1975 IFA Shield final
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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1975 IFA Shield Final
| image =
| caption =
| event = 1975 IFA Shield
| team1 = East Bengal
| team1score = 5
| team2 = Mohun Bagan
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = 30 September 1975
| stadium = Mohun Bagan Ground
| city = Kolkata, West Bengal
| man_of_the_match1a = Shyam Thapa
| attendance = 30,000 (approx.)
| weather =
| previous = 1974
| next = 1976
}}
The 1975 IFA Shield Final was the 79th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 30 September 1975 at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata.
East Bengal won the final 5–0 to claim their 14th IFA Shield title. Shyam Thapa scored a brace while Surajit Sengupta, Ranjit Mukherjee and Subhankar Sanyal scored one each as East Bengal defeated their arch-rivals Mohun Bagan in a record margin to lift their fourth consecutive IFA Shield title.{{cite web|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|date=2 February 2011|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/high-five-memorable-kolkata-derbies/|title=HIGH FIVE : MEMORABLE KOLKATA DERBIES|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=10 November 2021}}{{cite web|first=Ritabrata|last=Banerjee|date=7 April 2020|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|title=Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s|work=Goal|accessdate=10 November 2021}}{{cite web|first=Debayan|last=Sen|date=10 February 2017|url=https://www.espn.in/football/india/story/3056297/best-matches-of-the-kolkata-derby-between-mohun-bagan-and-east-bengal|title=Best of the Kolkata derby: Bhutia's kiss, Manna's unwelcome embrace, and Chuni's biryani|work=ESPN|accessdate=10 November 2021}}
Route to the final
{{see also|IFA Shield}}
=East Bengal=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"
!scope=col width="120" | Date !scope=col width="80" | Round !scope=col width="120" | Opposition !scope=col width="80" | Score |
| 23 September 1975
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-Final | Police AC | 5–0 |
| 26 September 1970
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final | Behala Youth | 7–0 |
East Bengal entered the 1975 IFA Shield as the three times defending champions, and started their campaign directly from the quarter-final stage. East Bengal faced Police AC in the last eight and defeated them 5–0 with Surajit Sengupta scoring a hattrick for the team while Samaresh Chowdhury and Shyam Thapa scored the other two. In the semi-final, East Bengal faced Behala Youth and won 7–0 with Surajit Sengupta scoring four goals and Ranjit Mukherjee, Pradip Dutta and Subhankar Sanyal scoring one each as East Bengal reached the IFA Shield final for the twenty-second time.{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|date=28 January 2021|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html|title=India - List of IFA Shield Final|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=10 November 2011}}
=Mohun Bagan=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"
!scope=col width="120" | Date !scope=col width="80" | Round !scope=col width="120" | Opposition !scope=col width="80" | Score |
| 25 September 1975
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-Final | w/o |
| 27 September 1970
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final | 4–1 |
Mohun Bagan entered the 1975 IFA Shield as one of the Kolkata giants and was supposed to start their campaign directly from the quarter-finals against Kalighat Club however, Kalighat had informed the Indian Football Association about their inability to field a team and Mohun Bagan received a walkover into the semi-finals. In the semi-final, Mohun Bagan defeated Tollygunge Agragami 4–1 with Sisir Guha Dastidar scoring twice and Bijoy Dikpati and Johor Das scoring one each as Mohun Bagan reached the finals. Srikumar Chakraborty scored the only goal for Tollygunge in the defeat.
Match
=Details=
{{football box
|date=30 September 1975
|time=15:00 IST
|team1=East Bengal
|report= [https://www.espn.in/football/india/story/3056297/best-matches-of-the-kolkata-derby-between-mohun-bagan-and-east-bengal Report]
|team2=Mohun Bagan
|score= 5–0
|goals1=Sengupta {{goal|6}}
Thapa {{penmiss}} 14', {{goal|24||50}}
Mukherjee {{goal|38}}
Sanyal {{goal|84}}
|goals2=
|penaltyscore=
|location=Kolkata, West Bengal
|stadium=Mohun Bagan Ground
|referee=Babul Barmese (Assam)
|attendance=35,000 (est.)
}}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"| | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | {{flagicon|IND}} Tarun Bose | |||
| RB | {{flagicon|IND}} Sudhir Karmakar | |||
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Ashokelal Banerjee (c) | |||
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Shyamal Ghosh | |||
| LB | {{flagicon|IND}} Kajal Dhali | {{suboff|75}} | ||
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Gautam Sarkar | |||
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Samaresh Chowdhury | |||
| LF | {{flagicon|IND}} Surajit Sengupta | |||
| RF | {{flagicon|IND}} Subhash Bhowmick | |||
| ST | {{flagicon|IND}} Ranjit Mukherjee | |||
| ST | {{flagicon|IND}} Shyam Thapa | {{suboff|80}} | ||
| colspan=4|Substitutes: | ||||
| LB | {{flagicon|IND}} Mridul Mutsuddi | {{subon|75}} | ||
| ST | {{flagicon|IND}} Subhankar Sanyal | {{subon|80}} | ||
| colspan=4|Coach: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} P. K. Banerjee |
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"| | |||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | {{flagicon|IND}} Bhaskar Ganguly | {{suboff|51}} | |
| RB | {{flagicon|IND}} Bijoy Dikpati | ||
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Nimai Goswami | {{suboff|75}} | |
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Subrata Bhattacharya | ||
| LB | {{flagicon|IND}} Dilip Palit | ||
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Tapan Bose | ||
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Prasun Banerjee | ||
| LF | {{flagicon|IND}} Narayanswami Ulaganathan | ||
| RF | {{flagicon|IND}} Kesto Mitra | ||
| ST | {{flagicon|IND}} Johor Das | ||
| ST | {{flagicon|IND}} Sisir Guha Dastidar (c) | ||
| colspan=4|Substitutes: | |||
| GK | {{flagicon|IND}} Prasanta Mitra | {{subon|51}} | |
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Compton Dutta | {{subon|75}} | |
| colspan=4|Coach: | |||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Arun Ghosh |
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
| Hero of the Match: |style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"| Match rules
|
See also
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html IFA Shield Finals]
References
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{{IFA Shield}}
{{SC East Bengal}}
{{Mohun Bagan Super Giant}}
Category:1975–76 in Indian football
Category:East Bengal Club matches