2009 Durand Cup final

The 2009 Durand Cup final was the 122nd final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India and third oldest in the world.^[1] The final was contested between two I-League sides, Churchill Brothers of Goa and Mohun Bagan from Kolkata. It was held on 22 September 2009 in New Delhi.^[2]

2009 Durand Cup final

Event	2009 Durand Cup
Churchill Brothers Mohun Bagan 3 1
Date	22 September 2009
Venue	Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Main article: 2009 Durand Cup

Churchill Brothers won their second Durand Cup final after 2007, with a score of 3–1. Odafe Okolie scored a hat trick for Churchill Brothers.

Route to the final

Churchill Brothers

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
15 September 2009	Group Stage	Sporting Goa	1–0
17 September 2009	Group Stage	Assam Rifles	1–1
19 September 2009	Semi Final	Dempo	2–1

Churchill Brothers entered the 2009 Durand Cup as one of the I-League teams and the runner-up from the previous season. They were placed in Group A along with Sporting Clube de Goa and an Indian Armed Forces team, Assam Rifles. In the opening game, Churchil Brothers defeated Sporting Clube de Goa 1–0. In the second game, they drew against Assam rifles with both teams scoring each. They topped the group and ended their group stage campaign with four points. The first semi-final was held on 19 September 2009, where Churchill Brothers faced Dempo, and defeated them 2–1. Odafe Okolie scored a brace in the 20th and 50th minute and the team reached their third successive Durand Cup final.^[2][3]

Mohun Bagan

Date	Round	Opposition	Score
16 September 2009	Group Stage	ONGC	5–1
18 September 2009	Group Stage	JCT	2–0
20 September 2009	Semi Final	Mahindra United	2–1

Mohun Bagan entered the 2009 Durand Cup as one of the I-League teams. They were allocated Group B with ONGC and JCT. Mohun Bagan won both group stage matches with a score line of 5–1 and 2–0 against ONGC and JCT respectively.^[4] They topped the group and ended their group stage campaign with six points. The second semi-final was held in September 2009, where Mohun Bagan defeated Mahindra United by a score of 2–1. Chidi Edeh scored both goals for Mohun Bagan in 19th and 72nd minute.^[1][3]

Match

The final was played on 22 September 2009 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. The match remained goalless in the regulation time and it went for extra time. Chidi Edeh scored the first goal in the 94th minute, for Mohun Bagan. Six minutes later, Odafa scored the equaliser and went on scoring two more goals in the 104th and 110th minute. He scored a hat trick in ten minutes and sealed the second Durand Cup title for Churchil brothers.^[5][3] The final scoreline was 3–1.^[6][7]

Details

Churchill Brothers	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Mohun Bagan
Nacimento Silveira  44' Odafe Okolie 100', 104', 110'	Report	Micky Fernandes  5' Chidi Edeh 94'

22 September 2009

17:30 IST

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

GK Arindam Bhattacharya RB Naoba Singh  84' CB Rowilson Rodrigues CB Gouramangi Singh LB Robert Lalthalma Charan Rai MF Nacimento Silveira  90' MF Ogba Kalu MF Khanthang Paite  82' ST Odafe Okolie MF Reisangmei Vashum Substitutes: GK Naveen Kumar  84' CM Lenny Rodrigues  90' MF Jaison Vales  82' Coach: Carlos Roberto Pereira

GK Sangram Mukherjee RB Surkumar Singh CB Deepak Mondal CB Rakesh Masih LM Nallappan Mohanraj  106' LB James Singh  85' CM Micky Fernandes CM Kulothungan RM Snehashis Chakraborty  67' ST Chidi Edeh ST Barreto Substitutes: LM Branco Cardozo  106' RM Subhodeep Majumdar  85' ST Santha Kumar  67' Manager: Karim Bencherifa

See also

• 2009 IFA Shield