2021 IFA Shield

The 2021 IFA Shield was the 124th edition of the IFA Shield. It had 1 Indian Super League team, 5 I-League teams and 10 Calcutta Premier Division teams.^[2][3] Real Kashmir defended their title defeating Sreenidi Deccan in the final.^[4][5]

2021 IFA Shield

Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	24 November – 15 December[1]
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Real Kashmir (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sreenidi Deccan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	35 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rahim Osumanu (5 goals)
← 2020 2025 → All statistics correct as of 5 December 2021.

Teams

Group	Team	Location
A	Real Kashmir	Srinagar, Jammu Kashmir
	Calcutta Customs	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Indian Arrows	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
B	Aryan	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Peerless	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Hyderabad FC B	Hyderabad, Telangana
C	BSS	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Gokulam Kerala	Calicut, Kerala
	Kidderpore	Kolkata, West Bengal
D	Southern Samity	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Bhawanipore	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Sreenidi Deccan	Vizag, Andhra Pradesh

Qualification	Team	Location
Direct qualify to QuarterFinal	Mohammedan	Kolkata, West Bengal
	George Telegraph	Kolkata, West Bengal
	United	Kolkata, West Bengal
	Railways FC	Kolkata, West Bengal

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Kashmir	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3	Advance to the pre quarterfinals
2	Calcutta Customs	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Indian Arrows	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3

Source: kolkatafootball.com

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Real Kashmir	3–0	Indian Arrows
Fran Gonzalez 18' Pratesh Shirodkar 23' Thoi Singh 88'

24 November 2021

14:00 IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Referee: K. Ramdasan

Real Kashmir	0–1	Calcutta Customs
		Rabi Hansda 45+1'

28 November 2021

14:00 IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Referee: Ashish Tiwari

Indian Arrows	1–0	Calcutta Customs
Sibajit Singh Leimapokpam

1 December 2021

14:00 IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Referee: Mritunjay. A

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aryan	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to the pre quarterfinals
2	Peerless	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
3	Hyderabad FC B	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: kolkatafootball.com

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Hyderabad FC B	0–1	Aryan
		Dip Saha 65'

27 November 2021

14:00 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kolkata

Referee: Mritunjay. A

Hyderabad FC B	1–1	Peerless
C. Lalchungnunga		Harsha Parui

30 November 2021

14:00 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Referee: Ashish Tiwari

Aryan	1–0	Peerless
Aristide Tchuitchou

3 December 2021

14:00 IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Referee: K. Ramdasan

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Gokulam Kerala	2	1	1	0	8	1	+7	4	Advance to the pre quarterfinals
2	Kidderpore	2	1	0	1	1	7	−6	3
3	BSS	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: kolkatafootball.com

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Gokulam Kerala	7–0	Kidderpore
Nitish Hazra 4' (o.g.) Abhijith K 53' Ronald Singh 58', 67' Rahim Osumanu 71', 72' Beneston Barreto 85'

26 November 2021

14:00 IST

Naihati Stadium, Naihati

Referee: Jamal Ahmed

Gokulam Kerala	1–1	BSS
Rahim Osumanu 45'		Leoncé Dodoz 42'

29 November 2021

13:30 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Kidderpore	1–0	BSS
Dama Coulibaly (pen.)

2 December 2021

14:00 IST

Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah

Referee: Lakshay Tushir

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sreenidi Deccan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to the pre quarterfinals
2	Bhawanipore	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	Southern Samity	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Source: kolkatafootball.com

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Sreenidi Deccan	4–1	Southern Samity
Castañeda Malsawmzuala Lalromawia		Vishal Das

26 November 2021

14:00 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Sreenidi Deccan	1–0	Bhawanipore
Malsawmzuala

29 November 2021

14:00 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Referee: Jamal Ahmed

Bhawanipore	4–1	Southern Samity
Kamo Stephane Bayi Sujay Dutta Sonam Bhutia (o.g.)		Rahul Jaiswal

2 December 2021

14:00 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Pre-quarterfinals 5–6 December 2021					Quarterfinals 8–9 December 2021					Semifinals 12 December 2021					Final 15 December 2021[6]
						Mohammedan SC		0
	Real Kashmir		2			Real Kashmir		1
	Bhawanipore		1								Real Kashmir		2
											Gokulam Kerala		1
						United		2(4)
	Peerless		1			Gokulam Kerala		2(5)
	Gokulam Kerala		2													Real Kashmir		2
																Sreenidi Deccan		1
						Railway		3
	Aryan		0(5)			Aryan		0
	Kidderpore		0(3)								Railway FC		1
											Sreenidi Deccan		2
						George Telegraph		0
	Calcutta Customs		0			Sreenidi Deccan		1
	Sreenidi Deccan		2

Pre Quarter-finals

Calcutta Customs	0–2	Sreenidi Deccan
		Castaneda Malsawmzuala (pen.)

5 December 2021

13:30 IST

Naihati Stadium, Naihati

Real Kashmir	2–1	Bhawanipore
Tiago Adan Robertson		Kamo Stephane Bayi

5 December 2021

13:30 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Referee: Jamal Ahmed

Gokulam Kerala	2–1	Peerless
Osumanu 50', 100' (pen.)		Amit Tudu

6 December 2021

13:30 IST

Naihati Stadium, Naihati

Referee: Ashish Tiwari

Kidderpore	0–0	Aryan
Penalties
	3–5

6 December 2021

13:30 IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Referee: Mrityunjay A.

Quarterfinals

Mohammedan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Kashmir
		Lalchhawnkima

8 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Sreenidi Deccan	1–0	George Telegraph
Lalromawia 70'

8 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

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United	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Gokulam Kerala
Murmu Dauda
Penalties
	4–5

9 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Referee: Jamal Ahmed

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Railway	3–0	Aryan
Monotosh Maji 11' Tanmoy Das 40', 50'

9 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Referee: Ashish Tiwari

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Semi-final

Real Kashmir	2–1	Gokulam Kerala
Robertson 23' Thoi Singh 30'		Ronald Singh 45+2'

12 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Referee: Lakshay Tushir

Railway FC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Sreenidi Deccan
Kelvin Kellie 14' (pen.) Kelvin Kellie		Konsam Phalguni Singh 2' Malsawmzuala 118'

12 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Referee: K. Ramdasan

Final

Real Kashmir	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sreenidi Deccan
González 90+3' Awal 100' (o.g.)		Castañeda 30'

15 December 2021

01:30 pm IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

Referee: Jamal Ahmed

Statistics

As of 5 December 2021

Top goal scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Club	Goals
1		Rahim Osumanu	Gokulam Kerala	5
2		MC Malsawmzuala	Sreenidi Deccan	4
3		David Castaneda	Sreenidi Deccan	3
		Kamo Stephane Bayi	Bhawanipore
		Ronald Singh	Gokulam Kerala