The Rovers Cup is the second oldest of the main tournaments in India, after the Durand Cup. It was first organised by the Bombay Rovers Club. Early years were dominated by British military teams; Bangalore Muslims were the first Indian team to win the cup in 1937. The tournament has not been held since 2000-01 due to fixture congestion and a lack of sponsorship.
No. Year Date of Final Winners Score Runners-Up Notes 1 1890 20-12-1890 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 2-0 Band & Drums of the Worcester Regiment 2 1891 7-12-1891 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 1-0 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 3 1892 29-10-1892 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 4-1 Bombay Rovers Club 4 1893 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers - 5 1894 24- 9-1894 2nd Bn, Royal Scots - 1st Bn, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6 1895 25- 9-1895 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 3-0 2nd Bn, Welsh Regiment 7 1896 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry - 8 1897 25- 9-1897 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment 1-0 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry 9 1898 2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry - 10 1899 7-10-1899 2nd Bn, Royal Irish Regiment 3-0 1st Bn, Royal Fusiliers 11 1900 29- 9-1900 1st Bn, The Black Watch 2-1 1st Bn, Shropshire Light Infantry 12 1901 23- 9-1901 1st Bn, Royal Irish Rifles 1-0 2nd Bn, Oxfordshire Light Infantry 13 1902 27- 9-1902 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 1-0 1st Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment 14 1903 28- 9-1903 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 3-0 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 15 1904 26- 9-1904 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 2-1 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders 16 1905 22- 9-1905 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders 1-0 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 17 1906 1-10-1906 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 1-0 2nd Bn, East Lancashire Regiment 2nd replay after 1-1, 0-0 18 1907 26- 9-1907 2nd Bn, East Lancashire Regiment 3-0 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 19 1908 1-10-1908 2nd Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 1-0 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 20 1909 14-10-1909 2nd Bn, Leicestershire Regiment 5-0 1st Bn, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 21 1910 1-10-1910 2nd Bn, Leicestershire Regiment 1-0 1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment 22 1911 28- 9-1911 1st Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1-0 2nd Bn, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 23 1912 11-10-1912 2nd Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment 1-0 1st Bn, Royal Irish Regiment Replay after 0-0 24 1913 1st Bn, Royal Scots 1-0 1st Bn, Durham Light Infantry [1914-1920 : the tournament was not held due to World War I.] 25 1921 24- 8-1921 1st Bn, Shropshire Light Infantry 1-0 1st Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 26 1922 6- 9-1922 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry 3-1 1st Bn, Shropshire Light Infantry 27 1923 1- 9-1923 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry 4-1 Mohun Bagan 28 1924 4-10-1924 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment 2-1 1st Bn, Royal Scots AET, replay after 0-0 29 1925 6-10-1925 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment 2-0 1st Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment 30 1926 1- 9-1926 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment 4-0 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders 31 1927 3- 9-1927 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 4-1 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 32 1928 24- 9-1928 2nd Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2-0 1st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 33 1929 28- 8-1929 2nd Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4-0 2nd Bn, Duke of Wellington's Regiment 34 1930 23- 8-1930 2nd Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2-0 2nd Bn, Duke of Wellington's Regiment 35 1931 10-10-1931 2nd Bn, Royal West Kent Regiment 2-1 16th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 36 1932 15-10-1932 Royal Irish Fusiliers 3-1 2nd Bn, Duke of Wellington's Regiment 37 1933 13- 9-1933 1st Bn, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1-0 2nd Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment Replay after 1-1, 2-2 38 1934 6-10-1934 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters 6-1 2nd Bn, York & Lancaster Regiment 39 1935 9- 9-1935 1st Bn, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2-1 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry 40 1936 5- 9-1936 1st Bn, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 2-0 1st Bn, Shropshire Light Infantry 41 1937 31- 8-1937 Bangalore Muslims 1-0 Mohammedan Sporting 42 1938 12- 9-1938 Bangalore Muslims 3-2 2nd Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 43 1939 7- 9-1939 28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 2-0 Howrah District XI 44 1940 7- 9-1940 Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 Bangalore Muslims 45 1941 24- 9-1941 2nd Bn, Welch Regiment 2-0 Mohammedan Sporting 46 1942 10-10-1942 Bata Sports Club 3-1 Western India Automobile Association Staff 47 1943 23-10-1943 Royal Air Force 5-0 Bombay City Police 48 1944 14-10-1944 British Base Reinforcement Camp 3-1 Western India Automobile Association Staff 49 1945 3-10-1945 Corps of Military Police 3-1 Albert David XI (Calcutta) Replay after 0-0 50 1946 30-10-1946 British Base Reinforcement Camp 2-1 Tata Sports Club 51 1947 : the tournament was abandoned when the stands collapsed during the quarterfinal between Mohun Bagan and 1st Bn South Staffordshire Regiment. 52 1948 12-10-1948 Bangalore Muslims 1-0 Mohun Bagan 53 1949 9-10-1949 East Bengal 3-0 East Indian Railway 54 1950 31-10-1950 Hyderabad Police 1-0 Aryan Sports Club 55 1951 25-11-1951 Hyderabad Police 2-0 WIMCO (Western India Match Company, Madras) 56 1952 26-10-1952 Hyderabad Police 1-0 Bombay Amateurs Replay after 0-0 57 1953 22-10-1953 Hyderabad Police 2-0 Bangalore Muslims 58 1954 3-11-1954 Hyderabad Police 2-1 Keamari Union (Karachi) 59 1955 16-11-1955 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Mohammedan Sporting 60 1956 13-11-1956 Mohammedan Sporting 3-1 Mohun Bagan 61 1957 20-11-1957 Hyderabad Police 3-0 Mohammedan Sporting 62 1958 18-11-1958 Caltex Club (Bombay) 3-2 Mohammedan Sporting 63 1959-60 21- 1-1960 Mohammedan Sporting 3-0 East Bengal Replay after 0-0 64 1960 3-12-1960 Andhra Pradesh Police 1-0 East Bengal AET 65 1961-62 10- 1-1962 Elec. & Mech. Engineering Centre 1-0 Mohun Bagan 66 1962 25-11-1962 Andhra Pradesh Police 1-1 East Bengal Joint winners. Replay after 1-1 67 1963-64 14- 1-1964 Andhra Pradesh Police 1-0 East Bengal 68 1964-65 15- 2-1965 Bengal-Nagpur Railway 1-0 Mohun Bagan Replay after 1-1 69 1965 18-12-1965 Mafatlal Mills (Bombay) 1-0 Mohun Bagan 70 1966-67 Feb. 1967 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Vasco SC 71 1967 16-12-1967 East Bengal 2-0 Mohun Bagan Replay after 0-0 72 1968 18-12-1968 Mohun Bagan 3-0 Leader FC (Jalandhar) Replay after 0-0 73 1969 25-12-1969 East Bengal 3-0 Mohun Bagan 74 1970-71 14- 1-1971 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Mahindra & Mahindra Replay after 0-0 75 1971-72 31- 1-1972 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Vasco SC 76 1972-73 17- 2-1973 Mohun Bagan 0-0 East Bengal Joint winners, AET. Replay after 0-0 77 1973-74 Feb. 1974 East Bengal 3-2 Tata Sports Club 78 1974-75 16- 3-1975 Dempo SC 1-0 Tata Sports Club Replay; first match was abandoned at 84', with the score at 0-1, as Dempo refused to continue after having a goal disallowed. 79 1975-76 11- 4-1976 East Bengal 1-0 Mafatlal Group 80 1976 23-12-1976 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Mafatlal Group Replay after 0-0 81 1977 12-12-1977 Mohun Bagan 2-1 Tata Sports Club Replay after 0-0 82 1978-79 25- 3-1979 Dempo SC 2-1 Orkay Mills 83 1979-80 8- 3-1980 Dempo SC 2-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 84 1980 14-12-1980 Mohammedan Sporting 1-1 East Bengal Joint winners 85 1981 30-12-1981 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Mohammedan Sporting 86 1982 17-11-1982 Salahaddin FC (Tikrit, Iraq) 2-1 Mohammedan Sporting 87 1983 17-12-1983 Al-Jaish (Army club) (Baghdad, Iraq) 2-1 Mohammedan Sporting 88 1984 5-12-1984 Mohammedan Sporting 1-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 89 1985 16-11-1985 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Salgaocar 90 1986 1-12-1986 Dempo SC 2-0 Mohun Bagan 91 1987 7-12-1987 Mohammedan Sporting 2-0 Mohun Bagan 92 1988 6-12-1988 Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal 93 1989-90 7- 2-1990 Salgaocar 1-0 Dempo SC 94 1990 20-11-1990 East Bengal 1-0 Mahindra & Mahindra 95 1991 20-11-1991 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Mohammedan Sporting 96 1992 30-11-1992 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 97 1993 27-11-1993 Mahindra & Mahindra 0-0 Bank of India (Mumbai) 3-0 pen 98 1994 30-11-1994 East Bengal 2-1 Air India (Mumbai) 99 1995 15-11-1995 Oman Club (Muscat, Oman) 2-0 Sesa Sports Club 100 1996 5-12-1996 Salgaocar 1-0 Air India (Mumbai) 101 1997 28-11-1997 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 1-0 Churchill Brothers 102 1998 5-12-1998 Bengal Mumbai FC 3-0 Central Railway (Mumbai) 103 1999 15-11-1999 Salgaocar 1-0 Churchill Brothers 104 2000-01 9- 1-2001 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Churchill Brothers
14 Mohun Bagan AC (Kolkata) 10 East Bengal Club (Kolkata) 9 Hyderabad Police / Andhra Pradesh Police 6 Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) 4 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 4 Dempo Sports Club (Panjim) 4 2nd Bn, Middlesex Regiment 3 Bangalore Muslims 3 2nd Bn, Durham Light Infantry 3 1st Bn, King's Regiment (Liverpool) 3 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 3 Salgaocar Sports Club (Vasco) 3 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 2 British Base Reinforcement Camp 2 2nd Bn, Leicestershire Regiment 2 2nd Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1 Al-Jaish (Army club) (Baghdad, Iraq) 1 Bata Sports Club (Kolkata) 1 Bengal Mumbai FC 1 Bengal-Nagpur Railway (Kolkata) 1 Caltex Club (Mumbai) 1 Corps of Military Police 1 2nd Bn, Dorsetshire Regiment 1 2nd Bn, East Lancashire Regiment 1 Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Centre (Hyderabad) 1 2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry 1 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills (Phagwara) 1 2nd Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers 1 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 1 Mafatlal Mills (Mumbai) 1 Mahindra & Mahindra (Mumbai) 1 Oman Club (Muscat, Oman) 1 Royal Air Force 1 28th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1 Royal Irish Fusiliers 1 2nd Bn, Royal Irish Regiment 1 1st Bn, Royal Irish Rifles 1 1st Bn, Royal Scots 1 1st Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1 2nd Bn, Royal West Kent Regiment 1 Salahaddin FC (Tikrit, Iraq) 1 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders 1 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters 1 1st Bn, Shropshire Light Infantry 1 1st Bn, The Black Watch 1 2nd Bn, Welch Regiment 1 2nd Bn, Worcestershire Regiment
Thanks to Arunava Chaudhuri for an earlier version of this file.
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