The 2011 IFA shield was held in Kolkata starting from 11 March, with a total of 10 teams including a Chinese super league team participating.
Teams were divided into 2 groups and played each other with the top 2 advancing to the semifinals.
[1][2] Group A: East Bengal, Mohammedan SC, Southern Samity, Churchill Brothers SC, Shandong Luneng.
Group B: Mohun Bagan, Chirag United, Aryan FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Pune FC.
[3] East Bengal 3 – 1 Shandong Luneng (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) East Bengal 1 – 2 Southern Samity (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Shandong Luneng 0 – 1 Southern Samity (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohammedan SC 1 – 3 Churchill Brothers (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohammedan SC 1 – 0 Shandong Luneng (Yuva Bharati Krirangan)[4] East Bengal 1 – 1 Mohammedan SC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Churchill Brothers 0 – 2 Shandong Luneng (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohammedan SC 1 – 1 Southern Samity(Yuva Bharati Krirangan) East Bengal 0 – 1 Churchill Brothers (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Churchill Brothers 1 – 0 Southern Samity (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Aryan Club 1 – 1 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohun Bagan 1 – 1 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Chirag United 0 – 1 Pune FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohun Bagan 1 – 0 Aryan Club (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Chirag United 1 – 2 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Chirag United 3 – 0 Aryan (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohun Bagan 2 – 0 Pune FC(Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Aryan Club 0 – 1 Pune FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Mohun Bagan 1 – 1 Chirag United (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) Pune FC 1 – 2 Shillong Lajong FC (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) 28 March 2011 :: Mohun Bagan 2 -1 Southern Samity (YBK – 14.00 IST) 28 March 2011 ::Churchill Brothers 2 – 0 Shillong Lajong FC(YBK – 16.30 IST) 31 March 2011 :: Southern Samity 4 – 0 Shillong Lajong FC(YBK – 14.00 IST) 31 March 2011 :: Mohun Bagan 1 – 2 Churchill Brothers (YBK – 16.30 IST)