All you need to know about Durand Cup 2022

All ISL teams will feature in the tournament this year.

Asia’s oldest football tournament is all geared up to unveil its 131st Edition come August. The Durand Cup will be played as the season opener in Indian Football ahead of the 2022-2023 season.

This year the tourney will witness all ISL teams, five I-league teams and four teams from the armed forces go up against each other for the historic prize. All teams have been split into four groups of five teams each.

Moreover, the tournament will follow a multi-city format unlike last year and will be played across three cities - Kolkata, Guwahati and Imphal. The matches of Group A & B will be played in Kolkata while the matches of Group C & D will be played in Imphal and Guwahati respectively.

On that note, here’s all you need to know about the 2022 Durand Cup.

About the tournament

The Durand Cup is the world’s third and Asia’s oldest football tournament. It was started way back in 1888 by Mortimer Durand, the former foreign secretary of British India. Initially it was just open to the armed forces, but was later made open to football clubs as well.

It is jointly organized by the Durand Cup Football Tournament Society and the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The winner is awarded with three trophies - The Durand Cup, President’s Cup and the Shimla Trophy.

Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are the most successful teams of the Durand Cup with 16 titles each while FC Goa became the first Indian Super League (ISL) side to win it in 2021. The Gaurs defeated former winners Mohammedan Sporting in extra time in the final to script history.

Format

The tournament is played in two phases - round-robin and knockouts. 20 teams are divided in four groups with five teams each. 

After the round robin format in the group stages, the top two teams from each group will advance to the knockouts. Thus, setting up the final between the best two teams of the tournament.

Venues

This year the Durand will follow a multi-city format and will be played in three cities. The Salt Lake stadium, Naihati Bankimanjali Stadium and Kishore Bharati Krirangan will host the matches of Group A & B.

The Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in Imphal will play host to the matches of Group C while the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati will be the home for Group D.

Groups

Group A: FC Goa, Mohammedan Sporting, Bengaluru FC, Jamshedpur Fc, Indian Air Force

Group B: East Bengal, ATK Mohun Bagan, Mumbai CIty FC, Rajasthan United FC, Indian Navy

Group C: NEROCA FC, TRAU FC, Hyderabad FC, Chennaiyin FC, Army Red

Group D: Odisha FC, NorthEast United FC, Kerala Blasters, Sudeva Delhi FC, Army Green

Fixtures

August 16

Mohammedan SC 3-1 FC Goa - Match Report

August 17

Jamshedpur 1-2 Bengaluru FC - Match Report

NorthEast United FC 0-6 Odisha FC - Match Report

August 18

Mumbai City FC 4-1 Indian Navy - Match Report

NEROCA FC 3-1 TRAU FC - Match Report

August 19

FC Goa 1-0 Indian Air Force - Match Report

Sudeva Delhi FC 1-1 Kerala Blasters FC - Match Report

August 20

Chennaiyin FC 2-2 Army Red - Match Report

ATK Mohun Bagan 2-3 Rajasthan United FC - Match Report

August 21 

NorthEast United FC 1-3 Army Green - Match Report

Mohammedan SC 3-0 Jamshedpur FC - Match Report

August 22 

TRAU FC 0-2 Hyderabad FC - Match Report

East Bengal 0-0 Indian Navy - Match Report

August 23

Odisha FC 2-0 Kerala Blasters - Match Report

Bengaluru FC 4-0 Indian Air Force - Match Report

August 24 

Army Red 0-0 NEROCA FC - Match Report

ATK Mohun Bagan 1-1 Mumbai City FC - Match Report

August 25 

Army Green 0-0 Sudeva Delhi FC - Match Report

East Bengal 0-0 Rajasthan United FC - Match Report

August 26

Hyderabad FC 3-1 Chennaiyin FC - Match Report

Jamshedpur FC 1-0 FC Goa - Match Report

August 27

Mohammedan SC 2-0 Indian Air Force - Match Report

NorthEast United FC 0-3 Kerala Blasters FC - Match Report

August 28

TRAU FC 2-1 Army Red - Match Report

East Bengal 0-1 ATK Mohun Bagan -Match Report

August 29

Mumbai City FC 5-1 Rajasthan United FC - Match Report

Odisha FC 3-0 Sudeva Delhi, - Match Report

August 30

NEROCA FC 0-3 Hyderabad FC - Match Report

Bengaluru FC 2-2 FC Goa - Match Report

August 31

Kerala Blasters FC 2-0 Army Green - Match Report

ATK Mohun Bagan 2-0 Indian Navy - Match Report

September 1 

Jamshedpur FC 2-1 Indian Air Force - Match Report

TRAU FC 1-4 Chennaiyin FC - Match Report

September 2 

NorthEast United FC 2-0 Sudeva Delhi FC - Match Report

Mohammedan SC 1-1 Bengaluru FC - Match Report

September 3 

Army Red 1-0 Hyderabad FC - Match Report

East Bengal 4-3 Mumbai City FC - Match Report

September 4 

Army Green 0-1 Odisha FC - Match Report

September 5

Rajasthan United FC 2-0 Indian Navy - Match Report

NEROCA FC 0-2 Chennaiyin FC - Match Report

Knockouts

Quarter-Finals

Mohammedan SC 3-0 Kerala Blasters - Match Report

Bengaluru FC 2-1 Odisha FC - Match Report

Mumbai City 5-3 Chennaiyin FC - Match Report

Hyderabad FC 3-1 Rajasthan United - Match Report

Semi-Finals

Mohammedan SC 0-1 Mumbai City - Match Report

Bengaluru FC 1-0 Hyderabad FC - Match Report

Final

Mumbai City 1-2 Bengaluru FC - Match Report

Prize Money

TBD

Telecast

All matches of the 2022 Durand Cup will be telecasted on Sports18 network - Sports18 1 SD & HD and Sports18 Khel (Hindi commentary). It will also be streamed on Voot and JioTV.

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