2016 IFA Shield
LG IFA Shield 2016
Tournament details
Country India
Dates16 February - 6 March 2016
Teams10
Final positions
ChampionsIndia Tata Football Academy (1st title)
Runner-upIndia AIFF Elite Academy
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored83 (3.61 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)England Francis Baptiste
India Baoringdao Bodo (6 Goals)
Best playerIndia Baoringdao Bodo
All statistics correct as of 7 March 2016.
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The 2016 IFA Shield (officially known as the LG IFA Shield 2016[1][2] for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament is designed as a U19 youth football tournament since 2015.

This year ten football clubs going to participate including two overseas football clubs. The winners of LG IFA Shield was awarded with an amount of ₹ 5 Lakhs, while the second seeded team will get an amount of ₹ 3 Lakhs.[3]

The tournament was managed by Ekalavya Sports Foundation, run by former international Kalyan Chaubey and other TFA graduates.[3]

Tata Football Academy became the champions of the tournament by beating AIFF Elite Academy on 6 March 2016 which was played at Mohun Bagan Ground. The score was even 2–2 during the regulation time. After extra time match ended 3–2 in the favour of Tata Football Academy. Shubham Ghosh was awarded the man of the match and Baoringdao Bodo player of the tournament.[4]

Venue

Most of the matches were held at East Bengal Ground and Mohun Bagan Ground while Kalyani Stadium and Barasat Stadium were the other venues.[3]

Qualifying round

Four teams played in knockout format. The winner of the knockouts qualified for the final phase of the tournament.

 
QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinals
 
          
 
12 February 2016
 
 
Tata Football Academy4
 
13 February 2016
 
Southern Samity0
 
Tata Football Academy1
 
11 February 2016
 
Aryan0
 
Aryan (p)0 (7)
 
15 February 2016
 
NB Rainbow0 (6)
 
Tata Football Academy3
 
11 February 2016
 
Bengal Football Academy1
 
Tollygunge Agragami1
 
13 February 2016
 
Bengal Football Academy8
 
Bengal Football Academy3
 
11 February 2016
 
Pathachakra0
 
Pathachakra6
 
 
Bhawanipore0
 

* Tata Football Academy qualified for final phase of 2016 IFA U19 Shield.

Final phase

All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 India Tata Football Academy 4 4 0 0 10 2 +8 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 England Crystal Palace 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 9
3 India East Bengal 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
4 India Salgaocar 4 1 0 3 4 11 −7 3
5 India United 4 0 0 4 3 10 −7 0
Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures and Results

16 February 2016 East Bengal India 2–1 India United Barasat Stadium
17:30 Arup Roy 49'
Budhwa Bara 70'		 Report 33' (pen.) Sandip Bhattacharjee
17 February 2016 Salgaocar India 1–4 India Tata Football Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Ronaldo Oliveira 90+1' Report 34' Md Firoz Khan
52' Subham Ghosh
70' Mobashir Rahman
90+2' Seino Kuki
19 February 2016 United India 1–2 India Salgaocar Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Sandip Bhattacharjee 90+1' Report 44', 90+2' Liston Colaco
19 February 2016 East Bengal India 0–1 India Tata Football Academy Barasat Stadium
16:30 Report 45+1' Mobashir Rahman
21 February 2016 United India 0–2 India Tata Football Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Report 2' Rakesh Yadav
29' Billu Teli
23 February 2016 Salgaocar India 1–4 England Crystal Palace Barasat Stadium
17:30 Tristaw Falcao 72' Report 12', 56' Levi Lumeka
27' Francis Baptiste
86' Kian Flanagan
25 February 2016 Crystal Palace England 1–3 India Tata Football Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Victor Fundi 6' Report 23' (pen.), 54' Shubham Ghosh
45+3' Md. Firoz Khan
25 February 2016 East Bengal India 2–0 India Salgaocar Barasat Stadium
16:30 Arup Roy 65', 75' Report
27 February 2016 United India 1–4 England Crystal Palace Barasat Stadium
16:30 Sandip Bhattacharjee Report 7', 48', 55' Francis Baptiste
90+4' Levi Lumeka
29 February 2016 East Bengal India 0–1 England Crystal Palace Barasat Stadium
16:30 Report 70' Francis Baptiste

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 India AIFF U19 4 4 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Malaysia Frenz United 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9
3 India DSK Academy 4 2 0 2 10 7 +3 6
4 India Mohun Bagan 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1
5 India Mohammedan 4 0 1 3 3 14 −11 1
Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .

Fixtures and Results

16 February 2016 AIFF U19 India 4–3 India DSK Academy Barasat Stadium
14:30 Prosenjit Chakraborty 59'
Bedashwor Singh 77'
Baoringdao Bodo 80'
Anirudh Thapa 89'		 Report 5' Lallianzuala Chhangte
9' Lalruatpuia
63' Gagandeep Singh
18 February 2016 Mohammedan India 1–1 India Mohun Bagan Barasat Stadium
16:30 Kamal Roy 45+1' Report 76' Amit Gayen
20 February 2016 Mohammedan India 0–3 India DSK Academy Kalyani Stadium
14:30 Report 36' Prasanth K
43', 51' Lallianzuala Chhangte
22 February 2016 Mohun Bagan India 0–4 India AIFF U19 Barasat Stadium
14:30 Report 11' Amal Das
22' (pen.) Edmund Lalrindika
57' Prosenjit Chakraborty
63' Jerry Lalrinzuala
22 February 2016 DSK Academy India 2–3 Malaysia Frenz United Barasat Stadium
17:30 Lallianzuala Chhangte 9'
Lalruatpuia 49'		 Report 11' Shahrul Akmal
16' Hadi Fayyad
90+3' Aep Maulana
24 February 2016 AIFF U19 India 4–2 Malaysia Frenz United Barasat Stadium
16:30 Prosenjit Chakroborty 21'
Baoringdao Bodo 46', 62'
Bedashwor Singh 47'		 Report 62' Hadi Fayyadh
65' Dody Alfayed
25 February 2016 Mohun Bagan India 0–2 India DSK Academy Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Report 19' (pen.) Lallianzuala Chhangte
59' Sk Asiruddin
26 February 2016 Mohammedan India 0–5 Malaysia Frenz United Barasat Stadium
16:30 Report 18' Hadi Fayyadh
43' Dody Alfayed
55', 89' Shahrul Akmal
85' Aizat Mukhlis
28 February 2016 Mohun Bagan India 0–1 Malaysia Frenz United Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Report 12' Aep Maulana
28 February 2016 Mohammedan India 2–5 India AIFF U19 Barasat Stadium
16:30 Diptanu Das 29'
Sanu Hazra 90+2' (pen.)		 Report 9', 70' Bedashwor Singh
38' Edmund Lalrindika
55' Baoringdao Bodo
90+1' Prosenjit Chakraborty

Knockouts

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 2 March 2016
 
 
India AIFF U19 (p)2 (6)
 
 6 March 2016
 
England Crystal Palace F.C.2 (5)
 
India AIFF U192
 
 3 March 2016
 
India Tata Football Academy3
 
India Tata Football Academy1
 
 
Malaysia Frenz United0
 

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
AIFF U19 India (6) 2–2 (5) England Crystal Palace
Tata Football Academy India 1–0 Malaysia Frenz United

Semi-final 1

2 March 2016 AIFF U19 India 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 England Crystal Palace Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Bodo 21' (pen.)
Prosenjit Chakraborty 45'		 Report Baptiste 52'
Flanagan 80'

Semi-final 2

3 March 2016 Tata Football Academy India 1–0 Malaysia Frenz United Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Seino Kuki 36' Report

Final

6 March 2016 AIFF U19 India 2–3 (a.e.t.) India Tata Football Academy Mohun Bagan Ground
16:30 Bodo 31'
Lalrinzuala 90+4'		 Report Shubham Ghosh 44' (pen.), 72'
Lalrinzuala 100' (o.g.)

Statistics

As of 2 March 2016

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 England Francis Baptiste England Crystal Palace 6
India Baoringdao Bodo India AIFF Academy
2
India Lallianzuala Chhangte India DSK Shivajians 5
India Prosenjit Chakraborty India AIFF Academy
3 India Bedashwor Singh India AIFF Academy 4
4 Malaysia Hadi Fayyad Malaysia Frenz United 3
England Levi Lumeka England Crystal Palace
India Sandip Bhattacharjee India United SC
Malaysia Shahrul Akmal Malaysia Frenz United

External links

References

  1. ^ "LG partners IFA for LG IFA Shield U-19 Tournament 2015-2016". Football News India. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Bhaichung Bhutia Wants IFA Shield to be U-17 Tournament in 2017". Sports NDTV. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Goa to host IFA Shield matches". The Times of India. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "TFA U-19 Defeated AIFF U-19 To Clinch The IFA Shield". Sports NDTV. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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