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{{Short description|Invitational football tournament in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| logo =
| organiser = Delhi Cloth Mills Group
| founded = {{Start date and age|1945}}
| abolished = {{Start date and age|1997}}
| region = India
| number of teams = various
| current =
| current champions = [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] (1st title)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan Trophy room|url=https://themohunbaganac.com/trophy-room-2/|website=themohunbaganac.com|publisher=Mohun Bagan Athletic Club|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126082005/https://themohunbaganac.com/trophy-room-2/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
| most successful team = [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]] (7 titles)
|
}}
The '''Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy''', known simply as '''D.C.M. Trophy''', was an invitational [[Association football|football]] tournament in India. It was held annually in [[New Delhi]] and was organised by the Delhi Cloth Mills tournament committee.<ref name="ikn">{{cite web|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/875012/|title=Delhi Cloth And General Mills Co. ... vs Commissioner Of Income Tax on 20 April, 1992|access-date=11 March 2023|website=Indian Kanoon|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310200121/https://indiankanoon.org/doc/875012/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was India's first football tournament to provide the national clubs with international exposure due to participation of international clubs from Asia and Europe.

==History==
The tournament was established in 1945 by [[Bharat Ram]] and Charat Ram of the [[Delhi Cloth & General Mills]] textile conglomerate.<ref name="dcm">{{Cite web|first=Majumdar|last=Raunak|title=The DCM Trophy – Oldest Indian Tournament with International Exposure|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Indian-Football/DCM-Trophy-in-India/819|date=31 May 2019|access-date=4 December 2021|website=chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107233704/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Indian-Football/DCM-Trophy-in-India/819|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref>

Delhi's local teams won the first two editions; since then, clubs from [[Calcutta]] have dominated the 1950s and early 1960s, and foreign clubs since the late 1960s. The tournament has not been organised since 1997 due to fixture congestion and various restructuring policies in Indian club football. [[Mohun Bagan]] was the last winner of the tournament.<ref name="dcm"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=India – D.C.M. Trophy|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadcm.html|access-date=4 December 2021|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013052139/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadcm.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Year
!Winners
!Score
!Runners-up
!Notes
|-
|1945
| '''[[New Delhi Heroes FC]]'''
| 3–2
| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]]
|
|-
|1946–48
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|''The tournament was not held''}}
|-
|1949
| '''Raisina Sporting Union (Delhi)'''
| 1–1, 3–1
| City Club (Lucknow)
|
|-
|1950
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 2–0
| [[8th Gorkha Rifles]] (Dehradun)
|
|-
|1951
| '''Rajasthan Club (Calcutta)'''
| 3–0
| [[8th Gorkha Rifles]] (Dehradun)
|
|-
|1952
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 4–0
| [[8th Gorkha Rifles]] (Dehradun)
|
|-
|1953
| '''Aryan Gymkhana (Bangalore)'''
| 3–2
| [[Eastern Railway FC|East Indian Railway Accounts]] (Calcutta)
|
|-
|1954
| '''[[Geological Survey of India|Geological Survey]] (Calcutta)'''
| 1–0
| [[Hyderabad football team|Hyderabad FA]]
|
|-
|1955
| '''[[Indian Air Force (football team)|Indian Air Force Station (Delhi)]]'''
| 2–0
| District Sports Association (Allahabad)
|
|-
|1956
| '''[[Indian Air Force (football team)|Indian Air Force]]'''
| 0–0, 0–0, 1–0
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1957
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 0–0, 2–0
| [[Eastern Railway FC|Railway SC]]
|
|-
|1958
| '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 1–0
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://onnodristy.com/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A6/|title=হারিয়ে যাওয়া মোহামেডানীদের সালতামামি…|trans-title=Diary of the lost stars of Mohammedan|date=19 July 2019|first=Elis|last=Hoque|access-date=3 November 2022|language=bn|location=Dhaka|website=onnodristy.com|publisher=Onno Dristi Bangla|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103122241/https://onnodristy.com/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A6/|archive-date=3 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|1959
| '''[[Hyderabad City Police (football club)|Hyderabad Central Police]]'''
| 1–0
| [[Madras Engineer Group]]
|
|-
|1960
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 3–1
| [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1961
| '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 2–1
| [[Madras Regiment|Madras Regimental Centre]]
|
|-
|1962
| '''[[Madras Regiment|Madras Regimental Centre]]'''
| 1–0
| Mafatlal Group (Bombay)
|
|-
|1963
| '''[[Indian Army Corps of EME|E.M.E. Centre]]'''
| 1–1, 3–1
| [[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|
|-
|1964
| '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 1–1, 1–0
| [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Andhra Pradesh Police]]
|
|-
|1965
| '''[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Andhra Pradesh Police]]'''
| 2–0
| Central Police Lines (Hyderabad)
|
|-
|1966
| '''[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]'''
| 0–0, 2–0
| Leader FC (Jalandhar)
|
|-
|1967
| '''Mafatlal Group (Bombay)'''
| 5–0
| Leader FC (Jalandhar)
|
|-
|1968
| '''Mafatlal Group (Bombay)'''
| 2–1
| Leader FC (Jalandhar)
|
|-
|1969
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj Tehran FC]]'''
| 4–0
| South Central Railway (Secunderabad)
|
|-
|1970
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj Tehran FC]]'''
| 3–1
| [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Andhra Pradesh Police]]
|
|-
|1971
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Esteghlal F.C.|Taj Tehran FC]]'''
| 1–0
| Leader FC (Jalandhar)
|
|-
|1972
| {{flagicon|North Korea}} '''[[April 25 SC]]'''
| 1–1
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Bavarian Football Association|Bayerischer F.V.]]
| {{ref|n1|1}}
|-
|1973
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 0–0, 0–0
| {{flagicon|North Korea}} Dok Ro Gang
| {{ref|n2|2}}
|-
|1974
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 1–0
| [[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|
|-
|1975
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Hanyang University]]'''
| 2–0
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1976
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |{{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Hanyang University]]''' and '''[[Border Security Force (football team)|Border Security Force]]''' (joint winners) – 0–0, 0–0
| {{ref|n3|3}}
|-
|1977
| {{flagicon|USSR}} '''Spartak United'''
| 3–0
| [[JCT FC]]
|
|-
|1978
| {{flagicon|USSR}} '''[[FC Volga Kalinin]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Bavarian Football Association|Bayerischer F.V.]]
|
|-
|1979
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |'''[[Border Security Force (football team)|Border Security Force]]''' and {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''Citizens' National Bank''' (joint winners) – 1–1, 1–1
| {{ref|n4|4}}
|-
|1980
| '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Bank of Seoul & Trust Company
|
|-
|1981
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Myongji University]]'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Fremantle City FC|East Fremantle Tricolore]]
|
|-
|1982–83
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Incheon University]]'''
| 0–0, 3–0
| [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|
|-
|1983
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 1–0
| [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
| {{ref|n5|5}}
|-
|1984
| {{flagicon|China}} '''[[Liaoning F.C.]]'''
| 1–0
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Football West|Western Australia Soccer Federation]]
|
|-
|1985
| {{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Football South Australia|Football Fed. of South Australia]]'''
| 0–0 {{pso|5–4}}
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1986
| {{flagicon|USSR}} '''[[FC Metalist Kharkiv]]'''
| 4–0
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1987
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''S.M. Industry Bank'''
| 1–0
| [[JCT FC]]
|
|-
|1988
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[POSCO Atoms]]'''
| 1–0
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1989
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Esteghlal F.C.]]'''
| 3–1
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[POSCO Atoms]]
|
|-
|1990
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Kyung Hee University]]'''
| 0–0 {{pso|5–4}}
| [[Kerala Police Football Team|Kerala Police]]
|
|-
|1991
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[PAS Tehran F.C.]]'''
| 1–0
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1992–93
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} '''[[Incheon University]]'''
| 1–1 {{pso|4–1}}
| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|
|-
|1993
| {{flagicon|Croatia}} '''[[NK Varaždin (1931–2015)|NK Varteks]]'''
| 3–0
| [[JCT FC]]
|
|-
|1994–95
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Bahman F.C.]]'''
| 2–0
| [[Mohun Bagan]]
|
|-
|1995–96
| {{flagicon|Iran}} '''[[Tractor Sazi]]'''
| 3–0
| Punjab State Electricity Board
|
|-
|1996
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |{{sort|aaaaa|''The tournament was not held''}}
|-
|1997
| '''[[Mohun Bagan]]'''
| 2–0
| [[Tata Football Academy]]
|
|}

'''Notes:'''
:1. {{note|n1}}Bayerischer withdrew from the replay, so April 25 were declared winners
:2. {{note|n2}}East Bengal were declared winners as Dok Ro Gang refused to play extra time
:3. {{note|n3}}Joint winners after replay
:4. {{note|n4}}Joint winners after replay
:5. {{note|n5}}Abandoned in the 83rd minute due to a riot

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Football in India}}

[[Category:Defunct football competitions in India]]
[[Category:1945 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1945]]
[[Category:1997 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Football in Delhi]]
[[Category:Football cup competitions in India]]

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