1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

The 1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament was the last edition of the Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament to take place. It was held in Dacca (now Dhaka), East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and won by India for a record 4th time.

1955 Asian Quadrangular Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)
Dates	17–24 December 1955
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	India (4th title)
Runners-up	Pakistan
Third place	Burma
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	30 (5 per match)
Top scorer	Pradip Kumar Banerjee (5 goals)
← 1954

Squads

Ceylon	Pakistan
M. M. Hassimdeen G. Amarasinghe A. C. M. Khan D. M. Panditha T. H. Soono T. Ramasamy Peter Ranasinghe (captain) K. A. Premadasa Leo Cornelius T. S. Jaymon T. S. Sainoon T. M. Deen K. D. Somapala Dennis Peiris Andrew Fernando M. T. A. Ossen Karunapala Fernando	Zafar Ali Lodhi Moideen Kutty Jamil Akhtar Sumbal Khan Riasat Ali Nabi Chowdhury Taj Mohammad Jr. Ibrar Hussain Bali Nasir Abdul Majid Anwar Sher Qayyum Changezi Muhammad Abdul Malik Muhammad Amin Moosa Ghazi Abdur Rahim Fazlur Rahman Arzu

Points Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	India	3	3	0	0	11	6	+5	6	Champions
2	Pakistan	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	4
3	Burma	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	2
4	Ceylon	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source: RSSSF

Matches

All the results are based on data from rsssf

17 December 1955 (1955-12-17)

Pakistan	4–2	Burma
Qayyum 10', 50' (pen.), 55' (pen.) Jamil 56'		Suk Bahadur 44' Kyaw Zan

Dacca Stadium, Dacca

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18 December 1955 (1955-12-18)

India	4–3	Ceylon
Banerjee 30', ?' Mewalal Sattar	Report	Ranasinghe 2', ?' (pen.) Fernando

Dacca Stadium, Dacca

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20 December 1955 (1955-12-20)

India	5–2	Burma
Banerjee ?', ?' D'Souza ?', ?' Kempaiah	Report	Suk Bahadur Aung Shein

Dacca Stadium, Dacca

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21 December 1955 (1955-12-21)

Pakistan	2–1	Ceylon
Fakhri ?', ?'	Report	Ranasinghe

Dacca Stadium, Dacca

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23 December 1955 (1955-12-23)

Burma	3–1	Ceylon
Suk Bahadur ?', ?' (pen.) Aung Myint	Report	Sainoon

Dacca Stadium, Dacca

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24 December 1955 (1955-12-24)

Pakistan	1–2	India
Fakhri	Report	Banerjee D'Souza

Dacca Stadium, Dacca

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 30 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

5 goals

• Pradip Kumar Banerjee

4 goals

• Suk Bahadur

3 goals

• Qayyum Changezi
• Peter Ranasinghe
• Neville D'Souza
• Masood Fakhri

1 goal

• Jamil Akhtar
• Kiaw Zan
• Sheoo Mewalal
• Mohammad Abdus Sattar
• Andrew Fernando
• Mariappa Kempaiah
• Aung Myint
• Aung Shein
• M. Sainoon