ATPA Shield

ATPA Shield
Organising bodyJorhat District Sports Association
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
RegionIndia
Number of teams14 (in 2023)
Current championsOil India FC (16th title)
Most successful team(s)Oil India FC (8 titles)

The Assam Tea Planters' Association Shield, commonly known as the ATPA Shield Football Tournament or ATPA Shield,[1] is an annual Indian association football tournament held in Jorhat, Assam and organised by Jorhat District Sports Association (JDSA). It is one of the reputed and third oldest football tournament of Assam after Independence Day Cup and Bordoloi Trophy. Since its inception in 1955, the tournament is very popular involving some leading clubs from northeast India and rest of the country. Kolkata giants East Bengal Club, Mohammedan SC and Mohun Bagan AC, as well as Dempo SC of Goa have also competed in ATPA Shield.[2] The coveted shield was donated and hosted by Assam Tea Planters' Association (ATPA). From 1968, the tournament has been conducted by Jorhat District Sports Association.[3]

Venue

The matches of ATPA Shield are played at Jorhat Stadium in Jorhat.[4]

Results

List of ATPA Shield finals[5]
Year Winners Score Runners-up Ref.
1966 Assam Rifles –
1971 Assam Police – Nagaland Police
1982 Assam Police – Nagaland Police
1983 Assam Police – Nagaland Police
1990 Nagaland Police – Assam Police
1992 East Bengal – [6]
1993 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Thailand Bangkok Port Authority [7]
1998 Oil India, Duliajan – Nagaland Police
1999 Oil India, Duliajan 1–0 Nagaland Police
2000 ASEB, Guwahati 3–0 Oil India, Duliajan
2001 ASEB, Guwahati 1–0 Nagaland Police
2002 Nagaland Police 0–0 (4–2 p) Assam Police
2003 Oil India, Duliajan 5–2 White Dove Club
2004 Oil India, Duliajan 1–0 ASEB, Guwahati [8]
2005 Nagaland Police 2–1 FCI, Guwahati [9]
2006 ASEB, Guwahati 2–0 Kuki FC, Kohima
2007 Assam Rifles 1–1 (1–0) (a.e.t.) Oil India, Duliajan
2008 Assam Rifles 2–1 ASEB, Guwahati
2011 ASEB, Guwahati 1–0 Seema Suraksha Bal, Siliguri
2015 Oil India, Duliajan 2–1 Assam Rifles [10]
2016 Oil India, Duliajan 3–1 Shillong Lajong [11]
2017 Oil India, Duliajan 2–0 Assam Police Blues
2018 Oil India, Duliajan 2–2 (6–4 p) Sashastra Seema Bal, Siliguri [12]
2019 Assam Rifles – ASEB, Guwahati
2022 ASEB, Guwahati 2–1 Oil India, Duliajan [13]
2023 United Chirang Duar, Chirang 2–0 Mariani Sub Sports Association [14]
2024 Oil India, Duliajan 2–1 (a.e.t.) Assam Rifles [15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Assam gives its all to ensure success of ATPA Shield Football Tournament". Business Standard. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ "ATPA Shield delayed yet again - Golden jubilee celebrations on hold as turf incomplete". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Jorhat online". Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  4. ^ "ATPA Shield". The Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  5. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the ATPA Shield". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "East Bengal Club - Trophy Room". eastbengalclub.co.in. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ^ "OIL defend crown - ATPA Shield - ASEB lose second final in a fortnight". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "2005/06 Season in Indian Football:". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  10. ^ "OIL NEWS (May-October 2015)" (PDF). oilindia.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Oil India triumph". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  12. ^ "OIL NEWS" (PDF). oilindia.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Assam State Electricity Board Sports Club (ASEBSC) win ATPA Shield at Jorhat". sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  14. ^ "ATPA Shield Football: এ টি পি এ শ্বিল্ড ফুটবল টুৰ্নামেণ্টত খিতাপ দখল ইউনাইটেড চিৰাং দুৱাৰ এফ চিৰ". etvbharat.com (in Assamese). Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  15. ^ "৫৮ সংখ্যক এটিপিএ শ্বিল্ড ফুটবল প্ৰতিযোগিতাত চেম্পিয়নৰ খিতাপ অৰ্জন অইল ইণ্ডিয়াৰ". asomiyapratidin.in (in Assamese). Retrieved 28 April 2024.

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