1970 IFA Shield final
Event | 1970 IFA Shield | ||||||
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Date | 25 September 1970 | ||||||
Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal | ||||||
Man of the Match | Sudhir Karmakar | ||||||
Attendance | 60,000 (approx.) | ||||||
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The 1970 IFA Shield Final was the 74th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Iranian giant PAS Tehran on 25 September 1970 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 10th IFA Shield title. Parimal Dey scored in the last minute of the game.[1][2][3]
Route to the final
East Bengal
Date | Round | Opposition | Score |
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15 September 1970 | Third Round | George Telegraph | w/o |
18 September 1970 | Quarter-Final | Eastern Railway | 5–0 |
23 September 1970 | Semi Final | Mohammedan Sporting | 1–0[a] |
East Bengal entered the 1970 IFA Shield as one of the leading Kolkata giants and was supposed to start their campaign from the third round. They were supposed to face George Telegraph but they were handed a walkover and East Bengal progressed into the next round. In the quarter-finals, East Bengal defeated Eastern Railway 5–0 with Shyam Thapa scoring a brace and Samaresh Chowdhury, Syed Nayeemuddin and Mohammed Habib scoring for the team.[5] East Bengal faced Mohammedan Sporting in the semi-finals and were leading 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Mohammed Habib, but Mohammedan Sporting walked out of the game and conceded the match. The IFA announced East Bengal as the winners of the semi-final as they reached the final.[4]
PAS Tehran
Date | Round | Opposition | Score |
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16 September 1970 | Third Round | Aryan | 1–0 |
18 September 1970 | Quarter-Final | BNR | 5–0 |
22 September 1970 | Semi Final | Mohun Bagan | 2–0 |
PAS Tehran, the runners up of the 1969 Tehran Province League, the top tier of Iranian football, were invited by the IFA to participate in the 1970 IFA Shield tournament. They started their campaign in the third round, where they defeated Aryan 1–0 with Iran national team forward Asghar Sharafi scoring the only goal for the team. In the quarter-finals, PAS Tehran defeated BNR 5–0 with goals from Homayoun Shahrokhi, who scored twice while Jahangir Nassiri, Parviz Mirza-Hassan and Asghar Sharafi scored one each.[5] In the semi-final, PAS Tehran defeated Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 2–0 with both the goals in the second half scored by Daud Ahmadzadeh and Asghar Sharifi as they reached the final.[6]
Match
Details
East Bengal ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Parimal Dey ![]() | Report |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() East Bengal | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PAS Tehran |
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Hero of the Match: | Match rules
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Notes
- ^ Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.[4]
See also
- IFA Shield Finals
References
- ^ UNI (26 September 1970). "East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (1 October 2021). "Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal". Goal. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Chakraborty, Sabyasachi (29 April 2020). "THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!". BADGEB. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ a b PTI (24 September 1970). "E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ a b PTI (19 September 1970). "Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ PTI (23 September 1970). "Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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