The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational

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tournament in India. It was held annually in

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

and was organised by the local Delhi Football Association. It was India's first football tournament to provide the national clubs with international exposure due to participation of international clubs from Asia and Europe.

History

The tournament was established in 1945 by Bharat Ram and Charat Ram of the

Delhi Cloth & General Mills DCM Textiles, formerly known as Delhi Cloth & General Mills (founded in 1889 by Rai Bahadur Ram Kishen Das Gurwale), is an Indian conglomerate which was initially a textile business which opened its first mill in Delhi. Starting from late 1980s ...

textile conglomerate. Delhi's local teams won the first two editions; since then, clubs from

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

have dominated the 1950s and early 1960s, and foreign clubs since the late 1960s. The tournament has not been organised since 1997 due to fixture congestion and various restructuring policies in Indian club football.

Mohun Bagan Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment ...

was the last winner of the tournament.

Results

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;" , - !Year !Winners !Score !Runners-up !Notes , - , 1945 , New Delhi Heroes FC , 3–2 ,

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. In 1968, the regiment was amalgamated with the Somerset and Cornwall ...

, , - , 1946–48 , colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" , , - , 1949 , Raisina Sporting Union (Delhi) , 1–1, 3–1 , City Club (Lucknow) , , - , 1950 ,

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, 2–0 ,

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(Dehradun) , , - , 1951 , Rajasthan Club (Calcutta) , 3–0 ,

(Dehradun) , , - , 1952 ,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, 4–0 ,

(Dehradun) , , - , 1953 , Aryan Gymkhana (Bangalore) , 3–2 , East Indian Railway Accounts (Calcutta) , , - , 1954 ,

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(Calcutta) , 1–0 , Hyderabad FA , , - , 1955 , Indian Air Force Station (Delhi) , 2–0 , District Sports Association (Allahabad) , , - , 1956 ,

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, 0–0, 0–0, 1–0 ,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, , - , 1957 ,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, 0–0, 2–0 , Railway SC , , - , 1958 , Mohammedan Sporting , 1–0 ,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, , - , 1959 , Hyderabad Central Police , 1–0 ,

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, , - , 1960 ,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, 3–1 , Mohammedan Sporting , , - , 1961 , Mohammedan Sporting , 2–1 , Madras Regimental Centre , , - , 1962 , Madras Regimental Centre , 1–0 , Mafatlal Group (Bombay) , , - , 1963 , E.M.E. Centre , 1–1, 3–1 , Punjab Police , , - , 1964 , Mohammedan Sporting , 1–1, 1–0 ,

Andhra Pradesh Police The Andhra Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Public order and police being a state subject in India, the police force is headed by the Director general of police, Kasireddy Rajendranadh Reddy ...

, , - , 1965 ,

, 2–0 , Central Police Lines (Hyderabad) , , - , 1966 , Punjab Police , 0–0, 2–0 , Leader FC (Jalandhar) , , - , 1967 , Mafatlal Group (Bombay) , 5–0 , Leader FC (Jalandhar) , , - , 1968 , Mafatlal Group (Bombay) , 2–1 , Leader FC (Jalandhar) , , - , 1969 , Taj Tehran FC , 4–0 , South Central Railway (Secunderabad) , , - , 1970 , Taj Tehran FC , 3–1 ,

, , - , 1971 , Taj Tehran FC , 1–0 , Leader FC (Jalandhar) , , - , 1972 ,

April 25 SC April 25 Sports Club (, ''Sa i o ch'eyuktan''), or 4.25 SC for short, or sometimes April 25 National Defence Sports Club (4.25'국방체육단', ''Sa i o ch'eyuktan "Kukpang ch'eyuktan"''), is a multi-sports club based in P'yŏngyang, North Ko ...

, 1–1 , Bayerischer F.V. , , - , 1973 ,

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, 0–0, 0–0 , Dok Ro Gang , , - , 1974 ,

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, 1–0 , Punjab Police , , - , 1975 ,

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, 2–0 ,

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, , - , 1976 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" ,

and

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– joint winners (0–0, 0–0) , , - , 1977 , Spartak United , 3–0 ,

JCT FC Jagatjit Cotton & Textile Football Club (formerly known as JCT Mills FC; abbreviated as both JCT FC, or simply JCT) was an Indian professional football club based in Phagwara, Punjab. Founded in 1971, the club was sponsored by Jagatjit Cotton ...

, , - , 1978 ,

FC Volga Kalinin FC Tver (russian: link=no, ФК «Тверь») is an association football club from Tver, Russia, firstly founded in 1908 as FC Volga Tver. It has played professionally in 1937, 1949, 1953 to 1956, 1958 to 1999, 2004 to 2017, and from 2020. In 1 ...

, 1–0 , Bayerischer F.V. , , - , 1979 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , {{sort, aaaaa,

and {{flagicon, South Korea Citizens' National Bank – joint winners (1–1, 1–1) , {{ref, n4, 4 , - , 1980 , Mohammedan Sporting , 1–0 , {{flagicon, South Korea Bank of Seoul & Trust Company , , - , 1981 , {{flagicon, South Korea

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, 3–1 , {{flagicon, Australia East Fremantle Tricolore , , - , 1982–83 , {{flagicon, South Korea Incheon University , 0–0, 3–0 , Mohammedan Sporting , , - , 1983 ,

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, 1–0 , Mohammedan Sporting , {{ref, n5, 5 , - , 1984 , {{flagicon, China Liaoning F.C. , 1–0 , {{flagicon, Australia Western Australia Soccer Federation , , - , 1985 , {{flagicon, Australia Football Fed. of South Australia , 0–0 {{pso, 5–4 ,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, , - , 1986 , {{flagicon, USSR

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, 4–0 ,

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, , - , 1987 , {{flagicon, South Korea S.M. Industry Bank , 1–0 ,

, , - , 1988 , {{flagicon, South Korea

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, 1–0 ,

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, , - , 1989 , {{flagicon, Iran

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, 3–1 , {{flagicon, South Korea

, , - , 1990 , {{flagicon, South Korea

Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities i ...

, 0–0 {{pso, 5–4 ,

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, , - , 1991 , {{flagicon, Iran

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, 1–0 ,

, , - , 1992–93 , {{flagicon, South Korea Incheon University , 1–1 {{pso, 4–1 ,

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, , - , 1993 , {{flagicon, Croatia NK Varteks , 3–0 ,

, , - , 1994–95 , {{flagicon, Iran

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, 2–0 ,

, , - , 1995–96 , {{flagicon, Iran

Tractor Sazi Tractor Cultural Sports Economic Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی اقتصادی تراکتور, ''Bâšgâh-e Farhangi Varzeši Eqtesâdi-ye Terâktor''), commonly known as Tractor, formerly Tractor Sazi, is an Iranian football ...

, 3–0 , Punjab State Electricity Board , , - , 1996 , colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" , {{sort, aaaaa, ''The tournament was not held'' , - , 1997 ,

, 2–0 ,

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, Notes: :1. {{note, n1Bayerischer withdrew from the replay, so April 25 were declared winners :2. {{note, n2East Bengal were declared winners as Dok Ro Gang refused to play extra time :3. {{note, n3Joint winners after replay :4. {{note, n4Joint winners after replay :5. {{note, n5Abandoned in the 83rd minute due to a riot

References

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