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Football tournament
Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup
Organising bodyShastri Football Club
Founded1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Abolished2006; 18 years ago (2006)
RegionIndia
Number of teams10
Last championsIndian Air Force
Most successful team(s)Indian Air Force
Simla Youngs FC
AOC Secunderabad
(2 titles each)

Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup, also known as the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Football Tournament, is an Indian association football tournament held in Delhi and organized by Shastri Football Club. The tournament was first started in 1978 in the memory of former Indian prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and is named after him. Apart from some top clubs from Delhi, clubs from neighbouring states also participated in the tournament.

Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup 14th edition returned after 6 years of gap in 2004, with the last tournament being held in 2006 was won by Indian Air Force. The tournament has not been held since then.

Results

List of Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup finals
Year Champions Score Runners-up Note
1978 DESU and Aryan FC (joint winners)
1979 Youngsters FC and Simla Youngs FC (joint winners)
1980 New Delhi Heroes FC and Garhwal Heroes (joint winners)
1981 Delhi Police Indian Air Force
1983 Indian Air Force Garhwal Heroes
1985 Simla Youngs FC Goans SC
1986 AOC Secunderabad Benares Heroes
1992 Indian National FC Shastri FC
1993 Ludhiana Police Shastri FC
1994 Shastri FC Ludhiana Police
1995 AOC Secunderabad
1997 Rail Coach Factory DFA Varanasi
1998 Indian Bank 1–0 Delhi Blues XI
2004 Tata Football Academy 2–0 Bengal Mumbai FC
2005 Punjab State Electricity Board 3–1 South-East-Central Railway
2006 Indian Air Force 1–1, 2–2, 5–4 (p) Garhwal Heroes

References

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  5. "PSEB down Western Railway in Shastri memorial football". www.oneindia.com. 18 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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