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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1974 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[IFA Shield|1974 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 1
| team2 = [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
| team2score = 0
| details =
| date = 29 September 1974
| stadium = [[Mohun Bagan Ground]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee =
| attendance =
| weather =
| previous = 1973
| next = [[1975 IFA Shield final|1975]]
}}

The '''1974 IFA Shield final''' was the 78th 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 29 September 1974 at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground]] in Kolkata.

East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 13th IFA Shield title. [[Subhash Bhowmick]] scored the only goal in the final as East Bengal lifted their third consecutive IFA Shield title.<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=10 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Debayan|last=Sen|date=10 February 2017|url=https://www.espn.in/football/india/story/3056297/best-matches-of-the-kolkata-derby-between-mohun-bagan-and-east-bengal|title=Best of the Kolkata derby: Bhutia's kiss, Manna's unwelcome embrace, and Chuni's biryani|work=ESPN|accessdate=10 November 2021}}</ref>

==Route to the final==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Second Round Group League
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kalighat Milan Sangha FC|Kalighat]]
|colspan="1"|2–2
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 1
|style="text-align:left"|Premier Tyres
|colspan="1"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|colspan="1"|3–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 2
|style="text-align:left"|[[Abahani Limited Dhaka|Abahani Krira Chakra]]
|colspan="1"|5–0
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Result
|Knockout Stage
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Abahani Limited Dhaka|Abahani Krira Chakra]]
|7–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|3–1
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The IFA Shield final began at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground]] in Kolkata on 29 September 1974 in front of a packed crowd as two Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]] faced each other in the [[Kolkata Derby]]. East Bengal started as the favorites as they were the defending champions from the last two editions and had already won the 1973 [[Calcutta Football League]]. The game started as expected, with East Bengal dominating the proceedings. Mohun Bagan custodian Prashanta Mitra made four terrific saves to keep the mariners in the game. The only goal of the game came in the fortieth minute when [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]] freed himself out wide from a short corner from Samaresh Chowdhury and put in a measured cross which was headed into the goal by [[Subhash Bhowmick]]. East Bengal managed to create some more chances in the second half but was denied by Prashanta Mitra. The scoreline remained the same until the full time as East Bengal lifted their third consecutive IFA Shield title and also managed to secure a third consecutive League and Shield double.<ref name=final>{{cite news |date=30 September 1974 |title=ইস্টবেঙ্গল পরপর তিনবার শিল্ড পেল |trans-title=East Bengal wins Shield for the third consecutive time |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref name=final1>{{cite news |date=30 September 1974 |title=এ জয় প্রত্যাশিতই |trans-title=This win was expected |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</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=14 November 2022}}</ref>

===Details===
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|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|score= 1–0
|goals1=[[Subhash Bhowmick|Bhowmick]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mohun Bagan Ground]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=30,000 (est.)
|referee=}}

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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}} Biswajit Das
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kajal Dhali
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ashoke Banerjee
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shyamal Ghosh
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sudhir Karmakar]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gautam Sarkar]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Samaresh Chowdhury ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Surajit Sengupta]]
|-
|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|IND}} Prashanta Mitra
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ajit Chakraborty
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Nayeemuddin]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Nimai Goswami
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Bijoy Dikpati
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Mohon Singh
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Prasun Banerjee]]
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Narayanswami Ulaganathan]] || {{suboff|}}
|-
|LW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Swapan Sengupta ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar]] || {{suboff|}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Poongam Kannan
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|RW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sisir Guha Dastidar || {{subon|}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sankar Banerjee || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Head coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Amal Dutta]]
|}
|}

{| 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}}
{{Mohun Bagan Super Giant}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:1974–75 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant matches]]

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