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{{Infobox football tournament season
|title=IFA Shield
|other_titles=২০২৫ আইএফএ শিল্ড
|year=[[2025–26 in Indian football|2025]]
|size=
|image=
|caption=
|country=[[India]]
|dates=8–18 October
|winners=[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
|count=21
|second=[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|num_teams=6
|scoring_leader=[[Jamie Maclaren]] [[Hamid Ahadad]] (2 goals)
|matches=7
|goals=20
|attendance=65,880
|prev_season=[[2021 IFA Shield|2021]]
|next_season=2026
}}

The '''2025 IFA Shield''' was the 125th edition of the [[IFA Shield]] hosted by the [[Indian Football Association]]. The tournament was planned to held in March 2025 but was pushed to October due to clash of fixtures from [[I-League]] and [[Indian Super League]].

The tournament will feature domestic teams from the [[Indian Super League]] and [[I-League]]. At first, international invitees like [[Paro FC]] ([[Bhutan]]) were invited but later the plan was withdrawn.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Paro FC]] |title=𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 We are proud to announce our official confirmation to participate in the prestigious 𝑰𝑭𝑨 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅, taking place from 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 12 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 25, 2025. |url=https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19vu6VmCYX/ |website=[[Facebook]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=|first= |title=Kanchenjunga Stadium uncertain for the IFA Shield; Bhutan's Paro FC confirms participation |url=https://parallelsports.in/news/kanchenjunga-stadium-uncertain-for-the-ifa-shield-bhutans-paro-fc-confirms-participation |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Parallel Sports Solutions Pvt. Ltd. |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=আইএফএ শিল্ডে অংশ নিচ্ছে ভুটান লিগ চ্যাম্পিয়ন, অনিশ্চিত বাংলাদেশী ক্লাব |url=https://kolkata24x7.in/sports-news/ifa-shield-participation-paro-fc-uncertain-dhaka-mohammedan/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |language=Bengali}}</ref>

Defending champions [[Real Kashmir FC|Real Kashmir]] were also invited to take part, but they denied. On 3 October, 6 participants were confirmed by [[Indian Football Association|IFA]].

== Teams ==
Here is the list of confirmed teams:<ref name=SP/><ref name=ABP>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/sports/football/ifa-announces-fixture-of-ifa-shield-when-will-east-bengal-and-mohun-bagan-play-their-first-match-dgtl/cid/1637662|title=ঘোষিত হল আইএফএ শিল্ডের সূচি, কবে কবে খেলা রয়েছে ইস্টবেঙ্গল ও মোহনবাগানের, ফাইনাল কবে?|lang=bn|access-date=2025-10-04|work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]}}</ref>
{{Location map+
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|width=300
|alt=Locations of 2025 IFA Shield clubs
|caption=Locations of 2025 IFA Shield clubs
|places=

{{Location map~ |India |lat=22.56933 |long=88.40908 |label_size=90
|label=Kolkata
|mark=Blue pog.svg
|position=left}}


{{Location map~ |India
|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png
|marksize=1
|lat=20.00
|long=84.00
|label_size=90
|label='''[[Football in Kolkata|Kolkata]] teams:''' 
[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]] 
[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] 
[[United SC]]
}}


{{Location map~ |India |lat=11.258753 |long=75.78041 |label_size=90
|label=[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
|position=right}}


{{Location map~ |India |lat=30.612 |long=75.86 |label_size=90
|label=[[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
|position=right}}


{{Location map~ |India |lat=17.385044 |long=78.486671 |label_size=90
|label=[[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
|position=left}}

}}

{|class=wikitable
|-
!Club
!Location
|-
!colspan=2|[[Indian Super League]] teams
|-
|[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|rowspan=2|[[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
|-
|[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[I-League]] teams
|-
|[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
|[[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]
|-
|[[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
|[[Sri Bhaini Sahib]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
|-
|[[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
|[[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]]
|-
!colspan=2|[[I-League 2]] team
|-
|[[United SC]]
|[[Kalyani, West Bengal]]
|}

== Venues ==
*[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Bidhannagar|Salt Lake City]]
*[[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]], [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|Santoshpur]]
*[[Kalyani Stadium]], [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]

==Format==
6 teams will be divided into two groups of 3 teams. After a group stage consisting of single round-robin matches, top teams from each group will qualify for final.<ref name=ABP/>
=== Rules ===
* Each team can register 6 foreign players.<ref name=SP>{{cite web|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/sports/football/how-many-foreigners-will-play-in-ifa-shield/|title=আইএফএ শিল্ডে খেলবে কেরলের দলও, কটা বিদেশি খেলাতে পারবে টিমগুলো?|work=[[Sangbad Pratidin]]|lang=bn|access-date=2025-09-22}}</ref>
* 4 foreign players can play on the field at a time, and 2 can be used as substitutes.

=== Tiebreakers ===
Teams are ranked according to [[Three points for a win|points]] ([[Three points for a win|3 points]] for a win, [[Tie (draw)|1 point]] for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
#Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#[[Goal difference]] in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
#Goal difference in all group matches;
#Goals scored in all group matches;
#Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
#Drawing of lots.

== Group stage ==
===Group A===
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|main|style=WDL
|solid_cell=grey
|matches_style=FBR
|show_matches=y
|section=Group A
|update=complete
|source=IFA


|team_order= EAB, NAM, SDC
|win_EAB=2 |draw_EAB=0 |loss_EAB=0 |gf_EAB=6 |ga_EAB=0|status_EAB=
|win_NAM=1 |draw_NAM=0 |loss_NAM=1 |gf_NAM=3 |ga_NAM=2|status_NAM=
|win_SDC=0 |draw_SDC=0 |loss_SDC=2 |gf_SDC=0 |ga_SDC=7 |status_SDC=


|match_EAB_NAM=2–0
|match_EAB_SDC=4–0

|match_NAM_EAB=null
|match_NAM_SDC=3–0

|match_SDC_EAB=null
|match_SDC_NAM=null

|name_EAB=[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|name_NAM=[[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
|name_SDC=[[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]




|res_col_header=Q|class_rules=[[#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|result1=FIN |
|col_FIN=green1 |text_FIN={{nowrap|Advance to the}} [[#Knockout stage|Final]]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 8 October 2025
| time = 15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| score = 4–0
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/56905 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=56905 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/56905_Match_Summary_V1_1759923092.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
| goals1 =
*[[Jay Gupta|Gupta]] {{goal|21}}
*[[Saúl Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|38}}
*[[Hamid Ahadad|Ahadad]] {{goal|48}}
*[[Jeakson Singh Thounaojam|Thounaojam]] {{goal|51}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Kalyani Stadium]]
| location = [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]
| attendance = 8,000
| referee = Dipu Roy Man of the Match: [[Saúl Crespo]] (East Bengal)
}}
----
{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 11 October 2025
| time = 14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Sreenidi Deccan FC|Sreenidi Deccan]]
| score = 0–3
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/56919 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=56919 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/56919_Match_Summary_V1_1760180632.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
*[[Lamine Moro|Moro]] {{goal|9}}
*[[Guilherme Gomes Da Conceicao|Gomes]] {{goal|11}}
*[[Bhupinder Singh (footballer)|B. Singh]] {{goal|39}}
| stadium = [[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]]
| location = [[Kolkata]]{{efn|At first the venue was announced as [[Kalyani Stadium]], but IFA later changed it to [[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DPotaQukipc/|website=Instagram (SSEN)|access-date=2025-10-10|title=Venue change notice}}</ref>}}
| attendance = 150
| referee = Tanumoy Sarkar Man of the Match: [[Moro Lamine]] (Namdhari)
}}
{{Notelist}}
----
{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 14 October 2025
| time = 14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
| score = 0–2
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/56964 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=56964 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/56964_Match_Summary_V1_1760440821.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
*[[Mohammed Rashid|Rashid]] {{goal|19}}
*[[Vishnu Puthiya Valappill|PV Vishnu]] {{goal|41}}
| stadium = [[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]]
| location = [[Kolkata]]
| attendance = 2,659
| referee = Rohan Das Gupta Man of the Match: [[Mohammed Rashid]] (East Bengal)
}}

===Group B===
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|solid_cell=grey
|matches_style=FBR
|show_matches=y
|section=Group B
|update=complete
|source=IFA


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|win_MBG=2 |draw_MBG= |loss_MBG= |gf_MBG=7 |ga_MBG=1
|win_GOK= |draw_GOK= |loss_GOK=2 |gf_GOK=1 |ga_GOK=6
|win_USC=1 |draw_USC= |loss_USC=1
|gf_USC=1 |ga_USC=2


|match_MBG_GOK=5–1
|match_MBG_USC=2–0

|match_GOK_MBG=null
|match_GOK_USC=null

|match_USC_MBG=null
|match_USC_GOK=1–0

|name_MBG=[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
|name_GOK=[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
|name_USC=[[United SC]]




|res_col_header=Q|class_rules=[[#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|result1=FIN |
|col_FIN=green1 |text_FIN={{nowrap|Advance to the}} [[#Knockout stage|Final]]
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{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 9 October 2025
| time = 15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
| score = 1–5
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/56916 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=56916 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/56916_Match_Summary_V1_1760010081.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
|goals1 =
*[[Lalengmawia Ralte|Apuia]] {{goal|48|og}}
|goals2 =
*[[Rishad P. P.|Rishad]] {{goal|11|og}}
*[[Jamie Maclaren|Maclaren]] {{goal|27||75}}
*[[Alberto Rodríguez (footballer, born 1992)|Rodríguez]] {{goal|51}}
*[[Robinho (footballer, born July 1995)|Robson]] {{goal|54}}
| stadium = [[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]]
| location = [[Kolkata]]
| attendance = 1,400
| referee = Surojit Das Man of the Match: [[Jamie Maclaren]] (Mohun Bagan)
}}
----
{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 12 October 2025
| time = 14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[United SC]]
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/56918 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=56918 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/56918_Match_Summary_V1_1760267861.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
| goals1 =
*Amit Basak {{goal|54}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Kalyani Stadium]]
| location = [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]
| attendance = 768
| referee = Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Amit Basak (United SC)
}}
----
{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 15 October 2025
| time = 14:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/56965 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=56965 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/56965_Match_Summary_V1_1760527009.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[United SC]]
| goals1 =
*[[Dimitri Petratos|Petratos]] {{goal|45}}
*[[Jason Cummings|Cummings]] {{goal|49}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Kishore Bharati Krirangan]]
| location = [[Kolkata]]
| attendance = 2,667
| referee = Mithun Kumar Kundu Man of the Match: [[Robinho (footballer, born July 1995)|Robson]] (Mohun Bagan)
}}

== Final ==
The group toppers will qualify for the final directly. The match is going to be held on 18 October 2025 at [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]].
===Match===
<section begin=Final/>
{{#invoke:football box|main
| date = 18 October 2025
| time = 18:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| team1 = [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
| score = 1–1
| aet = yes
| penaltyscore = 5–4
| report = [https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/57337 AIFF] [https://i-league.org/match-details/?mid=57337 I-League] [https://aiff-cms.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/cms/reports/57337_Match_Summary_V1_1760811705.pdf PDF Report]
| team2 = [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
| goals1 =
*[[Jason Cummings|Cummings]] {{penmiss}} {{small|34'}}
*[[Lalengmawia Ralte|Apuia]] {{goal|45+3}}
| penalties1 =
*{{pengoal}} [[Robinho (footballer, born July 1995)|Robson]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Manvir Singh (footballer, born 1995)|Manvir]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Liston Colaco|Liston]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Dimitri Petratos|Petratos]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Mehtab Singh (footballer)|Mehtab]]
| goals2 =
*[[Hamid Ahadad|Hamid]] {{goal|36}}
| penalties2 =
*{{pengoal}} [[Miguel Figueira|Miguel]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Kevin Sibille|Sibille]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Mahesh Singh Naorem|Mahesh]]
*{{penmiss}} [[Jay Gupta|Jay]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Hiroshi Ibusuki|Ibusuki]]
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
| location = [[Kolkata]]
| attendance = 50,236
| referee = Venkatesh Ramachadran Man of the Match: [[Mahesh Singh Naorem|Naorem Mahesh]] (East Bengal)
}}<section end=Final/>

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1'''|| {{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Vishal Kaith]]
|-
|DF ||'''15'''|| {{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Subhasish Bose]]
|-
|DF ||'''5'''|| {{#invoke:flag|icon|SCO}} [[Tom Aldred]]
|-
|DF ||'''55'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Mehtab Singh (footballer)|Mehtab Singh]]
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Liston Colaco]] || ||
|-
|DF ||'''21'''||{{nowrap|{{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Alberto Rodríguez (footballer, born 1992)|Alberto Rodríguez]]}}
|-
|MF ||'''45'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Lalengmawia Ralte|Apuia]]
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Manvir Singh (footballer, born 1995)|Manvir Singh]]
|-
|MF ||'''6'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Anirudh Thapa]] || ||
|-
|FW ||'''35'''||{{nobr|{{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Jason Cummings]]}} || ||
|-
|FW ||'''29'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Jamie Maclaren]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF ||'''27'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Abhishek Singh Tekcham|Abhishek Singh]]
|-
|DF ||'''32'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Dippendu Biswas]] || ||
|-
|DF ||'''44'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Asish Rai]] || || ||
|-
|MF ||'''10'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[Robinho (footballer, born July 1995)|Robson Robinho]] || ||
|-
|MF ||'''22'''|| {{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Deepak Tangri]] || ||
|-
|MF ||'''9'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Dimitri Petratos]] ||
|-
|MF ||'''11'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Manvir Singh (footballer, born 1995)|Manvir Singh]]
|-
|GK ||'''24'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Syed Zahid Hussain|Zahid Hussain]] ||||
|-
|MF ||'''16'''|| {{nowrap|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Abhishek Suryavanshi]]}} ||||
|-
|FW ||'''72'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Suhail Bhat]] ||||
|-
|colspan=3|'''Head coach:'''
|-
|colspan=3| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Jose Francisco Molina]]
|}
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''13'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Prabhsukhan Singh Gill|Prabhsukhan Gill]]
|-
|DF ||'''5'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Lalchungnunga]]
|-
|DF ||'''4'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Anwar Ali (footballer, born 2000)|Anwar Ali]]
|-
|DF ||'''12'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Mohammad Rakip]]
|-
|DF ||'''6'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|ARG}} [[Kevin Sibille]]
|-
|MF ||'''74'''||{{nowrap|{{#invoke:flag|icon|PLE}} [[Mohammed Rashid]]}}
|-
|MF ||'''21'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Saúl Crespo]] ||||
|-
|FW ||'''15'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Mahesh Singh Naorem|Naorem Mahesh]] || ||
|-
|FW ||'''17'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|MAR}} [[Hamid Ahadad]] ||
|-
|FW ||'''29'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Bipin Singh Thounaojam|Bipin Singh]]|| ||
|-
|FW ||'''10'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Edmund Lalrindika]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''24'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Debjit Majumder]]
|-
|MF ||'''23'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Souvik Chakrabarti]]
|-
|MF ||'''25'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Jeakson Singh Thounaojam|Jeakson Singh]]|| ||
|-
|DF ||'''16'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Martand Raina]]
|-
|MF ||'''8'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[Miguel Figueira]]
|-
|FW ||'''9'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|JPN}} [[Hiroshi Ibusuki]]
|-
|FW ||'''82'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Vishnu Puthiya Valappill|PV Vishnu]]|| ||
|-
|FW ||'''14'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[David Lalhlansanga|Lalhlansanga]]|| ||
|-
|DF ||'''27'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Jay Gupta]]
|-
|FW ||'''84'''||{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Sayan Banerjee]] ||||
|-
|colspan=3|'''Head coach:'''
|-
|colspan=3| {{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Oscar Bruzon]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|-
| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Player of the Match'''
* [[Mahesh Singh Naorem|Naorem Mahesh]] (East Bengal)
| style="width:50%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Ten named substitutes.
*Maximum of five substitutions.
|}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{Updated|18 October 2025}}
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
!rowspan=2|1
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|MAR}} [[Hamid Ahadad]]
| rowspan="1" |[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
!rowspan=2|2
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Jamie Maclaren]]
|[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
!rowspan=14|2
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Jay Gupta]]
| rowspan="5" |[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
!rowspan=14|1
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Jeakson Singh Thounaojam|Jeakson Singh]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|PSE}} [[Mohammed Rashid]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Vishnu Puthiya Valappill|PV Vishnu]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Saúl Crespo]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|ESP}} [[Alberto Rodríguez (footballer, born 1992)|Alberto Rodríguez]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Lalengmawia Ralte|Apuia]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Dimi Petratos]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|AUS}} [[Jason Cummings]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} [[Robinho (footballer, born July 1995)|Robson Robinho]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} Bhupinder Singh
| rowspan="3" |[[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|BRA}} Guilherme Gomes
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|GHA}} [[Lamine Moro]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} Amit Basak
|[[United SC]]
|-
!colspan=3|Own Goal(s)
!2
|-
!colspan=3|Total
!18
|-
|}

===Clean sheets===
{{Updated|18 October 2025}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Clean Sheets
|-
!rowspan=5|1
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Debjit Majumder]]
|[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
!rowspan=5|1
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} Niraj Kumar Singh
|[[Namdhari FC|Namdhari]]
|-
|{{nowrap|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} [[Prabhsukhan Singh Gill]]}}
|[[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} Suraj Ali
|[[United SC]]
|-
|{{#invoke:flag|icon|IND}} Syed Zahid Hussain
|{{nowrap|[[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]}}
|}

==Prize money==
{|class=wikitable
|-
!Place
!Prize money ([[Indian rupee|₹]])
|-
!Champions
|₹5 lakh
|-
!Runners-up
|₹3 lakh
|}

==Broadcasting==
All matches were broadcast on a virtual platform of Shrachi Sports Entertainment Network (SSEN) app.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DPbS_61ElGp/|title=THE LEGACY RETURNS|website=Instagram (SSEN)|access-date=2025-10-05}}</ref> No television broadcasting was done.

==See also==
*[[2025 CFL Premier Division]]
*[[2025 Bengal Super League]]
*[[2025–26 AIFF Super Cup]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
== References ==
<references />

{{IFA seasons}}
{{2025–26 in Indian football}}

[[Category:IFA Shield seasons]]
[[Category:2025 in domestic association football cups]]
[[Category:2025–26 in Indian football]]

2025 IFA Shield - Revision history

MUKESH SINGH at 16:49, 23 April 2026