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.^[2][3] Real Kashmir beat George Telegraph in the final to win their first IFA Shield title.^[4][5]

2020 IFA Shield

IFA Shield 2020
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	6 December 2020 – 19 December 2020[1]
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Real Kashmir (1st title)
Runners-up	George Telegraph
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	54 (2.45 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lukman Adefemi (5 goals)
← 2018 2021 → All statistics correct as of 19 December 2020.

Teams

Group	Team[6]	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

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6 December 2020

13:30 IST

Mohammedan	4–0	Kidderpore
Nigam 1', 86' Mondal 28' Adjah 46'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

9 December 2020

13:30 IST

Kalighat MS	4–1	Kidderpore
Paswan 12' Supriyo Ghosh 51' Tuhin Sikdar 74' Gourab Mondol 90'	Report	Saikat Sikdar 27'

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

12 December 2020

13:30 IST

Mohammedan	1–0	Kalighat MS
Firoz Ali 50'	Report

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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

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6 December 2020

13:30 IST

Real Kashmir	2–1	Peerless
Lyngdoh 25' Danish Farooq 32'	Report	Rai 20'

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

9 December 2020

13:30 IST

Real Kashmir	3–0	Aryan
Robertson 72' Danish Farooq 84' Adefemi 90+4'	Report

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

12 December 2020

13:30 IST

Aryan	1–1	Peerless
Sumit Ghosh 90+5'	Report	Rai 90+2'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

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

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6 December 2020

13:30 IST

Indian Arrows	1–1	Southern Samity
Gurkirat 79'	Report	Sujit Saren 28'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

9 December 2020

13:30 IST

Indian Arrows	0–2	George Telegraph
	Report	Stanley Eze 13' Goutam Das 80'

Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah

12 December 2020

13:30 IST

George Telegraph	2–1	Southern Samity
Krishanu Naskar 60' Tanmoy Ghosh 63'	Report	Yao Rudy Abbidde 83'

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

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

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6 December 2020

13:30 IST

Gokulam Kerala	0–1	United
	Report	Middleton 90+1'

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

9 December 2020

13:30 IST

BSS	1–2	United
Ashique Ali 49'	Report	Sourav Das 20' Jagannath Oraw 31' (pen.)

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

12 December 2020

13:30 IST

Gokulam Kerala	7–2	BSS
Antwi 8' (pen.), 11', 21', 47' Shibil 70' Jithin 75' Saliou 83'	Report	Pritam Roy 67' Asif Ali Molla 74'

Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah

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

14 December 2020

13:00 IST

Mohammedan	1–0	Gokulam Kerala
Sarkar 7' (pen.)	Report

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

14 December 2020

13:00 IST

Real Kashmir	1–0	Southern Samity
Danish Farooq 22'	Report

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

14 December 2020

13:00 IST

George Telegraph	1–0	Peerless
Tanmoy Ghosh 46'	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

14 December 2020

13:00 IST

United	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kalighat MS
	Report
Penalties
	4–3

Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah

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Semi-finals

16 December 2020

13:00 IST

Mohammedan	0–4	Real Kashmir
	Report	Adefemi 59', 66', 88' Robertson 90+3'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

16 December 2020

13:00 IST

George Telegraph	2–1	United
Saddam Hossain 78' Stanley Eze 82'	Report	Basudeb Mondal 36'

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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Final

19 December 2020

13:00 IST

George Telegraph	1–2	Real Kashmir
Goutam Das 48'	Report	Adefemi 36' (pen.) Robertson 59'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Club	Goals
1		Lukman Adefemi	Real Kashmir	5
2		Denny Antwi	Gokulam Kerala	4
3		Danish Farooq	Real Kashmir	3
		Mason Robertson	Real Kashmir
5		Gani Nigam	Mohammedan	2
		Uttam Rai	Peerless
		Tanmoy Ghosh	George Telegraph
		Stanley Eze	George Telegraph
		Goutam Das	George Telegraph