# 1970 IFA Shield final

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1970 IFA Shield final Event 1970 IFA Shield East Bengal PAS Tehran 1 0 Date 25 September 1970 Venue Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Bengal Man of the Match Sudhir Karmakar Attendance 60,000 (approx.) ← 1969 1971 →

The **1970 IFA Shield final** was the 74th final of the [IFA Shield](/source/IFA_Shield), the second oldest football competition in [India](/source/India), and was contested between Kolkata giant [East Bengal](/source/East_Bengal_F.C.) and Iranian giant [PAS Tehran](/source/PAS_Tehran_F.C.) on 25 September 1970 at the [Eden Gardens](/source/Eden_Gardens) in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 10th IFA Shield title. [Parimal Dey](/source/Parimal_Dey) scored in the last minute of the game.[1][2][3]

## Route to the final

See also: [IFA Shield](/source/IFA_Shield)

### East Bengal

Date Round Opposition Score 15 September 1970 Third Round George Telegraph w/o 18 September 1970 Quarter-Final Eastern Railway 5–0 23 September 1970 Semi Final Mohammedan Sporting 1–0[a]

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](/source/George_Telegraph_SC) 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](/source/Shyam_Thapa) scoring a brace and Samaresh Chowdhury, [Syed Nayeemuddin](/source/Syed_Nayeemuddin) and [Mohammed Habib](/source/Mohammed_Habib_(footballer)) scoring for the team.[5] East Bengal faced [Mohammedan Sporting](/source/Mohammedan_S.C._(Kolkata)) 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.[4]

### PAS Tehran

Date Round Opposition Score 16 September 1970 Third Round Aryan 1–0 18 September 1970 Quarter-Final BNR 5–0 22 September 1970 Semi Final Mohun Bagan 2–0

PAS Tehran, the runners up of the 1969 [Tehran Province League](/source/Tehran_Province_League), the top tier of Iranian football, were invited by the [IFA](/source/Indian_Football_Association) to participate in the 1970 IFA Shield tournament. They started their campaign in the third round, where they defeated [Aryan](/source/Aryan_F.C.) 1–0 with Iran national team forward [Asghar Sharafi](/source/Asghar_Sharafi) scoring the only goal for the team. In the quarter-finals, PAS Tehran defeated [BNR](/source/Bengal_Nagpur_Railway) 5–0 with goals from [Homayoun Shahrokhi](/source/Homayoun_Shahrokhi), who scored twice while Jahangir Nassiri, Parviz Mirza-Hassan and Asghar Sharafi scored one each.[5] In the semi-final, PAS Tehran defeated Kolkata giants [Mohun Bagan](/source/Mohun_Bagan) 2–0 with both the goals in the second half scored by Daud Ahmadzadeh and Asghar Sharifi as they reached the final.[6]

## Match

### Details

25 September 1970

15:00 [IST](/source/Indian_Standard_Time)

East Bengal 1–0 PAS Tehran Parimal Dey 90' Report

[Eden Gardens](/source/Eden_Gardens), [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata), [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal)

Attendance: 60,000 (est.)

Referee: Ramakanta Ganguly (West Bengal)

East Bengal PAS Tehran

GK Peter Thangaraj RB Sudhir Karmakar CB Syed Nayeemuddin CB Prasanta Sinha LB Santo Mitra (c) CM Kajal Mukherjee CM Samaresh Chowdhury 70' RF Swapan Sengupta LF Mohammed Habib 87' ST Ashok Chatterjee ST Shyam Thapa Substitutes: CM Kalon Guha 70' LF Parimal Dey 87' Coach: Mohammed Hussain GK Keyvan Niknafas RB Mohsen Houshangi CB Hassan Habibi (c) CB Majid Halvaei LB Hossein Kazerani CM Homayoun Shahrokhi CM Mohammad Sadeghi LF Mehdi Monajati 69' RF Jahangir Nassiri 80' ST Parviz Mirza-Hassan ST Asghar Sharafi Substitutes: MF Daud Ahmadzadeh 69' MF Mohammad Ali Malkiyan 80' Coach: Mehdi Asadollahi

Hero of the Match: Sudhir Karmakar (East Bengal) Match rules 90 minutes.

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Mohammedan Sporting conceded the game.[4]

## See also

- [IFA Shield Finals](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-final_1-0)** UNI (26 September 1970). ["East Bengal win IFA Shield with Dey's last-minute goal"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530). *The Indian Express*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140147/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Fn5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C2455530) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Banerjee, Ritabrata (1 October 2021). ["Maidani Golpo: Asean Cup final to beating PAS Tehran - Five memorable results of East Bengal"](https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/maidani-golpo-five-best-results-of-east-bengal-indian/y83zohlf2i041ushc002mnzwf). *Goal*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210520055657/https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/maidani-golpo-five-best-results-of-east-bengal-indian/y83zohlf2i041ushc002mnzwf) from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Chakraborty, Sabyasachi (29 April 2020). ["THROWBACK: When East Bengal FC became the first Indian team to defeat a foreign opponent to win a trophy post Independence!"](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/). *BADGEB*. [Archived](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/) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ebsf_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ebsf_4-1) PTI (24 September 1970). ["E. Bengal declared winners: IFA Shield"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FH5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C2343870). *The Indian Express*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140148/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FH5lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1267%2C2343870) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-qf_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-qf_6-1) PTI (19 September 1970). ["Iranians, E. Bengal breeze thro to semi-finals"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1836%2C2033455). *The Indian Express*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140141/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1836%2C2033455) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** PTI (23 September 1970). ["Mohun Bagan pay dearly for poor finish"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=789%2C2291159). *The Indian Express*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211103140135/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E35lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wp0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=789%2C2291159) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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