The 2016 IFA Shield (officially known as the LG IFA Shield 2016 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.

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

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.

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.

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 Academy4
13 February 2016
Southern Samity0
Tata Academy1
11 February 2016
Aryan0
Aryan (p)0 (7)
15 February 2016
NB Rainbow0 (6)
Tata 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 Academy qualified for final phase of 2016 IFA U19 Shield.

Final phase

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

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1India Tata Football Academy4400102+812Advance to Semi-finals
2England Crystal Palace4301105+59
3India East Bengal420243+16
4India Salgaocar4103411−73
5India United4004310−70

Fixtures and Results

16 February 2016East Bengal India2–1India UnitedBarasat Stadium
17:30Arup Roy 49' Budhwa Bara 70'33' (pen.) Sandip Bhattacharjee
17 February 2016Salgaocar India1–4India Tata Football AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:30Ronaldo Oliveira 90+1'34' Md Firoz Khan 52' Subham Ghosh 70' Mobashir Rahman 90+2' Seino Kuki
19 February 2016United India1–2India SalgaocarKalyani Stadium
14:30Sandip Bhattacharjee 90+1'44', 90+2' Liston Colaco
19 February 2016East Bengal India0–1India Tata Football AcademyBarasat Stadium
16:3045+1' Mobashir Rahman
21 February 2016United India0–2India Tata Football AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:302' Rakesh Yadav 29' Billu Teli
23 February 2016Salgaocar India1–4England Crystal PalaceBarasat Stadium
17:30Tristaw Falcao 72'12', 56' Levi Lumeka 27' Francis Baptiste 86' Kian Flanagan
25 February 2016Crystal Palace England1–3India Tata Football AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:30Victor Fundi 6'23' (pen.), 54' Shubham Ghosh 45+3' Md. Firoz Khan
25 February 2016East Bengal India2–0India SalgaocarBarasat Stadium
16:30Arup Roy 65', 75'
27 February 2016United India1–4England Crystal PalaceBarasat Stadium
16:30Sandip Bhattacharjee7', 48', 55' Francis Baptiste 90+4' Levi Lumeka
29 February 2016East Bengal India0–1England Crystal PalaceBarasat Stadium
16:3070' Francis Baptiste

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1India AIFF U194400175+1212Advance to Semi-finals
2Malaysia Frenz United4301116+59
3India DSK Academy4202107+36
4India Mohun Bagan401318−71
5India Mohammedan4013314−111

Fixtures and Results

16 February 2016AIFF U19 India4–3India DSK AcademyBarasat Stadium
14:30Prosenjit Chakraborty 59' Bedashwor Singh 77' Baoringdao Bodo 80' Anirudh Thapa 89'5' Lallianzuala Chhangte 9' Lalruatpuia 63' Gagandeep Singh
18 February 2016Mohammedan India1–1India Mohun BaganBarasat Stadium
16:30Kamal Roy 45+1'76' Amit Gayen
20 February 2016Mohammedan India0–3India DSK AcademyKalyani Stadium
14:3036' Prasanth K 43', 51' Lallianzuala Chhangte
22 February 2016Mohun Bagan India0–4India AIFF U19Barasat Stadium
14:3011' Amal Das 22' (pen.) Edmund Lalrindika 57' Prosenjit Chakraborty 63' Jerry Lalrinzuala
22 February 2016DSK Academy India2–3Malaysia Frenz UnitedBarasat Stadium
17:30Lallianzuala Chhangte 9' Lalruatpuia 49'11' Shahrul Akmal 16' Hadi Fayyad 90+3' Aep Maulana
24 February 2016AIFF U19 India4–2Malaysia Frenz UnitedBarasat Stadium
16:30Prosenjit Chakroborty 21' Baoringdao Bodo 46', 62' Bedashwor Singh 47'62' Hadi Fayyadh 65' Dody Alfayed
25 February 2016Mohun Bagan India0–2India DSK AcademyMohun Bagan Ground
16:3019' (pen.) Lallianzuala Chhangte 59' Sk Asiruddin
26 February 2016Mohammedan India0–5Malaysia Frenz UnitedBarasat Stadium
16:3018' Hadi Fayyadh 43' Dody Alfayed 55', 89' Shahrul Akmal 85' Aizat Mukhlis
28 February 2016Mohun Bagan India0–1Malaysia Frenz UnitedMohun Bagan Ground
16:3012' Aep Maulana
28 February 2016Mohammedan India2–5India AIFF U19Barasat Stadium
16:30Diptanu Das 29' Sanu Hazra 90+2' (pen.)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 Palace2 (5)
India AIFF U192
3 March 2016
India Tata Academy3
India Tata Academy1
Malaysia Frenz United0

Semi-finals

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
AIFF U19 India(6) 2–2 (5)England Crystal Palace
Tata Academy India1–0Malaysia Frenz United

Semi-final 1

2 March 2016AIFF U19 India2–2(a.e.t.) (6–5 p)England Crystal PalaceMohun Bagan Ground
16:30Bodo 21' (pen.) Prosenjit Chakraborty 45'Baptiste 52' Flanagan 80'

Semi-final 2

3 March 2016Tata Football Academy India1–0Malaysia Frenz UnitedMohun Bagan Ground
16:30Seino Kuki 36'

Final

6 March 2016AIFF U19 India2–3(a.e.t.)India Tata Football AcademyMohun Bagan Ground
16:30Bodo 31' Lalrinzuala 90+4'Shubham Ghosh 44' (pen.), 72' Lalrinzuala 100' (o.g.)

Statistics

As of 2 March 2016

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1England Francis BaptisteEngland Crystal Palace6
India Baoringdao BodoIndia AIFF Academy
2
India Lallianzuala ChhangteIndia DSK Shivajians5
India Prosenjit ChakrabortyIndia AIFF Academy
3India Bedashwor SinghIndia AIFF Academy4
4Malaysia Hadi FayyadMalaysia Frenz United3
England Levi LumekaEngland Crystal Palace
India Sandip BhattacharjeeIndia United SC
Malaysia Shahrul AkmalMalaysia Frenz United

External links

  • – Goal.com
  • – Thif-Live.com
  • – KolkataFootball.com
  • – KolkataSports.com