1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

The 1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the second edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament held in Rangoon, Burma. India won the cup for a second time by winning all thee matches.^[1] It was India's first outright win in an international football tournament played abroad.^[2] The team received the rolling Colombo Cup and a Special Burma Cup for permanent retention.^[3]

1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Burma
Dates	23 October – 2 November 1953
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (2nd title)
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	Burma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Samuel Gordon (4 goals)
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Overview

The India team arrived in Rangoon on 22 October 1953 and the Pakistan side, a week before. The Indian Express described the Aung San Stadium, where all matches were to be played, as having "concrete and semi permanent stands all around the ground" with a capacity of 30,000. The rules of the tournament had not made wearing boots mandatory.^[4] Four of India's players — Sailen Manna, Ahmed Khan, Pansanttom Venkatesh and M. Thangaraj (in the second half) — played bare-footed against Pakistan in the tournament's first game, on 23 October.^[5]

Squads

Ceylon[1]	India[6]	Pakistan[4]
T. H. Soono (captain) M. Sheriff O. L. M. H. Deen A. C. M. Junaid A. C. M. Khan Karunapala Fernando T. Bongso L. Cornelies Andrew Fernando T. J. Azeez M. T. A. Ossen Peter Ranasinghe Basheer Ahmed K. A. Premadasa A. R. Jailabdeen M. I. M. Laheer K. S. Richard K. Poddiappuhamy	Sailen Manna (captain) Sanjeeva Uchil Kenchappa Varadaraj K. S. Mani Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din G. Muthuraj Shankar Anthony Patrick Chandan Singh Rawat A. R. Gokul Kumar Amal Dutta Pansanttom Venkatesh Neville D'Souza M. Thangaraj Ahmed Khan Mohammad Abdus Sattar M. Jayaram V. J. Pereira	Muhammad Sharif (captain) Moideen Kutty Jamil Akhtar Sumbal Khan Abdul Majid Ahmad Ali Taj Mohammad Jr. Rashidullah Khan Jr. Akbar Jan Rashidullah Khan Fazal Rehman Talib Ali Riasat Ali Abdul Haq Mohammad Amin Lt. Mazhar Siddique Mohammad Abdul Malik Tarapada Roy

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	India	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Champions
2	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	3
3	Burma	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	3
4	Ceylon	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

Matches

India	1–0	Pakistan
D'Souza 59'	Report

23 October 1953 (1953-10-23)

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

Referee: U. Kim Teikh (Burma)

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Burma	3–2	Ceylon
Samuel Gordon 22', 60', 64'	Report	Ossen 21' Azeez 47'

24 October 1953 (1953-10-24)

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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India	2–0	Ceylon
Venkatesh ?' Khan 35'	Report

27 October 1953 (1953-10-27)

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Maung May Lay (Burma)

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Burma	1–1	Pakistan
Ba Kyu 60' (pen.)	Report	Ismail 49'

28 October 1953 (1953-10-28)

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

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Burma	2–4	India
Samuel Gordon ?' Ba Kyu 60'	Report	Thangaraj 4', ?' Venkatesh ?' Khan ?'

31 October 1953 (1953-10-31)

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

Referee: Mahomed Shah (Pakistan)

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Pakistan	6–0	Ceylon
Akbar Jan 7' Ismail 10', 13' Gunaid 11' (o.g.) Kutty 37', 42'	Report

2 November 1953 (1953-11-02)

Aung San Stadium, Rangoon

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.67 goals per match.

4 goals

• Samuel Gordon

3 goals

• Ismail

2 goals

• Ahmed Khan
• Peter Thangaraj
• Pansanttom Venkatesh
• Ba Kyu
• Moideen Kutty

1 goal

• Neville D'Souza
• Ossen
• Azeez
• Akbar Jan

1 own goal

• Gunaid (against Pakistan)