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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2002–03 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[IFA Shield|2002-03 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 0
| team2 = [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
| team2score = 0
| details = '''East Bengal won 5–4 on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]]'''
| date = 22 January 2003
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal, India|West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Sangram Mukherjee]]<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=22 January 2003|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/east-bengal-win-ifa-shield/articleshow/35132906.cms|title=East Bengal win IFA Shield|work=The Times of India|accessdate=23 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627065206/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/east-bengal-win-ifa-shield/articleshow/35132906.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
| referee = Bharat Mani (Karnataka)<ref name=final>{{cite web|first=Nilesh|last=Bhattacharya|date=23 January 2003|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/churchill-fail-to-stop-eb-juggernaut/cid/1032237|title=Churchill fail to stop EB juggernaut|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=23 June 2003|archive-date=6 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106215443/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/churchill-fail-to-stop-eb-juggernaut/cid/1032237|url-status=live}}</ref>
| attendance = 40,000 (approx.)
| weather =
| previous = 2001
| next = 2003
}}
The '''2002–03 IFA Shield final''' was the 108th 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 [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]] of Goa on 22 January 2003.

East Bengal won the final 5–4 via [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]] after the game remained goal-less after extra-time, to claim their 27th IFA Shield title.<ref name=final/>

==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="100" | Date
!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
| 13 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| Indian Bank
| 2–1
|-
| 15 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
| 0–1
|-
| 17 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]
| 2–1
|-
| 19 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final
| [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]]
| 2–0
|}

East Bengal entered the 2002-03 IFA Shield as the defending champions and were allocated into Group A alongside Indian Bank, [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]] and [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]. In the opening game against Indian Bank, East Bengal won 2–1 with goals from [[Tushar Rakshit]] and Amjad Ali Khan. Joseph scored the only goal for Indian Bank.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 January 2003|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/comeback-victory-for-eb-ifa-shield-l-a-day-of-struggle-and-heartbreak-for-city-teams/cid/1032286|title=Comeback victory for EB - ifa shield l A day of struggle and heartbreak for city teams|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=23 June 2003|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205230/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/comeback-victory-for-eb-ifa-shield-l-a-day-of-struggle-and-heartbreak-for-city-teams/cid/1032286|url-status=live}}</ref> In the second game, East Bengal faced a setback as they lost 0–1 against Churchill Brothers with [[Aqueel Ansari]] scoring the only goal for the goan side in the 83rd minute.<ref name=ebcb>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=15 January 2003|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/jan/15ifa.htm|title=Churchill stun E Bengal to enter semis|work=Rediff|accessdate=23 Jun 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204737/https://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/jan/15ifa.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the last group game against Tollygunge Agragami, East Bengal won 2–1 with goals from Trijit Das and [[Suley Musah]] as they secured their place in the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=17 January 2003|url=http://im.rediff.com/sports/2003/jan/17ifa.htm|title=Violence mars IFA Shield match|work=Rediff|accessdate=23 Jun 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204810/http://im.rediff.com/sports/2003/jan/17ifa.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Semi-Final, East Bengal defeated [[Vasco S.C.|Vasco]] 2–0 with goals from Suley Musah and Jiten Rai as they entered the final.<ref name=semi>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=19 January 2003|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/ifa/20030119.htm|title=East Bengal, Churchill in IFA Shield final|work=Rediff|accessdate=23 Jun 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624220752/https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/ifa/20030119.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

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

!scope=col width="100" | Date
!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
| 11 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| Indian Bank
| 0–0
|-
| 13 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]
| 1–1
|-
| 15 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| 1–0
|-
| 19 January 2003
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final
| [[Tata Football Academy|TFA]]
| 3–2
|}

Churchill Brothers entered the 2002-03 IFA Shield as one of the [[National Football League (India)|NFL]] teams and were allocated into Group A alongside Indian Bank, [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and [[Tollygunge Agragami FC|Tollygunge Agragami]]. In the opening game against Indian Bank, Churchill Brothers drew 0–0. In their second game against Tollygunge Agragami, Churchill failed to win again as they drew 1–1 with Kasif Jamal scoring the Churchill but [[Mehtab Hossain]] equalised for Tollygunge. In their last group game, Churchill Brothers stunned the defending champions East Bengal as they won 1–0 with Aqueel Ansari scoring the only goal of the match as they reached the semis.<ref name=ebcb/> In the Semi-Finals, Churchill Brothers defeated [[Tata Football Academy]] 3—2 in a thriller of a game. Kasif Jamal, [[Yusif Yakubu]] and Ratan Singh scored for Churchill Brothers while Bhola Prasad and Debadrata Roy scored for TFA.<ref name=semi/>

==Match==
===Details===
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|date=22 January 2003
|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|report= [https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/churchill-fail-to-stop-eb-juggernaut/cid/1032237 Report]
|team2=[[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
|score= 0–0
|aet=yes
|goals1=
|goals2=
|penaltyscore= 5–4
|penalties1=
* [[Suley Musah]] {{penmiss}}
* Chandan Das {{pengoal}}
* [[Kalia Kulothungan]] {{pengoal}}
* Kaustav Ghosh {{pengoal}}
* [[Douglas Silva (footballer, born 1974)|Douglas Silva]] {{pengoal}}
* Shasthi Duley {{pengoal}}
|penalties2=
* {{pengoal}} Kasif Jamal
* {{pengoal}} Rajesh Meetei
* {{pengoal}} [[Noel Wilson]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Yusif Yakubu]]
* {{penmiss}} Roque Barreto
* {{penmiss}} Tiken Singh
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=40,000 (est.)
|referee=Bharat Mani (Karnataka)}}

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{| width="100%"
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{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
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|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sangram Mukherjee]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amjad Ali Khan
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Suley Musah]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Douglas Silva (footballer, born 1974)|Douglas Silva]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subhashish Roy Chowdhury || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sankarlal Chakraborty]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Arun Malhotra
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shasthi Duley
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Jiten Rai || || {{suboff|92}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chandan Das
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Trijit Das || || {{suboff|108}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Soumitra Chakraborty || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kalia Kulothungan]] || || {{subon|92}}
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kaustav Ghosh || || {{subon|108}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subhash Bhowmick]]
|}
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|valign="top" width="50%"|
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|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Edward Ansah]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Denzie Ferrao
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Pio Rodrigues
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Noel Wilson]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Zaheer Abbas || {{suboff|92}}
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Roque Barreto
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Aqueel Ansari]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kanta Singh || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kasif Jamal
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Rajesh Meetei
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Yusif Yakubu]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ratan Singh || {{subon|70}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Tiken Singh || {{subon|92}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Marcos Pacheco
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Hero of the Match:'''<br />[[Sangram Mukherjee]] (East Bengal)<ref name="final"/>

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

==See also==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india03.html IFA Shield 2002-03], rsssf.com
* [http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2002-03ifashield.html IFA Shield 2002-03], indianfootball.de

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{IFA Shield}}
{{SC East Bengal}}
{{2002-03 in Indian football}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:2002–03 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Churchill Brothers FC matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]
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