2016 Durand Cup

The 2016 Durand Cup was the 128th edition of the Durand Cup since the tournament's founding in 1888. 12 teams competed in the tournament hosted at the Ambedkar Stadium and Harbaksh Stadium in Delhi from 28 August 2016. The final took place at the Ambedkar Stadium on 11 September 2016.^[1]

2016 Durand Cup

Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	28 August – 11 September 2016
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Army Green (1st title)
Runners-up	NEROCA
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	86 (2.87 per match)
← 2014 2019 → All statistics correct as of 8 September 2016.

Army Green won the tournament for the first time by defeating NEROCA on penalties 6–5.^[2][3]

Rounds and dates

Round	Match date	Number of fixtures	Teams
Group stage	28 August–7 September	30	12
Semi-final	9 September	2	4
Final	11 September	1	2

Prize money

Position	Prize money[4]
Champions	₹4.5 million (US$53,000)
Runners-up	₹2 million (US$24,000)
Semi-finalists	₹0.5 million (US$5,900)
Total	~₹7 million (US$83,000)

Teams

Group A
Army Green
DSK Shivajians
Gangtok Himalayan
Indian Navy
Minerva Academy
Sporting Goa
Group B
Aizawl
Army Red
Dempo
Indian Air Force
Real Kashmir
NEROCA

Group stage

All times listed below are at IST

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	DSK Shivajians	5	3	1	1	10	8	+2	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Army Green	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1	8
3	Sporting Goa	5	2	1	2	11	8	+3	7
4	Indian Navy	5	1	3	1	9	7	+2	6
5	Gangtok Himalayan	5	2	0	3	6	9	−3	6
6	Minerva Academy	5	1	1	3	6	11	−5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 September 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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28 August 2016

18:30

Sporting Goa	1–2	DSK Shivajians
Victorino Fernandes 63'	Report	9' Rohit Kumar 43' Kim Song-yong

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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29 August 2016

18:30

Sporting Goa	1–1	Indian Navy
Loveday Enyinnaya 21'	Report	69'

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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30 August 2016

15:30

Indian Navy	1–1	Army Green
Bikram Adhikari 29'		59' PC Lallawmkina

Harbaksh Stadium, Delhi

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30 August 2016

18:45

Minerva Academy	0–2	Gangtok Himalayan
	Report	52' Bhaichung Bhutia Jr 72' John Kane Arho

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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31 August 2016

18:45

DSK Shivajians	2–1	Gangtok Himalayan
Rohit Kumar 5' 44'	Report	78' Jon Lepcha

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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1 September 2016

14:00

Indian Navy	3–0	Minerva Academy
Pawandeep Singh 30', 37' Lalchhuanmawia 40'	Report

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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1 September 2016

20:00

Army Green	2–1	Sporting Goa
PC Lallawnkina 53' (pen.), 58'	Report	82' Masceranhas

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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2 September 2016

16:30

DSK Shivajians	3–3	Indian Navy
Rohit Kumar 36' Arif Shaikh 45' Juan Quero 46'	Report	3' Bibake Thapa 60' Wayne Vaz 90+3' Mohammed Irshad

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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3 September 2016

15:30

Army Green	2–2	Minerva Academy
Linesh PV PC Lallawmkina pen.'	Report	48', 75' (pen.) Marcus Lopez

Harbaksh Stadium, Delhi

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3 September 2016

16:30

Gangtok Himalayan	1–5	Sporting Goa
Rishabh Sharma 19'	Report	4' Cajetan Fernandes 17' Masceranhas 33', 55' Victorino Fernandes 45+2' Ganesh Thakur

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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4 September 2016

16:30

DSK Shivajians	1–2	Minerva Academy
	Report

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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5 September 2016

16:30

DSK Shivajians	2–1	Army Green
	Report

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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6 September 2016

17:45

Gangtok Himalayan	2–1	Indian Navy

Harbaksh Stadium, Delhi

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7 September 2016

17:45

Sporting Goa	3–2	Minerva
	Report

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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7 September 2016

18:45

Gangtok Himalayan	0–1	Army Green

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aizawl	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	NEROCA	5	2	3	0	7	4	+3	9
3	Dempo	5	2	1	2	13	6	+7	7
4	Army Red	5	1	3	1	7	7	0	6
5	Indian Air Force	5	0	3	2	4	6	−2	3
6	Real Kashmir	5	0	3	2	12	6	+6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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29 August 2016

15:30

Aizawl	3–1	Dempo
Bright Mends 18', 30' Vanlalduatsanga 61'		88'

Harbaksh Stadium, Delhi

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29 August 2016

18:45

NEROCA	2–0	Real Kashmir
Ashok Moirangmayum Meetei

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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30 August 2016

16:30

Army Red	2–2	Indian Air Force
C Lallianmawia 30' P Jain 85'		Sourav Shadu Khan Arshpreet Singh

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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31 August 2016

18:45

Dempo	1–1	NEROCA
Mario Mascarenhas 65'		3' Sushil Kumar Singh

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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1 September 2016

16:30

Dempo	1–2	Army Red
Mario Mascarenhas 67'		52' C Lallianmawia 90+4' Francis Zonunthnga

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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2 September 2016

14:00

Aizawl	1–0	Indian Air Force
Bright Mends 35'

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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2 September 2016

18:45

Army Red	1–1	Real Kashmir
Sinenlo Kath Rengma 82'		59' Sheikh Rasool

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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3 September 2016

18:45

Aizawl	0–1	NEROCA
		11' David Lalbiakzara

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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4 September 2016

15:30

Dempo	9–1	Real Kashmir

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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4 September 2016

18:45

Indian Air Force	1–1	NEROCA

Harbaksh Stadium, Delhi

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5 September 2016

17:45

Aizawl	1–0	Army Red
Bright Mends 52'

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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6 September 2016

Indian Air Force	1–1	Real Kashmir

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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7 September 2016

Dempo	1–1	Indian Air Force

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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7 September 2016

NEROCA	2–2	Army Red

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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8 September 2016

Aizawl	1–1	Real Kashmir

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	DSK Shivajians		0
	NEROCA		3
						NEROCA		0(5)
						Army Green		0(6)
	Aizawl		3(2)
	Army Green		3(4)

Semi-finals

9 September 2016

16.00

DSK Shivajians	0–3	NEROCA
	Report	36' Sushil Kumar Singh 65' Meetei 90+3' Anandkumar Singh

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

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9 September 2016

19:00

Aizawl	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Army Green
Penalties
	2–4

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

Final

Main article: 2016 Durand Cup final

11 September 2016

17:00

NEROCA	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Army Green
	Report
Penalties
	5–6

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi