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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2000 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[IFA Shield|2000 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 1
| team2 = [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
| team2score = 1
| details = '''East Bengal won 4–1 on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]]'''
| date = 16 September 2000
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal, India|West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Sangram Mukherjee]]
| attendance = 80,000 (approx.)
| weather =
| previous = 1999
| next = 2001
}}
The '''2000 IFA Shield final''' was the 106th final of the [[IFA Shield]], the second oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giants [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]] on 16 September 2000.<ref name=ifa2000>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india01.html|title=106th IFA-Shield 2000|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=2 Nov 2021}}</ref><ref name=ifa2000a>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2000ifashield.html|title=106th IFA Shield 2000|work=indianfootball.de|accessdate=2 Nov 2021}}</ref>

East Bengal won the final 4–1 via [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]] after the game ended 1–1 after extra-time, to claim their 25th IFA Shield title.<ref name=final>{{cite web|first=Arup|last=Chatterjee|date=16 Sep 2000|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1000917/sports.htm|title=EB ESCAPE WITH WIN & TITLE|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=2 Nov 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414122342/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1000917/sports.htm|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Route to the final==
{{see also|IFA Shield}}

===East Bengal===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"

!scope=col width="120" | Date
!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
| 5 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BNR]]
| 1–0
|-
| 8 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[JCT F.C.|JCT]]
| 3–0
|-
| 10 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| Calcutta Port Trust
| 3–0
|-
| 13 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final
| [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]
| 1–0
|}

East Bengal entered the 2000 IFA Shield as one of the [[National Football League (India)|National Football League]] teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|BNR]], [[JCT F.C.|JCT]] and Calcutta Port Trust. In the opening game against BNR on 5 September, East Bengal managed a 1–0 victory courtesy of a solitary goal from [[Bijen Singh]]. In the second game, East Bengal defeated JCT 3–0 with a brace from [[Dipendu Biswas]] and Bijen Singh scoring the third for the team. East Bengal defeated Calcuta Port Trust 3–0 in the last game of the group stage with Dipendu Biswas scoring another brace and Bijen Singh scoring in third consecutive match as East Bengal topped the group with three wins and reached the last four. In the semi-finals, East Bengal defeated [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]] 1–0 courtesy of a solitary strike from [[Irungbam Surkumar Singh|Surkumar Singh]] as they reached the final.<ref name=ifa2000/><ref name=ifa2000a/>

===Mohun Bagan===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"

!scope=col width="120" | Date
!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
| 6 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[State Bank of Travancore]]
| 3–1
|-
| 9 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]]
| 3–0
|-
| 11 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]
| 1–1
|-
| 14 September 2000
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final
| [[JCT F.C.|JCT]]
| 1–0
|}

Mohun Bagan entered the 2000 IFA Shield as the defending champions and were allocated into Group B alongside [[State Bank of Travancore]], [[George Telegraph S.C.|George Telegraph]] and [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]. In the opening game, Mohun Bagan defeated State Bank of Travancore 3–1 with [[Jose Ramirez Barreto]] scoring a brace and an own goal from Paul Anthony. Sylvester Ignatius scored the only goal for SBT. Mohun Bagan defeated George Telegraph 3–0 in the second match. Jose Barreto, R. C. Prakash and [[Satyajit Chatterjee]] scored for the team. In the last match of the group stage, Mohun Bagan drew 1–1 with Tollygunge Agragami after Bhabani Mohanty scored an early goal for Tollygunge only to be equalised by Jose Barreto in the second half as Mohun Bagan topped the group with two wins and a draw to reach the last four. In the semi-finals, Mohun Bagan defeated [[JCT F.C.|JCT]] 1–0 with Basudeb Mondal scoring the only goal taking them to the final.<ref name=ifa2000/><ref name=ifa2000a/>

==Match==
===Details===
{{footballbox
|date=16 September 2000
|time=16:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20150414122342/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1000917/sports.htm Report]
|team2=[[Mohun Bagan FC|Mohun Bagan]]
|score= 1–1
|agget=yes
|goals1=Chandan Das {{goal|26}}
|goals2=[[Jose Ramirez Barreto]] {{goal|78}}
|penaltyscore= 4–1
|penalties1=
* Chandan Das {{pengoal}}
* [[Suley Musah]] {{pengoal}}
* Ratan Singh {{pengoal}}
* [[Dipendu Biswas]] {{pengoal}}
|penalties2=
* {{penmiss}} [[Sammy Omollo]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Dulal Biswas]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Satyajit Chatterjee]]
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=80,000 (est.)
|referee=S. M. Balu (Karnataka)}}

{| width=92%
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|{{Football kit
| pattern_b = _redhorizontal
| pattern_la = _greenborder
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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}} [[Sangram Mukherjee]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Irungbam Surkumar Singh|Surkumar Singh]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Deepak Mondal]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|GHA}} Jackson Egypong
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ratan Singh
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Suley Musah]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Carlton Chapman]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|51}}
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chandan Das
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dipankar Roy]] || || {{suboff|88}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dipendu Biswas]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Bijen Singh]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tushar Rakshit]] || || {{subon|51}} || || {{suboff|103}}
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anit Ghosh]] || || {{subon|88}}
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ranjan Dey || || {{subon|103}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Nayeemuddin]]
|}
|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}} [[Sandip Nandy]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dulal Biswas]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|KEN}} [[Sammy Omollo]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muttah Suresh]] || {{suboff|36}}
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amitava Chanda
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Rajendra Prasad Singh (footballer)|R.P. Singh]] || {{suboff|71}}
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Debjit Ghosh]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Basudeb Mondal
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Satyajit Chatterjee]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} R. C. Prakash
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Jose Ramirez Barreto]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|BRA}} Joao Santos || {{subon|36}} || || {{suboff|82}}
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Hussain Mustafi || {{subon|71}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amar Ganguly || {{subon|82}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Anjan Chowdhury
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Hero of the Match:'''<br />[[Sangram Mukherjee]] (East Bengal)

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Golden goal]] ends game.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
|}

==See also==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india01.html IFA Shield 2000], rsssf.com
* [http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2000ifashield.html IFA Shield 2000], indianfootball.de

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{IFA Shield}}
{{SC East Bengal}}
{{Mohun Bagan Super Giant}}
{{2000-01 in Indian football}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:2000–01 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]

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