2004 Durand Cup final

The 2004 Durand Cup Final was the 117th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 10 November 2004 at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi.^[1][2]

2004 Durand Cup Final

Event	2004 Durand Cup
East Bengal Mohun Bagan 2 1
Date	10 November 2004
Venue	Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi
Man of the Match	Chandan Das
Attendance	10,000 (approx.)
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East Bengal won the final 2–1 to claim their 16th Durand Cup title. Captain Chandan Das scored a brace for East Bengal including a last minute winner as East Bengal won the title.^[3]

Route to the final

See also: IFA Shield

East Bengal

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
4 November 2004	Group Stage	Army XI	3–1
6 November 2004	Group Stage	Sporting Club de Goa	4–0
8 November 2004	Semi Final	JCT	1–0

East Bengal entered the 2004 Durand Cup as one of the National Football League teams and the runner-up from the previous season. They were allocated into Group B alongside Army XI and Sporting Club de Goa. In the opening game East Bengal defeated Army XI 3–1. Paulo Roberto da Silva scored a brace and Chandan Das scored the other for East Bengal.^[4] In the second game, East Bengal defeated Sporting Club de Goa 4–0 as Ernest Jeremiah scored a debut hattrick and Chandan Das scored the other as East Bengal topped the group and reached the last four.^[5] In the semi-final, East Bengal defeated JCT 1–0 with Syed Rahim Nabi scoring the solitary goal as East Bengal reached their third consecutive Durand Cup final.^[6]

Mohun Bagan

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
3 November 2004	Group Stage	Assam Rifles	5–0
5 November 2004	Group Stage	State Bank of Travancore	3–1
7 November 2004	Semi Final	Salgaocar	0–0 (5–4 pen)

Mohun Bagan entered the 2004 Durand Cup as one of the National Football League teams and were allocated into Group C alongside State Bank of Travancore and Assam Rifles. In the opening game, Mohun Bagan defeated Assam Rifles 5–0 as Sunil Chhetri scored a brace while Mehtab Hossain, Eduardo and Dharamjit Singh scored the other three.^[7] In the second match, Mohun Bagan defeated State Bank of Travancore 3–1. Noel Wilson, Mehtab Hossain and Eduardo scored for Bagan as they topped the group and reached the last four.^[8] In the semi-final, Mohun Bagan defeated the defending champions Salgaocar 5–4 in penalty shootout after the game ended goalless after added extra time as Mohun Bagan reached the finals.^[9]

Match

Details

10 November 2004

14:30 IST

East Bengal	2–1	Mohun Bagan
Madhab Das  40'  75' Chandan Das 24' (pen.), 90+1'	Report	Douglas Silva 76' (o.g.)

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

Attendance: 10,000 (est.)

Referee: P.K. Bose (Madhya Pradesh)

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

GK Rajat Ghosh Dastidar RB Akshay Das  85' CB Debjit Ghosh CB Madhab Das  40'  75' CB Selwyn Fernandes  52' LB Habibur Rehman Mondal RM Shylo Malsawmtluanga CM Douglas Silva LM Chandan Das (c) ST Alvito D'Cunha ST Ernest Jeremiah Substitutes: CM Climax Lawrence  52' ST Bijen Singh  85' Coach: Subhash Bhowmick

GK Subrata Paul RB Manitombi Singh CB Dulal Biswas (c) CB Eduardo Coelho  40' LB Rishi Kapoor LM Mehtab Hussain  71' CM Noel Wilson CM Basudeb Mondal RM Dharamjit Singh  66' ST James Ugwo  40' ST Sunil Chhetri Substitutes: LM Tomba Singh  40' RM Jerry Zirsanga  66' ST Ashim Biswas  40' Manager: Aloke Mukherjee

Hero of the Match: Chandan Das (East Bengal)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

See also

• Durand Cup 2004, rsssf.com
• 117th Durand Cup 2004, indianfootball.de