DCM Trophy

The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational football tournament in India. It was held annually in New Delhi and was organised by the Delhi Cloth Mills tournament committee.^[2] 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.

DCM Trophy

Organising body	Delhi Cloth Mills Group
Founded	1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Abolished	1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Region	India
Number of teams	various
Last champions	Mohun Bagan (1st title)[1]
Most successful team(s)	East Bengal (7 titles)

History

The tournament was established in 1945 by Bharat Ram and Charat Ram of the Delhi Cloth & General Mills textile conglomerate.^[3]

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.^[3][4]

Results

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Notes
1945	New Delhi Heroes	3–2	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1946–48	The tournament was not held
1949	Raisina Sporting Union (Delhi)	1–1, 3–1	City Club (Lucknow)
1950	East Bengal	2–0	8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun)
1951	Rajasthan Club (Calcutta)	3–0	8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun)
1952	East Bengal	4–0	8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun)
1953	Aryan Gymkhana (Bangalore)	3–2	East Indian Railway Accounts (Calcutta)
1954	Geological Survey (Calcutta)	1–0	Hyderabad FA
1955	Indian Air Force Station (Delhi)	2–0	District Sports Association (Allahabad)
1956	Indian Air Force	0–0, 0–0, 1–0	East Bengal
1957	East Bengal	0–0, 2–0	Eastern Railway
1958	Mohammedan Sporting	1–0	East Bengal	[5]
1959	Hyderabad Central Police	1–0	Madras Engineer Group
1960	East Bengal	3–1	Mohammedan Sporting
1961	Mohammedan Sporting	2–1	Madras Regimental Centre
1962	Madras Regimental Centre	1–0	Mafatlal Group (Bombay)
1963	E.M.E. Centre	1–1, 3–1	Punjab Police
1964	Mohammedan Sporting	1–1, 1–0	Andhra Pradesh Police
1965	Andhra Pradesh Police	2–0	Central Police Lines (Hyderabad)
1966	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	Taj Tehran	4–0	South Central Railway (Secunderabad)
1970	Taj Tehran	3–1	Andhra Pradesh Police
1971	Taj Tehran	1–0	Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1972	April 25	1–1	Bayerischer F.V.	1
1973	East Bengal	0–0, 0–0	Dok Ro Gang	2
1974	East Bengal	1–0	Punjab Police
1975	Hanyang University	2–0	East Bengal
1976	Hanyang University and Border Security Force (joint winners) – 0–0, 0–0			3
1977	Spartak United	3–0	JCT
1978	Volga Kalinin	1–0	Bayerischer F.V.
1979	Border Security Force and Citizens' National Bank (joint winners) – 1–1, 1–1			4
1980	Mohammedan Sporting	1–0	Bank of Seoul & Trust Company
1981	Myongji University	3–1	East Fremantle Tricolore
1982–83	Incheon University	0–0, 3–0	Mohammedan Sporting
1983	East Bengal	1–0	Mohammedan Sporting	5
1984	Liaoning	1–0	Western Australia Soccer Federation
1985	Football Fed. of South Australia	0–0 (5–4 p)	East Bengal
1986	Metalist Kharkiv	4–0	East Bengal
1987	S.M. Industry Bank	1–0	JCT
1988	POSCO Atoms	1–0	East Bengal
1989	Esteghlal	3–1	POSCO Atoms
1990	Kyung Hee University	0–0 (5–4 p)	Kerala Police
1991	PAS Tehran	1–0	Mohun Bagan
1992–93	Incheon University	1–1 (4–1 p)	East Bengal
1993	NK Varteks	3–0	JCT
1994–95	Bahman	2–0	Mohun Bagan
1995–96	Tractor Sazi	3–0	Punjab State Electricity Board
1996	The tournament was not held
1997	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Tata Football Academy

Notes:

1. ^ Bayerischer withdrew from the replay, so April 25 were declared winners

2. ^ East Bengal were declared winners as Dok Ro Gang refused to play extra time

3. ^ Joint winners after replay

4. ^ Joint winners after replay

5. ^ Abandoned in the 83rd minute due to a riot

References

1. "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
2. "Delhi Cloth And General Mills Co. ... vs Commissioner Of Income Tax on 20 April, 1992". Indian Kanoon. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
3. Raunak, Majumdar (31 May 2019). "The DCM Trophy – Oldest Indian Tournament with International Exposure". chaseyoursport.com. Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
4. "India – D.C.M. Trophy". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
5. Hoque, Elis (19 July 2019). "হারিয়ে যাওয়া মোহামেডানীদের সালতামামি…" [Diary of the lost stars of Mohammedan]. onnodristy.com (in Bengali). Dhaka: Onno Dristi Bangla. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.