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The '''Trades Cup''' (also known as the '''Trades Challenge Cup'''<ref name="sdg"/> or '''IFA Trades Challenge Cup''')<ref name="ifatc"/> is an Indian [[association football|football]] tournament held in [[Kolkata]] and organised by [[Indian Football Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Football Association inks four-year deal with Accord Sports VDK |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football-association-ifa-commercial-partner-accord-sports-vdk-calcutta-football-league-ifa-shield-bengal/article32632117.ece |website=Sportstar |date=17 September 2020 |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019002231/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football-association-ifa-commercial-partner-accord-sports-vdk-calcutta-football-league-ifa-shield-bengal/article32632117.ece }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/calcutta-statusfootball-league-history-winners-list |title=liveCalcutta Football League: East Bengal kings of Asia's oldest league competition — full winners list |website=olympics.com |publisher=The Olympics Football |last1=Nag |first1=Utathya |date=19 April 2023 |access-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505071647/https://olympics.com/en/news/calcutta-football-league-history-winners-list |archive-date=5 May 2023 }}</ref> Incorporated in 1889, it is the [[List of oldest football competitions|second oldest football tournament]] in [[Asia]] and the oldest football tournament in Kolkata.<ref>{{cite book |title=Portrait Of Indian Sport |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitofinidan00anth |publisher=P R Macmillan Limited, London |last1=D'Mello |first1=Anthony |date=1959 |page=186 |access-date=5 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samakal.com/opinion/article/2207124048/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%9F|title=ইংরেজের বিপক্ষে বাঙালি ফুটবল দলের প্রথম বিজয়|trans-title=The first victory of Bengali football team against Britishers|website=samakal.com|publisher=সমকাল বাংলা|date=29 July 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|location=Dhaka|author=Ikramujjaman|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729112358/https://samakal.com/opinion/article/2207124048/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%9F|archive-date=29 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/|title=Kick, Score, Scream! The History of Football in Dhaka|first=Dhrubo|last=Alam|location=Dhaka|date=16 July 2018|publisher=Ice Today|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101015051/http://icetoday.net/2018/07/kick-score-scream-the-history-of-football-in-dhaka/}}</ref> It is the traditional curtain raiser for the Kolkata football season.
 
==History==
The Trades Cup was instituted in 1889 by the trading community of Calcutta and was organised by the [[Dalhousie AC]] committee.<ref name="sdg">{{cite web |title=Football in Bengali culture and society: a study in the social history of football in Bengal-1911-1980 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |publisher=University of Calcutta |website=[[Shodhganga]] |page=35 |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Kausik |date=2008 |hdl=10603/174532 |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007174156/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/174532 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitra | firstfirst1=Soumen |date=1 January 2006 |title=In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ |publisher=Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. |location=Kolkata |isbn=978-8182110229 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021163751/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/In_Search_of_an_Identity.html?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=21 October 2022 }}</ref> It was the first open football tournament in India, where Indian, British, regimental and college clubs participated.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Golondaaj' Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari: the father of Indian football|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-father-of-indian-football|website=Olympics|last=Nag|first=Utathya|date=3 February 2022|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=6 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806144939/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-father-of-indian-football|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrew Flint |date=2015-11-11 |title=A Tale of One City: Kolkata |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/11/11/a-tale-of-one-city-kolkata/ |access-date=2021-03-16 |website=These Football Times |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183002/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2015/11/11/a-tale-of-one-city-kolkata/ }}</ref>
 
The first Indian club to win a match against a British team was [[Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari]]'s Sovabazar Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/|title=Nagendra Prasad — The father of Indian football who removed prejudice from the sport|website=thebridge.in|publisher=The Bridge|date=25 January 2020|access-date=24 October 2022|first=Sarah|last=Waris|location=Kolkata|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024082132/https://thebridge.in/amp/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radiobanglanet.com/golondaaj-dev-dhrubo-banerjee-director/|title=বাঙালির ফুটবল প্রেমকে উস্কে দিয়ে|trans-title=By inciting Bengali's love of football|website=radiobanglanet.com|publisher=Radio Bangla Net|date=10 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2022|first=Swati|location=Kolkata|language=bn|last=Chatterjee|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019024354/https://radiobanglanet.com/golondaaj-dev-dhrubo-banerjee-director/|archive-date=19 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Introduction of Football in Colonial Calcutta- Part 1 |url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2015/the-introduction-of-football-in-colonial-calcutta/ |date=25 March 2015 |first=Ankan |last=Banerjee |access-date=25 March 2015 |website=footballcounter.com |publisher=Football Counter |location=Kolkata |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123195412/http://www.footballcounter.com/2015/the-introduction-of-football-in-colonial-calcutta/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Football — the passion play in Kolkata|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111155154/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2012|website=ibnlive.in|publisher=IBN Live|date=13 December 2011|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> They won the opening match of the 1892 Trades Cup by defeating the [[East Surrey Regiment]] with the score of 2–1.<ref name="ifd">{{cite book |title=India's Football Dream |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-V6HDwAAQBAJ&q=national+association+manmatha+ganguly |publisher=SAGE Publications India |last1=Sharma |first1=Nikhil Paramjit |last2=Gupta |first2=Shantanu |date=4 February 2019 |access-date=4 October 2022 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004041830/https://books.google.com/books?id=-V6HDwAAQBAJ&dq=national+association+manmatha+ganguly&source=gbs_navlinks_s |isbn=9789353283063 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/history|website=AIFF|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-date=8 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124507/http://www.the-aiff.com/history|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari – The first visionary of Indian football|url=https://www.footballparadise.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-first-visionary-of-indian-football/|website=Football Paradise|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|date=25 November 2019|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922065949/https://www.footballparadise.com/nagendra-prasad-sarbadhikari-the-first-visionary-of-indian-football/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="ifd"/><ref>{{Cite journal|title=From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106295?journalCode=fsas20|journal=Soccer & Society|date=6 August 2006| volume=6 | issue=2–3 | pages=124–141 | doi=10.1080/14660970500106295 | s2cid=216817948 |access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181632/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106295?journalCode=fsas20|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Football as an instrument of Nationalism in colonial Bengal- Part 2|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2015/football-as-an-instrument-of-nationalism-in-colonial-bengal/|website=Football Counter|last=Banerjee|first=Ankan|date=15 April 2015|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=16 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216042218/http://www.footballcounter.com/2015/football-as-an-instrument-of-nationalism-in-colonial-bengal/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mohun Bagan]] completed a hat-trick of Trades Cup titles between 1906 and 1908,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/|title=Mohun Bagan: Blaze of Glory|last=Kapadia|first=Novy|date=7 June 2015|website=indianexpress.com|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=4 March 2016|archive-date=22 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222151228/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/mohun-bagan-blaze-of-glory/}}</ref> which enabled them to make their [[IFA Shield]] debut in 1909.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GR-4AQAAQBAJ |title=Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora |date=23 October 2013 |last1=Dimeo |first1=Paul |last2=Mills |first2=Mills |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135276577 |access-date=8 October 2022 }}</ref>
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==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of Trades Cup Finals<ref>{{cite tweet|user=footy_chronicle|number=1480487159396282368|title=List of Winners- Trades Cup|date=10 January 2022 |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|title=India - List of Trades Cup Winners|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=2014|access-date=24 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927050302/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-tradescup.html|archive-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
!Year
!Winners
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|1889
|'''[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]'''
|2–1
|Howrah
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| <ref name="MB Villa">{{cite web |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Anita |title=MOHUN BAGAN VILLA – GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN |url=https://breathingroots.co.in/2020/10/10/mohun-bagan-villa-gone-but-not-forgotten/ |website=Breathing Roots |date=10 July 2021 |access-date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=3 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003050014/https://breathingroots.co.in/2020/10/10/mohun-bagan-villa-gone-but-not-forgotten/ }}</ref>
|-
|1907
|'''[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]'''
|3–2
|[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]] B
| <ref name="MB Villa"/>
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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howrah Union - at a glance |url=http://howrahunion.com/clubprofile.html |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=Howrah Union |archive-date=25 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425035748/http://howrahunion.com/clubprofile.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://insidesports.in/archives/5533|title=কর্পোরেট ক্রিকেট দিয়ে হাওড়া ইউনিয়নে শতবর্ষ উৎযাপন শুরু|date=21 January 2023|access-date=26 January 2022|location=Kolkata|website=insidesports.in|publisher=ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস|language=bn|trans-title=Howrah Union keen to start club's centenary celebration with corporate cricket tournament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205233414/https://insidesports.in/archives/5533|archive-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>
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|1938
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|<ref name="trophylist"/>
 
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|1979–2003
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|2004
|'''[[Calcutta FC|Calcutta]]'''
|2–1
|[[Eastern Railway SC|Eastern Railway]]
|<ref name="tc2004">{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2004traderscup.html|title="Khadims" Traders Cup 2004|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718222559/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2004traderscup.html|archive-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|'''[[Eastern Railway SC|Eastern Railway]]'''
|{{pso|3–2}}
|[[Wari AC|Wari]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2005traderscup.html|title="Khadims" Traders Cup 2005|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718231627/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2005traderscup.html|archive-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|'''[[Peerless SC|Peerless]]'''
|0–0 {{pso|5–4}}
|[[United SC|United]]
|<ref name="tc2006">{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2006tradescup.html|title="Khadims" Trades Challenge Cup 2006|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924231232/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2006tradescup.html|archive-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|'''[[Chirag United SC|Chirag United]]'''
|3–1
|[[Eastern Railway SC|Eastern Railway]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2007tradescup.html|title="Celebration" Trades Cup 2007|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718222953/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2007tradescup.html|archive-date=18 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|'''[[West Bengal Police FC|West Bengal Police]]'''
|3–0
|SAIL
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|'''Calcutta Port Trust'''
|0–0 {{pso|5–4}}
|[[Wari AC|Wari]]
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|'''City AC'''
|2–1 {{pso|5–4}}
|[[BSS Sporting Club|BSS SC]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2017|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_trades_cup_2017/sf_final.html|website=kolkatafootball.com|access-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219173051/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_trades_cup_2017/sf_final.html|archive-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>
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|2019
|'''[[Dalhousie AC|Dalhousie]]'''
|2–1
|[[Howrah Union]]
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*{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-121-year-old-burnt-down-football-club-and-the-legacy-the-flames-couldnt-touch/cid/1692972|title=A burnt-down football club and a 121-year-old legacy the flames couldn't touch|first=Manasi|last=Shah|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph India]]|location=Kolkata|date=19 June 2022|access-date=15 October 2022|archive-date=26 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026135252/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/a-121-year-old-burnt-down-football-club-and-the-legacy-the-flames-couldnt-touch/cid/1692972}}
*{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/footballs-passage/|title=The passage of football in India|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|location=Kolkata|access-date=11 September 2022|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129163914/https://ifawb.org/footballs-passage/}}
*{{cite web|url=https://inscript.me/how-east-bengal-mohun-bagan-became-rival-history-of-west-bengal-club-football-by-ayan-bhattacharya-robibarer-royak|title=বাংলা ভাগের ক্ষত কিভাবে বিষিয়ে দিল মোহনবাগান আর ইস্টবেঙ্গলকে?|trans-title=How did the wound of the partition of Bengal poisoned both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?|first1=Ayan|last1=Bhattacharya|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107163804/https://inscript.me/how-east-bengal-mohun-bagan-became-rival-history-of-west-bengal-club-football-by-ayan-bhattacharya-robibarer-royak|website=inscript.me|publisher=ইনস্ক্রিপ্ট বাংলা নিউজ|location=Kolkata|language=bn|date=10 September 2023|access-date=7 November 2023}}
 
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