# 2020 IFA Shield

The 2020 IFA Shield is the 123rd edition of the IFA Shield. It will have four I-League teams and eight Calcutta Premier Division teams. No overseas teams were invited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Real Kashmir beat George Telegraph in the final to win their first IFA Shield title.

## Teams

| Group | Team | Location |
| A | Kalighat MS | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| A | Kidderpore | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| A | Mohammedan | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| B | Aryan | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| B | Peerless | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| B | Real Kashmir | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir |
| C | George Telegraph | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| C | Indian Arrows | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| C | Southern Samity | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| D | BSS | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| D | Gokulam Kerala | Calicut, Kerala |
| D | United | Kolkata, West Bengal |

## Venue

All the matches were held at Salt Lake Stadium, East Bengal Ground, Mohun Bagan Ground, Sailen Manna Stadium, Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Kalyani Stadium.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Mohammedan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Kalighat MS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Kidderpore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Real Kashmir | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Peerless | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Aryan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | George Telegraph | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Southern Samity | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Indian Arrows | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Gokulam Kerala | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | Advance to the quarterfinals |
| 3 | BSS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Mohammedan | Mohammedan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Gokulam Kerala | Gokulam Kerala | 0 | | | | | | |
| Gokulam Kerala | Gokulam Kerala | 0 | Mohammedan | Mohammedan | 0 | | | |
| | | | Real Kashmir | Real Kashmir | 4 | | | |
| Real Kashmir | Real Kashmir | 1 | Real Kashmir | Real Kashmir | 4 | | | |
| Southern Samity | Southern Samity | 0 | | | | | | |
| Southern Samity | Southern Samity | 0 | | | | Real Kashmir | Real Kashmir | 2 |
| | | | | | | George Telegraph | George Telegraph | 1 |
| George Telegraph | George Telegraph | 1 | | | | | | | George Telegraph | George Telegraph | 1 |
| Peerless | Peerless | 0 | | | | | | |
| Peerless | Peerless | 0 | George Telegraph | George Telegraph | 2 | | | |
| | | | United | United | 1 | | | |
| United (p) | United (p) | 0 (4) | United | United | 1 | | | |
| Kalighat MS | Kalighat MS | 0 (3) | | | | | | |

### Final
## Statistics
### Top goal scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lukman Adefemi | Real Kashmir | 5 |
| 2 | Denny Antwi | Gokulam Kerala | 4 |
| 3 | Danish Farooq | Real Kashmir | 3 |
| 3 | Mason Robertson | Real Kashmir | 3 |
| 5 | Gani Nigam | Mohammedan | 2 |
| 5 | Uttam Rai | Peerless | 2 |
| 5 | Tanmoy Ghosh | George Telegraph | 2 |
| 5 | Stanley Eze | George Telegraph | 2 |
| 5 | Goutam Das | George Telegraph | 2 |