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The '''Rovers Cup''' was an annual [[association football|football]] tournament held in [[India]]. It was the second oldest tournament of India.
The '''Rovers Cup''' was an annual [[association football|football]] tournament held in [[India]], organized by the [[Western India Football Association]]. It was the [[List of oldest football competitions|second oldest tournament]] in India after [[Durand Cup]].


[[Image:Rovers Cup Players.JPG|thumb|360px|[[Middlesex Regiment|2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]] winning the Rovers Cup in 1926]]
==History==


The championship was started by some [[Great Britain|British]] football enthusiasts at [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]] in 1891, as a form of amusement. The [[Worcester Regiment|First Worcester Regiment]] was the first team to win the title. This championship was last time held in the 2000{{ndash}}01 season, when [[Mohun Bagan AC]] beat [[Churchill Brothers SC]] by 2{{ndash}}0 in the final. After the inception of the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]], the Rovers Cup started facing problems. With huge costs and sponsorship deals issues, the tournament was finally stopped in 2001. The [[Western India Football Association|WIFA]] is making efforts to revive the tournament.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1137057 WIFA making attempt to revive Rovers Cup]</ref>
[[Image:Rovers Cup Players.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Middlesex Regiment|2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]] winning the Rovers Cup in 1926]]
The championship was started by some [[Great Britain|British]] football enthusiasts at [[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]] in 1890, as a form of amusement. The [[Worcester Regiment|First Worcester Regiment]] was the first team to win the title. The championship was last time held in the 2000–01 season, when [[Mohun Bagan AC]] beat [[Churchill Brothers SC]] by 2{{ndash}}0 in the final.


==Performance of Indian teams==
After the inception of the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]], the Rovers Cup started facing problems. With huge costs and sponsorship deals issues, the tournament was finally stopped in 2001. The [[Western India Football Association|WIFA]] is making efforts to revive the tournament.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1137057 WIFA making attempt to revive Rovers Cup]</ref>
During its initial years, inly British teams contested in the tournament. [[Mohun Bagan AC]] was the first Indian team to participate in this tournament on invitation in 1923, but they lost in the finals to [[Durham Light Infantry]] by 1{{ndash}}4 margin. The first Indian team to win this tournament was Bangalore Muslims, in 1937.<ref name="RC">{{Cite web|title=India - List of Rovers Cup Finals|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiaroverscuphist.html|access-date=2020-12-20|website=www.rsssf.com}}</ref>
 
==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Year
!Winners
!Score
!Runners-up
!Notes
|-
|1890
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Worcestershire Regiment|1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Worcestershire Regiment|Band & Drums of the Worcestershire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1891
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Worcestershire Regiment|1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Lancashire Fusiliers|2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]]
|
|-
|1892
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Worcestershire Regiment|1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]'''
| 4–1
| {{flagicon|British India}} Bombay Rovers Club
|
|-
|1893
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Lancashire Fusiliers|2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1894
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Scots|2nd Battalion, Royal Scots]]'''
| –
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)|1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1895
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Scots|2nd Battalion, Royal Scots]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Welch Regiment|2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment]]
|
|-
|1896
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Durham Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1897
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Middlesex Regiment|2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Durham Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1898
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Highland Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1899
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)|2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Fusiliers|1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers]]
|
|-
|1900
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Black Watch|1st Battalion, Black Watch]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry|1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1901
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Irish Rifles|1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Oxfordshire Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1902
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Cheshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[West Yorkshire Regiment|1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1903
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Cheshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Scots|2nd Battalion, Royal Scots]]
|
|-
|1904
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Cheshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Seaforth Highlanders|1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1905
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Seaforth Highlanders|1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Cheshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1906
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Scots|2nd Battalion, Royal Scots]]'''
| 1–1, 0–0, 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[East Lancashire Regiment|2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1907
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[East Lancashire Regiment|2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards)|6th Battalion, Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)]]
|
|-
|1908
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Worcestershire Regiment|2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Scots|2nd Battalion, Royal Scots]]
|
|-
|1909
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Leicestershire Regiment|2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]'''
| 5–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)|1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)]]
|
|-
|1910
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Leicestershire Regiment|2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Lincolnshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1911
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Warwickshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)|2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1912
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Dorsetshire Regiment|2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment]]'''
| 0–0, 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)|2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment]]
|
|-
|1913
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Scots|1st Battalion, Royal Scots]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Durham Light Infantry|1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1914–20
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|''Tournament not held, due to [[World War I]]''}}
|-
|1921
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[King's Shropshire Light Infantry|1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1922
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Durham Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry|1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1923
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Durham Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]'''
| 4–1
| {{flagicon|British India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1924
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Middlesex Regiment|2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]]'''
| 0–0, 2–1 {{Aet}}
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Scots|1st Battalion, Royal Scots]]
|
|-
|1925
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Middlesex Regiment|2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[North Staffordshire Regiment|1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1926
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Middlesex Regiment|2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment]]'''
| 4–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Gordon Highlanders|1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1927
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Cheshire Regiment|1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment]]'''
| 4–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Lancashire Fusiliers|2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers]]
|
|-
|1928
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Warwickshire Regiment|2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Field Artillery|1st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery]]
|
|-
|1929
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Warwickshire Regiment|2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment]]'''
| 4–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment|2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment]]
|
|-
|1930
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[King's Own Scottish Borderers|2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment|2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment]]
|
|-
|1931
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal West Kent Regiment|2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Royal Field Artillery|16th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery]]
|
|-
|1932
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Irish Fusiliers]]'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment|2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment]]
|
|-
|1933
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[King's Regiment (Liverpool)|1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]'''
| 1–1, 2–2, 1–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[South Staffordshire Regiment|2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment]]
|
|-
|1934
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Sherwood Foresters|2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters]]'''
| 6–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[York and Lancaster Regiment|2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment]]
|
|-
|1935
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[King's Regiment (Liverpool)|1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Durham Light Infantry|2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1936
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[King's Regiment (Liverpool)|1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[King's Shropshire Light Infantry|1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1937
| {{flagicon|British India}} '''[[Bangalore Muslims FC]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|British India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1938
| {{flagicon|British India}} '''[[Bangalore Muslims FC]]'''
| 3–2
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]
|
|-
|1939
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Artillery|28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|British India}} Howrah District XI
|
|-
|1940
| {{flagicon|British India}} '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|British India}} [[Bangalore Muslims FC]]
|
|-
|1941
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Welch Regiment|2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|British India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1942
| {{flagicon|British India}} '''Bata Sports Club'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|British India}} Western India Automobile Association Staff
|
|-
|1943
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[Royal Air Force]]'''
| 5–0
| {{flagicon|British India}} [[Mumbai Police|Bombay City Police]]
|
|-
|1944
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''British Base Reinforcement Camp'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|British India}} Western India Automobile Association Staff
|
|-
|1945
| {{flagicon|British India}} '''[[Corps of Military Police (India)|Corps of Military Police]]'''
| 0–0, 3–1
| {{flagicon|British India}} Albert David XI (Calcutta)
|
|-
|1946
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''British Base Reinforcement Camp'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|British India}} Tata Sports Club
|
|-
|1947
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|''Tournament abandoned when the stands collapsed during the quarterfinal''}}
| {{ref|n1|1}}
|-
|1948
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Bangalore Muslims FC]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1949
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Eastern Railway FC|East Indian Railway]]
|
|-
|1950
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad City Police]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Aryan FC]]
|
|-
|1951
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad City Police]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} WIMCO (Western India Match Company, Madras)
|
|-
|1952
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad City Police]]'''
| 0–0, 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} Bombay Amateurs
|
|-
|1953
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad City Police]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bangalore Muslims FC]]
|
|-
|1954
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad City Police]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} Keamari Union (Karachi)
|
|-
|1955
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1956
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1957
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad City Police]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1958
| {{flagicon|India}} '''Caltex Club (Bombay)'''
| 3–2
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1959–60
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 0–0, 3–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1960
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Andhra Pradesh Police]]'''
| 1–0 {{Aet}}
| {{flagicon|India}} [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1961–62
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Indian Army Corps of EME|Elec. & Mech. Engineering Centre]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1962
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|{{flagicon|India}} '''[[Andhra Pradesh Police]]''' and {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]''' - (joint winners) 1–1, 1–1}}
| {{ref|n2|2}}
|-
|1963–64
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Andhra Pradesh Police]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1964–65
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]'''
| 1–1, 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1965
| {{flagicon|India}} '''Mafatlal Mills (Bombay)'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1966–67
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Vasco SC]]
|
|-
|1967
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 0–0, 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1968
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 0–0, 3–0
| {{flagicon|India}} Leader FC (Jalandhar)
|
|-
|1969
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1970–71
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 0–0, 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mahindra United FC]]
|
|-
|1971–72
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Vasco SC]]
|
|-
|1972–73
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|{{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]''' and {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]''' - (joint winners) 0–0, 0–0 {{Aet}}}}
| {{ref|n3|3}}
|-
|1973–74
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 3–2
| {{flagicon|India}} Tata Sports Club
|
|-
|1974–75
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Dempo SC]]'''
| 0–1, 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} Tata Sports Club
| {{ref|n4|4}}
|-
|1975–76
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} Mafatlal Group
|
|-
|1976
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 0–0, 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} Mafatlal Group
|
|-
|1977
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 0–0, 2–1
| {{flagicon|India}} Tata Sports Club
|
|-
|1978–79
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Dempo SC]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|India}} Orkay Mills
|
|-
|1979–80
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Dempo SC]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[JCT FC]]
|
|-
|1980
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|{{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]''' and {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]''' - (joint winners) 1–1 {{Aet}}}}
| {{ref|n5|5}}
|-
|1981
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1982
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} '''[[Salahaddin FC]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1983
| {{flagicon|Iraq}} '''[[Al-Jaish FC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish Army SC]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1984
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[JCT FC]]
|
|-
|1985
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Salgaocar FC]]
|
|-
|1986
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Dempo SC]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1987
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1988
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1989–90
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Salgaocar FC]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Dempo SC]]
|
|-
|1990
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mahindra United FC]]
|
|-
|1991
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1992
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[JCT FC]]
|
|-
|1993
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mahindra United FC]]'''
| 0–0 {{pso|3–0}}
| {{flagicon|India}} Bank of India (Mumbai)
| {{ref|n6|6}}
|-
|1994
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 2–1
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Air India FC]]
|
|-
|1995
| {{flagicon|Oman}} '''[[Oman Club]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Sesa Sports Club]]
|
|-
|1996
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Salgaocar FC]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Air India FC]]
|
|-
|1997
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[JCT FC]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
|
|-
|1998
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Bengal Mumbai FC]]'''
| 3–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Central Railway SC]]
|
|-
|1999
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Salgaocar FC]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|author=Arunava Chaudhary|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1999roverscup.html|title=99th "Bristol" Rovers Cup 1999:|website=indianfootball.de|publisher=Indian Football Network|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020316180613/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1999roverscup.html|archive-date=16 March 2002|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2000–01
| {{flagicon|India}} '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 2–0
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
|
|}
 
<small>'''Notes:'''</small>
:1. {{note|n1}}<small>The tournament was abandoned when the stands collapsed during the quarterfinal between [[Mohun Bagan]] and [[South Staffordshire Regiment|1st Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment]]</small>
:2. {{note|n2}}<small>Joint winners after replay</small>
:3. {{note|n3}}<small>Joint winners after replay</small>
:4. {{note|n4}}<small>Replay after first match was abandoned at 84', with the score at 0–1, as Dempo refused to continue after having a goal disallowed</small>
:5. {{note|n5}}<small>Joint winners</small>
:6. {{note|n6}}<small>Penalty shootout</small>
 
==Performance by teams==
===Performance by Indian teams===
During its initial years, only British teams contested in the tournament. [[Mohun Bagan AC]] was the first Indian team to participate in this tournament on invitation in 1923, but they lost in the finals to [[Durham Light Infantry]] by 1{{ndash}}4 margin. The first Indian team to win this tournament was [[Bangalore Muslims FC|Bangalore Muslims]], in 1937.<ref name="RC">{{Cite web|title=India - List of Rovers Cup Finals|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiaroverscuphist.html|access-date=2020-12-20|website=www.rsssf.com}}</ref>


'''Statistics:''' Teams with at least 2 wins, (including joint wins)<ref name=RC/>
'''Statistics:''' Teams with at least 2 wins, (including joint wins)<ref name=RC/>
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==Performance by Overseas teams==
===Performance by Overseas teams===
Overseas teams had often been invited to participate in Rovers Cup.
Overseas teams had often been invited to participate in Rovers Cup.
===Winners===
====Winners====
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Salahaddin FC]] (1982)
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Salahaddin FC]] (1982)
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Jaish FC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish Army SC]] (1983)
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Jaish FC (Iraq)|Al-Jaish Army SC]] (1983)
*{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Oman Club]] (1995)
*{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Oman Club]] (1995)


===Runners-up===
====Runners-up====
* {{flagicon|PAK}} Kemari Union FC (1954)
* {{flagicon|PAK}} Kemari Union FC (1954)


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* [[Durand Cup]]
* [[Durand Cup]]
* [[IFA Shield]]
* [[IFA Shield]]
* [[List of oldest football competitions]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 01:46, 21 December 2021


Rovers Cup
Organiser(s)Western India Football Association (WIFA)[1]
Founded1890; 136 years ago (1890)
Abolished2001 (2001)
RegionIndia India
Last championsMohun Bagan AC (14th title)
Most championshipsMohun Bagan AC (14 titles)

The Rovers Cup was an annual football tournament held in India, organized by the Western India Football Association. It was the second oldest tournament in India after Durand Cup.

History[edit | edit source]

2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment winning the Rovers Cup in 1926

The championship was started by some British football enthusiasts at Bombay, Maharashtra in 1890, as a form of amusement. The First Worcester Regiment was the first team to win the title. The championship was last time held in the 2000–01 season, when Mohun Bagan AC beat Churchill Brothers SC by 2–0 in the final.

After the inception of the National Football League, the Rovers Cup started facing problems. With huge costs and sponsorship deals issues, the tournament was finally stopped in 2001. The WIFA is making efforts to revive the tournament.[2]

Results[edit | edit source]

Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes
1890 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2–0 United Kingdom Band & Drums of the Worcestershire Regiment
1891 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1892 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 4–1 British Raj Bombay Rovers Club
1893 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers –
1894 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots – United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1895 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots 3–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment
1896 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry –
1897 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1898 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry –
1899 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment 3–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1900 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Black Watch 2–1 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1901 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry
1902 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
1903 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 3–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
1904 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 2–1 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
1905 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 1–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
1906 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots 1–1, 0–0, 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
1907 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 3–0 United Kingdom 6th Battalion, Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
1908 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
1909 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 5–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
1910 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
1911 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1912 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment 0–0, 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
1913 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Royal Scots 1–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1914–20 Tournament not held, due to World War I
1921 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry 1–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1922 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 3–1 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1923 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 4–1 British Raj Mohun Bagan
1924 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 0–0, 2–1 Template:Aet United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
1925 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 2–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
1926 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 4–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
1927 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 4–1 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1928 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2–0 United Kingdom 1st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
1929 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1930 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1931 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 2–1 United Kingdom 16th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
1932 United Kingdom Royal Irish Fusiliers 3–1 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1933 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1–1, 2–2, 1–0 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
1934 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 6–1 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
1935 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2–1 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1936 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2–0 United Kingdom 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1937 British Raj Bangalore Muslims FC 1–0 British Raj Mohammedan Sporting
1938 British Raj Bangalore Muslims FC 3–2 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1939 United Kingdom 28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 2–0 British Raj Howrah District XI
1940 British Raj Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 British Raj Bangalore Muslims FC
1941 United Kingdom 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment 2–0 British Raj Mohammedan Sporting
1942 British Raj Bata Sports Club 3–1 British Raj Western India Automobile Association Staff
1943 United Kingdom Royal Air Force 5–0 British Raj Bombay City Police
1944 United Kingdom British Base Reinforcement Camp 3–1 British Raj Western India Automobile Association Staff
1945 British Raj Corps of Military Police 0–0, 3–1 British Raj Albert David XI (Calcutta)
1946 United Kingdom British Base Reinforcement Camp 2–1 British Raj Tata Sports Club
1947 Tournament abandoned when the stands collapsed during the quarterfinal 1
1948 India Bangalore Muslims FC 1–0 India Mohun Bagan
1949 India East Bengal 3–0 India East Indian Railway
1950 India Hyderabad City Police 1–0 India Aryan FC
1951 India Hyderabad City Police 2–0 India WIMCO (Western India Match Company, Madras)
1952 India Hyderabad City Police 0–0, 1–0 India Bombay Amateurs
1953 India Hyderabad City Police 2–0 India Bangalore Muslims FC
1954 India Hyderabad City Police 2–1 Pakistan Keamari Union (Karachi)
1955 India Mohun Bagan 2–0 India Mohammedan Sporting
1956 India Mohammedan Sporting 3–1 India Mohun Bagan
1957 India Hyderabad City Police 3–0 India Mohammedan Sporting
1958 India Caltex Club (Bombay) 3–2 India Mohammedan Sporting
1959–60 India Mohammedan Sporting 0–0, 3–0 India East Bengal
1960 India Andhra Pradesh Police 1–0 Template:Aet India East Bengal
1961–62 India Elec. & Mech. Engineering Centre 1–0 India Mohun Bagan
1962 India Andhra Pradesh Police and India East Bengal - (joint winners) 1–1, 1–1 2
1963–64 India Andhra Pradesh Police 1–0 India East Bengal
1964–65 India Bengal Nagpur Railway 1–1, 1–0 India Mohun Bagan
1965 India Mafatlal Mills (Bombay) 1–0 India Mohun Bagan
1966–67 India Mohun Bagan 1–0 India Vasco SC
1967 India East Bengal 0–0, 2–0 India Mohun Bagan
1968 India Mohun Bagan 0–0, 3–0 India Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1969 India East Bengal 3–0 India Mohun Bagan
1970–71 India Mohun Bagan 0–0, 1–0 India Mahindra United FC
1971–72 India Mohun Bagan 1–0 India Vasco SC
1972–73 India Mohun Bagan and India East Bengal - (joint winners) 0–0, 0–0 Template:Aet 3
1973–74 India East Bengal 3–2 India Tata Sports Club
1974–75 India Dempo SC 0–1, 1–0 India Tata Sports Club 4
1975–76 India East Bengal 1–0 India Mafatlal Group
1976 India Mohun Bagan 0–0, 1–0 India Mafatlal Group
1977 India Mohun Bagan 0–0, 2–1 India Tata Sports Club
1978–79 India Dempo SC 2–1 India Orkay Mills
1979–80 India Dempo SC 2–0 India JCT FC
1980 India Mohammedan Sporting and India East Bengal - (joint winners) 1–1 Template:Aet 5
1981 India Mohun Bagan 2–0 India Mohammedan Sporting
1982 Iraq Salahaddin FC 2–1 India Mohammedan Sporting
1983 Iraq Al-Jaish Army SC 2–1 India Mohammedan Sporting
1984 India Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 India JCT FC
1985 India Mohun Bagan 2–0 India Salgaocar FC
1986 India Dempo SC 2–0 India Mohun Bagan
1987 India Mohammedan Sporting 2–0 India Mohun Bagan
1988 India Mohun Bagan 1–0 India East Bengal
1989–90 India Salgaocar FC 1–0 India Dempo SC
1990 India East Bengal 1–0 India Mahindra United FC
1991 India Mohun Bagan 1–0 India Mohammedan Sporting
1992 India Mohun Bagan 2–0 India JCT FC
1993 India Mahindra United FC 0–0 Template:Pso India Bank of India (Mumbai) 6
1994 India East Bengal 2–1 India Air India FC
1995 Oman Oman Club 2–0 India Sesa Sports Club
1996 India Salgaocar FC 1–0 India Air India FC
1997 India JCT FC 1–0 India Churchill Brothers
1998 India Bengal Mumbai FC 3–0 India Central Railway SC
1999 India Salgaocar FC 1–0 India Churchill Brothers [3]
2000–01 India Mohun Bagan 2–0 India Churchill Brothers

Notes:

1. ^ The tournament was abandoned when the stands collapsed during the quarterfinal between Mohun Bagan and 1st Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment
2. ^ Joint winners after replay
3. ^ Joint winners after replay
4. ^ Replay after first match was abandoned at 84', with the score at 0–1, as Dempo refused to continue after having a goal disallowed
5. ^ Joint winners
6. ^ Penalty shootout

Performance by teams[edit | edit source]

Performance by Indian teams[edit | edit source]

During its initial years, only British teams contested in the tournament. Mohun Bagan AC was the first Indian team to participate in this tournament on invitation in 1923, but they lost in the finals to Durham Light Infantry by 1–4 margin. The first Indian team to win this tournament was Bangalore Muslims, in 1937.[4]

Statistics: Teams with at least 2 wins, (including joint wins)[4]

# Club Wins Last Win Runners-up Last Runners-up
1 Mohun Bagan AC 14 2000-01 10 1987
2 East Bengal Club 10 1994 4 1988
3 Hyderabad City Police 9 1963 1 1943
4 Mohammedan SC 6 1987 9 1991
5 Dempo SC 4 1986 1 1989
6 Bangalore Muslims 3 1948 2 1953
7 Salgaocar SC 3 1999 1 1985

Performance by Overseas teams[edit | edit source]

Overseas teams had often been invited to participate in Rovers Cup.

Winners[edit | edit source]

Runners-up[edit | edit source]

  • Pakistan Kemari Union FC (1954)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Chittu Shetty (11 August 2019). "Why this would be the right time to bring back 'Rovers Cup'". footballcounter.com. Football Counter. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ↑ WIFA making attempt to revive Rovers Cup
  3. ↑ Arunava Chaudhary. "99th "Bristol" Rovers Cup 1999:". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 16 March 2002. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "India - List of Rovers Cup Finals". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

External links[edit | edit source]

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