{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox football match | title = 1970 IFA Shield final | image = | caption = | event = [[IFA Shield|1970 IFA Shield]] | team1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] | team1association = {{flagicon|IND|size=30px}} | team1score = 1 | team2 = [[PAS Tehran F.C.|PAS Tehran]] | team2association = {{flagicon|IRN|1964|size=30px}} | team2score = 0 | details = | date = 25 September 1970 | stadium = [[Eden Gardens]] | city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal, India|West Bengal]] | man_of_the_match1a = Sudhir Karmakar | attendance = 60,000 (approx.) | weather = | previous = 1969 | next = 1971 }} The '''1970 IFA Shield final''' was the 74th final of the [[IFA Shield]], the second oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giant [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and Iranian giant [[PAS Tehran F.C.|PAS Tehran]] on 25 September 1970 at the [[Eden Gardens]] in Kolkata.
East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 10th IFA Shield title. [[Parimal Dey]] scored in the last minute of the game.<ref name=final>{{cite news |author=UNI |date=26 September 1970 |title=East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140147/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Ritabrata|last=Banerjee|date=1 Oct 2021|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/maidani-golpo-five-best-results-of-east-bengal-indian/y83zohlf2i041ushc002mnzwf|title=Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal|work=Goal|accessdate=3 Nov 2021|archive-date=20 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520055657/https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/maidani-golpo-five-best-results-of-east-bengal-indian/y83zohlf2i041ushc002mnzwf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sabyasachi|last=Chakraborty|date=29 Apr 2020|url=http://www.badgebfansclub.in/throwback-when-east-bengal-fc-became-the-first-indian-team-to-defeat-a-foreign-opponent-to-win-a-trophy-post-independence/|title=THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!|work=BADGEB|accessdate=3 Nov 2021|archive-date=3 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140143/http://www.badgebfansclub.in/throwback-when-east-bengal-fc-became-the-first-indian-team-to-defeat-a-foreign-opponent-to-win-a-trophy-post-independence/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Route to the final== {{see also|IFA Shield}}
===East Bengal=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;" <!-- |+ '''East Bengal''' --> !scope=col width="120" | Date !scope=col width="80" | Round !scope=col width="120" | Opposition !scope=col width="80" | Score |- | 15 September 1970 !scope=row style="text-align:center"| Third Round | [[George Telegraph SC|George Telegraph]] | [[Walkover|w/o]] |- | 18 September 1970 !scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-Final | [[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern Railway]] | 5–0 |- | 23 September 1970 !scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final | [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] | 1–0{{efn|Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.<ref name=ebsf/>}} |}
East Bengal entered the 1970 IFA Shield as one of the leading Kolkata giants and was supposed to start their campaign from the third round. They were supposed to face [[George Telegraph SC|George Telegraph]] but they were handed a walkover and East Bengal progressed into the next round. In the quarter-finals, East Bengal defeated Eastern Railway 5–0 with [[Shyam Thapa]] scoring a brace and Samaresh Chowdhury, [[Syed Nayeemuddin]] and [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]] scoring for the team.<ref name=qf>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=19 September 1970 |title=Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1836%2C2033455 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1836%2C2033455 |url-status=live }}</ref> East Bengal faced [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] in the semi-finals and were leading 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Mohammed Habib, but Mohammedan Sporting walked out of the game and conceded the match. The IFA announced East Bengal as the winners of the semi-final as they reached the final.<ref name=ebsf>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=24 September 1970 |title=E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FH5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C2343870 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140148/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FH5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C2343870 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===PAS Tehran=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;" <!-- |+ '''Dempo''' --> !scope=col width="120" | Date !scope=col width="80" | Round !scope=col width="120" | Opposition !scope=col width="80" | Score |- | 16 September 1970 !scope=row style="text-align:center"| Third Round | [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]] | 1–0 |- | 18 September 1970 !scope=row style="text-align:center"| Quarter-Final | [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BNR]] | 5–0 |- | 22 September 1970 !scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final | [[Mohun Bagan]] | 2–0 |}
PAS Tehran, the runners up of the 1969 [[Tehran Province League]], the top tier of Iranian football, were invited by the [[Indian Football Association|IFA]] to participate in the 1970 IFA Shield tournament. They started their campaign in the third round, where they defeated [[Aryan F.C.|Aryan]] 1–0 with Iran national team forward [[Asghar Sharafi]] scoring the only goal for the team. In the quarter-finals, PAS Tehran defeated [[Bengal Nagpur Railway|BNR]] 5–0 with goals from [[Homayoun Shahrokhi]], who scored twice while Jahangir Nassiri, Parviz Mirza-Hassan and Asghar Sharafi scored one each.<ref name=qf/> In the semi-final, PAS Tehran defeated Kolkata giants [[Mohun Bagan]] 2–0 with both the goals in the second half scored by Daud Ahmadzadeh and Asghar Sharifi as they reached the final.<ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=23 September 1970 |title=Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=789%2C2291159 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=3 November 2021 |archive-date=3 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140135/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=789%2C2291159 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Match== ===Details=== {{footballbox |date=25 September 1970 |time=15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] |team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] {{flagicon|IND}} |report= [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530 Report] |team2={{flagicon|IRN|1964}} [[PAS Tehran F.C.|PAS Tehran]] |score= 1–0 |goals1=[[Parimal Dey]] {{goal|90}} |goals2= |penaltyscore= |location=[[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] |stadium=[[Eden Gardens]] |referee=Ramakanta Ganguly (West Bengal) |attendance=60,000 (est.) }}
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{| width="100%" |valign="top" width="40%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"| |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Peter Thangaraj]] |- |RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sudhir Karmakar]] |- |CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Nayeemuddin]] |- |CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Prasanta Sinha]] |- |LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Santo Mitra ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) |- |CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kajal Mukherjee]] |- |CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Samaresh Chowdhury || || {{suboff|70}} |- |RF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Swapan Sengupta |- |LF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]] || || {{suboff|87}} |- |ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashok Chatterjee]] |- |ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shyam Thapa]] |- |colspan=4|'''Substitutes:''' |- |CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kalon Guha || || {{subon|70}} |- |LF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Parimal Dey]] || || {{subon|87}} |- |colspan=4|'''Coach:''' |- |colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Mohammed Hussain |} |valign="top"| |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |colspan="4"| |- !width="25"| !!width="25"| |- |GK || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Keyvan Niknafas |- |RB || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohsen Houshangi |- |CB || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hassan Habibi (footballer)|Hassan Habibi]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) |- |CB || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Majid Halvaei]] |- |LB || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Kazerani]] |- |CM || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Homayoun Shahrokhi]] |- |CM || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Sadeghi (footballer, born 1952)|Mohammad Sadeghi]] |- |LF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Monajati]] || {{suboff|69}} |- |RF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Jahangir Nassiri || {{suboff|80}} |- |ST || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Parviz Mirza-Hassan |- |ST || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Asghar Sharafi]] |- |colspan=4|'''Substitutes:''' |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Daud Ahmadzadeh || {{subon|69}} |- |MF || ||{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammad Ali Malkiyan || {{subon|80}} |- |colspan=4|'''Coach:''' |- |colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IRN}} Mehdi Asadollahi |} |} {| width=100% style="font-size: 90%" | '''Hero of the Match:'''<br />Sudhir Karmakar (East Bengal)
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"| '''Match rules''' *90 minutes. |}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==See also== *[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html IFA Shield Finals]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{IFA Shield}} {{SC East Bengal}}
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