India 1978

IFA Shield 1978

"Preliminary Clusters" (local qualifying rounds)

Note: results below are incomplete.

Cluster A

Final
 4- 9-78  24 Parganas         1-0 Kalighat

Cluster B (at Krishnagar)

1st Round
26- 8-78  Tollygunge Agragami 1-0 Calcutta Gymkhana

2nd Round
29- 8-78  Eastern Command     4-1 Tollygunge Agragami

Semi-final
 2- 9-78  Eastern Command     1-0 Chandra Memorial

Final
 4- 9-78  Aryan Club          5-3 Eastern Command

Cluster C (at Durgapur)

Semi-final
 2- 9-78  Burnpur United      2-1 Port Trust

Final
 3- 9-78  George Telegraph    2-0 Burnpur United

Cluster D (at Kharagpur)

1st Round
26- 8-78  Howrah Union        6-0 Darjeeling D.S.A.

Final
 5- 9-78  Kidderpore          1-0 Howrah Union

Cluster E (at Malda)

1st Round
27- 8-78  Salkia Friends      1-5 Bengal Nagpur Railway
 1- 9-78  Wari Athletic Club  3-1 Calcutta University

Semi-final
 2- 9-78  Wari Athletic Club  0-2 Bengal Nagpur Railway

Final
 4- 9-78  Jamshedpur Sporting 1-0 Bengal Nagpur Railway


Main competition

Note: results below are incomplete.

1st Round
 8- 9-78  Ararat Yerevan      2-0 Aryan Club
            [Babken Melikyan, Arkadiy Andreasyan]

Quarter-finals
 9- 9-78  East Bengal Club    2-1 24 Parganas
10- 9-78  Mohun Bagan         3-1 Bokaro Steel
10- 9-78  George Telegraph    7-0 Punjab Police
11- 9-78  Ararat Yerevan      4-0 Mohammedan Sporting
            [Arkadiy Andreasyan 2' 57', Khoren Oganesyan 12', Andranik Khachatryan 61']

Semi-finals
13- 9-78  Mohun Bagan         4-0 George Telegraph
            [Akbar 3', Bidesh Bose 28', Manesh Bhattacharjee 31', Mohammed Habib 39']
14- 9-78  Ararat Yerevan      1-0 East Bengal Club
            [Andranik Khachatryan 87']

Final
15- 9-78  Mohun Bagan         2-2 Ararat Yerevan     [trophy shared*; no extra time]
            [Mohammed Habib 37', Manesh Bhattacharjee 42' / Ashot Saakyan 8', Khoren Oganesyan ~60']

 * Mohun Bagan won a coin toss to decide who would keep the shield for the first six months.

Player of tournament:  Arkadiy Andreasyan (Ararat)


Federation Cup 1978
 
Group Stage

Group 1?
East Bengal         5-0 Rajasthan Police
East Bengal         3-1 Mafatlal Mills
East Bengal         2-0 Indian Telephone Industries

Top Standings:
 1.East Bengal                   3  3  0  0  10- 1   6
 2.ITI  

Group 2?
Mohun Bagan         0-0 Premier Tyres
Mohun Bagan         2-0 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC
Mohun Bagan         1-1 Jagatjit Cotton & Textile FC

Top Standings:
 1.Mohun Bagan                   3  1  2  0   3- 1   4
 2.Jagatjit Cotton & Textile FC
 
Semifinals
East Bengal     1-0 2-0 ITI
Mohun Bagan     2-0 0-2 Jagatjit C. & T. FC [7-6 pen]

Final [May 7]
East Bengal         0-0 Mohun Bagan         

Final Replay [May 9]
East Bengal         0-0 Mohun Bagan         [title shared]


Durand Cup 1978/79

Known results:

Quarterfinals

Group A?
East Bengal         2-1 Indian Air Force
East Bengal         0-0 Orkay Club
East Bengal         3-0 JCT

Group B?
Mohun Bagan         4-0 Kidderpore
Mohun Bagan         5-1 Tiliam
Mohun Bagan         2-2 Mafatlal 
Mohun Bagan         2-0 Mafatlal            [replay]

Semifinals
East Bengal         2-0 Mafatlal
Mohun Bagan         0-0 JCT 

Semifinal Replay
Mohun Bagan         4-2 JCT  

Final [Jan 17]
East Bengal         3-0 Mohun Bagan

1977.

1980.

list of champions.

list of topscorers.

list of calcutta league champions.

list of delhi league champions.

list of goa league champions.

list of federation cup finals.

list of santosh trophy finals.

list of durand cup finals.

list of ifa shield finals.

list of rovers cup finals.

About this document

Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison and Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Neil Morrison and Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 21 Mar 2024