1973 IFA Shield final

November 2022 1973 IFA Shield final 1973 IFA Shield East Bengal IND 30px 3 Pyongyang City DPRK 30px 1 27 September 1973 East Bengal Ground Kolkata, West Bengal T. N. Lao (Delhi) 1972 1974 The 1973 IFA Shield final was the 77th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Pyongyang City of DPR Korea on 27 September 1973 at the East Bengal Ground in Kolkata. East Bengal won the final 3–1 to claim their 12th IFA Shield title. Mohammed Akbar scored twice while Subhash Bhowmick scored the other goal for East Bengal in the final as they lifted their twelfth IFA Shield title.Arunava Chaudhuri 10 October 2022 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html India – List of IFA Shield Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 30 November 2022 Match Summary The IFA Shield final began at the East Bengal Ground in Kolkata on 27 September 1973 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant East Bengal, the defending champions faced Pyongyang City of DPR Korea. East Bengal had previously won the tournament eleven times and reached the finals defeating Selangor of Malaysia 3–0 in the semi-finals. East Bengal dominated the proceedings from the beginning and took an early lead in the fifth minute when Subhash Bhowmick took a free-kick which when fisted by the Pyongyang custodian, fell onto the feet of Mohammed Akbar who scored from close range to make it 1–0. Subhash Bhowmick once again found himself new the Pyongyang box in the tenth minute and he dribbled past three defenders to score the second as East Bengal took a 2–0 lead within ten minutes. The North Korean team tried to make a comeback and reduced the margin the seventy-second minute as their forward Gun Chang-Gap scored to make it 2–1 but it was Mohammed Akbar again just a few minutes later, with a powerful grounded effort scored for East Bengal and made it 3–1 as East Bengal held onto the lead until fulltime and successfully defended their IFA Shield title and lifted the Shield for the twelfth time.Ritabrata Banerjee 7 April 2020 https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs Indian Football: Down the memory lane – East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s Goal 30 November 2021Deeparnab Rakshit 13 November 2020 https://eastbengaltherealpower.com/east-bengal-vs-pong-yong-city-club-ifa-shield-final-1973/ East Bengal Vs Pong Yong City Club, IFA Shield Final 1973 East Bengal the Real Power 30 November 2022Rahul Sadhu 23 January 2022 https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/subhas-bhowmick-tributes-man-of-football-style-substance-7736897/ Subhas Bhowmick: 'A man of football style and substance' The Indian Express 30 November 2022 Details 27 September 1973 14:30 IST East Bengal IND DPRK Pyongyang City 3–1 * Mohammed Akbar 5 75 Bhowmick 10 * Gun Chang-Gap 72 East Bengal Ground, Kolkata 30,000 (est.) T. N. Lao (Delhi) _EastBengal_12_13_Home _2 gold stripes FFDF00 FFDF00 FF0000 000000 FF0000 East Bengal _collar_buttons_2 ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Pyongyang GK IND Arun BanerjeeRB IND Sudhir KarmakarCB IND Ashokelal BanerjeeCB IND Shyamal GhoshLB IND Prabir MajumdarCM IND Gautam SarkarCM IND Samaresh ChowdhuryRW IND Swapan Sengupta (c)LW IND Subhash BhowmickST IND Mohammed HabibST IND Mohammed AkbarHead Coach:IND P. K. Banerjee GK PRK Lee Jong-SeongRB PRK Ji Jong-Hi CB PRK Un Chi-YongCB PRK Kim Goang-HoLB PRK Hwang Sang-JimCM PRK Kim Giong-MukhCM PRK Kim Pi-DokRW PRK Hang Un-Sang LW PRK Choi Goang-Nam (c)ST PRK Gun Chang-GapST PRK Miyong Dong-ChangSubstitutes:RB PRK So On-Heok RW PRK Jong Man-Sap Head coach: Match rules 90 minutes. Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw See also IFA Shield Finals References Category:IFA Shield finals Category:1973–74 in Indian football Category:East Bengal Club matches