The 1974 IFA Shield final was the 78th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 29 September 1974 at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata.
East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 13th IFA Shield title. Subhash Bhowmick scored the only goal in the final as East Bengal lifted their third consecutive IFA Shield title.
Route to the final
East BengalRound Mohun BaganOpponentResultSecond Round Group LeagueOpponentResultKalighat2–2Matchday 1Premier Tyres2–0Mohammedan Sporting3–0Matchday 2Abahani Krira Chakra5–0OpponentResultKnockout StageOpponentResultAbahani Krira Chakra7–0Semi–FinalMohammedan Sporting3–1
Match Summary The IFA Shield final began at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata on 29 September 1974 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in the Kolkata Derby. East Bengal started as the favorites as they were the defending champions from the last two editions and had already won the 1973 Calcutta Football League. The game started as expected, with East Bengal dominating the proceedings. Mohun Bagan custodian Prashanta Mitra made four terrific saves to keep the mariners in the game. The only goal of the game came in the fortieth minute when Mohammed Habib freed himself out wide from a short corner from Samaresh Chowdhury and put in a measured cross which was headed into the goal by Subhash Bhowmick. East Bengal managed to create some more chances in the second half but was denied by Prashanta Mitra. The scoreline remained the same until the full time as East Bengal lifted their third consecutive IFA Shield title and also managed to secure a third consecutive League and Shield double.
Details
GK Biswajit DasLB Kajal DhaliCB Ashoke BanerjeeCB Shyamal GhoshRB Sudhir KarmakarCM Gautam SarkarCM Samaresh Chowdhury (c)RW Surajit SenguptaLW Subhash BhowmickST Mohammed HabibST Mohammed AkbarHead Coach: P. K. Banerjee GK Prashanta MitraRB Ajit Chakraborty CB Syed NayeemuddinCB Nimai GoswamiLB Bijoy DikpatiCM Mohon SinghCM Prasun BanerjeeRW Narayanswami Ulaganathan LW Swapan Sengupta (c)ST Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar ST Poongam KannanSubstitutes:RW Sisir Guha Dastidar ST Sankar Banerjee Head coach: Amal Dutta
Match rules 90 minutes. Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw
See also IFA Shield Finals
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