Masood Fakhri

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Masood Fakhri

| image = Masood Fakhri.webp

| image_size =

| caption = Fakhri with Mohammedan Sporting in 1955

| fullname = Masood Fakhri

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, British India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|9|6|1932|11|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Bangor Teifi, Wales

| height =

| position = Left winger

| youthyears1 = 1949–1950

| youthclubs1 = Pakistan Raiders Club

| years1 = 1950–1952

| clubs1 = Punjab

| years2 = 1952

| clubs2 = Pakistan Raiders Club

| years3 = 1952–1954

| clubs3 = East Bengal

| caps3 =

| goals3 = 25

| years4 = 1953

| clubs4 = Pakistan Railways

| years5 = 1954

| clubs5 = Punjab

| years6 = 1955–1956

| clubs6 = Mohammedan

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 1956–1957

| clubs7 = Bradford City

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1952–1955

| nationalteam1 = Pakistan

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

}}

Masood Fakhri ({{langx|pa|{{Nastaliq|مسعود فخری}}}}; 16 November 1932 – 6 September 2016) was a Pakistani professional footballer who played as a left winger.{{cite news |last1=Sarmah |first1=Bhargab |date=17 September 2016 |title=Masood Fakhri: Pakistan's Football Wizard Who Captivated Kolkata Maidan |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/features/262902-masood-fakhri-pakistan-s-football-wizard-who-captivated-kolkata-maidan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919073334/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/features/262902-masood-fakhri-pakistan-s-football-wizard-who-captivated-kolkata-maidan |archive-date=19 September 2016 |access-date=18 September 2016 |work=NDTV Sports}}{{cite web|first=Ali|last=Ahsan|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/593095/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-i|title=A history of football in Pakistan – Part I|publisher=Dawn|website=www.dawn.com|date=23 December 2010|access-date=1 March 2014|location=Karachi, Pakistan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904220323/https://www.dawn.com/2010/12/23/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-i/|archive-date=4 September 2022}}{{cite news |date=4 October 1953 |title=I.C.L. and East Bengal Draw for the Third Time - Pak Players Included in Calcuta Side - Bombay Team Lodge Protest After Match |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C427740 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=5 July 2021 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705094824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C427740 |url-status=live }} A former Pakistani international, Fakhri was well known for his time with Indian Kolkata clubs East Bengal and Mohammedan.{{cite web |author=soumen78 |url=https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/list-of-foreign-players-to-play-for-east-bengal-club-from-1942/ |title=List of Foreign Players to Play for East Bengal Club from 1942 – East Bengal Club, India – Records, Funs and Facts |publisher=Eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com |date=2016-03-31 |access-date=2018-12-18 |archive-date=19 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019001914/https://eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/list-of-foreign-players-to-play-for-east-bengal-club-from-1942/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/team-archives.php |title=TEAM ARCHIVES - East Bengal FC |access-date=13 May 2020 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609144422/https://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/team-archives.php |archive-date=9 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html |title=TEAM ARCHIVES - East Bengal FC |access-date=13 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108213722/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/teamarchives.html |archive-date=8 November 2019}} He was the first Pakistani football player to score a hat trick in an international game, and the first player from South Asia to play in England, where he played for Bradford City before retiring.{{cite web |title=East Bengal Club - Legends |url=http://eastbengalclub.co.in/legends.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127153453/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/legends.html |archive-date=27 November 2018 |accessdate=1 July 2021 |work=eastbengalclub.co.in |quote=Masood Fakhri: Left-Out. Played for East Bengal from 1952 - 1954. He hailed from Pakistan and was the first sub-continent Footballer to play professional league in England for a couple of years from 1955. He toured USSR and Romania with East Bengal Club in 1953.}}

Early life

Fakhri was born in 16 November 1932 in Toba Tek Singh, Punjab, In 1955 Saadat Hasan Manto’s highly-acclaimed short story Toba Tek Singh immortalised this town.

Club career

=Early career=

File:Raiders Football Club Lahore in the 1950s.jpg

Fakhri began his career with Pakistan Raiders Club of Lahore in 1949. At the age of 18, he represented Punjab in the second National Football Championship at Quetta in 1950 and won the third season played two years later in 1952.{{Cite web |last=natasha.raheel |date=2016-09-12 |title=Unsung hero: Former Pakistani footballer Masood Fakhri passes away |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1181307/unsung-hero-former-pakistani-footballer-masood-fakhri-passes-away |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 17 April 1954 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19540417/079/0006 |access-date=2024-07-07 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} He also returned to Raiders Club the same year to play in the Rovers Cup in India where his team lost to Bombay Amateurs in the semi-finals and beat Central Railways in the third place match.{{cite news |date=26 September 1952 |title=রোভার্স কাপে পাকিস্তানি দল, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের ফকরি ও রিয়াসত আলির যোগদানের কথা |trans-title=Pakistani team in Rovers Cup, Fakhri and Riasat Ali to join from East Bengal |work=Jugantor |language=bn}}{{Cite news |date=2015-08-31 |title=1965: The year India, Pakistan began sparring in sports |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/top-stories/1965-the-year-india-pakistan-began-sparring-in-sports/articleshow/48738942.cms |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}

=East Bengal=

File:1952 DCM Trophy winning East Bengal team.jpg winning East Bengal team]]

He started playing for clubs in India in 1952, and was 20-year-old when he signed with Calcutta Football League side East Bengal.{{cite web|author=The World Sports Today|date=1 August 2020|url=https://theworldsportstoday.com/100-years-of-east-bengal-a-timeline-of-kolkata-giants-key-milestones/|title=100 years of East Bengal: A timeline of Kolkata giant's key milestones|work=The World Sports Today|access-date=26 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627161358/https://theworldsportstoday.com/100-years-of-east-bengal-a-timeline-of-kolkata-giants-key-milestones/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|first=Joydeep|last=Basu|date=25 January 2021|url=https://scroll.in/field/985042/indian-football-fred-pugsley-chima-okorie-ranti-martins-the-foreign-strikers-who-shone-in-india|website=Scroll.in|access-date=26 June 2021|title=Indian football: Fred Pugsley, Chima Okorie, Ranti Martins – the foreign strikers who shone in India|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514105606/https://scroll.in/field/985042/indian-football-fred-pugsley-chima-okorie-ranti-martins-the-foreign-strikers-who-shone-in-india|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Ritabrata|last=Banerjee|date=16 May 2020|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/indian-football-east-bengal-10-best-foreigners/10npgrhj9eyrc1969hv0yp2uqf|title=Indian Football - The 10 best foreigners to have played for East Bengal|work=Goal|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214231557/https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/indian-football-east-bengal-10-best-foreigners/10npgrhj9eyrc1969hv0yp2uqf|url-status=live}} During his first season with the club, Fakhri helped his side win the Calcutta Football League and the prestigious Durand Cup.{{Cite web|last=Sen|first=Debayan|date=1 August 2020|url=https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|title=A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits|website=ESPN|access-date=24 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211824/https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Sayan|last=Chatterjee|date=6 April 2021|url=https://thebridge.in/football/top-5-foreign-footballers-india-20628|title=Top 5 foreign footballers to have played in India|access-date=26 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627161354/https://thebridge.in/football/top-5-foreign-footballers-india-20628|url-status=live}} Fakhri usually played as a left-winger and had scored 14 goals in the Calcutta Football League alongside scoring the winning goals in his first two matches against East Bengal's biggest rivals, Mohun Bagan, and thus became a fan favorite among East Bengal supporters. Fakhri also helped the team win the DCM Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2017/stories/20030829007813300.htm|title=The saga of East Bengal – The Hindu|website=www.thehindu.com|access-date=9 June 2019|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702111559/https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/sport/article30218648.ece}}

From April to May 1953 he also returned to Pakistan representing Pakistan Railways at the National Football Championship. Upon returning to Kolkata, he was part of the East Bengal team that played against German side Kickers Offenbach the following month.{{cite web |author=Neil Morrison |date=12 November 2015 |title=Kickers Offenbach (West Germany) Asian tour 1953 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ofckickers-asia53.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019153551/http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ofckickers-asia53.html |archive-date=19 October 2021 |access-date=24 June 2021 |work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}

In August 1953, he was part of the East Bengal senior team's tour to the World Youth Festival in Bucharest, where he scored a goal against Lebanon XI in their 6–1 win and against Germany in the third-place play-offs in a 2–5 defeat.{{cite web |title=History - East Bengal Club |url=https://eastbengalclub.co.in/history.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930123415/https://eastbengalclub.co.in/history.html |archive-date=30 September 2019 |accessdate=9 November 2019 |work=East Bengal Club}} He also featured in the friendly against FC Torpedo Moscow the same month.{{cite web |title=Soccer Barefoot 1953 (21.08) Torpedo (Ussr) - East Bengal Club (India)- 3-3. Aleks Chistogan – thewikihow |url=https://thewikihow.com/video_efPFVqY0BYU |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609103141/https://thewikihow.com/video_efPFVqY0BYU |archive-date=9 June 2019 |access-date=3 July 2021 |website=www.thewikihow.com}}{{cite web |last1=Roy |first1=Gautam |last2=Ball |first2=Swapan |date=2007 |title=East Bengal Football Club – Famous Players |url=http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers3.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072434/http://www.eastbengalfootballclub.com/club/famousPlayers3.asp |archive-date=21 February 2009 |access-date=25 February 2009 |url-status=usurped |website=www.eastbengalfootballclub.com}} The team returned from Europe to participate in the IFA Shield and reached the final where they faced Indian Cultural League. In August 1953, the Pakistan Football Federation reportedly prohibited Pakistani players from playing in India without a permit,{{cite news |author=PTI |date=4 September 1953 |title=Pak Soccer Players Debarred from Playing in India |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NAJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4477%2C4438339 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225193032/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NAJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4477,4438339 |archive-date=25 December 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022 |work=The Indian Express}}{{cite news |author=PTI |date=2 August 1953 |title=SUSPENDED PAK PLAYERS CAN'T PLAY IN INDIA |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FAJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3226%2C2165351 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928180202/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FAJFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZbcMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3226,2165351 |archive-date=28 September 2021 |access-date=28 September 2021 |work=The Indian Express}} but East Bengal still fielded Masood Fakhri and fellow countryman Niaz Ahmed, stating they had received permission from the PFF. On 3 October 1953, in the 1953 IFA Shield final against the Indian Cultural League on the third replayed final, Fakhri scored for East Bengal and the game ended in a 1–1 tie.{{cite news |date=4 October 1953 |title=I.C.L. and East Bengal Draw for the Third Time - Pak Players Included in Calcuta Side - Bombay Team Lodge Protest After Match |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C427740 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705094824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6586%2C427740 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=The Indian Express}} The I.C.L. team lodged a complaint with the Indian Football Association immediately after the match against East Bengal over their fielding the Pakistani players. On 11 October 1953, the IFA announced I.C.L. as the winners of the IFA Shield{{cite news |date=12 October 1953 |title=I.C.L. Awarded IFA Shield - Suspension of East Bengal recommended |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C927703 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705094824/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C927703 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=The Indian Express}}{{Cite web |title=India - List of IFA Shield Finals |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031142319/http://rsssf.com/tablesi/india-ifahist.html |archive-date=31 October 2012 |access-date=5 July 2021 |website=RSSSF}} after East Bengal failed to produce a written permit for the Pakistani players from the PFF and suspended the club from all football activities until 31 December 1954. East Bengal challenged the decision and took the IFA to court after receiving a letter from the PFF president, Dr. A. M. Malik on 25 October 1953,{{cite news |date=2 November 1953 |title=I.F.A. Tourney Committee Asked to Reconsider Decision on E. Bengal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6806%2C2270096 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121349/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6806%2C2270096 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=The Indian Express}} and had their suspension revoked.{{cite news |date=9 November 1953 |title=E. BENGAL CLUB OBTAIN INTERIM INJUNCTION - Suspension By I.F.A. Taken Before Calcutta High Court |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vsw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4495%2C2669346 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705121430/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vsw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4495%2C2669346 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |access-date=5 July 2021 |work=The Indian Express}}

= Return to Punjab =

In 1954, when the National Football Championship was held in Lahore, he returned to his former team this time featuring with the name of Punjab Blue, scoring in the 80th and 85th minutes against Railways in the final winning by 3–0.{{Cite web |title=فٹ بال ہیروز کی دنیا |trans-title=World of Football Heroes |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-04-09/108813 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250104201718/https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-04-09/108813 |archive-date=2025-01-04 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Daily Dunya |language=ur}}

=Mohammedan Sporting=

In 1955, Fakhri signed with another Kolkata club, Mohammedan. In 1956, he helped Mohammedan win the prestigious Rovers Cup title.

=Bradford City=

Bert Flatley, a coach with the Football Association (FA) in England, communicated to Fakhri the possibility of a move to Bradford City. The club then competed in the third tier of English football league system. After negotiations with the then manager Peter Jackson, Fakhri finally signed for the club on 8 August 1956. After playing one season with the club, he prematurely quit football for personal reasons in 1957.[https://www.sportscrunch.in/legendary-pakistani-footballer-masood-fakhri-silently-passes-away-at-83-in-wales/ Legendary Pakistani footballer Masood Fakhri silently passes away at 83 in Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815145613/https://www.sportscrunch.in/legendary-pakistani-footballer-masood-fakhri-silently-passes-away-at-83-in-wales/ |date=15 August 2022 }} sportscrunch.in. Retrieved 3 July 2021

International career

File:Pakistan national football team in 1955.jpg

File:Pakistan National Football Team 1953.jpg

Fakhri made his international debut with Pakistan at 1952 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament.{{cite news |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |date=24 April 1983 |title=Puran Bahadur Thapa: India's first hat-trick man |publisher=Sportskeeda |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/puran-bahadur-thapa-indias-first-hat-trick-man |url-status=live |access-date=6 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028070923/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/puran-bahadur-thapa-indias-first-hat-trick-man |archive-date=28 October 2021}} The same year, he played in a friendly match against Iran in Karachi.

Fakhri had most notably scored a hat-trick and became the first player from Pakistan to do so as his national team thumped Singapore 6–2 in a group match at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. He completed the hat-trick in 5 minutes, scoring at the 42nd, 43rd and 47th minutes of the match. He had also scored goals against India and Myanmar during the period.{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Nilesh |date=13 September 2016 |title=Masood Fakhri, ex-East Bengal football star from Pakistan, no more |work=Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Masood-Fakhri-ex-East-Bengal-football-star-from-Pakistan-no-more/articleshow/54311890.cms |url-status=live |access-date=18 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114195219/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Masood-Fakhri-ex-East-Bengal-football-star-from-Pakistan-no-more/articleshow/54311890.cms |archive-date=14 January 2017}}

Personal life

Fakhri married Rhoda Eileen and lived in Llanrwst, North Wales. His brother's family settled in Great Britain as well.

Post-retirement

After retiring from football, Fakhri lived out the rest of his life living in Bangor Teifi, Wales.

He died in September 2016 at the Gwynedd Hospital in Wales.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/masood-fakhri-ex-east-bengal-football-star-from-pakistan-no-more/articleshow/54311890.cms Masood Fakhri, ex-East Bengal football star from Pakistan, no more] The Times of India. Retrieved 3 July 2021

Career statistics

= International goals =

:Scores and results list Pakistan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Fakhri goal.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+List of international goals scored by Masood Fakhri

! scope="col" |No.

! scope="col" |Date

! scope="col" |Venue

! scope="col" |Opponent

! scope="col" |Score

! scope="col" |Result

! scope="col" |Competition

! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

align="center" | 1

|25 April 1954

|Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

|{{Fb|SIN|colonial}}

|2–2

|Friendly

|{{Cite web |title=Page 12 Singapore Standard, 26 April 1954 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/singstandard19540426-1.1.12 |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}

align="center" |2

| rowspan="3" |2 May 1954

| rowspan="3" |Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

| rowspan="3" |{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

| align="center" |3–1

| rowspan="3" align="center" |6–2

| rowspan="3" |1954 Asian Games

|{{Cite web |title=Asian Games 1954 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames54.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

align="center" |3

| align="center" |4–1

align="center" |4

| align="center" |5–2

align="center" |5

|5 May 1954

|Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines

|{{flagg|unpe|Burma|1948|avar=fb}}

| align="center" |2–1

|2–1

|1954 Asian Games

align="center" |6

|19 December 1954

|Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata, India

|{{flagg|unpe|Burma|1948|avar=fb}}

| align="center" |

| align="center" |1–1

|1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

|{{Cite web |title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952-1955 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.rsssf.org}}

align="center" |7

|26 December 1954

|Calcutta FC Ground, Kolkata, India

|{{flagg|unpe|IND|avar=fb}}

| align="center" |

| align="center" |1–3

|1954 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

align="center" |8

| rowspan="2" |21 December 1955

| rowspan="2" |Dacca Stadium, Dhaka, East Pakistan

| rowspan="2" |{{flagg|unpe|Ceylon|1951|avar=fb}}

| align="center" |

| rowspan="2" align="center" |2–1

| rowspan="2" |1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

align="center" |9

| align="center" |

align="center" |10

|24 December 1955

|Dacca Stadium, Dhaka, East Pakistan

|{{flagg|unpe|IND|avar=fb}}

| align="center" |

| style="text-align:center" |1–2

|1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Honours

= Punjab =

National Football Championship: 1952, 1954

East Bengal

Calcutta Football League: 1952{{Cite web|last=Armband|date=9 November 2019|title=East Bengal Football Club : History and Emergence|url=https://www.sports-nova.com/2019/11/09/east-bengal-football-club-history-and-emergence-as-indian-superpower/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609193043/https://www.sports-nova.com/2019/11/09/east-bengal-football-club-history-and-emergence-as-indian-superpower/|archive-date=9 June 2020|access-date=9 June 2020|website=Sports-nova|language=en-GB}}
Durand Cup: 1952{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Ritabrata|date=12 April 2020|title=Indian Football: Down the memory lane – East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|access-date=1 August 2020|website=www.goal.com|publisher=Goal|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301125229/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|url-status=live}}

Mohammedan Sporting

Rovers Cup: 1956

Pakistan

Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament:{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952-1955|website=RSSSF|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727145000/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/colombocup.html|title=The Indian National Team at the Colombo Cup|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=29 September 2021|archive-date=13 June 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030613163424/http://indianfootball.de/data/colombocup.html|url-status=live}} 1952; runner-up: 1953, 1955; third-place: 1954{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html#54|title=Asian Quadrangular Tournament 1954 (Calcutta, India)|website=RSSSF |first=Neil|last=Morrison|date=1999|access-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927000411/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}