The Trades Cup (also known as the Trades Challenge Cup[1] or IFA Trades Challenge Cup)[2] is an Indian football tournament held in Kolkata and organised by Indian Football Association.[3][4] Incorporated in 1889, it is the second oldest football tournament in Asia and the oldest in Kolkata.[5][6][7] It is the traditional curtain raiser for the Kolkata football season.
| Organising body | Indian Football Association (West Bengal) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1889 |
| Region | India |
| Number of teams | 24 |
| Current champions | Dalhousie AC |
| Most successful team(s) | Mohun Bagan (11 titles) |
History
editThe Trades Cup was instituted in 1889 by the trading community of Calcutta and was organised by the Dalhousie AC committee.[1][8] It was the first open football tournament in India, where Indian, British, regimental and college clubs participated.[9][10]
The first Indian club to win a match against a British team was Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari's Sovabazar Club.[11][12][13][14] They won the opening match of the 1892 Trades Cup by defeating the East Surrey Regiment with the score of 2–1.[15][16][17] The first Indian club to win the Trades Cup was the National Association who won the trophy in the 1900 edition. The Indian club from South Calcutta under the guidance of Manmatha Ganguly defeated the British side, Shibpur Engineering College on 11 August 1900 at the Shobhabazar Ground.[15][18][19] Mohun Bagan completed a hat-trick of Trades Cup titles between 1906 and 1908,[20] which enabled them to make their IFA Shield debut in 1909.[21]
The Trades Cup was revived after not being held for 25 years in 2004 by the IFA. The tournament gives the Kolkata clubs outside the "Big Three" playing in the Premier and lower divisions the chance to field and organise their teams ahead of the start of their league season.[22]
Results
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See also
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References
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- ^ a b Chaudhuri, Arunava. ""Khadims" Traders Cup 2004". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- ^ @footy_chronicle (10 January 2022). "List of Winners- Trades Cup" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 October 2022 – via Twitter.
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- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. ""Khadims" Traders Cup 2005". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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- ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. ""Bengal Peerless" Trades Challenge Cup 2008". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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Further reading
editBibliography
- Mitra, Soumen (1 January 2006). In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta. Kolkata: Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. ISBN 978-8182110229. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022.
- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Sen, Dwaipayan (2013). "Wiping the Stain Off the Field of Plassey: Mohun Bagan in 1911". In Bandyopadhyay, Kausik; Mallick, Sabyasachi (eds.). Fringe Nations in World Soccer. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-99810-5.
- Shreekumar, S. S. (15 August 2020). THE BEST WAY FORWARD FOR INDIA'S FOOTBALL. HSRA Publications. p. 244. ISBN 9788194721697. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- Sen, Ronojoy (2015). "The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta". Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-16490-0.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
- Sharma, Nikhil Paramjit; Gupta, Shantanu (4 February 2019). India's Football Dream. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9789353283063. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- Dutta, P. L., Memoir of 'Father of Indian Football' Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir)
- Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
- Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
- Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
- Mukhopadhay, Subir (2018). সোনায় লেখা ইতিহাসে মোহনবাগান (transl. Mohun Bagan in the history written in gold). ISBN 978-93-850172-0-9.
- Banerjee, Argha; Basu, Rupak (2022). মোহনবাগান: সবুজ ঘাসের মেরুন গল্প (transl. Mohun Bagan: Green fields' Maroon stories). Shalidhan. ISBN 978-81-954667-0-2.
- Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
- Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
- Kausik Bandyopadhyay (29 November 2020). Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911–80. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000084054. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- "Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence". Soccer & Society. 6:2–3 (2–3). Taylor & Francis: 227–256. 6 August 2006. doi:10.1080/14660970500106410. S2CID 216862171. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Others
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- From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 124–141. Published online: 6 Aug 2006. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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