2025 Durand Cup

The 2025 Durand Cup (also known as IndianOil Durand Cup due to sponsorship ties with the Indian Oil Corporation) is the 134th edition of Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the fourth 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, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jharkhand.^[2]

2025 IndianOil Durand Cup

Logo of the 134th Durand Cup, 2025
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Imphal, Kokrajhar, Kolkata, Shillong and Jamshedpur[1]
Dates	23 July – 23 August
Teams	24
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	81 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	170,418 (7,101 per match)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 6 August 2025 (2025-08-06).

NorthEast United are the defending champions, having defeated the Mohun Bagan in the 2024 final.^[3]

Teams

The following teams have confirmed their participation.^[4][5]

Initially, Indonesian Army had assured to participate in this tournament but later on they withdrew their name and was replaced by Malaysian Army.^[6]

Kolkata

Kolkata teams:
East Bengal
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan

Jamshedpur

NorthEast United
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Punjab

Namdhari

Diamond Harbour

Real Kashmir

Imphal

Imphal teams:
NEROCA
TRAU

Shillong

Shillong teams:
Shillong Lajong
Rangdajied United

1 Ladakh

Bodoland

South United

KAMS

Armed Forces teams:
Indian Air Force
Indian Army
Indian Navy
Border Security Force
ITBP

Tribhuvan Army

Armed Forces
(not on map)

Locations of the participating teams

Mohun Bagan

East Bengal

Mohammedan

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

Kishore Bharati Krirangan

Location of the Kolkata football club tents and stadiums

Team	Head coach	Captain	Location
Indian Super League teams
East Bengal	Oscar Bruzon	Naorem Mahesh Singh	Kolkata, West Bengal
Jamshedpur	Khalid Jamil	Pronoy Halder	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Mohammedan	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	Pukhrambam Dinesh Meitei	Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohun Bagan	Bastob Roy	Vishal Kaith	Kolkata, West Bengal
NorthEast United	Juan Pedro Benali	Míchel Zabaco	Guwahati, Assam
Punjab	Panagiotis Dilmperis	Nikhil Prabhu	Mohali, Punjab
I-League teams
Shillong Lajong	Birendra Thapa	Kenstar Kharshong	Shillong, Meghalaya
Namdhari	Harpreet Singh	Lamine Moro	Ludhiana, Punjab
Real Kashmir	Ishfaq Ahmed	Shahid Nazir	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Diamond Harbour	Kibu Vicuna	Jobby Justin	Diamond Harbour, West Bengal
I-League 2 teams
NEROCA	Gyan Moyon	Angom Kinesh Singh	Imphal, Manipur
Morning Star	CA Laldinsang Pudaite	Komalson Rongphar	Diphu, Assam
State league teams
1 Ladakh	Rajan Mani	Karthik Govindswamy	Leh, Ladakh
Rangdajied United	Aiborlang Khongjee	Balamlynti Khongjee	Shillong, Meghalaya
TRAU	Thangjam Saran Singh	Shitaljit Atom	Imphal, Manipur
Bodoland	Vikash Panthi	Didwm Hazowary	Kokrajhar (BTR), Assam
South United	Kaja Bhadussa	Noel S.	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Indian Armed Forces teams
Indian Air Force	Priya Darshan	Shibinraj Kunniyil	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Army	Manish Wahi	Sunil B.	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Navy	Raman Rai	Bhaskar Roy	Kochi, Kerala
ITB Police	Surojit Kumar Prodhani	Subhendu Mandi	Baddowal, Punjab
Border Security Force	Gurjit Singh Atwal	Md. Aasif	Jalandhar, Punjab
Guest invitees/Foreign armed forces teams
Armed Forces	Mohd Khairil Hafiz Zanggi	Affiq Asri	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tribhuvan Army	Meghraj KC	George Prince Karki	Kathmandu, Nepal

Venues

Kolkata		Jamshedpur
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan	Kishore Bharati Krirangan	JRD Tata Sports Complex
Capacity: 68,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 24,424
Shillong	Kokrajhar	Imphal
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	SAI Stadium	Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Capacity: 17,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 35,285

Group stage

Main article: 2025 Durand Cup group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EAB	NAM	IAF	SOU
1	East Bengal (H, Q)	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Advanced to knockout stage			1–0	10 Aug	5–0
2	Namdhari	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Possible qualification to knockout stage				4–2	2–0
3	Indian Air Force (E)	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1						3–3
4	South United (E)	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2025 (2025-08-06). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DIH	MBG	MSC	BSF
1	Diamond Harbour	2	2	0	0	10	2	+8	6	Advanced to knockout stage				2–1	8–1
2	Mohun Bagan (H)	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Possible qualification to knockout stage		9 Aug		3–1	4–0
3	Mohammedan (H, E)	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0						7 Aug
4	Border Security Force (E)	2	0	0	2	1	12	−11	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2025 (2025-08-04). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JAM	ARM	LAD	TRA
1	Jamshedpur (H)	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage			1–0	8 Aug	3–2
2	Indian Army	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	Possible qualification to knockout stage				11 Aug	1–0
3	1 Ladakh	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1						1–1
4	Tribhuvan Army (E)	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2025 (2025-08-05). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ITB	PUN	BDO	KMS
1	ITB Police	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage					2–1
2	Punjab	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Possible qualification to knockout stage		0–0			2–1
3	Bodoland (H)	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3			12 Aug	9 Aug		2–1
4	Karbi Anglong Morning Star (E)	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 August 2025 (2025-08-06). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SHI	NEU	MAS	RDU
1	Shillong Lajong (H)	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Advanced to knockout stage			8 Aug	6–0	3–1
2	NorthEast United	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3	Possible qualification to knockout stage				3–1	11 Aug
3	Armed Forces (E)	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3						1–0
4	Rangdajied United (H, E)	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2025 (2025-08-05). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NVY	RKS	NER	TRA
1	Indian Navy	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Real Kashmir	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3	Possible qualification to knockout stage		1–2
3	NEROCA (H)	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1			7 Aug	10 Aug
4	TRAU (H)	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1			12 Aug	1–2	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2025 (2025-08-04). Source: DFTS
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	B	Mohun Bagan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	knockout stage
2	A	Namdhari	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	E	NorthEast United	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
4	D	ITB Police	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	F	Real Kashmir	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
6	C	1 Ladakh	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2025 (2025-08-04). Source: DFTS

Knockout stage

Main article: 2025 Durand Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, for any draws matches would be directly decided by a penalty shootout.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 Aug – Kokrajhar
	TBD
					19 Aug – Shillong
	TBD
					Winner QF1
	16 Aug – Shillong
					Winner QF2
	TBD
									23 Aug – Kolkata
	TBD
									Winner SF1
	17 Aug – Jamshedpur
									Winner SF2
	TBD
					20 Aug – Kolkata
	TBD
					Winner QF3
	17 Aug – Kolkata
					Winner QF4
	TBD
	TBD

Quarter-finals

16 August 2025 (2025-08-16)

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Match 37 (1st Quarter-finals)

TBD	Match 37	TBD
	Report AIFF Report I-League

SAI Stadium, Kokrajhar (BTR), Assam

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16 August 2025 (2025-08-16)

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Match 38 (2nd Quarter-finals)

TBD	Match 38	TBD
	Report AIFF Report I-League

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, Meghalaya

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17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)

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Match 39 (3rd Quarter-finals)

TBD	Match 39	TBD
	Report AIFF Report I-League

JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

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17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)

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Match 40 (4th Quarter-finals)

TBD	Match 40	TBD
	Report AIFF Report I-League

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West Bengal

Semi-finals

19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)

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Match 41 (1st Semi-finals)

Winner QF1	Match 41	Winner QF2
	Report AIFF Report I-League

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong, Meghalaya

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20 August 2025 (2025-08-20)

--:-- IST

Match 42 (2nd Semi-finals)

Winner QF3	Match 42	Winner QF4
	Report AIFF Report I-League

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West Bengal

Final

Main article: 2025 Durand Cup final

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)

--:-- IST

Winner SF1	Match 43	Winner SF2
	Report AIFF Report I-League

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West Bengal

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 5 August 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Clayton	Diamond Harbour	4
	Liston Colaco	Mohun Bagan
3	Makakmayum Daniyal	South United	3
	Everbrightson Sana	Shillong Lajong
	Luka Majcen	Diamond Harbour
	Alaaeddine Ajaraie	NorthEast United
7	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong	2
	Dé	Namdhari
	Joseph Olaleye	KAMS
	Sankit	Indian Air Force
11	Lalchungnunga	East Bengal	1
	Saúl Crespo	East Bengal
	Bipin Singh	East Bengal
	Dimitrios Diamantakos	East Bengal
	Naorem Mahesh Singh	East Bengal
	Sarthak Golui	Jamshedpur
	Manvir Singh	Jamshedpur
	Nikhil Barla	Jamshedpur
	George Prince Karki	Tribhuvan Army
	Ananta Tamang	Tribhuvan Army
	Treimiki Lamurong	Shillong Lajong
	Sahal Abdul Samad	Mohun Bagan
	Deibormame Tongper	Shillong Lajong
	Lunminlen Haokip	KAMS
	Pulung Daimary	ITBP
	Hemraj Bhujel	ITBP
	Mohd Aqib	Indian Air Force
	Akhish Cyril	Indian Air Force
	Thokchom Adison Singh	Mohammedan
	Sairuat Kima	Diamond Harbour
	Mohammed Sanan K	Jamshedpur
	Mebanshngain Kurkalang	Rangdajied United
	Damaitphang Lyngdoh	Shillong Lajong
	Gladdy Nelcen Kharbuli	Shillong Lajong
	Khunjamayum Raj Singh	TRAU
	Kabrabam Arunkumar Singh	NEROCA
	Bhupinder Singh	Namdhari
	Gwgwmsar Gayary	Bodoland
	Robinson Blandón	Bodoland
	Suhail Ahmad Bhat	Mohun Bagan
	Ashley Alban Koli	Mohammedan
	Franck Sessegnon Kanga	Real Kashmir
	Vijay Marandi	Indian Navy
	Sreyas VG	Indian Navy
	Jobby Justin	Diamond Habour
	Paul Ramfangzauva	Diamond Habour
	Kishori	BSF
	Siju S	1 Ladakh
	Nirajan Dhami	Tribhuvan Army
	Muhammad Faisal Ramlan	Armed Forces
	N Rohen Singh	Real Kashmir

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Makakmayum Daniyal	South United	Indian Air Force	3–3	27 July 2025	[7]
Clayton (4)	Diamond Harbour	BSF	8–1	1 August 2025	[8]
Alaaeddine Ajaraie	NorthEast United	Armed Forces	3–1	2 August 2025	[9]

Top assists

As of 31 July 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Assists
1	Vincy Barretto	Jamshedpur	2
	Treimiki Lamurong	Shillong Lajong
3	Dimitrios Diamantakos	East Bengal	1
	Bipin Singh	East Bengal
	Gillespye Jung Karki	Tribhuvan Army
	Dinesh Henjan	Tribhuvan Army
	Rudra Ved Moola	Shillong Lajong
	Sheen Sohktung	Shillong Lajong
	Everbrightson Sana	Shillong Lajong
	Sujit Singh	KAMS
	Laishram Chingkheinganba	ITBP
	Srikumar Karjee	ITBP
	Huzafah Ahmad Dar	South United
	Nishanth N	South United
	Naorem Somananda Singh	Indian Air Force
	Aman Khan	Indian Air Force
	Mohd Aqib	Indian Air Force
	Tangva Ragui	Mohammedan
	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Diamond Habour
	Kartik Choudhary	Jamshedpur
	Balamlynti Khongjee	Rangdajied United
	Ephraim Lalremtluanga	Shillong Lajong
	Abhay Gurung	Shillong Lajong
	Yumnam Monis Singh	TRAU
	Saphaba Singh Telem	NEROCA
	Lunminlen Haokip	KAMS
	Abdul Samed Ango	Bodoland
	Didwm Hazowary	Bodoland

Clean sheets

As of 2 August 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Clean sheets
1	Debjit Majumder	East Bengal	1
	Siwel Rymbai	Shillong Lajong
	Amrit Gope	Jamshedpur
	Niraj Kumar	Namdhari

Awards

Prize money

The total pool of prize money for the 2025 edition is ₹3 crore (US$350,000)

Prize	Recipient	Amount
Champions
Runner-up
Golden glove
Golden boot
Golden ball

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	Mahesh Singh	East Bengal	Match 16	Alaaeddine Ajaraie	NorthEast United	Match 31
Match 2	Manvir Singh	Jamshedpur	Match 17	Dé	Namdhari	Match 32
Match 3	Phrangki Buam	Shillong Lajong	Match 18	Pramveer Singh	Punjab	Match 33
Match 4	Hemraj Bhujel	ITBP	Match 19	Rohen Singh	Real Kashmir	Match 34
Match 5	Makakmayum Daniyal	South United	Match 20	Liston Colaco	Mohun Bagan	Match 35
Match 6	Sairuat Kima	Diamond Harbour	Match 21	P Christopher Kamei	Indian Army	Match 36
Match 7	Mohammed Sanan K	Jamshedpur	Match 22	Nasir Yasa	Armed Forces	Match 37
Match 8	Gladdy Nelcen Kharbuli	Shillong Lajong	Match 23	Donborlang Nongkynrih	ITBP FT	Match 38
Match 9	Sapam Nongpoknganba Singh	TRAU	Match 24	Mohammed Rashid	East Bengal	Match 39
Match 10	Sunil Singh	Namdhari	Match 25			Match 40
Match 11	Robinson Blandon Rendon	Bodoland	Match 26			Match 41
Match 12	Liston Colaco	Mohun Bagan	Match 27			Match 42
Match 13	Bhaskar Roy	Indian Navy	Match 28			Match 43
Match 14	Clayton Silva	Diamond Harbour	Match 29
Match 15	Prajal Tushir	1 Ladakh	Match 30

Broadcasting

Sony Sports Network have acquired the broadcasting rights starting from 2023. The 2025 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.

See also

• Men
  • 2025–26 Indian Super League
  • 2025–26 I-League
  • 2025–26 I-League 2
  • 2025–26 I-League 3
  • 2025–26 Indian State Leagues
  • 2025 Kalinga Super Cup
  • 2026 Kalinga Super Cup
  • 2026 RFD League

• Women
  • 2025–26 Indian Women's League
  • 2025–26 Indian Women's League 2