [37]
2018 Howrah Union (3) Calcutta Police [38]
2019 Dalhousie (2)2–1 Howrah Union [2]

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