2020 IFA Shield

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2020 IFA Shield
CountryIndia
Dates6 December 2020 – 19 December 2020[1]
Teams12
ChampionsReal Kashmir (1st title)
Runners-upGeorge Telegraph
Matches played22
Goals scored54 (2.45 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Lukman Adefemi (5 goals)
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The 2020 IFA Shield is the 123rd edition of the IFA Shield. It will have four I-League teams and eight Calcutta Premier Division teams. No overseas teams were invited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] Real Kashmir beat George Telegraph in the final to win their first IFA Shield title.[4][5]

Teams[edit | edit source]

Group Team[6] Location
A Kalighat MS Kolkata, West Bengal
Kidderpore Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohammedan Kolkata, West Bengal
B Aryan Kolkata, West Bengal
Peerless Kolkata, West Bengal
Real Kashmir Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
C George Telegraph Kolkata, West Bengal
Indian Arrows Mumbai, Maharashtra
Southern Samity Kolkata, West Bengal
D BSS Kolkata, West Bengal
Gokulam Kerala Calicut, Kerala
United Kolkata, West Bengal

Venue[edit | edit source]

All the matches were held at Salt Lake Stadium, East Bengal Ground, Mohun Bagan Ground, Sailen Manna Stadium, Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Kalyani Stadium.[7]

Group stage[edit | edit source]

Group A[edit | edit source]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Mohammedan 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Kalighat MS 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 Kidderpore 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
Source: ifawb.org
Mohammedan4–0Kidderpore
Nigam Goal 1', 86'
Mondal Goal 28'
Adjah Goal 46'		 Report
Kalighat MS4–1Kidderpore
Paswan Goal 12'
Supriyo Ghosh Goal 51'
Tuhin Sikdar Goal 74'
Gourab Mondol Goal 90'		 Report Saikat Sikdar Goal 27'
Mohammedan1–0Kalighat MS
Firoz Ali Goal 50' Report

Group B[edit | edit source]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Real Kashmir 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Peerless 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Aryan 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Source: ifawb.org
Real Kashmir2–1Peerless
Lyngdoh Goal 25'
Danish Farooq Goal 32'		 Report Rai Goal 20'
Real Kashmir3–0Aryan
Robertson Goal 72'
Danish Farooq Goal 84'
Adefemi Goal 90+4'		 Report
Aryan1–1Peerless
Sumit Ghosh Goal 90+5' Report Rai Goal 90+2'

Group C[edit | edit source]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 George Telegraph 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Southern Samity 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
3 Indian Arrows 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
Source: ifawb.org
Indian Arrows1–1Southern Samity
Gurkirat Goal 79' Report Sujit Saren Goal 28'
Indian Arrows0–2George Telegraph
Report Stanley Eze Goal 13'
Goutam Das Goal 80'
George Telegraph2–1Southern Samity
Krishanu Naskar Goal 60'
Tanmoy Ghosh Goal 63'		 Report Yao Rudy Abbidde Goal 83'

Group D[edit | edit source]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 United 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Advance to the quarterfinals
2 Gokulam Kerala 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 3
3 BSS 2 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0
Source: ifawb.org
Gokulam Kerala0–1United
Report Middleton Goal 90+1'
BSS1–2United
Ashique Ali Goal 49' Report Sourav Das Goal 20'
Jagannath Oraw Goal 31' (pen.)
Gokulam Kerala7–2BSS
Antwi Goal 8' (pen.), 11', 21', 47'
Shibil Goal 70'
Jithin Goal 75'
Saliou Goal 83'		 Report Pritam Roy Goal 67'
Asif Ali Molla Goal 74'

Knockout stage[edit | edit source]

Bracket[edit | edit source]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Mohammedan 1
Gokulam Kerala 0
Mohammedan 0
Real Kashmir 4
Real Kashmir 1
Southern Samity 0
Real Kashmir 2
George Telegraph 1
George Telegraph 1
Peerless 0
George Telegraph 2
United 1
United Template:Pso 0 (4)
Kalighat MS 0 (3)

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]

Mohammedan1–0Gokulam Kerala
Sarkar Goal 7' (pen) Report
Real Kashmir1–0Southern Samity
Danish Farooq Goal 22' Report
George Telegraph1–0Peerless
Tanmoy Ghosh Goal 46' Report
United0–0 Template:AetKalighat MS
Report
Penalties
4–3

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

Mohammedan0–4Real Kashmir
Report Adefemi Goal 59', 66', 88'
Robertson Goal 90+3'
George Telegraph2–1United
Saddam Hossain Goal 78'
Stanley Eze Goal 82'		 Report Basudeb Mondal Goal 36'

Final[edit | edit source]

George Telegraph1–2Real Kashmir
Goutam Das Goal 48' Report Adefemi Goal 36' (pen.)
Robertson Goal 59'

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Top goal scorers[edit | edit source]

Rank Nat. Player Club Goals
1 Nigeria Lukman Adefemi Real Kashmir 5
2 Ghana Denny Antwi Gokulam Kerala 4
3 India Danish Farooq Real Kashmir 3
Scotland Mason Robertson Real Kashmir
5 India Gani Nigam Mohammedan 2
India Uttam Rai Peerless
India Tanmoy Ghosh George Telegraph
Nigeria Stanley Eze George Telegraph
India Goutam Das George Telegraph

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns !". IFAWB. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "IFA Shield 2020: 12 teams to participate including Mohammedan Sporting and Gokulam Kerala FC; All you need to know". Goal.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "IFA Shield may take place before I-League". The Rahnuma Daily. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sports News | Real Kashmir Win First Major Tournament, Beat George Telegraph 2-1 in IFA Shield Final". LatestLY. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "IFA Shield: Real Kashmir win first major tournament, beat George Telegraph 2-1". The Indian Express. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "123rd IFA Shield 2020–21". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "IFA Shield Fixture" (PDF). ifawb.org. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

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