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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2012 IFA Shield final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[2012 IFA Shield]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| team1score = 0
| team2 = [[United SC|Prayag United]]
| team2score = 0
| details = '''East Bengal won 4–2 on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]]'''
| date = 16 March 2012
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium]]
| city = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal, India|West Bengal]]
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]<ref name="report">{{cite news|title=116th IFA SHIELD : "Gurpreet is the hero of the match today" James Morgan.|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/mar21stpart_2012.html|work=Kolkata Football|date=16 March 2012|access-date=21 June 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202816/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/mar21stpart_2012.html}}</ref>
| referee = Santosh Kumar (Kerala)
| attendance = 30,000 (approx.)
| weather =
| previous = 2011
| next = 2013
}}
The '''2012 IFA Shield final''' was the 116th final of the [[IFA Shield]], the second oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata clubs [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] and [[United SC|Prayag United]] on 16 March 2012.

East Bengal won the final 4–2 via [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]] after the game remained goal-less after extra-time, to claim their 28th IFA Shield title.<ref name="final">{{cite web|first=Abhishek|last=Ganguly|date=17 March 2012|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/gurpreet-hands-east-bengal-ifa-shield-title/articleshow/12300716.cms|title=Gurpreet hands East Bengal IFA Shield title|work=The Times of India|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625042144/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/gurpreet-hands-east-bengal-ifa-shield-title/articleshow/12300716.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chowdhuri|date=17 March 2012|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/116th-ifa-shield-east-bengal-crowned-champions|title=116th IFA Shield: East Bengal crowned champions!|work=Sportskeeda|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203313/https://www.sportskeeda.com/sports/116th-ifa-shield-east-bengal-crowned-champions|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Route to the final==
{{see also|2012 IFA Shield}}

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

!scope=col width="80" | Date
!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
| 3 March 2012
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
|[[Bhawanipore FC]]
| 2–1
|-
| 9 March 2012
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
| 3–0
|-
| 13 March 2012
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final
| [[Indian Arrows|Pailan Arrows]]
| 1–0
|}

East Bengal entered the [[2012 IFA Shield]] as one of the [[I-League]] playing teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group A alongside [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]] and [[Bhawanipore FC]]. In the opening game against Bhawanipur, East Bengal managed a 2–1 victory with striker [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]] scoring a brace. Biswajit Biswas scored the goal for Bhawanipur.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=3 March 2012|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/ifa-shield-east-bengal-edge-bhowanipore-club-2-1/20120303.htm|title=IFA Shield: East Bengal edge Bhowanipore Club 2-1|work=Rediff|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624221101/https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/ifa-shield-east-bengal-edge-bhowanipore-club-2-1/20120303.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In the second group game against Shillong Lajong, East Bengal managed a comfortable 3–0 win with goals from [[Tolgay Ozbey]], [[Gurwinder Singh]] and Robin Singh, to secure a place in the semis.<ref>{{cite web|date=11 March 2012|url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2012/03/11/east-bengal-drub-lajong-to-enter-ifa-shield-semis/|title=East Bengal drub Lajong to enter IFA Shield semis|work=The Shillong Times|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201536/https://theshillongtimes.com/2012/03/11/east-bengal-drub-lajong-to-enter-ifa-shield-semis/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Semi Final, East Bengal club faced [[Indian Arrows|Pailan Arrows]], the topper of Group C, and managed a 1–0 win courtesy of a Tolgay Ozbey strike to enter the final for the 40th time.<ref>{{cite web|first=Nilesh|last=Bhattacharya|date=14 March 2021|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-down-arrows-in-ifa-shield-semifinal/articleshow/12254773.cms|title=East Bengal down Arrows in IFA Shield semifinal|work=The Times of India|accessdate=21 June 2012|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626150033/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-down-arrows-in-ifa-shield-semifinal/articleshow/12254773.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

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

!scope=col width="80" | Date
!scope=col width="80" | Round
!scope=col width="120" | Opposition
!scope=col width="80" | Score
|-
| 7 March 2012
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Mumbai F.C.]]
| 3–2
|-
| 11 March 2012
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Group Stage
| [[Aryan FC|Techno Aryan]]
| 1–0
|-
| 14 March 2012
!scope=row style="text-align:center"| Semi Final
| [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo BFR]]
| 1–0
|}

Prayag United entered the [[2012 IFA Shield]] as one of the [[I-League]] playing teams from Kolkata and were allocated into Group D alongside [[Mumbai F.C.]] and [[Aryan FC|Techno Aryan]]. In their opening game, they defeated Mumbai FC 3–2 with [[Yusif Yakubu]] scoring a brace and [[Denson Devadas]] scoring the other for Prayag. [[Gbeneme Friday]] and [[Chhangte Malsawmkima]] scored for Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|date=8 March 2012|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/prayag-sc-packs-off-mumbai-fc/article2971562.ece|title=Prayag SC packs off Mumbai FC|work=The Hindu|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202715/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/prayag-sc-packs-off-mumbai-fc/article2971562.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> In their second game, Prayag defeated Aryan 1–0 with a long range effort from [[Bello Razaq]] to reach the semis.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 March 2012|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/prayag-arrows-make-it-to-semifinals/article2985475.ece|title=Prayag, Arrows make it to semifinals|work=The Hindu|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210052/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/prayag-arrows-make-it-to-semifinals/article2985475.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> In the Semi-Final, Prayag United faced Brazilian team [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo BFR]] and won 1–0 courtesy of a goal from Kiwi striker [[Kayne Vincent]] in the 115th minute to take Prayag United into the final.<ref>{{cite web|author=PTI|date=14 March 2012|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/234436/prayag-reach-title-round.html|title=Prayag reach title round|work=Deccan Herald|accessdate=21 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201819/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/234436/prayag-reach-title-round.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Match==
===Details===
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|date=16 March 2012
|time=14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
|report= [https://www.kolkatafootball.com/indiafootball_news_2012/mar21stpart_2012.html Report]
|team2=[[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]]
|score= 0–0
|aet=yes
|goals1=
|goals2=
|penaltyscore= 4–2
|penalties1=
* [[Tolgay Ozbey|Ozbey]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Khanthang Paite]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]] {{pengoal}}
* [[Subodh Kumar]] {{pengoal}}
|penalties2=
* {{penmiss}} [[James Lukram Singh|James Singh]]
* {{penmiss}} [[Bello Razaq]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Jayanta Sen]]
* {{pengoal}} [[Yusif Yakubu]]
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=30,000 (est.)
|referee=Santosh Kumar (Kerala)}}

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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
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|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Saikat Saha Roy || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Uga Okpara]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gurwinder Singh]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Saumik Dey]]
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sushanth Mathew]] || || {{suboff|20}}
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Subodh Kumar]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Penn Orji]]
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Harmanjot Khabra]] || || {{suboff|93}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Robin Singh (footballer)|Robin Singh]]
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tolgay Ozbey]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanju Pradhan]] || || {{subon|20}}
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Khanthang Paite]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Robert Lalthlamuana]] || || {{subon|93}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Morgan (footballer)|Trevor James Morgan]]
|}
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|colspan="4"|
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Abhijit Mondal]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anupam Sarkar]]
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Deepak Mondal]] || {{suboff|14}}
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Bello Razaq]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Narugopal Hait
|-
|LM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[James Lukram Singh|James Singh]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Denson Devadas]]
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jayanta Sen]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Gouranga Biswas]] || {{suboff|103}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Rafique (footballer)|Md. Rafique]] || {{suboff|50}}
|-
|ST || ||{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Yusif Yakubu]]
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|MF || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sukhen Dey (footballer)|Sukhen Dey]] || {{subon|14}}
|-
|DF || ||{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Kayne Vincent]] || {{subon|50}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shankar Oraon || {{subon|103}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanjoy Sen]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|
'''Hero of the Match:'''<br />[[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu]] (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/india2012.html IFA Shield 2012]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{IFA Shield}}
{{SC East Bengal}}
{{2011-12 in Indian football}}

[[Category:IFA Shield finals]]
[[Category:2011–12 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:United SC matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]

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