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History

Rovers Cup was incorporated by some British football enthusiasts in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, in 1890, as a form of amusement. After the foundation of Bombay Football Association (BFA) in 1902, the tournament became well organized. Patronised by Justice Russell, the tournament was firstly opened to British teams.[6] Later in 1911, Western India Football Association was founded as a result of merger between BFA and Rovers Cup Committee.[7][6] After justice Russel became president and P. R. Cadell became vice-president of WIFA, Indian clubs were given opportunity to participate, and Bengal United (a squad formed with Indian soldiers serving in British battalions) became first Indian team to compete.[6] The tournament was suspended from 1914 to 1920 due to the World War I. Some legendary players from Great Britain, including Arsenal winger Denis Compton, Scottish international Tommy Walker and English international Bobby Langton appeared in the tournament in mid-20th century with visiting overseas teams.[6]

The First Worcester Regiment became first team to clinch the title. Mohun Bagan became the first non-army civilian club in the tournament to compete in 1923 and achieved runners-up position, after their 4–1 defeat to Durham Light Infantry.[6] Mohammedan Sporting from Calcutta became the first Indian club to win title, when they defeated Bangalore Muslims 1–0 in 1940.[8] Mohammedan later won 1956, 1959, 1980, 1984 and 1987 editions.[9] In the 1950s, Syed Abdul Rahim managed Hyderabad City Police formed their supremacy,[10] winning Rovers Cup consecutively from 1950 to 1954.[11][12] In modern era, Iraqi club Salahaddin became the first foreign side to win trophy, when they defeated Mohammedan Sporting 2–1 in 1982. In 1958, Caltex Sports Club had the honor of becoming the first local team to win it, and Bengal Mumbai is the last local team to win title.[13] The championship was last time held in the 2000–01 season, when Mohun Bagan beat Churchill Brothers by 2–0 in the final.

After the inception of the National Football League, the Rovers Cup started facing problems. With huge costs and sponsorship deals issues, the tournament was finally dissolved in 2001. In 2007, the WIFA announced that they were making attempts to revive the tournament.[14]

Venue

The primary venue of the tournament was Cooperage Ground in Bombay (now Mumbai).[6][15] The stadium, built over hundred years ago, hosted each and every edition of the tournament.[16]

Results

Pre-independence era (1890–1947)

Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes
1890 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2–0 Template:Flagicon Band & Drums of the Worcestershire Regiment
1891 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1892 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 4–1 Template:Flagicon Bombay Rovers Club
1893 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers –
1894 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots – Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1895 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots 3–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment
1896 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry –
1897 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1898 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry –
1899 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment 3–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1900 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Black Watch 2–1 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1901 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry
1902 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment
1903 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 3–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
1904 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 2–1 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
1905 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders 1–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
1906 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots 1–1, 0–0, 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
1907 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment 3–0 Template:Flagicon 6th Battalion, Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
1908 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
1909 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 5–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
1910 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 1–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
1911 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
1912 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment 0–0, 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
1913 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Royal Scots 1–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1914–20 Script error: No such module "sort".
1921 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry 1–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1922 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 3–1 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1923 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 4–1 Template:Flagicon Mohun Bagan [17]
1924 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 0–0, 2–1 Template:Aet Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
1925 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 2–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
1926 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 4–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
1927 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 4–1 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1928 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
1929 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1930 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1931 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment 2–1 Template:Flagicon 16th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
1932 Template:Flagicon Royal Irish Fusiliers 3–1 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1933 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1–1, 2–2, 1–0 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
1934 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 6–1 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
1935 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2–1 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
1936 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2–0 Template:Flagicon 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry
1937 Template:Flagicon Bangalore Muslims FC 1–0 Template:Flagicon Mohammedan Sporting
1938 Template:Flagicon Bangalore Muslims FC 3–2 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1939 Template:Flagicon 28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 2–0 Template:Flagicon Howrah District XI
1940 Template:Flagicon Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 Template:Flagicon Bangalore Muslims FC
1941 Template:Flagicon 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment 2–0 Template:Flagicon Mohammedan Sporting
1942 Template:Flagicon Bata Sports Club 3–1 Template:Flagicon Western India Automobile Association Staff
1943 Template:Flagicon Royal Air Force 5–0 Template:Flagicon Bombay City Police
1944 Template:Flagicon British Base Reinforcement Camp 3–1 Template:Flagicon Western India Automobile Association Staff
1945 Template:Flagicon Corps of Military Police 0–0, 3–1 Template:Flagicon Albert David XI (Calcutta)
1946 Template:Flagicon British Base Reinforcement Camp 2–1 Template:Flagicon Tata Sports Club
1947 Script error: No such module "sort". 1

Post-independence era (1948–2001)

Year Winners Score Runners-up Notes
1948 Bangalore Muslims FC 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1949 East Bengal 3–0 East Indian Railway
1950 Hyderabad City Police 1–0 Aryan FC
1951 Hyderabad City Police 2–0 WIMCO (Western India Match Company, Madras)
1952 Hyderabad City Police 0–0, 1–0 Bombay Amateurs
1953 Hyderabad City Police 2–0 Bangalore Muslims FC
1954 Hyderabad City Police 2–1 Template:Flagicon Keamari Union (Karachi)
1955 Mohun Bagan 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting [18]
1956 Mohammedan Sporting 3–1 Mohun Bagan
1957 Hyderabad City Police 3–0 Mohammedan Sporting
1958 Caltex Club (Bombay) 3–2 Mohammedan Sporting
1959–60 Mohammedan Sporting 0–0, 3–0 East Bengal
1960 Andhra Pradesh Police 1–0 Template:Aet East Bengal
1961–62 Elec. & Mech. Engineering Centre 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1962 Script error: No such module "sort". 2
1963–64 Andhra Pradesh Police 1–0 East Bengal
1964–65 Bengal Nagpur Railway 1–1, 1–0 Mohun Bagan [19]
1965 Mafatlal Mills (Bombay) 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1966–67 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Vasco SC
1967 East Bengal 0–0, 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1968 Mohun Bagan 0–0, 3–0 Leader FC (Jalandhar)
1969 East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan
1970–71 Mohun Bagan 0–0, 1–0 Mahindra United FC
1971–72 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Vasco SC
1972–73 Script error: No such module "sort". 3 [20]
1973–74 East Bengal 3–2 Tata Sports Club
1974–75 Dempo SC 0–1, 1–0 Tata Sports Club 4
1975–76 East Bengal 1–0 Mafatlal Group
1976 Mohun Bagan 0–0, 1–0 Mafatlal Group
1977 Mohun Bagan 0–0, 2–1 Tata Sports Club
1978–79 Dempo SC 2–1 Orkay Mills
1979–80 Dempo SC 2–0 JCT FC
1980 Script error: No such module "sort". 5
1981 Mohun Bagan 2–0 Mohammedan Sporting
1982 Template:Flagicon Salahaddin FC 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting
1983 Template:Flagicon Al-Jaish Army SC 2–1 Mohammedan Sporting
1984 Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 JCT FC
1985 Mohun Bagan 2–0 Salgaocar FC [21]
1986 Dempo SC 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1987 Mohammedan Sporting 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1988 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal
1989–90 Salgaocar FC 1–0 Dempo SC [22]
1990 East Bengal 1–0 Mahindra United FC [23]
1991 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Mohammedan Sporting
1992 Mohun Bagan 2–0 JCT FC
1993 Mahindra United FC 0–0 Template:Pso Bank of India (Mumbai) 6
1994 East Bengal 2–1 Air India FC
1995 Template:Flagicon Oman Club 2–0 Sesa Sports Club
1996 Salgaocar FC 1–0 Air India FC [24]
1997 JCT FC 1–0 Churchill Brothers
1998 Bengal Mumbai FC 3–0 Central Railway SC [25]
1999 Salgaocar FC 1–0 Churchill Brothers [26]
2000–01 Mohun Bagan 2–0 Churchill Brothers

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3. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Joint winners after replay
4. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Replay after first match was abandoned at 84', with the score at 0–1, as Dempo refused to continue after having a goal disallowed
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6. <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Penalty shootout

Performance by teams

Performance by Indian teams

During its initial years, only British teams contested in the tournament. Mohun Bagan AC was the first Indian team to participate in this tournament on invitation in 1923, but they lost in the finals to Durham Light Infantry by 1Template:Ndash4 margin. The first Indian team to win this tournament was Bangalore Muslims, in 1937.[27]

Statistics: Teams with at least 2 wins, (including joint wins)[27]

# Club Wins Last Win Runners-up Last Runners-up
1 Mohun Bagan AC 14 2000–01 10 1987
2 East Bengal Club 10[28] 1994 4 1988
3 Hyderabad City Police 9 1963 1 1943
4 Mohammedan SC 6 1987 9 1991
5 Dempo SC 4[29] 1986 1 1989
6 Bangalore Muslims 3 1948 2 1953
7 Salgaocar SC 3 1999 1 1985

Performance by overseas teams

Overseas teams had often been invited to participate in Rovers Cup.

Winners

Runners-up

See also

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References

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Further reading

Bibliography

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Others

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External links

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