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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1973 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[IFA Shield|1973 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|IND|size=30px}}
| team1score = 3
| team2 = [[Pyongyang Sports Club|Pyongyang City]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|DPRK|size=30px}}
| team2score = 1
| details =
| date = 27 September 1973
| stadium = [[East Bengal Ground]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = T. N. Lao (Delhi)
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = 1972
| next = [[1974 IFA Shield final|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 Club|East Bengal]] and [[Pyongyang Sports Club|Pyongyang City]] of [[North Korea|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.<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=30 November 2022}}</ref>

== 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 Club|East Bengal]], the defending champions faced [[Pyongyang Sports Club|Pyongyang City]] of [[North Korea|DPR Korea]]. East Bengal had previously won the tournament eleven times and reached the finals defeating [[Selangor F.C.|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.<ref name=rsssf /><ref>{{Cite web|first=Ritabrata|last=Banerjee|date=7 April 2020|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|title=Indian Football: Down the memory lane – East Bengal's 'Golden era' of 1970s|work=Goal|accessdate=30 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Deeparnab|last=Rakshit|date=13 November 2020|url=https://eastbengaltherealpower.com/east-bengal-vs-pong-yong-city-club-ifa-shield-final-1973/|title=East Bengal Vs Pong Yong City Club, IFA Shield Final 1973|work=East Bengal the Real Power|accessdate=30 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Rahul |last=Sadhu |date=23 January 2022 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/subhas-bhowmick-tributes-man-of-football-style-substance-7736897/ |title=Subhas Bhowmick: 'A man of football style and substance' |work=The Indian Express |accessdate=30 November 2022}}</ref>

=== Details ===
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|date=27 September 1973
|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] {{flagicon|IND}}
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|DPRK}} [[Pyongyang Sports Club|Pyongyang City]]
|score= 3–1
|goals1=* Mohammed Akbar {{goal|5||75}}
* [[Subhash Bhowmick|Bhowmick]] {{goal|10}}
|goals2=* Gun Chang-Gap {{goal|72}}
|stadium=[[East Bengal Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=30,000 (est.)
|referee=T. N. Lao (Delhi)}}

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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}} Arun Banerjee
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sudhir Karmakar
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ashokelal Banerjee
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shyamal Ghosh
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Prabir Majumdar
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gautam Sarkar]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Samaresh Chowdhury
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Swapan Sengupta ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhash Bhowmick]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Mohammed Akbar
|-
|colspan=4|'''Head Coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[P. K. Banerjee]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Lee Jong-Seong
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Ji Jong-Hi || {{suboff|}}
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Un Chi-Yong
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Kim Goang-Ho
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Hwang Sang-Jim
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Kim Giong-Mukh
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Kim Pi-Dok
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Hang Un-Sang || {{suboff|}}
|-
|LW || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Choi Goang-Nam ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Gun Chang-Gap
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Miyong Dong-Chang
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} So On-Heok || {{subon|}}
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|PRK}} Jong Man-Sap || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Head coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{sort dash}}
|}
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{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw
|}

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{IFA Shield}}
{{East Bengal Club}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:1973–74 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]

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