2019 Durand Cup

The 2019 Durand Cup was the 129th edition of the Durand Cup, oldest football tournament in Asia, since the tournament's founding in 1888. 16 teams competed in the tournament. The matches were played across three locations in West Bengal, namely Kolkata, Howrah and Kalyani from 2 August 2019. The final took place at the Salt Lake Stadium on 24 August 2019.^[1]

2019 Durand Cup

Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Kolkata
Dates	2 – 24 August 2019
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Gokulam Kerala (1st title)
Runners-up	Mohun Bagan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	74 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marcus Joseph (Gokulam Kerala) (11 goals)
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Army Green were the defending champions, having defeated NEROCA in the 2016 final, however they did not qualify for the semi-finals having finished last in the group. Gokulam Kerala won their maiden title by defeating Mohun Bagan 2–1 in the 2019 Durand Cup Final which was held on 24 August 2019.^[2][3]

Teams

A total of 16 teams participated in this year's competition. 5 teams from Indian Super League, 6 from I-League, 1 2nd division club and 4 armed forces teams.

Bengaluru

Jamshedpur

Goa

Gokulam Kerala

Chennaiyin

Chennai City

New Delhi(Armed Force)

Armed Force teams:
Army Green
Army Red
Indian Air Force
Indian Navy

Real Kashmir

TRAU

Kolkata

Kolkata teams:
ATK
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
Mohammedan

Location of teams of the 2019 Durand Cup.
Indian Super League Team
I League Team
2nd Division I League Team
Armed Force Team
Kolkata, New Delhi (Armed Force)

Indian Super League

• ATK
• Bengaluru
• Chennaiyin
• Goa
• Jamshedpur

I-League

• Chennai City
• East Bengal
• Gokulam Kerala
• Mohun Bagan
• Real Kashmir
• TRAU

I-League 2nd division

• Mohammedan

Armed Force Teams

• Indian Air Force
• Army Green
• Army Red
• Indian Navy

Prize money

Position	Prize money
Champions	₹4 million (US$47,000)
Runners-up	₹2 million (US$24,000)
Semi-finalists	₹0.5 million (US$5,900)
Total	~₹7 million (US$83,000)

Official sponsors and partners

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Co-sponsors

• Coal India
• State Bank of India
• Sunfeast
• SERVO IndianOil

Associate sponsors

• ONGC
• UCO Bank
• Cadbury Bourn Vita
• Dabur
• Amul
• JIS Group

Supported by

• GRSE
• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
• Allahabad Bank
• Sneha Farms
• NOVA Lens
• PS Group Realty
• Maxo Genius
• Gloster
• Siti Networks

Tournament partner

• IFA W.B.
• Cherry Tree

Venues

Kalyani	Kolkata	Howrah	Kolkata	Kolkata
Kalyani Stadium	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan	Howrah Stadium	East Bengal Ground	Mohun Bagan Ground
Capacity: 20000	Capacity: 85000	Capacity: 15000	Capacity: 23500	Capacity: 22000

Broadcasting

All match were streamed LIVE on Addatimes. Semifinals & Final matches were streamed LIVE on Hotstar as well.

Matches	Television broadcaster(s)	Online streaming
Group Stage	DD Kashir (all matches of Real Kashmir) DD Bangla	Addatimes
Semi finals & Final	Star Sports 3 & Star Sports 1 Bangla	Hotstar Addatimes

91.9 Friends FM was the official radio partner of the tournament.

Round Dates

Round	Match date	Number of fixtures	Teams
Group stage	2 August– 18 August	24	16
Semi-final	21 August	2	4
Final	24 August	1	2

Group stage

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference in all the matches Greater number of goals scored in all the matches Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Bengaluru	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
3	Army Red	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Jamshedpur	3	0	2	1	5	11	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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East Bengal	2–0	Army Red
Colado 84' B. Singh 90'	Report

3 August 2019

15:00 IST

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

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Bengaluru	1–1	Army Red
Wangjam 80' (pen.)	Report	Liton Shil 45+4'

5 August 2019

15:00

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

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East Bengal	6–0	Jamshedpur
Colado 5' (pen.), 7' Mahata 31' B. Singh 75', 80' Haokip 90+2'	Report

6 August 2019

15:00

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

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Jamshedpur	2–2	Army Red
Vimal Kumhar 17', 33'	Report	N Suresh Meitei 4', 67' (pen.)

9 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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East Bengal	2–1	Bengaluru
B. Singh 59', 74'	Report	A. Chhetri 17'

14 August 2019

18:00

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

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Bengaluru	3–3	Jamshedpur
Leon Augustine 45' Wangjam 90+1' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Vimal Kumhar 1' Aakash Dave 51' Nabin Rana 80'

17 August 2019

15:00

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohun Bagan	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Knockout stage
2	ATK	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Mohammedan	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Indian Navy	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Mohun Bagan	2–0	Mohammedan
Chamorro 2', 24'	Report

2 August 2019

18:00

Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Attendance: 38,000

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Indian Navy	1–1	ATK
Harikrishna AU 19'	Report	Das 88' (pen.)

5 August 2019

18:30

Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan, Kolkata

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Mohun Bagan	2–1	ATK
Morante 34' Beitia 53'	Report	Pradhan 78'

8 August 2019

15:00

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 18,327

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Mohammedan	6–2	Indian Navy
Arthur Kouassi 55', 72', 76', 85' (pen.), 90' Musa Mudde 61'	Report	Britto PM 71', 90+5' (pen.)

10 August 2019

15:00

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

Attendance: 5,677

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Mohammedan	0−1	ATK
	Report	William Pauliankhum 2'

16 August 2019

18:00

Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan, Kolkata

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Mohun Bagan	1–0	Indian Navy
Fran González 58' (pen.)	Report

17 August 2019

18:30

Vivekananda Yubabharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Real Kashmir	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7	Knockout stage
2	Goa	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
3	Chennai City	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Army Green	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Real Kashmir	1–0	Chennai City
Danish Farooq 90'	Report

7 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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Goa	1–0	Army Green
Liston 27'	Report

8 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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Army Green	0–4	Real Kashmir
	Report	Chesterpoul 3', 40' Subhash 34' Vicky 90+3'

10 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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Chennai City	1–2	Goa
Mashoor 16'	Report	Liston 8' Nestor Dias 30'

14 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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Goa	0–0	Real Kashmir
	Report

17 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

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Chennai City	2–1	Army Green
Mashoor 42' Eugene 66'		Lallawmkima PC 10'

18 August 2019

15:00

Kalyani Stadium, Kalyani

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Indian Air Force	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	4
3	Chennaiyin	3	0	2	1	0	4	−4	2
4	TRAU	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

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Gokulam Kerala	4–0	Chennaiyin
Joseph 39', 66', 75' Kisekka 68'	Report

8 August 2019

15:00

Howrah Stadium, Howrah

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TRAU	0–1	Indian Air Force
	Report	Mohammed Aqib 65'

9 August 2019

15:00

Howrah Stadium, Howrah

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Indian Air Force	0–3	Gokulam Kerala
	Report	Joseph 43', 87' Shibil 56'

14 August 2019

15:00

Howrah Stadium, Howrah

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Chennaiyin	abandoned	TRAU
	Report

17 August 2019

15:00

Howrah Stadium, Howrah

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Chennaiyin	0–0	Indian Air Force
	Report

18 August 2019

15:00

Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata

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TRAU	1–4	Gokulam Kerala
M. Roger 87'	Report	Joseph 58', 64' (pen.), 83' Ettienne 73'

18 August 2019

15:00

VYBK Training Ground 2

Knockout stage

Winners of each group will progress into the semi-finals. The winner of Group A will face the winner of Group D, and the winner of Group B will face the winner of Group C in the semi-final.

The knockout matches will have thirty minutes of extra-time if the teams are tied at the end of usual time, and if they are drawing even after that, the winner of the fixture will be decided through penalty shootouts.

Bracket

	Semi-finals 21 August 2019					Final 24 August 2019
	East Bengal		1 (2)
	Gokulam Kerala (p)		1 (3)
						Gokulam Kerala		2
						Mohun Bagan		1
	Mohun Bagan (a.e.t.)		3
	Real Kashmir		1

Semi-finals

East Bengal	1−1 (a.e.t.)	Gokulam Kerala
Mallick 17'	Report	Joseph 90+2' (pen.)
Penalties
Ralte Colado Pascual Haokip Naorem	2–3	Pelissari Meitei Jestin George Lalromawia

21 August 2019

15.00

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Attendance: 18,162

Referee: Tejas Narvenkar (India)

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Mohun Bagan	3−1 (a.e.t.)	Real Kashmir
Chamorro 42' Suhair 112', 113'	Report	Krizo 90+3'

21 August 2019

19:30

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

Attendance: 23,118

Final

Mohun Bagan	1–2	Gokulam Kerala
Chamorro 64'	Report	Joseph 45+1' (pen.), 51'

24 August 2019

17:00

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 27 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.

11 goals

• Marcus Joseph (Gokulam Kerala FC)

5 goals

• Bidyashagar Singh (East Bengal)
• Arthur Kouassi (Mohammedan)

4 goals

• Salva Chamorro (Mohun Bagan)

3 goals

• Vimal Kumhar (Jamshedpur)
• Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru)
• Jaime Santos Colado (East Bengal)

2 goals

• Gnohere Krizo (Real Kashmir)
• N Suresh Meitei (Army Red)
• Chesterpoul Lyngdoh (Real Kashmir)
• Britto PM (Indian Navy)
• Liston Colaco (Goa)
• Mashoor Shereef (Chennai City)
• Suhair VP (Mohun Bagan)

1 goal

• Liton Shil (Army Red)
• Harikrishna AU (Indian Navy)
• Prabir Das (ATK)
• Ashish Pradhan (ATK)
• Pintu Mahata (East Bengal)
• Boithang Haokip (East Bengal)
• Danish Farooq (Real Kashmir)
• Mohammed Aqib (Indian Air Force)
• Subhash Singh (Real Kashmir)
• Vicky Meitei (Real Kashmir)
• Nestor Dias (Goa)
• Shibil Muhammed (Gokulam Kerala FC)
• William Pauliankhum (ATK)
• Ajay Chhetri (Bengaluru)
• Leon Augustine (Bengaluru)
• Aakash Dave (Jamshedpur)
• Nabin Rana (Jamshedpur)
• Meitalkeishangbam Roger (TRAU)
• Lallawmkima PC (Army Green)
• Shem Marton Eugene (Chennai City)
• Samad Ali Mallick (East Bengal)
• Joseba Beitia (Mohun Bagan)
• Fran Morante (Mohun Bagan)
• Fran González (Mohun Bagan)
• Andre Ettienne (Gokulam Kerala FC)
• Henry Kisekka (Gokulam Kerala)
• Musa Mudde (Mohammedan)

See also

• Rovers Cup
• I-League