DCM Trophy

The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational football tournament in India. It was held annually in New Delhi and was organised by the local Delhi Football Association. It was India's first football tournament to provide the national clubs with international exposure due to participation of international clubs from Asia and Europe. The tournament was established in 1945 by Bharat Ram and Charat Ram of the Delhi Cloth & General Mills textile conglomerate.^[2]

Delhi's local teams won the first two editions; since then, clubs from Calcutta have dominated the 1950s and early 1960s, and foreign clubs since the late 1960s. The tournament has not been organised since 1997 due to fixture congestion and various restructuring policies in Indian club football. Mohun Bagan was the last winner of the tournament.^[2][3]

Results[]

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Notes
1945	New Delhi Heroes FC	3–2	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1946–48	The tournament was not held
1949	Raisina Sporting Union (Delhi)	1–1, 3–1	City Club (Lucknow)
1950	East Bengal	2–0	8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun)
1951	Rajasthan Club (Calcutta)	3–0	8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun)
1952	East Bengal	4–0	8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun)
1953	Aryan Gymkhana (Bangalore)	3–2	East Indian Railway Accounts (Calcutta)
1954	Geological Survey (Calcutta)	1–0	Hyderabad FA
1955	Indian Air Force Station (Delhi)	2–0	District Sports Association (Allahabad)
1956	Indian Air Force	0–0, 0–0, 1–0	East Bengal
1957	East Bengal	0–0, 2–0	Railway SC
1958	Mohammedan Sporting	1–0	East Bengal
1959	Hyderabad Central Police	1–0	Madras Engineer Group
1960	East Bengal	3–1	Mohammedan Sporting
1961	Mohammedan Sporting	2–1	Madras Regimental Centre
1962	Madras Regimental Centre	1–0	Mafatlal Group (Bombay)
1963	E.M.E. Centre	1–1, 3–1	FC Punjab Police
1964	Mohammedan Sporting	1–1, 1–0	Andhra Pradesh Police
1965	Andhra Pradesh Police	2–0	Central Police Lines (Hyderabad)
1966	FC Punjab Police	0–0, 2–0	Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1967	Mafatlal Group (Bombay)	5–0	Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1968	Mafatlal Group (Bombay)	2–1	Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1969	Taj Tehran FC	4–0	South Central Railway (Secunderabad)
1970	Taj Tehran FC	3–1	Andhra Pradesh Police
1971	Taj Tehran FC	1–0	Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1972	April 25 SC	1–1	Bayerischer F.V.	1
1973	East Bengal	0–0, 0–0	Dok Ro Gang	2
1974	East Bengal	1–0	FC Punjab Police
1975	Hanyang University	2–0	East Bengal
1976	Hanyang University and Border Security Force - (joint winners) 0–0, 0–0 }}			3
1977	Spartak United	3–0	JCT FC
1978	FC Volga Kalinin	1–0	Bayerischer F.V.
1979	Border Security Force and Citizens' National Bank - (joint winners) 1–1, 1–1			4
1980	Mohammedan Sporting	1–0	Bank of Seoul & Trust Company
1981	Myongji University	3–1	East Fremantle Tricolore
1982–83	Incheon University	0–0, 3–0	Mohammedan Sporting
1983	East Bengal	1–0	Mohammedan Sporting	5
1984	Liaoning F.C.	1–0	Western Australia Soccer Federation
1985	Football Fed. of South Australia	0–0 (5–4 p)	East Bengal
1986	FC Metalist Kharkiv	4–0	East Bengal
1987	S.M. Industry Bank	1–0	JCT FC
1988	POSCO Atoms	1–0	East Bengal
1989	Esteghlal F.C.	3–1	POSCO Atoms
1990	Kyung Hee University	0–0 (5–4 p)	Kerala Police
1991	PAS Tehran F.C.	1–0	Mohun Bagan
1992–93	Incheon University	1–1 (4–1 p)	East Bengal
1993	NK Varteks	3–0	JCT FC
1994–95	Bahman F.C.	2–0	Mohun Bagan
1995–96	Tractor Sazi	3–0	Punjab State Electricity Board
1996	The tournament was not held
1997	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Tata Football Academy

Notes:

1. ^ Bayerischer withdrew from the replay, so April 25th were declared winners

2. ^ East Bengal were declared winners as Dok Ro Gang refused to play extra time

3. ^ Joint winners after replay

4. ^ Joint winners after replay

5. ^ Abandoned in the 83rd minute due to a riot

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