2000 IFA Shield Final

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2000 IFA Shield Final
Event2000 IFA Shield
East Bengal won 4–1 on penalties
Date16 September 2000
VenueSalt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the MatchSangram Mukherjee
Attendance80,000 (approx.)
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The 2000 IFA Shield Final was the 106th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 16 September 2000.[1][2]

East Bengal won the final 4–1 via penalties after the game ended 1–1 after extra-time, to claim their 25th IFA Shield title.[3]

Route to the final[]

East Bengal[]

Date Round Opposition Score
5 September 2000 Group Stage BNR 1–0
8 September 2000 Group Stage JCT 3–0
10 September 2000 Group Stage Calcutta Port Trust 3–0
13 September 2000 Semi Final Tollygunge Agragami 1–0

East Bengal entered the 2000 IFA Shield as one of the National Football League teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside BNR, JCT and Calcutta Port Trust. In the opening game against BNR on 5 September, East Bengal managed a 1–0 victory courtesy of a solitary goal from Bijen Singh. In the second game, East Bengal defeated JCT 3–0 with a brace from Dipendu Biswas and Bijen Singh scoring the third for the team. East Bengal defeated Calcuta Port Trust 3–0 in the last game of the group stage with Dipendu Biswas scoring another brace and Bijen Singh scoring in third consecutive match as East Bengal topped the group with three wins and reached the last four. In the semi-finals, East Bengal defeated Tollygunge Agragami 1–0 courtesy of a solitary strike from Surkumar Singh as they reached the final.[1][2]

Mohun Bagan[]

Date Round Opposition Score
6 September 2000 Group Stage State Bank of Travancore 3–1
9 September 2000 Group Stage George Telegraph 3–0
11 September 2000 Group Stage Tollygunge Agragami 1–1
14 September 2000 Semi Final JCT 1–0

Mohun Bagan entered the 2000 IFA Shield as the defending champions and were allocated into Group B alongside State Bank of Travancore, George Telegraph and Tollygunge Agragami. In the opening game, Mohun Bagan defeated State Bank of Travancore 3–1 with Jose Ramirez Barreto scoring a brace and an own goal from Paul Anthony. Sylvester Ignatius scored the only goal for SBT. Mohun Bagan defeated George Telegraph 3–0 in the second match. Jose Barreto, R. C. Prakash and Satyajit Chatterjee scored for the team. In the last match of the group stage, Mohun Bagan drew 1–1 with Tollygunge Agragami after Bhabani Mohanty scored an early goal for Tollygunge only to be equalised by Jose Barreto in the second half as Mohun Bagan topped the group with two wins and a draw to reach the last four. In the semi-finals, Mohun Bagan defeated JCT 1–0 with Basudeb Mondal scoring the only goal taking them to the final.[1][2]

Match[]

Details[]

East Bengal1–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)Mohun Bagan
Chandan Das 26' Report Jose Ramirez Barreto 78'
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 80,000 (est.)
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
GK India Sangram Mukherjee
RB India Surkumar Singh
CB India Deepak Mondal
CB Ghana Jackson Egypong
LB India Ratan Singh
CM Ghana Suley Musah
CM India Carlton Chapman (c) downward-facing red arrow 51'
RM India Chandan Das
LM India Dipankar Roy downward-facing red arrow 88'
ST India Dipendu Biswas
ST India Bijen Singh
Substitutes:
CM India Tushar Rakshit upward-facing green arrow 51' downward-facing red arrow 103'
CB India Anit Ghosh upward-facing green arrow 88'
CM India Ranjan Dey upward-facing green arrow 103'
Manager:
India Syed Nayeemuddin
GK India Sandip Nandy
RB India Dulal Biswas
CB Kenya Sammy Omollo
CB India Muttah Suresh downward-facing red arrow 36'
LB India Amitava Chanda
LM India R.P. Singh downward-facing red arrow 71'
CM India Debjit Ghosh
CM India Basudeb Mondal
RM India Satyajit Chatterjee (c)
ST India R. C. Prakash
ST Brazil Jose Ramirez Barreto
Substitutes:
MF Brazil Joao Santos upward-facing green arrow 36' downward-facing red arrow 82'
MF India Hussain Mustafi upward-facing green arrow 71'
ST India Amar Ganguly upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
India Anjan Chowdhury

Hero of the Match:
Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal)

Match rules

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Chaudhuri, Arunava. "106th IFA-Shield 2000". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "106th IFA Shield 2000". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ Chatterjee, Arup (16 September 2000). "EB ESCAPE WITH WIN & TITLE". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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