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2020 IFA Shield

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. Real Kashmir beat George Telegraph in the final to win their first IFA Shield title.

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2020 IFA Shield
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates6 December 2020 – 19 December 20201
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsReal Kashmir (1st title)
Runners-upGeorge Telegraph
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored54 (2.45 per match)
Top goal scorerLukman Adefemi (5 goals)

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.23 Real Kashmir beat George Telegraph in the final to win their first IFA Shield title.45

Teams

Group Team6 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

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

Group A

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 1', 86'
Mondal 28'
Adjah 46'		 Report
Kalighat MS4–1Kidderpore
Paswan 12'
Supriyo Ghosh 51'
Tuhin Sikdar 74'
Gourab Mondol 90'		 Report Saikat Sikdar 27'
Mohammedan1–0Kalighat MS
Firoz Ali 50' Report

Group B

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 25'
Danish Farooq 32'		 Report Rai 20'
Real Kashmir3–0Aryan
Robertson 72'
Danish Farooq 84'
Adefemi 90+4'		 Report
Aryan1–1Peerless
Sumit Ghosh 90+5' Report Rai 90+2'

Group C

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 79' Report Sujit Saren 28'
Indian Arrows0–2George Telegraph
Report Stanley Eze 13'
Goutam Das 80'
George Telegraph2–1Southern Samity
Krishanu Naskar 60'
Tanmoy Ghosh 63'		 Report Yao Rudy Abbidde 83'

Group D

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 90+1'
BSS1–2United
Ashique Ali 49' Report Sourav Das 20'
Jagannath Oraw 31' (pen.)
Gokulam Kerala7–2BSS
Antwi 8' (pen.), 11', 21', 47'
Shibil 70'
Jithin 75'
Saliou 83'		 Report Pritam Roy 67'
Asif Ali Molla 74'

Knockout stage

Bracket

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 (p) 0 (4)
Kalighat MS 0 (3)

Quarter-finals

Mohammedan1–0Gokulam Kerala
Sarkar 7' (pen.) Report
Real Kashmir1–0Southern Samity
Danish Farooq 22' Report
George Telegraph1–0Peerless
Tanmoy Ghosh 46' Report
United0–0 (a.e.t.)Kalighat MS
Report
Penalties
4–3

Semi-finals

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

Final

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

Statistics

Top goal scorers

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

References

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  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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