Cooch Behar Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

|name=Cooch Behar Cup

|image=The Coochbehar Cup.jpg

|caption=The trophy of Cooch Behar Cup

|organiser=Indian Football Association

|founded={{Start date and age|1893}}

|region=India

|number of teams=

|current=

|current champions=

|most successful team=Mohun Bagan (18 titles)}}

The Cooch Behar Cup was an Indian football tournament held in Kolkata and organised by the Indian Football Association.{{Cite web|url=https://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/|title=Kick, Score, Scream! The History of Football in Dhaka|first=Dhrubo|last=Alam|location=Dhaka|date=16 July 2018|publisher=Ice Today|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101015051/http://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/}} Incorporated in 1893, it was one of the oldest football tournaments in Asia.{{Cite journal |date=2005-06-01 |title=From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970500106295 |journal=Soccer & Society |volume=6 |issue=2–3 |pages=124–141 |doi=10.1080/14660970500106295 |s2cid=216817948 |issn=1466-0970}}{{Cite journal |url=http://www.jhsr.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/01-07-JHSRVOL-2NO-2A.-SHIL.pdf |title=Football Culture in Princely State of Cooch Behar |access-date=16 April 2023 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416171622/http://www.jhsr.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/01-07-JHSRVOL-2NO-2A.-SHIL.pdf |first=Amrita |last=Kumar Shil |journal=JHSR Journal of Historical Study and Search |date=15 May 2022 |issn=2583-0198 |volume=2 }}

History

The Maharaja of Cooch Behar Nripendra Narayan started the Cooch Behar cup in 1893 in Kolkata where both Indian and European teams participated in the tournament.{{Cite web |date=2011-07-29 |title=Locked in archives |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/locked-in-archives/story-k1na0yxCx6nNcra5vSUcGJ.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129233512/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/locked-in-archives/story-k1na0yxCx6nNcra5vSUcGJ.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=The Introduction of Football in Colonial Calcutta- Part 1 |url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2015/the-introduction-of-football-in-colonial-calcutta/ |date=25 March 2015 |first=Ankan |last=Banerjee |access-date=25 March 2015 |website=footballcounter.com |publisher=Football Counter |location=Kolkata |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123195412/http://www.footballcounter.com/2015/the-introduction-of-football-in-colonial-calcutta/ }}{{cite web|title=Football — the passion play in Kolkata|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111155154/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2012|website=ibnlive.in|publisher=IBN Live|date=13 December 2011|access-date=11 August 2014}}

The Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan first played each other in this tournament in 1921.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-01 |title=The Kolkata Derby: They met as early as in 1921! |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/the-kolkata-derby-they-met-as-early-as-in-1921/article17221788.ece |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |language=en |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806170805/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/the-kolkata-derby-they-met-as-early-as-in-1921/article17221788.ece |url-status=live }}

Results

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|+List of Cooch Behar Cup Finals{{cite web |title=Football in Bengali culture and society: a study in the social history of football in Bengal — 1911–1980 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |publisher=University of Calcutta |website=Shodhganga |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Kausik |date=2008 |hdl=10603/174532 |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007174156/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |url-status=live }}

!Year

!Winners

!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

1893

|Fort William Arsenal

|{{cite web|url=https://www.footballparadise.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-first-visionary-of-indian-football/|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari – The first visionary of Indian football|website=footballparadise.com|first=Somnath|last=Sengupta|date=25 November 2019|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922065949/https://www.footballparadise.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-first-visionary-of-indian-football/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/golondaaj-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-man-who-kicked-off-indian-football-7292452/|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: The man who kicked off Indian football|website=The Indian Express|first=Deeptesh|last=Sen|date=28 April 2021|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=17 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417164440/https://indianexpress.com/article/research/golondaaj-nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-man-who-kicked-off-indian-football-7292452/|url-status=live}}

1894

|National Association

1895

|Fort William Arsenal

1896

|Fort William Arsenal

1897

|National Association

1898

|National Association

1899

|National Association

1900

|Hare Sporting FC

1901

|National Association

1902

|Mohammedan Sporting

|{{cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/mohammedan_sporting_club_history.html|title=Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkata: A New Horizon|first=Kushal|last=Chakrabarty|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182733/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/mohammedan_sporting_club_history.html|archive-date=9 July 2021|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|date=12 July 2012|access-date=1 July 2021}}

1903

|National Association

1904

Cooch Behar Cup

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Results

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