{"id":3833,"date":"2020-11-19T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2020-11-24T10:27:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T10:27:42","slug":"good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns !"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t

The IFA shield is back again to turn its magic on football enthusiasts across the country.\u00a0 After a forced hiatus due to the Covid-19 outbreak, one of world\u2019s oldest football tournaments IFA Shield will kick off its 123rd<\/sup>\u00a0edition on December 6, 2020.<\/p>

The official draw of the football tournament was held in Kolkata on 18th<\/sup>\u00a0Novemer, 2020, at a well-attended event. \u201cFootball is next to my heart as I was a keen footballer myself. I am very happy that the 123rd<\/sup>\u00a0IFA shield tournament will be finally held. I would do whatever possible for me to keep the banner of IFA high.\u201d said Mr. Sujit Bose, Minister, Fire and Emergency Services (Independent charge) & Forest, the Government of West Bengal, who was present at the event. \u201cBengal has always had great passion for football and the holding of the tournament this year only reflects our deep involvement with the game,\u201d he added.<\/p>

The event was also marked by the official release of the IFA theme song through an audio-visual presentation.<\/p>

Other dignitaries who were present on the occasion were Prof. Samit Ray, Chairman of RICE group, Mr. Sudip Ganguly, Director of Accord Sports VDK, Mr. Subrata Dutta, Chairman of IFA, Mr. Ajit Banerjee, President of IFA and Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee, Hony. Secretary of IFA, Mr. Sourav Pal, Chairman of the 123rd<\/sup>\u00a0IFA Shield Committee and Dr. Partha Sarathi Ganuli, Vice-President, IFA.<\/p>

At the draw event, the dignitaries shared their views on the prospect of Bengal Football and how they plan on taking it forward. Representatives from all the participating teams were present at the ceremony and took part in the official draw. The I-League teams were drawn in the first round and were placed in separate groups.<\/p>

The groups after the draw:<\/p>
GROUP \u2013 A<\/td>GROUP \u2013 B<\/td><\/tr>
Kidderpore Sporting Club<\/strong><\/td>Real Kashmir F.C<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Mohammedan Sporting Club<\/strong><\/td>Peerless Sports Club<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Kalighat Milan Sangha<\/strong><\/td>Aryan Club<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
GROUP \u2013 C<\/td>GROUP \u2013 D<\/td><\/tr>
Indian Arrows<\/strong><\/td>United Sports Club<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Southern Samity<\/strong><\/td>Gokulam Kerala FC<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
George Telegraph Sports Club<\/strong><\/td>BSS Sporting Club<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IFA shield is back again to turn its magic on football enthusiasts across the country. After a forced <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990002,"featured_media":3835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[105],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGood news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns ! - IFAWB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns ! - IFAWB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The IFA shield is back again to turn its magic on football enthusiasts across the country. After a forced\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IFAWB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-19T13:42:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-24T10:27:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ifawb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/\",\"name\":\"IFAWB\",\"description\":\"Football Wordpress Theme\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/\",\"name\":\"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns ! - IFAWB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-19T13:42:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-24T10:27:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#\/schema\/person\/22ec99a37f06a250f9d69b22e52d5c18\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns !\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#\/schema\/person\/22ec99a37f06a250f9d69b22e52d5c18\",\"name\":\"ifawb\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01ba688ee8acf9b53652dc9608af9171?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01ba688ee8acf9b53652dc9608af9171?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ifawb\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/author\/ifawb\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns ! - IFAWB","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns ! - IFAWB","og_description":"The IFA shield is back again to turn its magic on football enthusiasts across the country. After a forced","og_url":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/","og_site_name":"IFAWB","article_published_time":"2020-11-19T13:42:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-24T10:27:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg","path":"\/var\/www\/html\/ifawb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg","size":"full","id":3835,"alt":"","pixels":2073600,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ifawb","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/","name":"IFAWB","description":"Football Wordpress Theme","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gallery_1920-1080_30.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/","name":"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns ! - IFAWB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:42:07+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-24T10:27:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#\/schema\/person\/22ec99a37f06a250f9d69b22e52d5c18"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/good-news-for-football-lovers-the-ifa-shield-returns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Good news for football lovers: the IFA shield returns !"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#\/schema\/person\/22ec99a37f06a250f9d69b22e52d5c18","name":"ifawb","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01ba688ee8acf9b53652dc9608af9171?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/01ba688ee8acf9b53652dc9608af9171?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ifawb"},"url":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/author\/ifawb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3833"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3833\/revisions\/4254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifawb.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}