2009 Durand Cup

The 2009 Durand Cup was the 122nd edition of the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia.^[1] It began on 11 September 2009 and concluded on 22 September. All matches were played at the Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi. Nine I-League teams were scheduled to take part. The qualifiers were held starting on 2 September, with the final on 20 September. Two teams from the qualifier joined to make it a 12 team battle in the quarterfinals.

Durand Cup

Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi
Dates	11–22 September 2009
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Churchill Brothers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Mohun Bagan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	34 (2.27 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Odafa Onyeka Okolie (5 goals)
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Participating teams included reigning champions Mahindra United, Churchill Brothers, Army XI, Sporting Goa, Air India, Dempo, JCT and newly promoted Shillong Lajong. Mohun Bagan and East Bengal had not been part of the Durand Cup in previous years, but according to DFTS Secretary General Major S.S. Maan, they were expected to participate.^{[citation needed]} Churchill Brothers defeated Mohun Bagan 3–1 in the final to win the trophy for their second time.^[2]

Qualification

Round one

16 teams played a one-off match to determine the 8 clubs to reach the second qualifying round.

Date	team	Score	team
02–09–09	Simla Youngs	3–1	BEG Rurkee
02–09–09	Indian Navy	0 – 0 (3 – 4 pens)	Amity United
03–09–09	Indian National	0–4	Gorkha Regiment RC
03–09–09	Border Security Force	2–0	Jammu &Kashmir Bank
04–09–09	Army Supply Corps, Bangalore	2–1	New Delhi Heroes
04–09–09	MEG, Bangalore	0–3	Assam Rifles
05–09–09	Army Juniors	3–0	Ahbab FC, Delhi
05–09–09	ONGC	2–1	Indian Air Force XI

Round two

8 teams play a one-off match to determine 4 clubs to advance to the third qualifying stage.

Date	team	Score	team
06–09–09	Simla Youngs	2 – 2 (5–4 Pen)	Amity United
07–09–09	Gorkha Regiment RC	1–3	Border Security Force
06–09–09	Army Supply Corps, Bangalore	0–3	Assam Rifles
07–09–09	Army Juniors	0–2	ONGC

Round Three

4 clubs remain, 2 will advance to the group stage

Date	team	Score	team
08–09–09	Simla Youngs	1–4	Assam Rifles
09–09–09	Border Security Force	0–1	ONGC

Group stage

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group C
Sporting Goa Churchill Brothers Assam Rifles	Mohun Bagan JCT ONGC	Air India Dempo Army XI	Mahindra United East Bengal Shillong Lajong

Tables & Results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Sporting Goa	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Assam Rifles	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Sporting Goa v Assam Rifles

12 September 2009 (2009-09-12)	Sporting Goa	2–0	Assam Rifles	Delhi
	Obagbemiro 20', 90'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Referee: Bikramjit

Churchill Brothers v Sporting Goa

15 September 2009 (2009-09-15)	Churchill Brothers	1–0	Sporting Goa	Delhi
	Okolie 82'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Assam Rifles v Churchill Brothers

17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)	Assam Rifles	1–1	Churchill Brothers	Delhi
	Meikingai Kamei 55'	Report	Rai 71'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mohun Bagan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
JCT	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
ONGC	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

JCT v ONGC

13 September 2009 (2009-09-13)	JCT	1–0	ONGC	Delhi
	Sahni 62'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

ONGC v Mohun Bagan

16 September 2009 (2009-09-16)	ONGC	1–5	Mohun Bagan	Delhi
	Chukwuma Udofia 82'	Report	IS Singh 9', 90+2' Edeh 16', 77' Barreto 43'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Mohun Bagan v JCT

18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)	Mohun Bagan	2–0	JCT	Delhi
	Barreto 4', 15'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dempo	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Air India	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Army XI	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Air India v Army XI

11 September 2009 (2009-09-11)	Air India	3–0	Army XI	Delhi
	R. Singh 23' (pen.), 34' (pen.) Opara 28'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Dempo v Air India

14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)	Dempo	4–1	Air India	Delhi
	Carvalho 28' Martins 60' Chhetri 69' (pen.) Beto 89'	Report	Opara 90+'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Referee: P. K. Bose

Army XI v Dempo

17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)	Army XI	0–1	Dempo	Delhi
		Report	Martins 59'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mahindra United	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Shillong Lajong	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
East Bengal	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Mahindra United v Shillong Lajong

14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)	Mahindra United	0–0	Shillong Lajong	Delhi
		Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Shillong Lajong v East Bengal

16 September 2009 (2009-09-16)	Shillong Lajong	1–0	East Bengal	Delhi
	Lyngshing 61'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

East Bengal v Mahindra United

18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)	East Bengal	0–2	Mahindra United	Delhi
		Report	Rafi 63', 66'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Semi-finals

Churchill Brothers	2–1	Dempo
Rai 21' Okolie 50'	Report	Beto 83'

19 September 2009

17:30

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: A. Rowan

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Mahindra United	1–2	Mohun Bagan
Rafi 70'	Report	Edeh 19', 77'

20 September 2009

17:30

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Dinesh Nair

Final

Main article: 2009 Durand Cup final

Churchill Brothers	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Mohun Bagan
Okolie 100', 104', 110'	Report	Edeh 94'

22 September 2009

17:30

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

Referee: P. K. Bose (Madhya Pradesh)