1970 IFA Shield final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1970 IFA Shield Final

| image =

| caption =

| event = 1970 IFA Shield

| team1 = East Bengal

| team1association = {{flagicon|IND|size=30px}}

| team1score = 1

| team2 = PAS Tehran

| team2association = {{flagicon|IRN|1964|size=30px}}

| team2score = 0

| details =

| date = 25 September 1970

| stadium = Eden Gardens

| city = Kolkata, West Bengal

| man_of_the_match1a = Sudhir Karmakar

| attendance = 60,000 (approx.)

| weather =

| previous = 1969

| next = 1971

}}

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.{{cite news |author=UNI |date=26 September 1970 |title=East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140147/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|first=Ritabrata|last=Banerjee|date=1 Oct 2021|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/maidani-golpo-five-best-results-of-east-bengal-indian/y83zohlf2i041ushc002mnzwf|title=Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal|work=Goal|accessdate=3 Nov 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520055657/https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/maidani-golpo-five-best-results-of-east-bengal-indian/y83zohlf2i041ushc002mnzwf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Sabyasachi|last=Chakraborty|date=29 Apr 2020|url=http://www.badgebfansclub.in/throwback-when-east-bengal-fc-became-the-first-indian-team-to-defeat-a-foreign-opponent-to-win-a-trophy-post-independence/|title=THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!|work=BADGEB|accessdate=3 Nov 2021|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140143/http://www.badgebfansclub.in/throwback-when-east-bengal-fc-became-the-first-indian-team-to-defeat-a-foreign-opponent-to-win-a-trophy-post-independence/|url-status=live}}

Route to the final

=East Bengal=

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!scope=col width="120" | Date

!scope=col width="80" | Round

!scope=col width="120" | Opposition

!scope=col width="80" | Score

15 September 1970

!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Third Round

| George Telegraph

| w/o

18 September 1970

!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-Final

| Eastern Railway

| 5–0

23 September 1970

!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final

| Mohammedan Sporting

| 1–0{{efn|Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.}}

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.{{cite news |author=PTI |date=19 September 1970 |title=Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1836%2C2033455 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1836%2C2033455 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite news |author=PTI |date=24 September 1970 |title=E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FH5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C2343870 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140148/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FH5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C2343870 |url-status=live }}

=PAS Tehran=

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!scope=col width="120" | Date

!scope=col width="80" | Round

!scope=col width="120" | Opposition

!scope=col width="80" | Score

16 September 1970

!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Third Round

| Aryan

| 1–0

18 September 1970

!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-Final

| BNR

| 5–0

22 September 1970

!scope=row style="text-align:center"| 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. 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.{{cite news |author=PTI |date=23 September 1970 |title=Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=789%2C2291159 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140135/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=789%2C2291159 |url-status=live }}

Match

=Details=

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GK	{{flagicon\|IND}} Peter Thangaraj
RB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Sudhir Karmakar
CB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Syed Nayeemuddin
CB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Prasanta Sinha
LB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Santo Mitra (c)
CM	{{flagicon\|IND}} Kajal Mukherjee
CM	{{flagicon\|IND}} Samaresh Chowdhury	{{suboff\|70}}
RF	{{flagicon\|IND}} Swapan Sengupta
LF	{{flagicon\|IND}} Mohammed Habib	{{suboff\|87}}
ST	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ashok Chatterjee
ST	{{flagicon\|IND}} Shyam Thapa
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
CM	{{flagicon\|IND}} Kalon Guha	{{subon\|70}}
LF	{{flagicon\|IND}} Parimal Dey	{{subon\|87}}
colspan=4\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|IND}} Mohammed Hussain

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GK	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Keyvan Niknafas
RB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohsen Houshangi
CB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Hassan Habibi (c)
CB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Majid Halvaei
LB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Hossein Kazerani
CM	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Homayoun Shahrokhi
CM	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammad Sadeghi
LF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mehdi Monajati	{{suboff\|69}}
RF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Jahangir Nassiri	{{suboff\|80}}
ST	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Parviz Mirza-Hassan
ST	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Asghar Sharafi
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
MF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Daud Ahmadzadeh	{{subon\|69}}
MF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammad Ali Malkiyan	{{subon\|80}}
colspan=4\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mehdi Asadollahi

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Hero of the Match:
Sudhir Karmakar (East Bengal)

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Match rules

90 minutes.

Notes

References

Category:IFA Shield finals

Category:1970–71 in Indian football

Category:East Bengal Club matches

Category:PAS Tehran F.C.

Category:Football competitions in Kolkata

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GK	{{flagicon\|IND}} Peter Thangaraj
RB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Sudhir Karmakar
CB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Syed Nayeemuddin
CB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Prasanta Sinha
LB	{{flagicon\|IND}} Santo Mitra (c)
CM	{{flagicon\|IND}} Kajal Mukherjee
CM	{{flagicon\|IND}} Samaresh Chowdhury	{{suboff\|70}}
RF	{{flagicon\|IND}} Swapan Sengupta
LF	{{flagicon\|IND}} Mohammed Habib	{{suboff\|87}}
ST	{{flagicon\|IND}} Ashok Chatterjee
ST	{{flagicon\|IND}} Shyam Thapa
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
CM	{{flagicon\|IND}} Kalon Guha	{{subon\|70}}
LF	{{flagicon\|IND}} Parimal Dey	{{subon\|87}}
colspan=4\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|IND}} Mohammed Hussain

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GK	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Keyvan Niknafas
RB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohsen Houshangi
CB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Hassan Habibi (c)
CB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Majid Halvaei
LB	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Hossein Kazerani
CM	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Homayoun Shahrokhi
CM	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammad Sadeghi
LF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mehdi Monajati	{{suboff\|69}}
RF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Jahangir Nassiri	{{suboff\|80}}
ST	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Parviz Mirza-Hassan
ST	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Asghar Sharafi
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
MF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Daud Ahmadzadeh	{{subon\|69}}
MF	{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammad Ali Malkiyan	{{subon\|80}}
colspan=4\|Coach:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mehdi Asadollahi