2013 IFA Shield

Football tournament season

2013 IFA Shield
Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Prayag United (1st title)
Runner-up	East Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	44 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Odafe Onyeka Okolie (6)
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The 2013 IFA Shield was the 117th edition of the IFA Shield. The tournament this season was held from 4 March 2013 in West Bengal. This year also, the Indian Football Association announced that two foreign clubs would participate in the tournament, Costa Rican Primera División club Deportivo Saprissa and Bangladesh Premier League club Muktijoddha Sangsad.^[1] However on 4 March 2013 it was announced that Muktijoddha Sangsad would not participate in this tournament and instead current I-League club ONGC would take their place.^[2]

Prayag United won their maiden title by defeating East Bengal in the final.

Teams

Siliguri Group	Kalyani Group
East Bengal ONGC Pailan Arrows Prayag United	Deportivo Saprissa Mohun Bagan Pune United Sikkim

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
East Bengal	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9
Prayag United	3	2	1	7	3	+4	6
ONGC	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
Pailan Arrows	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

3 March 2013

East Bengal	1–0	Pailan Arrows
Edeh 35'	Report

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

5 March 2013

Prayag United	5–0	Pailan Arrows
Hernández 12' Martins 28' (pen.), 65' (pen.) Oraon 55' Vincent 74'	Report

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

6 March 2013

East Bengal	2–1	ONGC
Barisić 20' Singh 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Lalmuanpuia 42'

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

8 March 2013

Prayag United	0–2	East Bengal
	Report	Edeh 51', 75'

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

9 March 2013

Pailan Arrows	1–2	ONGC
Mon	Report	Patil Yusa

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

11 March 2013

Prayag United	2–1	ONGC
Hernández 35' Rafique 50'	Report	Singh 42'

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Deportivo Saprissa	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Mohun Bagan	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6
Pune	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
United Sikkim	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 March 2013

Mohun Bagan	3–0	Pune
Sabeeth 4', 52' Okolie 29'	Report

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

7 March 2013

Deportivo Saprissa	0–0	Pune
	Report

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

8 March 2013

Mohun Bagan	5–1	United Sikkim
Okolie 30', 67', 86', 92', 95'	Report	Rodríguez 71'

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

10 March 2013

Mohun Bagan	0–1	Deportivo Saprissa
	Report	Centeno 76'

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

10 March 2013

Pune	6–1	United Sikkim
Karpeh 6' Moga 26', 65', 75' Ralte 47' Singh 87'	Report	Rodríguez 23'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

12 March 2013

Deportivo Saprissa	3–1	United Sikkim
Centeno 37' (pen.) Chávez 80' Montero 88'	Report	Rodríguez 25'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Semi-finals

15 March 2013

Deportivo Saprissa	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Prayag United
Moya 27'	Report	Rafique 26' Vincent 105'

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

17 March 2013

East Bengal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mohun Bagan
Barisić 88'	Report	Sabeeth 46'
Penalties
Edeh Barisić Pradhan Singh Sahni	4 – 2	Okolie Chettri Raja Khongjee

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 70,000 (estimated)

Final

20 March 2013

Prayag United	1–0	East Bengal
Martins 79'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Goalscorers

6 Goals

Odafe Onyeka Okolie (Mohun Bagan)

3 Goals

2 Goals

1 Goal

References

^ "Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa and Bangladesh's Muktijoddha to participate in 117th IFA Shield". Kick Off India. Retrieved 17 February 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Bhattacharya, Nilesh. "I-League side ONGC have been drafted in the IFA Shield as a last-minute replacement of Muktijoddha Sanshad of Bangladesh. ONGC will be grouped with East Bengal, United SC and Arrows in Pool A and will take East Bengal in their first match in Siliguri on Wednesday". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2013.