The Delhi Cloth Mills Trophy, known simply as D.C.M. Trophy, was an invitational football tournament in India. It was held annually in

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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 Bharat Ram or Lala Bharat Ram (15 October 1914 – 11 July 2007) was an Indian industrialist, born in Delhi, British India. Biography Born in Delhi, Ram was the son of Lala Shri Ram, who founded Delhi Cloth & General Mills. Ram completed his pr ...

and Charat Ram of the Delhi Cloth & General Mills textile conglomerate. Delhi's local teams won the first two editions; since then, clubs from

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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.

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was the last winner of the tournament.

Results

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, 3–2 ,

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, , - , 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 , 8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun) , , - , 1951 , Rajasthan Club (Calcutta) , 3–0 , 8th Gorkha Rifles (Dehradun) , , - , 1952 ,

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, 4–0 , 8th Gorkha Rifles (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 ,

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, , - , 1957 ,

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

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, , - , 1959 , Hyderabad Central Police , 1–0 , Madras Engineer Group , , - , 1960 ,

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, 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 , , - , 1965 , Andhra Pradesh Police , 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 , Andhra Pradesh Police , , - , 1971 , Taj Tehran FC , 1–0 , Leader FC (Jalandhar) , , - , 1972 , April 25 SC , 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 , 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

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, 0–0, 3–0 , Mohammedan Sporting , , - , 1983 ,

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, 1–0 , Mohammedan Sporting , {{ref, n5, 5 , - , 1984 , {{flagicon, China

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, 1–0 , {{flagicon, Australia Western Australia Soccer Federation , , - , 1985 , {{flagicon, Australia Football Fed. of South Australia , 0–0 {{pso, 5–4 ,

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, , - , 1986 , {{flagicon, USSR FC Metalist Kharkiv , 4–0 ,

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

, , - , 1988 , {{flagicon, South Korea POSCO Atoms , 1–0 ,

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, , - , 1989 , {{flagicon, Iran Esteghlal F.C. , 3–1 , {{flagicon, South Korea POSCO Atoms , , - , 1990 , {{flagicon, South Korea

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, 0–0 {{pso, 5–4 ,

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, , - , 1991 , {{flagicon, Iran PAS Tehran F.C. , 1–0 ,

, , - , 1992–93 , {{flagicon, South Korea

, 1–1 {{pso, 4–1 ,

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

, , - , 1994–95 , {{flagicon, Iran Bahman F.C. , 2–0 ,

, , - , 1995–96 , {{flagicon, Iran Tractor Sazi , 3–0 , Punjab State Electricity Board , , - , 1996 , colspan="4" style="text-align:center;" , {{sort, aaaaa, ''The tournament was not held'' , - , 1997 ,

, 2–0 , Tata Football Academy , 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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