Event | 2000 IFA Shield | ||||||
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East Bengal won 4–1 onpenalties | |||||||
Date | 16 September 2000 | ||||||
Venue | Salt Lake Stadium,Kolkata,West Bengal | ||||||
Man of the Match | Sangram Mukherjee | ||||||
Attendance | 80,000 (approx.) | ||||||
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The2000 IFA Shield Final was the 106th final of theIFA Shield, the second oldest football competition inIndia, and was contested between Kolkata giantsEast Bengal andMohun Bagan on 16 September 2000.[1][2]
East Bengal won the final 4–1 viapenalties after the game ended 1–1 after extra-time, to claim their 25th IFA Shield title.[3]
Date | Round | Opposition | Score |
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5 September 2000 | Group Stage | BNR | 1–0 |
8 September 2000 | Group Stage | JCT | 3–0 |
10 September 2000 | Group Stage | Calcutta Port Trust | 3–0 |
13 September 2000 | Semi Final | Tollygunge Agragami | 1–0 |
East Bengal entered the 2000 IFA Shield as one of theNational Football League teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongsideBNR,JCT and Calcutta Port Trust. In the opening game against BNR on 5 September, East Bengal managed a 1–0 victory courtesy of a solitary goal fromBijen Singh. In the second game, East Bengal defeated JCT 3–0 with a brace fromDipendu Biswas and Bijen Singh scoring the third for the team. East Bengal defeated Calcuta Port Trust 3–0 in the last game of the group stage with Dipendu Biswas scoring another brace and Bijen Singh scoring in third consecutive match as East Bengal topped the group with three wins and reached the last four. In the semi-finals, East Bengal defeatedTollygunge Agragami 1–0 courtesy of a solitary strike fromSurkumar Singh as they reached the final.[1][2]
Date | Round | Opposition | Score |
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6 September 2000 | Group Stage | State Bank of Travancore | 3–1 |
9 September 2000 | Group Stage | George Telegraph | 3–0 |
11 September 2000 | Group Stage | Tollygunge Agragami | 1–1 |
14 September 2000 | Semi Final | JCT | 1–0 |
Mohun Bagan entered the 2000 IFA Shield as the defending champions and were allocated into Group B alongsideState Bank of Travancore,George Telegraph andTollygunge Agragami. In the opening game, Mohun Bagan defeated State Bank of Travancore 3–1 withJose Ramirez Barreto scoring a brace and an own goal from Paul Anthony. Sylvester Ignatius scored the only goal for SBT. Mohun Bagan defeated George Telegraph 3–0 in the second match. Jose Barreto,R. C. Prakash andSatyajit Chatterjee scored for the team. In the last match of the group stage, Mohun Bagan drew 1–1 with Tollygunge Agragami after Bhabani Mohanty scored an early goal for Tollygunge only to be equalised by Jose Barreto in the second half as Mohun Bagan topped the group with two wins and a draw to reach the last four. In the semi-finals, Mohun Bagan defeatedJCT 1–0 with Basudeb Mondal scoring the only goal taking them to the final.[1][2]
East Bengal | 1–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) | Mohun Bagan |
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Chandan Das![]() | Report | Jose Ramirez Barreto![]() |
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| 4–1 |
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