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The IFA Shield is a football competition organized by the Indian Football Association, the football governing body in the Indian state of West Bengal. The IFA came into existence in 1893, and was name
Mohun Bagan, the first all-Indian side to lift the IFA Shield.
The 1949 IFA Shield won by East Bengal, the most successful club in the tournament's history.
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, the football and rugby sections were added when
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…Score Runner-up Notes 1893 Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 W.D.R.A. 1894 2–0 Rifle Brigade 1895 Royal Welch Fusiliers 1–0 King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1896 Calcutta 3–0 1897 Dalhousie 4–0 31st Field Battalion 1898 Gloucestershire Regiment 1–0 42nd Highlanders 1899 South Lancashire Regiment 2–0 Barrackpore Artillery…
The Eden Gardens in Calcutta, home of cricket in India.
Main entrance to the tent of CC&FC's football section (in left), beside the tent of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club in Kolkata Maidan area.
Main entrance of the Calcutta Football Club in left, beside 'Chuni Goswami Gate' of Mohun Bagan in Kolkata Maidan, in December 2023.
Scene of a rugby match at the CFC ground in Calcutta, c. 1875 (from The Illustrated London News).