1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament 1953 File:India vs Burma in 1953.jpg India versus Burma on 31 October Burma 23 October – 2 November 1953 4 1 1 1 IND 2 PAK Burma 1948 6 22 1952 1954 Burma 1948 Gordon Samuel (4 goals) The 1953 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the second edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament held in Rangoon, Burma. India won the cup for a second time by winning all thee matches.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html Asian Quadrangular Tournament (Colombo Cup) 1952–1955: 1953 (Rangoon, Burma) RSSSF 1999 Neil Morrison 27 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220927000411/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/brindies-quad.html It was India's first outright win in an international football tournament played abroad.Indian Team Celebrate https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1939%2C2393048 13 May 2022 The Indian Express 4 November 1953 6 13 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220513065004/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1939,2393048 live The team received the Colombo Cup and a Special Burma Cup for permanent retention.India Presented With Trophies https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927%2C2392456 13 May 2022 The Indian Express 4 November 1953 6 13 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220513065005/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927,2392456 live Overview The India team arrived in Rangoon on 22 October 1953 and the Pakistan side, a week before. The Indian Express described the Aung San Stadium, where all matches were to be played, as having "concrete and semi permanent stands all around the ground" with a capacity of 30,000. The rules of the tournament had not made wearing boots mandatory.Indian Soccer Team in Rangoon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rsw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634%2C1617147 13 May 2022 The Indian Express 23 October 1953 6 13 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220513065004/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rsw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6634,1617147 live Four of India's players — Sailen Manna, Ahmed Khan, Pansanttom Venkatesh and M. Thangaraj (in the second half) — played bare-footed against Pakistan in the tournament's first game, on 23 October.India's Win https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159%2C1770595 13 May 2022 The Indian Express 25 October 1953 9 13 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220513054108/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159%2C1770595 live Matches lasted 70 minutes,The Indian Express - Oct 25, 1953 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159,1770595 2026-08-09 news.google.comThe Indian Express - Oct 29, 1953 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799,2005519 2026-08-09 news.google.comThe Indian Express - Nov 2, 1953 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6915,2269197 2026-08-09 news.google.com with 5 minutes recess.The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s8w-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6460,1945243 2026-08-09 news.google.com Squads CeylonIndiaIndian Soccer Team To Rangoon https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4476%2C1496116 13 May 2022 The Indian Express 21 October 1953 6 13 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220513065005/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4476,1496116 live PakistanThe Indian Express - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19531105&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 2026-08-05 news.google.com T. H. Soono (captain) M. Sheriff O. L. M. H. Deen A. C. M. Junaid A. C. M. Khan Karunapala Fernando T. Bongso L. Cornelies Andrew Fernando T. J. Azeez Tom Ossen Peter Ranasinghe Basheer Ahmed K. A. Premadasa A. R. Jailabdeen M. I. M. Laheer K. S. Richard K. Poddiappuhamy Sailen Manna (captain) Sanjeeva Uchil Kenchappa Varadaraj K. S. Mani Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din G. Muthuraj Shankar Anthony Patrick Chandan Singh Rawat A. R. Gokul Kumar Amal Dutta Pansanttom Venkatesh Neville D'Souza M. Thangaraj Ahmed Khan Mohammad Abdus Sattar M. Jayaram V. J. Pereira Muhammad Sharif (captain) Moideen Kutty Jamil Akhtar Sumbal Khan Abdul Majid Ahmed Ali Phullo Taj Mohammad Jr. Shamoo Abdul Ghani Akbar Jan Rashidullah Khan Fazal Rehman Talib Ali Riasat Ali Abdul Haq Muhammad Amin Lt. Mazhar Siddique Muhammad Abdul Malik Tarapada Roy Results main WDL Final result y y 2 IND IND PAK PAK BUR Burma 1948 CEY Ceylon 1951 3 0 0 7 2 1 1 1 7 2 1 1 1 6 7 0 0 3 2 11 gold Champions C complete RSSSF Matches 1953 10 23 y unpre fb IND 1–0 unpe fb PAK https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4159%2C1770595 D'Souza 59 Aung San Stadium, Rangoon U. Kim Teikh (Burma) 1953 10 24 y unpre fb Burma 1948 3–2 unpe fb Ceylon 1951 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4715%2C1771051 Samuel 22 60 64 Ossen 21Azeez 47 Aung San Stadium, Rangoon 1953 10 27 y unpre fb IND 2–0 unpe fb Ceylon 1951 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s8w-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6460%2C1945243 Venkatesh Khan 35 Aung San Stadium, Rangoon 25,000 Maung May Lay (Burma) 1953 10 28 y unpre fb Burma 1948 1–1 unpe fb PAK https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6799%2C2005519 Ba Kyu 60 pen. Jamil 49 Aung San Stadium, Rangoon 1953 10 31 y unpre fb Burma 1948 2–4 unpe fb IND https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6915%2C2269197 Samuel ?Ba Kyu 60 M. Thangaraj 4 ? Venkatesh ?Khan ? Aung San Stadium, Rangoon Mahmood Shah (Pakistan) 1953 11 2 y unpe fb PAK 6–0 unpe fb Ceylon 1951 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=usw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3423%2C2393025 Akbar 7Jamil 10 13Junaid 11 o.g.Kutty 37 42 Aung San Stadium, Rangoon Statistics Goalscorers 6 22 Burma 1948 Gordon Samuel PAK Jamil Akhtar IND Ahmed Khan IND Peter Thangaraj IND Pansanttom Venkatesh Burma 1948 Ba Kyu PAK Moideen Kutty IND Neville D'Souza Ceylon 1951 Tom Ossen Ceylon 1951 Azeez PAK Akbar Jan Ceylon 1951 Junaid (against Pakistan) References Category:Colombo Cup Category:1953 in Ceylon Category:1953 in Asian football