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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1958 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[IFA Shield|1958 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
| team2 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| details = East Bengal won after a [[Replay (sports)#Association football|replay]]
| firstleg = Final
| team1score1 = 1
| team2score1 = 1
| date1 = 26 September 1958
| stadium1 = [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]]
| city1 = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| referee1 = P. A. Some
| attendance1 = 16,000 (estd.)
| secondleg = Replay
| team1score2 = 0
| team2score2 = 1
| date2 = 29 January 1959
| stadium2 = [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]]
| city2 = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| referee2 = P. A. Some
| attendance2 = 20,000 (estd.)
| weather =
| previous = 1957
| next = 1959
}}

The '''1958 IFA Shield final''' was the 66th final of the [[IFA Shield]], the second oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]] on 26 September 1958 first which ended in a draw and then a replay on 29 January 1959 at the [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal–Mohun Bagan Ground]] and [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]] in Kolkata respectively.

East Bengal won the replayed final 1–0 to claim their 6th IFA Shield title. B.Narayan scored the only goal in the replay final as East Bengal lifted their sixth IFA Shield title.<ref name=rsssf>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|date=10 October 2022|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html|title=India - List of IFA Shield Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=18 November 2022}}</ref>

==Route to the final==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|International
|colspan="1"|2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round
|style="text-align:left"|Banbehari District XI
|colspan="1"|2–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Gorkha Brigade
|colspan="1"|3–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Third Round
|style="text-align:left"|Western Railway
|colspan="1"|5–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Jamshedpur XI
|colspan="1"|2–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Wari AC|Wari]]
|colspan="1"|3–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Andhra Police]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The IFA Shield final began at the [[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal-Mohun Bagan Ground]] in Kolkata on 26 September 1958 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]] faced each other in a [[Kolkata Derby]]. East Bengal reached their tenth final after defeating Andhra Police 1–0 in the semi-final, having won the title five times previously in 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, and 1951. Mohun Bagan made their twelfth appearance in the final after they defeated another Kolkata giant [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]] 1–0 in the semi-final, having won it six times previously in 1911, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, and 1956.<ref name=rsssf/>

Mohun Bagan started the attack in the very first minute as [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]] crossed a ball towards K. Pal but the latter could not bring it down under control and made a handball. East Bengal countered in the next minute as [[Moosa Ghazi]] headed a ball from a cross from B. Narayan but was saved by the Bagan custodian Abani Bose safely. Mohun Bagan took the lead in the twentieth minute after [[Samar Banerjee]] received a pass from [[Chuni Goswami]] and found the net with a powerful shot to make it 1–0. East Bengal equalized just in the very next minute after [[Mariappa Kempaiah]] volleyed the ball into his own goal trying to clear a shot from [[Hussain Killer]] as the game leveled at 1–1 before halftime. Both teams tried to break the deadlock in the second half but canceled each other out as the game ended in a draw. The IFA decided to host a replayed final of the match later due to the unavailability of dates.<ref name=final>{{cite news |date=27 September 1958 |title= কেম্পাইয়ার আত্মঘাতী গোলে মোহনবাগান দল জয়লাভে বঞ্চিত |trans-title=Kempaiah's own goal denies victory for Mohun Bagan |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref>

===Details===
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|report=
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|score= 1–1
|goals1=[[Samar Banerjee|Banerjee]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2=[[Mariappa Kempaiah|Kempaiah]] {{goal|21|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[East Bengal Ground|East Bengal-Mohun Bagan Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=16,000 (est.)
|referee=P. A. Some}}

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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}} Abani Bose
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sushil Guha
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sailen Manna]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mariappa Kempaiah]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Hussain Ahmed (footballer)|Hussain Ahmed]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Narsiya
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Samar Banerjee]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} K. Pal
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chuni Goswami]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Raman
|-
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sudhir Kumar Karmakar
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chitto Chanda
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subhasish Guha
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Hussain Killer]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Bir Bahadur Gurung ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ram Bahadur Chettri]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} B. Narayan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Nilesh Sarkar
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[K. P. Dhanraj]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tulsidas Balaram]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Moosa Ghazi]]
|-
|}
|}

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores still level.
*No Substitutes.
|}

==Replay==
===Summary===
The replay final began at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]] in Kolkata on 29 January 1959 after the first game ended in a 1–1 stalemate.

The match began at a fast pace as both teams tried to break the deadlock but canceled each other out in the first half as the game remained goalless. The breakthrough came in the third minute of the second half when B. Narayan latched onto a freekick from [[Tulsidas Balaram]] and took a powerful shot that hit the crossbar and hit goalkeeper Abani Bose and found the back of the net as East Bengal took a 1–0 lead. Mohun Bagan tried to make a comeback but the East Bengal defense led by [[Ram Bahadur Chettri]] held firm and the match ended in a 1–0 victory for East Bengal as they lifted their sixth IFA Shield title.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=finalreplay>{{cite news |date=30 January 1959 |title= ইস্টবেঙ্গল দলের ষষ্ঠবার শিল্ড বিজয়ের গৌরব |trans-title=East Bengal wins the Shield title for the sixth time |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Debayan|last=Sen|date=1 August 2020|url=https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|title=A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits|work=ESPN|accessdate=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Novy|last=Kapadia|date=5 October 2013|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/tulsidas-balaram-the-tormented-genius-of-indian-football|title=Tulsidas Balaram - The tormented genius of Indian football|work=Sportskeeda|accessdate=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=28 August 2017|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/ahmed-khan-no-more/article19573941.ece|title=Barefoot footballer Ahmed Khan no more|work=The Hindu|accessdate=20 November 2022}}</ref>

===Details===
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|date=29 January 1959
|time=16:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|score= 1–0
|goals1=Narayan {{goal|33}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mohun Bagan Ground|Calcutta Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=20,000 (est.)
|referee=P. A. Some}}

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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}} Sudhir Kumar Karmakar
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ram Bahadur Chettri]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subhasish Guha
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Hussain Killer]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Bir Bahadur Gurung
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Tapan Chowdhuri
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ahmed Khan (footballer)|Ahmed Khan]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} B. Narayan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Nilesh Sarkar
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tulsidas Balaram]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Moosa Ghazi]]
|-
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Abani Bose
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sushil Guha
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sailen Manna]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mariappa Kempaiah]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Hussain Ahmed (footballer)|Hussain Ahmed]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Narsiya
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Pansanttom Venkatesh]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Samar Banerjee]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} K. Pal
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chuni Goswami]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Raman
|-
|}
|}

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*60 minutes.
*Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw.
*No Substitutes.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-ifahist.html IFA Shield Finals]

{{IFA Shield}}
{{East Bengal Club}}
{{Mohun Bagan Super Giant}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:1958–59 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]

1958 IFA Shield final - Revision history

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