2000 IFA Shield final

The 2000 IFA Shield Final was the 106th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 16 September 2000.^[1][2]

2000 IFA Shield Final

Event	2000 IFA Shield
East Bengal Mohun Bagan 1 1
East Bengal won 4–1 on penalties
Date	16 September 2000
Venue	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match	Sangram Mukherjee
Attendance	80,000 (approx.)
← 1999 2001 →

East Bengal won the final 4–1 via penalties after the game ended 1–1 after extra-time, to claim their 25th IFA Shield title.^[3]

Route to the final

See also: IFA Shield

East Bengal

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
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 the National Football League teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside BNR, 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 from Bijen Singh. In the second game, East Bengal defeated JCT 3–0 with a brace from Dipendu 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 defeated Tollygunge Agragami 1–0 courtesy of a solitary strike from Surkumar Singh as they reached the final.^[1][2]

Mohun Bagan

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
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 alongside State Bank of Travancore, George Telegraph and Tollygunge Agragami. In the opening game, Mohun Bagan defeated State Bank of Travancore 3–1 with Jose 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 and Satyajit 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 defeated JCT 1–0 with Basudeb Mondal scoring the only goal taking them to the final.^[1][2]

Match

Details

East Bengal	1–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	Mohun Bagan
Chandan Das 26'	Report	Jose Ramirez Barreto 78'
Penalties
Chandan Das Suley Musah Ratan Singh Dipendu Biswas	4–1	Sammy Omollo Dulal Biswas Satyajit Chatterjee

16 September 2000

16:30 IST

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 80,000 (est.)

Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

GK Sangram Mukherjee RB Surkumar Singh CB Deepak Mondal CB Jackson Egypong LB Ratan Singh CM Suley Musah CM Carlton Chapman (c)  51' RM Chandan Das LM Dipankar Roy  88' ST Dipendu Biswas ST Bijen Singh Substitutes: CM Tushar Rakshit  51'  103' CB Anit Ghosh  88' CM Ranjan Dey  103' Manager: Syed Nayeemuddin

GK Sandip Nandy RB Dulal Biswas CB Sammy Omollo CB Muttah Suresh  36' LB Amitava Chanda LM R.P. Singh  71' CM Debjit Ghosh CM Basudeb Mondal RM Satyajit Chatterjee (c) ST R. C. Prakash ST Jose Ramirez Barreto Substitutes: MF Joao Santos  36'  82' MF Hussain Mustafi  71' ST Amar Ganguly  82' Manager: Anjan Chowdhury

Hero of the Match: Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Golden goal ends game. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

See also

• IFA Shield 2000, rsssf.com
• IFA Shield 2000, indianfootball.de