Trades Cup

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Trades Cup
Organising bodyIndian Football Association
Founded1889; 135 years ago (1889)
RegionIndia
Number of teams24
Current championsDalhousie AC
Most successful team(s)Mohun Bagan (11 titles)

The Trades Cup (also known as the Trades Challenge Cup[1] or IFA Trades Challenge Cup)[2] is an Indian football tournament held in Kolkata and organised by Indian Football Association.[3][4] Incorporated in 1889, it is the second oldest football tournament in Asia and oldest football tournament in Kolkata.[5][6][7] It is the traditional curtain raiser for the Kolkata football season.

History[edit]

The Trades Cup was instituted in 1889 by the trading community of Calcutta and was organised by the Dalhousie AC committee.[1][8] It was the first open football tournament in India, where Indian, British, regimental and college clubs participated.[9][10]

The first Indian club to win a match against a British team was Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari's Sovabazar Club.[11][12][13][14] They won the opening match of the 1892 Trades Cup by defeating the East Surrey Regiment with the score of 2–1.[15][16][17] The first Indian club to win the Trades Cup was the National Association who won the trophy in the 1900 edition. The Indian club from South Calcutta under the guidance of Manmatha Ganguly defeated the British side, Shibpur Engineering College on 11 August 1900 at the Shobhabazar Ground.[15][18][19] Mohun Bagan completed a hat-trick of Trades Cup titles between 1906 and 1908,[20] which enabled them to make their IFA Shield debut in 1909.[21]

The Trades Cup was revived after not being held for 25 years in 2004 by the IFA. The tournament gives the Kolkata clubs outside the "Big Three" playing in the Premier and lower divisions the chance to field and organise their teams ahead of the start of their league season.[22]

Results[edit]

List of Trades Cup Finals[23][24]
Year Winners Score Runners-up Ref.
1889 Dalhousie AC 2–1 Howrah
1890 United Kingdom The Buffs Regiment
1891 United Kingdom 2nd King's Liverpool Regiment
1892 United Kingdom 1st East Lancashire Regiment
1893 St Xavier's College
1894 Medical College
1895 Medical College
1896 Shibpur Engineering College
1897 Apprentice Engineers' Recreation Club, Jamalpore
1898 Apprentice Engineers' Recreation Club, Jamalpore
1899 Hastings FC
1900 National Association Shibpur Engineering College
1901 Shibpur Engineering College
1902 National Association
1903 Medical College
1904 Medical College
1905 Shibpur Engineering College
1906 Mohun Bagan [25]
1907 Mohun Bagan 3–2 Dalhousie AC B [25]
1908 Mohun Bagan [25]
1909 Wanderers
1910 Eastern India Railway, Asansol
1911 Chandernagore FC
1912 National Association
1913 Aryan [26]
1914 Kumartuli [26]
1932 Howrah Union [27][28]
1938 Mohun Bagan [29]
1939 Mohun Bagan
1943 Mohun Bagan
1944 Mohun Bagan
1945 Mohun Bagan
1949 Mohun Bagan
1950 Mohun Bagan
1960 East Bengal [30]
1965 Mohun Bagan
1966 East Bengal [30]
1975 East Bengal [30]
1976 East Bengal [30]
1979–2003 Not held
2004 Calcutta FC 2–1 Eastern Railway SC [22]
2005 Eastern Railway SC (3–2 p) Wari AC [31]
2006 Peerless SC 0–0 (5–4 p) United SC [32]
2007 Chirag United SC 3–1 Eastern Railway SC [33]
2008 West Bengal Police 3–0 SAIL [34]
2011 Howrah Union 1–0 Food Corporation of India
2012 Janbazar SC 1–0 Howrah Union
2013 Pathachakra FC 1–0 Milan Bithee FC [35]
2014 Food Corporation of India 5–1 Mohammedan AC [36]
2015 City AC 2–1 Barisha SC
2016 Calcutta Port Trust 0–0 (5–4 p) Wari AC
2017 City AC 2–1 (5–4 p) BSS SC [37]
2018 Howrah Union Calcutta Police [38]
2019 Dalhousie AC 2–1 Howrah Union [2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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