2016_IFA_Shield
2016 IFA Shield
Football tournament season
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.
Quick Facts LG IFA Shield 2016, Tournament details ...
| LG IFA Shield 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country |  India |
| Dates | 16 February - 6 March 2016 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Tata Football Academy (1st title) |
| Runner-up | AIFF Elite Academy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 83 (3.61 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Francis Baptiste Baoringdao Bodo (6 Goals) |
| Best player | Baoringdao Bodo |
| All statistics correct as of 7 March 2016. | |
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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]
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]
Four teams played in knockout format. The winner of the knockouts qualified for the final phase of the tournament.
| Quarterfinals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||
| 12 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| Tata Football Academy | 4 | |||||||||
| 13 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| Southern Samity | 0 | |||||||||
| Tata Football Academy | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| Aryan | 0 | |||||||||
| Aryan (p) | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| 15 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| NB Rainbow | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| Tata Football Academy | 3 | |||||||||
| 11 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| Bengal Football Academy | 1 | |||||||||
| Tollygunge Agragami | 1 | |||||||||
| 13 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| Bengal Football Academy | 8 | |||||||||
| Bengal Football Academy | 3 | |||||||||
| 11 February 2016 | ||||||||||
| Pathachakra | 0 | |||||||||
| Pathachakra | 6 | |||||||||
| Bhawanipore | 0 | |||||||||
* Tata Football Academy qualified for final phase of 2016 IFA U19 Shield.
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+05:30.
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tata Football Academy |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Crystal Palace |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | East Bengal |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | Salgaocar |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 5 | United |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
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Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .
Fixtures and Results
East Bengal 
v United
v United
| 16 February 2016 | East Bengal | 2–1 | United | Barasat Stadium |
| 17:30 | Arup Roy  49' Budhwa Bara 70' |
Report | 33' (pen.) Sandip Bhattacharjee |
Salgaocar v Tata Football Academy
v Tata Football Academy
| 17 February 2016 | Salgaocar | 1–4 | 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 |
United v Salgaocar
v Salgaocar
| 19 February 2016 | United | 1–2 | Salgaocar | Kalyani Stadium |
| 14:30 | Sandip Bhattacharjee 90+1' |
Report | 44', 90+2' Liston Colaco |
East Bengal v Tata Football Academy
v Tata Football Academy
| 19 February 2016 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Tata Football Academy | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Report | 45+1' Mobashir Rahman |
United v Tata Football Academy
v Tata Football Academy
| 21 February 2016 | United | 0–2 | Tata Football Academy | Kalyani Stadium |
| 14:30 | Report | 2' Rakesh Yadav 29' Billu Teli |
Salgaocar v 
Crystal Palace
v Crystal Palace
| 23 February 2016 | Salgaocar | 1–4 | Crystal Palace | Barasat Stadium |
| 17:30 | Tristaw Falcao 72' |
Report | 12', 56' Levi Lumeka 27' Francis Baptiste 86' Kian Flanagan |
Crystal Palace v Tata Football Academy
v Tata Football Academy
| 25 February 2016 | Crystal Palace | 1–3 | Tata Football Academy | Kalyani Stadium |
| 14:30 | Victor Fundi 6' |
Report | 23' (pen.), 54' Shubham Ghosh 45+3' Md. Firoz Khan |
East Bengal v Salgaocar
v Salgaocar
| 25 February 2016 | East Bengal | 2–0 | Salgaocar | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Arup Roy 65', 75' |
Report |
United v Crystal Palace
v Crystal Palace
| 27 February 2016 | United | 1–4 | Crystal Palace | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Sandip Bhattacharjee |
Report | 7', 48', 55' Francis Baptiste 90+4' Levi Lumeka |
East Bengal v Crystal Palace
v Crystal Palace
| 29 February 2016 | East Bengal | 0–1 | Crystal Palace | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Report | 70' Francis Baptiste |
Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AIFF U19 |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 12 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 |  Frenz United |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | DSK Academy |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | Mohun Bagan |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
| 5 | Mohammedan |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 1 |
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Source: IFA Shield 2016
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result .
Fixtures and Results
AIFF U19 v DSK Academy
v DSK Academy
| 16 February 2016 | AIFF U19 | 4–3 | 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 |
Mohammedan v Mohun Bagan
v Mohun Bagan
| 18 February 2016 | Mohammedan | 1–1 | Mohun Bagan | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Kamal Roy 45+1' |
Report | 76' Amit Gayen |
Mohammedan v DSK Academy
v DSK Academy
| 20 February 2016 | Mohammedan | 0–3 | DSK Academy | Kalyani Stadium |
| 14:30 | Report | 36' Prasanth K 43', 51' Lallianzuala Chhangte |
Mohun Bagan v AIFF U19
v AIFF U19
| 22 February 2016 | Mohun Bagan | 0–4 | AIFF U19 | Barasat Stadium |
| 14:30 | Report | 11' Amal Das 22' (pen.) Edmund Lalrindika 57' Prosenjit Chakraborty 63' Jerry Lalrinzuala |
DSK Academy v 
Frenz United
v Frenz United
| 22 February 2016 | DSK Academy | 2–3 | Frenz United | Barasat Stadium |
| 17:30 | Lallianzuala Chhangte 9' Lalruatpuia 49' |
Report | 11' Shahrul Akmal 16' Hadi Fayyad 90+3' Aep Maulana |
AIFF U19 v Frenz United
v Frenz United
| 24 February 2016 | AIFF U19 | 4–2 | Frenz United | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Prosenjit Chakroborty 21' Baoringdao Bodo 46', 62' Bedashwor Singh 47' |
Report | 62' Hadi Fayyadh 65' Dody Alfayed |
Mohun Bagan v DSK Academy
v DSK Academy
| 25 February 2016 | Mohun Bagan | 0–2 | DSK Academy | Mohun Bagan Ground |
| 16:30 | Report | 19' (pen.) Lallianzuala Chhangte 59' Sk Asiruddin |
Mohammedan v Frenz United
v Frenz United
| 26 February 2016 | Mohammedan | 0–5 | Frenz United | Barasat Stadium |
| 16:30 | Report | 18' Hadi Fayyadh 43' Dody Alfayed 55', 89' Shahrul Akmal 85' Aizat Mukhlis |
Mohun Bagan v Frenz United
v Frenz United
| 28 February 2016 | Mohun Bagan | 0–1 | Frenz United | Mohun Bagan Ground |
| 16:30 | Report | 12' Aep Maulana |
Mohammedan v AIFF U19
v AIFF U19
| 28 February 2016 | Mohammedan | 2–5 | 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 |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 2 March 2016 | ||||||
| AIFF U19 (p) | 2 (6) | |||||
| 6 March 2016 | ||||||
| Crystal Palace F.C. | 2 (5) | |||||
| AIFF U19 | 2 | |||||
| 3 March 2016 | ||||||
| Tata Football Academy | 3 | |||||
| Tata Football Academy | 1 | |||||
| Frenz United | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
More information Team 1, Score ...
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| AIFF U19 |
(6) 2–2 (5) | Crystal Palace |
| Tata Football Academy |
1–0 | Frenz United |
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Semi-final 1
AIFF U19 v Crystal Palace
v Crystal Palace
| 2 March 2016 | AIFF U19 | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Crystal Palace | Mohun Bagan Ground |
| 16:30 | Bodo 21' (pen.) Prosenjit Chakraborty 45' |
Report | Baptiste 52' Flanagan 80' |
Semi-final 2
Tata Football Academy v Frenz United
v Frenz United
| 3 March 2016 | Tata Football Academy | 1–0 | Frenz United | Mohun Bagan Ground |
| 16:30 | Seino Kuki 36' |
Report |
Final
AIFF U19 v Tata Football Academy
v Tata Football Academy
| 6 March 2016 | AIFF U19 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Tata Football Academy | Mohun Bagan Ground |
| 16:30 | Bodo 31' Lalrinzuala 90+4' |
Report | Shubham Ghosh 44' (pen.), 72' Lalrinzuala 100' (o.g.) |
- As of 2 March 2016
Top scorers
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Baptiste |
Crystal Palace |
6 |
| Baoringdao Bodo |
AIFF Academy | ||
| 2 | |||
| Lallianzuala Chhangte |
DSK Shivajians |
5 | |
| Prosenjit Chakraborty |
AIFF Academy | ||
| 3 | Bedashwor Singh |
AIFF Academy |
4 |
| 4 | Hadi Fayyad |
Frenz United |
3 |
| Levi Lumeka |
Crystal Palace | ||
| Sandip Bhattacharjee |
United SC | ||
| Shahrul Akmal |
Frenz United |
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- IFA Shield U-19 Section – KolkataSports.com
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