2024 Durand Cup

The 2024 Durand Cup (also known as IndianOil Durand Cup due to sponsorship ties with the Indian Oil Corporation) was the 133rd edition of Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the third edition since it was supported by the Asian Football Confederation. The tournament is hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society in co-operation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments Assam and Meghalaya.

2024 IndianOil Durand Cup

Logo of the 133rd Durand Cup, 2024
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Shillong and Kokrajhar
Dates	27 July – 31 August
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	NorthEast (1st title)
Runners-up	Mohun Bagan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	144 (3.35 per match)
Attendance	272,212 (6,331 per match)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 31 August 2024 (2024-08-31).

This is the third season of the tournament wherein all the clubs in the top tier Indian Super League have been mandated to participate (but later Hyderabad FC withdrew), along with I-League, I-League 2 (Hyderabad FC was replaced by Meghalaya State League club Rangdajied United), I-League 3 and state leagues clubs, and guest invitees representing armed forces.^[1]

Mohun Bagan SG were the defending champions, having defeated the East Bengal in the 2023 final.^[2]

The 2024 Durand Cup final saw NorthEast United beat the defending champions Mohun Bagan to win this tournament and the club's first ever trophy in their history.

Teams

Bengaluru

Downtown Heroes

Chennaiyin

Punjab

Inter Kashi

Shillong Lajong

Goa

Jamshedpur

Mumbai City

NorthEast United

Rangdajied United

Bodoland

Odisha

Kerala Blasters

Tribhuvan Army

Kolkata

Kolkata teams:
East Bengal
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan

Armed Forces teams:
Assam Rifles
BSF
CISF Protectors
Indian Air Force
Indian Army
Indian Navy

Locations of the participating teams

Team	Head coach	Captain	Location
Indian Super League teams
Bengaluru	Gerard Zaragoza	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru, Karnataka
East Bengal	Carles Cuadrat	Saúl Crespo	Kolkata, West Bengal
Chennaiyin	Noel Wilson	Bikash Yumnam	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Goa	Israil Gurung	Leander D'Cunha	Margao, Goa
Jamshedpur	Khalid Jamil	Seiminlen Doungel	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Kerala Blasters	Mikael Stahre	Adrián Luna	Kochi, Kerala
Mohammedan	Hakim Ssengendo	Thokchom James Singh	Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohun Bagan	José Francisco Molina	Subhasish Bose	Kolkata, West Bengal
Mumbai City	Mohan Dass	Nikhil Shinde	Mumbai, Maharashtra
NorthEast United	Juan Pedro Benali	Mohammed Ali Bemammer	Guwahati, Assam
Odisha	Amit Rana	Lalliansanga Renthlei	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Punjab	Panagiotis Dilmperis	Luka Majcen	Mohali, Punjab
I-League teams
Inter Kashi	Arata Izumi	Sumeet Passi	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Shillong Lajong	José Hevia	Hardy Nongbri	Shillong, Meghalaya
I-League 3 teams
Downtown Heroes	Hilal Rasool Parray	Rédah Atassi	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
State League teams
Bodoland	Khlain Syiemlieh	Danswrang Basumatary	Kokrajhar, Assam
Rangdajied United	Aibanjop Shadap	Balamlynti Khongjee	Shillong, Meghalaya
Indian Armed Forces teams
Assam Rifles	Vikash Panthi	David Lalrinchhana	Dispur, Assam
BSF	Gurjit Singh Atwal	Md. Aasif	Jalandhar, Punjab
CISF Protectors	Ajit Kumar	Rahul Aswal	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Air Force	Priya Darshan	Ashok Kumar	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Army	Manish Wahi	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Navy	Raman Rai	Novin Gurung	Kochi, Kerala
Guest invitees/Foreign armed forces teams
Tribhuvan Army	Meghraj KC	Bharat Khawas	Kathmandu, Nepal

Venues

Kolkata		Jamshedpur
Salt Lake Stadium	Kishore Bharati Krirangan	JRD Tata Sports Complex
Capacity: 68,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 24,424
Shillong		Kokrajhar
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium		SAI Stadium
Capacity: 17,500		Capacity: 10,000

Broadcasting

Sony Sports Network have acquired the broadcasting rights starting from 2023. The 2024 edition is being live streamed on the network's OTT platform SonyLIV as well as TV channels Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 2 HD.^[3]

Group stage

Main article: 2024 Durand Cup group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MBG	EAB	DTH	IAF
1	Mohun Bagan SG (H)	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Advanced to knockout stage			CAN[a]	1–0	6–0
2	East Bengal (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7					3–1	3–1
3	Downtown Heroes	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Indian Air Force	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0					0–2

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. The match was cancelled by the organising body on security grounds and both teams were awarded 1 point each.^[4]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BEN	MSC	IKA	INV
1	Bengaluru	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage				3–0	4–0
2	Mohammedan (H)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4			2–3		1–1	1–0
3	Inter Kashi	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
4	Indian Navy	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0					1–2

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KER	PUN	CIS	MCI
1	Kerala Blasters	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Advanced to knockout stage			1–1	7–0
2	Punjab	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7						3–0
3	CISF Protectors	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3				0–3
4	Mumbai City	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0			0–8		0–2

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARM	JAM	CHN	ASR
1	Indian Army	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advanced to knockout stage					3–0
2	Jamshedpur (H)	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6			2–3		2–1	3–0
3	Chennaiyin	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3			0–1			2–1
4	Assam Rifles	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NEU	BDO	OFC	BSF
1	NorthEast United	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advanced to knockout stage				5–1	4–0
2	Bodoland (H)	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6			0–2		2–0	4–3
3	Odisha	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3						5–0
4	BSF	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHI	GOA	TRI	RDU
1	Shillong Lajong (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage				1–0	2–0
2	Goa	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7			1–1		2–1	4–3
3	Tribhuvan Army	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
4	Rangdajied United (H)	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0					0–2

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Punjab	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	A	East Bengal	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	F	Goa	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7
4	D	Jamshedpur	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
5	E	Bodoland	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
6	B	Mohammedan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4

Source: Twitter

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

Group	Winners (6)
A	Mohun Bagan
B	Bengaluru
C	Kerala Blasters
D	Indian Army
E	NorthEast United
F	Shillong Lajong

Group	Best second-placed teams (2)
C	Punjab
A	East Bengal

In the knockout stage matches (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final), no extra time would be played and for any draws, matches would be directly decided by a penalty shootout.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 August – Kokrajhar
	NorthEast United	2
					26 August – Shillong
	Indian Army	0
					NorthEast United	3
	21 August – Shillong
					Shillong Lajong	0
	Shillong Lajong	2
									31 August – Kolkata
	East Bengal	1
									NorthEast United	2(4)
	23 August – Jamshedpur
									Mohun Bagan	2(3)
	Mohun Bagan	3(6)
					27 August – Kolkata
	Punjab	3(5)
					Mohun Bagan	2(4)
	23 August – Kolkata
					Bengaluru	2(3)
	Bengaluru	1
	Kerala Blasters	0

Quarter-finals

NorthEast United	2–0	Indian Army
Néstor 54' Guillermo 73'	Report

21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)

16:00

SAI Stadium, Kokrajhar

Attendance: 7,290

Referee: Surojit Das

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Shillong Lajong	2–1	East Bengal
Marcos 8' Figo 84'	Report	Nandha 77'

21 August 2024 (2024-08-21)

19:00

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

Attendance: 14,988

Referee: K Ramdasan

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Mohun Bagan	3–3	Punjab
Suhail 45' Manvir 48' Cummings 79'	Report	Majcen 17' Mrzljak 62' E. Vidal 71'
Penalties
Cummings Manvir Liston Petratos Stewart Subhasish Aldred	6–5	Vinit E. Vidal Bakenga Filip Novoselec Melroy Denechandra

23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)

16:00

JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur

Attendance: 3,759

Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya

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Bengaluru	1–0	Kerala Blasters
Diaz 90+4'	Report

23 August 2024 (2024-08-23)

19:00

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 638

Referee: Aditya Purkayastha

Semi-finals

NorthEast United	3–0	Shillong Lajong
Thoi Singh 13' Ajaraie 32' Parthib 90+3'	Report

26 August 2024 (2024-08-26)

17:30

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong

Attendance: 15,915

Referee: Crystal John

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Mohun Bagan	2–2	Bengaluru
Petratos 68' (pen.) Thapa 84'	Report	Chhetri 43' (pen.) Venkatesh 51'
Penalties
Cummings Manvir Colaco Petratos Stewart	4–3	Méndez Bheke Pedro Narzary Jovanović

27 August 2024 (2024-08-27)

17:30

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 18,342

Referee: Venkatesh R

Final

Main article: 2024 Durand Cup final

Mohun Bagan	2–2	NorthEast United
Cummings 11' (pen.) Sahal 45+5'	Report	Ajaraie 55' Guillermo 58'
Penalties
Cummings Manvir Colaco Petratos Subhasish	3–4	Guillermo Zabaco Parthib Ajaraie

31 August 2024 (2024-08-31)

17:30

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata

Attendance: 52,391

Referee: Harish Kundu

Season statistics

As of 31 August 2024

Top scorers

#	Golden Boot Winner

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Noah Sadaoui #	Kerala Blasters	6
2	Guillermo Fernández	NorthEast United	5
3	Kwame Peprah	Kerala Blasters	4
	Jithin M. S.	NorthEast United
	Luka Majcen	Punjab
	Jason Cummings	Mohun Bagan
7	Alaeddine Ajaraie	NorthEast United	3
	Jorge Pereyra Diaz	Bengaluru
	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru
10	Filip Mrzljak	Punjab	2
	Mushaga Bakenga	Punjab
	Nikola Stojanović	Inter Kashi
	Saúl Crespo	East Bengal
	Javier Siverio	Jamshedpur
	Anirudh Thapa	Mohun Bagan
	Mohammed Aimen	Kerala Blasters
	Ishan Pandita	Kerala Blasters
	Mohammed Sanan	Jamshedpur
	Suhail Bhat	Mohun Bagan
	Gillespye Jung Karki	Tribhuwan Army
	Givson Singh	Odisha
	Darius Snorton Perwood	Downtown Heroes
	Marcos Rudwere	Shillong Lajong
	Huidrom Thoi Singh	NorthEast United
	Vinith Venkatesh	Bengaluru
	Lalthangliana	Goa
	Alan Thapa	Indian Army
	Jwngbla Brahma	Bodoland
	Kishori	BSF
	Devendra Dhaku Murgaokar	Goa

Hat-tricks

Sl No.	Player	For	Against	Result	Date
1	Noah Sadaoui	Kerala Blasters	Mumbai City	0–8	01 August 2024
2	Kwame Peprah	Kerala Blasters	Mumbai City	0–8	01 August 2024
3	Noah Sadaoui	Kerala Blasters	CISF Protectors	7–0	10 August 2024

Clean sheets

As of 31 August 2024

#	Golden Glove Winner

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Gurmeet Singh #	NorthEast United	3
	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	Bengaluru
3	Som Kumar[a]	Kerala Blasters	2
	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	Indian Army
	Ravi Kumar	Punjab
6	Syed Zahid	Mohun Bagan	1
	Albino Gomes	Jamshedpur
	Manas Dubey	Shillong Lajong
	Umaid Hussain	Downtown Heroes
	Niraj Kumar	Odisha
	Raj Kumar Mahato	CISF Protectors
	Daoga Brahma	Bodoland
	Dheeraj Singh	Mohun Bagan
	Vishal Kaith	Mohun Bagan
	Vishnu VK	Indian Navy
	Neithovilie Chalieu	Shillong Lajong
	Dipesh Chauhan	NorthEast United
	Nora Fernandes[a]	Kerala Blasters
	Bikesh Kuthu	Tribhuwan Army
	Nikhil Deka	Mohammedan

1. Played only one half against CISF Protectors

Awards

Prize money

The total pool of prize money for the 2024 edition is ₹1.05 crore (US$120,000).

Prize	Recipient	Amount
Champions	NorthEast United	₹60 lakh (US$71,000)
Runner-up	Mohun Bagan	₹30 lakh (US$35,000)
Golden glove	Gurmeet Singh (Northeast United FC)	₹5 lakh (US$5,900)
Golden boot	Noah Sadaoui (Kerala Blasters FC)	₹5 lakh (US$5,900)
Golden ball	Jithin M. S. (Northeast United FC)	₹5 lakh (US$5,900)

Man of the match

Match	Man of the Match		Match	Man of the match		Match	Man of the match
	Player	Team		Player	Team		Player	Team
Match 1	Suhail Bhat	Mohun Bagan	Match 16	Chandra Kumar Karketta	CISF Protectors	Match 31	Sujit Singh	Mohammedan
Match 2	Imran Khan	Jamshedpur	Match 17	Vellington Fernandes	Goa	Match 32	Gillespye Jung Karki	Tribhuvan Army
Match 3	Anand Usuda	Inter Kashi	Match 18	Wanboklang Lyngkhoi	Bodoland	Match 33	Alan Thapa	Indian Army
Match 4	Madih Talal	East Bengal	Match 19	Vinith Venkatesh	Bengaluru	Match 34	Jithin M. S.	NorthEast United
Match 5	Jithin M. S.	NorthEast United	Match 20	Sunil B	Indian Army	Match 35	Balkaran Singh	Goa
Match 6	Luka Majcen	Punjab	Match 21	Madih Talal	East Bengal	Match 36	Cancelled
Match 7	Liton Shil	Indian Army	Match 22	Jason Cummings	Mohun Bagan	Match 37	Néstor Albiach	NorthEast United
Match 8	Rahul Bheke	Bengaluru	Match 23	Leander D'Cunha	Goa	Match 38	Manas Dubey	Shillong Lajong
Match 9	Noah Sadaoui	Kerala Blasters	Match 24	Nikola Stojanović	Inter Kashi	Match 39	Ezequiel Vidal	Punjab
Match 10	Wadajied Ryngkhlem	Shillong Lajong	Match 25	Guillermo Fernández	NorthEast United	Match 40	Pereyra Díaz	Bengaluru
Match 11	Darius Snorton Perwood	Downtown Heroes	Match 26	Hardy Nongbri	Shillong Lajong	Match 41	Thoi Singh	NorthEast United
Match 12	Givson Singh	Odisha	Match 27	Noah Sadaoui	Kerala Blasters	Match 42	Vishal Kaith	Mohun Bagan
Match 13	Alberto Noguera	Bengaluru	Match 28	Vinit Rai	Punjab	Match 43	Gurmeet Singh	NorthEast United
Match 14	Freddy Lallawmawma	Kerala Blasters	Match 29	Shobhan Dev Biswas	Assam Rifles
Match 15	Imran Khan	Jamshedpur	Match 30	Jwngbla Brahma	Bodoland

See also

• Men
  • 2024–25 Indian Super League (Tier I)
  • 2024–25 I-League (Tier II)
  • 2024–25 I-League 2 (Tier III)
  • 2024–25 I-League 3 (Tier IV)
  • 2024–25 Indian State Leagues (Tier V)
  • 2025 Super Cup
• Women
  • 2024–25 Indian Women's League
  • 2024–25 Indian Women's League 2