2021 Durand Cup knockout stage

The 2021 Durand Cup knockout stage began on 23 September with the quarter-finals and ended on 3 October 2021 with the final at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal, to decide the champions of the 2021 Durand Cup.^[1] A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase.

2021 Durand Cup knockout stage

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Qualified teams

The knockout stage involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-Up
A	Bengaluru United	Mohammedan
B	Goa	Army Green
C	Bengaluru	Delhi
D	Gokulam Kerala	Army Red

: Indian Super League club
: I League club
: 2nd Division League club
: Indian Armed Forces team

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.^[1]

Round	Dates
Quarter-finals	23–25 September 2021
Semi-finals	27–29 September 2021
Final	3 October 2021

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Mohammedan	1
	Gokulam Kerala	0
					Mohammedan (a.e.t.)	4
					Bengaluru United	2
	Army Red	-
	Bengaluru United (w.o.)	-
									Mohammedan	0
									Goa (a.e.t.)	1
	Goa	5
	Delhi	1
					Goa (p)	2(7)
					Bengaluru	2(6)
	Bengaluru	3
	Army Green	2

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mohammedan	1–0	Gokulam Kerala
Army Red	w/o[a]	Bengaluru United
Goa	5–1	Delhi
Bengaluru	3–2	Army Green

Matches

Mohammedan v Gokulam Kerala

23 September 2021 (2021-09-23) 1st Quarterfinal	Mohammedan	1–0	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
14.00 IST	Joseph 44'	Report	Rashid  83'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 10000[3] Man of the Match: Zothanmawia (Mohammedan SC)

Army Red v Bengaluru United

24 September 2021 (2021-09-24) 2nd Quarterfinal	Army Red	w/o	Bengaluru United	Kalyani
14.00 IST		Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Note: Army Red withdrew from the quarterfinal fixture against FC Bengaluru United after reports of positive COVID-19 cases within the squad.

Goa v Delhi

24 September 2021 (2021-09-24) 3rd Quarterfinal	Goa	5–1	Delhi	Kalyani
14.00 IST	Murgaonkar 15' Nemil 18' Pereira  32' Bedia  38' Fernandes 45+3' D'Cunha 84' Jesuraj 90+2'	Report	Shaiza  30' Ali  41' Hazra  44' Mali 82'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 0[b] Man of the Match: Leander D'Cunha (FC Goa)

Bengaluru v Army Green

25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) 4th Quarterfinal	Bengaluru	3–2	Army Green	Kolkata
14.00 IST	Muirang 20' Augustine 46' Augustine  47' Bhutia 74' Sharma  90'	Report	Lallawmkima 9' (pen.) Leon  63' Vibin TV 89' (pen.) Singh  90+3'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 0[b] Man of the Match: Wungngayam Muirang (Bengaluru FC)

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mohammedan	4–2 (a.e.t)	Bengaluru United
Goa	2–2 (7-6 pen.)	Bengaluru

Matches

Mohammedan v Bengaluru United

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 1st Semifinal	Mohammedan	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Bengaluru United	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Joseph 8' Faisal 37' Shaheen  76' Singh  90+1' Vaz  96' Stojanović  97' Vanlalremdika 102' Vanlalremdika  102' Stojanović 109' (pen.) Firoj  113'	Report	Manzi 1' Manzi  73'  90+2' Debnath 78' Majcen  81' Ravanan  108' Singh  117' Pinto  118'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 24,291 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Marcus Joseph (Mohammedan SC)

Goa v Bengaluru

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 2nd Semifinal	Goa	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Bengaluru	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Murgaonkar 8' D'Cunha  32' Tlang 71' Davis  104'	Report	Narayanan 1', 83' Kumar  74' Sharma  75' Singh  87'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 96 Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Edu Bedia (FC Goa)
	Penalties
	Dohling Tlang Pereira D'Cunha Bedia Chote Papuia Davis		Muirang Singh Chhetri Shrivas Bhutia Kumar Oram Lyngdoh

Final

Main article: 2021 Durand Cup final

The final was played on 3 October 2021 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03)

18:00 IST

Mohammedan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Goa
	Report	Bedia 105'

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West Bengal

Attendance: 43,292

Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

Notes

1. Army Red withdrew from their Durand Cup quarter final fixture against FC Bengaluru United after reports of positive COVID-19 cases were discovered within the squad.^[2]
2. Match was played behind closed doors.