2012 IFA Shield final

The 2012 IFA Shield Final was the 116th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata clubs East Bengal and Prayag United on 16 March 2012.

2012 IFA Shield Final

Event	2012 IFA Shield
East Bengal Prayag United 0 0
East Bengal won 4–2 on penalties
Date	16 March 2012
Venue	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, West Bengal
Man of the Match	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu[1]
Referee	Santosh Kumar (Kerala)
Attendance	30,000 (approx.)
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East Bengal won the final 4–2 via penalties after the game remained goal-less after extra-time, to claim their 28th IFA Shield title.^[2][3]

Route to the final

See also: 2012 IFA Shield

East Bengal

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
3 March 2012	Group Stage	Bhawanipore FC	2–1
9 March 2012	Group Stage	Shillong Lajong	3–0
13 March 2012	Semi Final	Pailan Arrows	1–0

East Bengal entered the 2012 IFA Shield as one of the I-League playing teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside Shillong Lajong and Bhawanipore FC. In the opening game against Bhawanipur, East Bengal managed a 2–1 victory with striker Robin Singh scoring a brace. Biswajit Biswas scored the goal for Bhawanipur.^[4] In the second group game against Shillong Lajong, East Bengal managed a comfortable 3–0 win with goals from Tolgay Ozbey, Gurwinder Singh and Robin Singh, to secure a place in the semis.^[5] In the Semi Final, East Bengal club faced Pailan Arrows, the topper of Group C, and managed a 1–0 win courtesy of a Tolgay Ozbey strike to enter the final for the 40th time.^[6]

Prayag United

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
7 March 2012	Group Stage	Mumbai F.C.	3–2
11 March 2012	Group Stage	Techno Aryan	1–0
14 March 2012	Semi Final	Botafogo BFR	1–0

Prayag United entered the 2012 IFA Shield as one of the I-League playing teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group D alongside Mumbai F.C. and Techno Aryan. In their opening game, they defeated Mumbai FC 3–2 with Yusif Yakubu scoring a brace and Denson Devadas scoring the other for Prayag. Gbeneme Friday and Chhangte Malsawmkima scored for Mumbai.^[7] In their second game, Prayag defeated Aryan 1–0 with a long range effort from Bello Razaq to reach the semis.^[8] In the Semi-Final, Prayag United faced Brazilian team Botafogo BFR and won 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Kiwi striker Kayne Vincent in the 115th minute to take Prayag United into the final.^[9]

Match

Details

East Bengal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Prayag United
	Report
Penalties
Ozbey Khanthang Paite Robin Singh Subodh Kumar	4–2	James Singh Bello Razaq Jayanta Sen Yusif Yakubu

16 March 2012

14:30 IST

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 30,000 (est.)

Referee: Santosh Kumar (Kerala)

East Bengal

Prayag United

GK Gurpreet Singh Sandhu RB Saikat Saha Roy  77' CB Uga Okpara (c) CB Gurwinder Singh LB Saumik Dey RM Sushanth Mathew  20' CM Subodh Kumar CM Penn Orji LM Harmanjot Khabra  93' ST Robin Singh ST Tolgay Ozbey Substitutes: MF Sanju Pradhan  20' MF Khanthang Paite  77' DF Robert Lalthlamuana  93' Manager: Trevor James Morgan

GK Abhijit Mondal RB Anupam Sarkar CB Deepak Mondal  14' CB Bello Razaq LB Narugopal Hait LM James Singh CM Denson Devadas CM Jayanta Sen (c) RM Gouranga Biswas  103' ST Md. Rafique  50' ST Yusif Yakubu Substitutes: MF Sukhen Dey  14' DF Kayne Vincent  50' FW Shankar Oraon  103' Manager: Sanjoy Sen

Hero of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal)[2]

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

See also

• IFA Shield 2012