# 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.
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. After the cancellation of Super Cup, Durand Cup was promoted as the de facto domestic cup for 2019–20 season.

## 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.
Indian Super League
* ATK
* Bengaluru
* Chennaiyin
* FC Goa
* Jamshedpur
I-League
* Chennai City F.C.
* 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$48,000) |
| Runners-up | ₹2 million (US$24,000) |
| Semi-finalists | ₹0.5 million (US$6,000) |
| Total | ~₹7 million (US$84,000) |

## Official sponsors and partners
### Powered by

GAIL

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

### 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 | |

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

### Semi-finals
## 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)