2025 Durand Cup final

The 2025 Durand Cup final was the final match of the 2025 Durand Cup, the 134th edition of Asia's oldest football tournament. The tournament was organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) 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.^[1][2][3][4] It was held on 23 August 2025 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

2025 Durand Cup final

The final match was held at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Event	2025 Durand Cup
NorthEast United Diamond Harbour 6 1
Date	23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
Venue	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Man of the Match	Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)
Referee	Venkatesh Ramachadran
Attendance	16,920
Weather	Partly clear Cloudy 27 °C (81 °F) 94% humidity
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Route to the final

Further information: 2025 Durand Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

NorthEast United		Round	Diamond Harbour
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Armed Forces	3–1	Matchday 1	Mohammedan	2–1
Shillong Lajong	2–1	Matchday 2	BSF FT	8–1
Rangdajied United	2–2	Matchday 3	Mohun Bagan	1–5
Group E Winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 NorthEast United 3 7 2 Shillong Lajong (H) 3 6 3 Armed Forces 3 3 4 Rangdajied United (H) 3 1 Source: DFTS (H) Hosts		Final standings	Group B runner-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Mohun Bagan (H) 3 9 2 Diamond Harbour 3 6 3 Mohammedan (H) 3 3 4 Border Security Force 3 0 Source: DFTS (H) Hosts
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Bodoland	4–0	Quarter-finals	Jamshedpur	2–0
Shillong Lajong	1–0	Semi-finals	East Bengal	2–1

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 Aug – Shillong
	Shillong Lajong	2
					19 Aug – Shillong
	Indian Navy	1
					Shillong Lajong	0
	16 Aug – Kokrajhar
					NorthEast United	1
	Bodoland	0
									23 Aug – Kolkata
	NorthEast United	4
									NorthEast United	6
	17 Aug – Jamshedpur
									Diamond Harbour	1
	Jamshedpur	0
					20 Aug – Kolkata
	Diamond Harbour	2
					Diamond Harbour	2
	17 Aug – Kolkata
					East Bengal	1
	East Bengal	2
	Mohun Bagan	1

Match

Details

23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)

17:30 IST

NorthEast United	6–1	Diamond Harbour
Akhtar 30' Gogoi 45+1' Ngasepam 50' Samperio 81' Rodríguez 85' Ajaraie 90+3' (pen.)	Report PDF Report	Majcen 68'

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata, West Bengal

Attendance: 16,920

Referee: Venkatesh Ramachadran
Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)

NorthEast United

Diamond Harbour

Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United) Assistant referees: Parasuraman Vairamuthu P. Muralitharan Fourth official: Ashwin Kumar Match commissioner: Palliri Sujesh Rajan Referee Assessor: Walter Edward Pereira Media Officer: Sujesh Rajan Palliri

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of ten named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions allowed.

See also

• 2025 Indian Super League final
• 2025 Kalinga Super Cup final