2011 IFA Shield

The 2011 IFA shield was held in Kolkata starting from 11 March, with a total of 10 teams including a Chinese super league team participating. Teams were divided into 2 groups and played each other with the top 2 advancing to the semifinals. This was the 115th edition of the tournament.^[1][2]

2011 IFA Shield

Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Churchill Brothers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Mohun Bagan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	53 (2.21 per match)
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Participating teams

Group A: East Bengal, Mohammedan SC, Southern Samity, Churchill Brothers SC, Shandong Luneng.

Group B: Mohun Bagan, Chirag United, Aryan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Pune FC.^[3]

Venue

Kolkata
Yuva Bharati Krirangan
Capacity: 120,000

2011 IFA Shield Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
Southern Samity	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	7
Mohammedan SC	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
East Bengal	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
Shandong Luneng	4	1	0	3	3	5	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

East Bengal 3 – 1 Shandong Luneng (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

East Bengal 1 – 2 Southern Samity (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Shandong Luneng 0 – 1 Southern Samity (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohammedan SC 1 – 3 Churchill Brothers (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohammedan SC 1 – 0 Shandong Luneng (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)^[4]

East Bengal 1 – 1 Mohammedan SC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Churchill Brothers 0 – 2 Shandong Luneng (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohammedan SC 1 – 1 Southern Samity(Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

East Bengal 0 – 1 Churchill Brothers (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Churchill Brothers 1 – 0 Southern Samity (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

2011 IFA Shield Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mohun Bagan	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8
Shillong Lajong FC	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	8
Pune FC	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
Chirag United	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	4
Aryan Club	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Aryan Club 1 – 1 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohun Bagan 1 – 1 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Chirag United 0 – 1 Pune FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohun Bagan 1 – 0 Aryan Club (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Chirag United 1 – 2 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Chirag United 3 – 0 Aryan (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohun Bagan 2 – 0 Pune FC(Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Aryan Club 0 – 1 Pune FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Mohun Bagan 1 – 1 Chirag United (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Pune FC 1 – 2 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)

Semi-final

28 March 2011 :: Mohun Bagan 2 -1 Southern Samity (YBK – 14.00 IST)

28 March 2011 ::Churchill Brothers 2 – 0 Shillong Lajong FC(YBK – 16.30 IST)

3rd-place game

31 March 2011 :: Southern Samity 4 – 0 Shillong Lajong FC(YBK – 14.00 IST)

Final

31 March 2011 :: Mohun Bagan 1 – 2 Churchill Brothers (YBK – 16.30 IST)

Goal scorers

• 3 goals
  • Racy
• 2 goals
  • Edmílson
  • Ashim Biswas
  • Mi Haolun
• 1 goal
  • Thoiba Singh
  • Ravinder Singh
  • Subhash Singh
  • Swoumi PT
  • Christopher
  • Cheng Yuan

References

1. De Sousa, Jonathan (10 March 2011). "2011 IFA Shield: Group-A Preview". TheHardTackle.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
2. "IFA Shield: Group B Analysis - No Real Favourites Amongst Average Performers - Goal.com". Archived from the original on 12 March 2011.
3. "kolkatafootball.com|Indian Football News". Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
4. "MOHAMMEDAN VS. SHANDONG TAISHAN 1 - 0". Soccerway.com. 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.