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{{Infobox football tournament
|logo=
|organiser=Darjeeling Gorkha Hills Sports Association
|founded={{Start date and age|1975}}
|abolished=
|region=India
|number of teams=13
|current=
|current champions=[[East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy|East Bengal (II)]] (5th title)
|most successful team=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] (5 titles)
}}

'''All India Darjeeling Gold Cup''', also known as '''All India Brigade of Gorkha's Gold Cup Football Tournament''', or simply '''GTA Chairman's Gold Cup''', is an Indian [[association football|football]] tournament held in [[Darjeeling]] and organized by the Indian Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Sports Association (DGHSA). The tournament debuted in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|last=kishanharijan|date=2021-09-26|title=The Legacy of Sports in the Darjeeling hills|url=https://darjeelingheritage.com/the-legacy-of-sports-in-the-darjeeling-hills/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=darjeelingheritage|language=en-US|archive-date=1 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101140426/https://darjeelingheritage.com/the-legacy-of-sports-in-the-darjeeling-hills/|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from some top clubs from the [[Calcutta Football League]], clubs from other Indian states also participated in the tournament. All matches are held at [[Gorkha Stadium]] in Darjeeling.

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of Darjeeling Gold Cup finals
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Winners
! scope="col" |Score
! scope="col" |Runners-up
! scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1975
| '''[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1976
| colspan="3" | '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]''' and '''[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]''' (joint winners)
|
|-
|1977
| '''[[George Telegraph SC|George Telegraph]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1978
| colspan="3" | '''[[Eastern Railway FC|Eastern Railway]]''' and '''Premier Tyres (Kochi)''' (joint winners)
|
|-
|1979
| '''[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1980
| '''[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF Jalandhar]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1981
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| 3–2
|[[Mohun Bagan]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emotional homecoming for East Bengal legend Majid 'Badsha' Beshkar|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/football-east-bengal-centenary-celebrations-majid-bishkar-returns-kolkata-jamshed-nasiri-mohun-bagan-bhaskar-ganguly-mohammedan/article29037120.ece?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3Pbl1udkUK2o-aPBC_irzzPjsKM_RBYR7jKrmPrCa1Z_2hWH4tsIZJTd0_aem_ARhE-EgsorzqCO8s3C0dBWsKDdlaGKlIcqYfJMmCF5k6n4rm8WoNJHv39mS5uBV5KAZnwrqa-LsbkkWAM6i0u7nP|date=13 August 2019|publisher=Sportstar}}</ref>
|-
|1982
| colspan="3" | '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]''' and '''[[Mohun Bagan]]''' (joint winners)
|
|-
|1983
| {{flagicon|Nepal}} '''[[Nepal national football B team|Nepal XI]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1984
| '''[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|1985
| '''[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]'''
| –
|
|
|-
|2010
| '''[[Army Red football team|Army XI]]'''
| 2–0
| [[Southern Samity]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Club Diaries|url=https://southernsamityfc.in/gallery.html|access-date=6 November 2022|website=Southern Samity|archive-date=5 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105220159/https://southernsamityfc.in/gallery.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2011
| '''[[Tata Football Academy]]'''
| –
| [[United Sikkim FC|United Sikkim]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kolkatafootball.com, 14th darjeeling gold cup 2014|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html|access-date=2022-01-01|website=www.kolkatafootball.com|archive-date=25 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125174037/https://kolkatafootball.com/darjeeling_gold_cup2014/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2014
| '''[[ONGC FC|ONGC]]'''
| 5–0
| [[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 March 2014|title=ONGC wins over Dalhousie Athletic Club of Kolkata|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/ongc-wins-over-dalhousie-athletic-club-of-kolkata-43532.html|access-date=1 January 2022|website=thestatesman.com|publisher=[[The Statesman (India)]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101140421/https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/ongc-wins-over-dalhousie-athletic-club-of-kolkata-43532.html|archive-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|2018
| '''[[East Bengal FC Reserves and Academy|East Bengal (II)]]'''
| 0–0, {{pso|3–1}}
| [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|<ref name="ebr" >{{Cite web|last=Dey|first=Sayak Dipta|title=East Bengal Reserves crowned Champions of GTA Chairman's Gold Cup : A Rewind|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/east-bengal-reserves-crowned-champions-of-gta-chairman-s-gold-cup-a-rewind|access-date=2022-01-01|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114131647/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/east-bengal-reserves-crowned-champions-of-gta-chairman-s-gold-cup-a-rewind|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

==References==
<references />

{{Football in India}}
{{Football in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Football cup competitions in India]]
[[Category:Football in Darjeeling]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1975]]

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