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2023 IndianOil Durand Cup

Logo of the 132nd Durand Cup, 2023
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Kolkata, Guwahati and Kokrajhar
Dates	3 August – 3 September
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Mohun Bagan SG (17th title)
Runner-up	East Bengal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	131 (3.05 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	David Lalhlansanga Noah Sadaoui (6 goals each)
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The 2023 Durand Cup (also known as IndianOil Durand Cup due to sponsorship ties with the Indian Oil Corporation) was the 132nd edition of Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the second 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 Government of Assam.

This year for the second time the tournament will be played in more than one city. This will be the second season of the tournament wherein all 12 clubs in the top tier Indian Super League have been mandated to participate, along with invited clubs from I-League, I-League 2 and regional league, and teams representing armed forces.

Bengaluru FC were the defending champions, having defeated Mumbai City FC in the 2022 final. The 2023 IndianOil Durand Cup final saw the Kolkata club Mohun Bagan SG win their 17th Durand Cup title by defeating their arch-rivals East Bengal by 1-0.

Teams

The organization committee announced an increase in the number of teams from the previous edition. 19 Indian clubs and 5 services teams, from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh will play in this edition. This is the first time in 27 years a foreign team participates in the tournament.

The teams have been drawn into six groups of four each. Six group winners and the two best second-placed sides will make the knockout stage.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Location
Indian Super League teams
Bengaluru	Bibiano Fernandes	Parag Shrivas	Bengaluru, Karnataka
East Bengal	Carles Cuadrat	Harmanjot Singh Khabra	Kolkata, West Bengal
Chennaiyin	Owen Coyle	Jordan Murray	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Goa	Manolo Márquez	Brandon Fernandes	Margao, Goa
Hyderabad	Thangboi Singto	Chinglensana Singh	Hyderabad, Telangana
Jamshedpur	Steven Dias	Sk Sahil	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Kerala Blasters	Frank Dauwen	Adrián Luna	Kochi, Kerala
Mohun Bagan SG	Juan Ferrando	Subhasish Bose	Kolkata, West Bengal
Mumbai City	Des Buckingham	Rahul Bheke	Mumbai, Maharashtra
NorthEast United	Juan Pedro Benali	Gaurav Bora	Guwahati, Assam
Odisha	Amit Rana	Rakesh Oram	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Punjab	Staikos Vergetis	Luka Majcen	Ludhiana, Punjab
I-League teams
Delhi	Anish Krishna Shetty	Bali Gagandeep	New Delhi, Delhi
Gokulam Kerala	Domingo Oramas	Álex Sánchez	Kozhikode, Kerala
Mohammedan	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	Samad Ali Mallick	Kolkata, West Bengal
Rajasthan United	Pushpender Kundu	Hardik Bhatt	Jaipur, Rajasthan
Shillong Lajong	Bobby Nongbet	Hardy Nongbri	Shillong, Meghalaya
State leagues team
Downtown Heroes	Hilal Rasool Parray	Shahid Nazir	Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
Bodoland	Daimalu Basumatary	Didwm Hazowary	Kokrajhar, Assam
Indian Armed Forces teams
Indian Air Force	Priya Darshan	Mandeep S Singh	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Army	L Antony Ramesh	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri
Indian Navy	Abhilash Vasantha	VK Vishnu
Foreign armed forces teams
Bangladesh Army	Abdur Razzaque	Md. Samimul Haque	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tribhuvan Army	Megh Raj KC	Bharat Khawas	Kathmandu, Nepal

Venues

Initially, Imphal was drafted as a host city. However, due to the 2023 Manipur unrest, Guwahati was set as the replacement. A total of 43 matches are being played across 3 cities — Kolkata, Guwahati and Kokrajhar. 23 matches will be played in Kolkata, including the final, 11 matches in Guwahati, and 9 matches in Kokrajhar.

Kolkata		Guwahati
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan	Kishore Bharati Krirangan	Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Capacity: 68,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 30,000
Kolkata		Kokrajhar
Mohun Bagan Ground	East Bengal Ground	SAI Stadium
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 23,500	Capacity: 10,000

Trophy tour

Like the preceding season, the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) organized a trophy tour across 15 cities before the beginning of the tournament but with much more grandiosity. The tour was flagged off on 30 June from Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantonment in the presence of Gen. Manoj Pande, ACM VR Chaudhari and the AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey and toured upon Kartavya Path from India Gate to Rashtrapati Bhavan, later reaching Indian Military Academy in Dehradun on 2 July. The tour continued to Udhampur on 4 July, then to Pune on 6 July, where a grand reception was organized by the officers and cadets at National Defence Academy.

The trophies were received by the Army Officers Institute in Mumbai on 8 July and was publicly showcased at the Gateway of India and the Marine Drive. The tour continued to Jaipur on 9 July, where public showcasing was done at Amber Fort, Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, Albert Hall Museum and Jaipur Vidhan Sabha. The trophies were then unveiled at Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala on 13 July. The tour in Kerala continued with the trophies being sailed on INS Vikrant at Southern Naval Command, Kochi in the presence of Rear Admiral Susheel Menon and IM Viajayan on 15 July. The trophies reached one of the host cities—Guwahati on 16 July. They were received by the Sports Minister of Assam Nandita Gorlosa and Lt. Gen. Rana Pratap Kalita.

The tour continued to Bangalore on 18 July, following to Shillong on 19 July, where the trophies were sailed across Umiam Lake and Orchid Lake and then brought to Kibithu as a part of tribute offering to India's first Chief of Defence Staff—Gen. Bipin Rawat at General Bipin Rawat Garrison. The trophies traveled to Hyderabad, visiting the Air Force Academy on 20 July and then on 22 July, the trophies reached another host city—Kokrajhar in the presence of Chaubey, the CEM of the BTC Pramod Boro and Maj. Gen. Dinesh Hooda. The trophy tour was flagged in on 25 July in Kolkata which was commemorated by first ever BASE jump in the city taking place from the top of The 42, led by Lt. Col. Satyandra Verma and Gp. Capt. Kamal Singh Oberh.

Official song

On 10 August 2023, Durand Cup Official theme song and a music video featuring Vicky Kaushal were released. The song was titled "Bhide" in Hindi which was sung by Arijit Singh, and Divine, composed by Arijit Singh and written by Amitabh Bhattacharya & Divine.

Broadcasting

Sony Sports Network have acquired the broadcasting rights of Durand Cup for three editions, starting from 2023. The 2023 edition will be live streamed on the network's OTT platform SonyLIV as well as TV channels Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 2 HD.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EAB	MBG	BAN	PUN
1	East Bengal (H)	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Qualify for the knockout stage		—	—	2–2	1–0
2	Mohun Bagan SG (H)	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6			0–1	—	5–0	2–0
3	Bangladesh Army	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2			—	—	—	—
4	Punjab	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1			—	—	0–0	—

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CHN	HYD	DEL	TRI
1	Chennaiyin	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Qualify for the knockout stage		—	—	—	3–0
2	Hyderabad	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4			1–3	—	—	3–0
3	Delhi	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2			1–2	1–1	—	1–1
4	Tribhuvan Army	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1			—	—	—	—

Group F

Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Indian Army	0–1	NorthEast United
	Report	Phalguni Singh 51'

Goa	4–1	Chennaiyin
Carl McHugh 29' Carlos Martínez 37' Noah Sadaoui 90+2' Víctor Rodríguez 90+4'	Report	Bikash Yumnam 5'

Semi-finals

Final

East Bengal	0–1	Mohun Bagan SG
	Report	Dimitri Petratos 71'

Statistics

As of 3 September 2023

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Lalhlansanga	Mohammedan	6
	Noah Sadaoui	Goa
3	Jorge Pereyra Díaz	Mumbai City	5
4	Parthib Gogoi	NorthEast United	4
5	Lalremsanga Fanai	Mohammedan	3
	Bidyashagar Singh	Kerala Blasters
	Aaren D'Silva	Hyderabad
	Carlos Martínez	Goa
9	Rowllin Borges	Goa	2
	Sreekuttan VS	Gokulam Kerala
	Ronney Kharbudon	Shillong Lajong
	Javier Siverio	East Bengal
	Aminou Bouba	Gokulam Kerala
	Rafael Crivellaro	Chennaiyin
	Romain Philippoteaux	NorthEast United
	Victor Rodriguez	Goa
	Justine Emmanuel	Kerala Blasters
	Mohammed Aimen	Kerala Blasters
	Jason Cummings	Mohun Bagan SG
	Nandha Kumar Sekar	East Bengal
	Phalguni Singh	NorthEast United
	Manvir Singh	Mohun Bagan SG

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Parthib Gogoi	NorthEast United	Shillong Lajong	4–0	4 August 2023
Noah Sadaoui	Goa	Shillong Lajong	6–0	8 August 2023
David Lalhlansanga	Mohammedan	Jamshedpur	6–0	20 August 2023
Bidyashagar Singh	Kerala Blasters	Indian Air Force	5–0	21 August 2023
Aaren D'Silva	Hyderabad	Tribhuvan Army	3–0	22 August 2023

Notes

Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Vishal Kaith	Mohun Bagan SG	2
	Sayad Bin Abdul Kadir	Indian Army
	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	Indian Army
	Prabhsukhan Singh Gill	East Bengal
	Phurba Lachenpa	Mumbai City
	Sachin Jha	Rajasthan United
	Mirshad Michu	NorthEast United
8	Arsh Anwer Shaikh	Mohun Bagan SG	1
	Arshdeep Singh	Goa
	Zothanmawia	Gokulam Kerala
	Ravi Kumar	Punjab
	Ashraful Islam Rana	Bangladesh Army
	Debjit Majumder	Chennaiyin
	Hrithik Tiwari	Goa
	Lalbiakhlua Jongte	Mohammedan
	Sachin Suresh	Kerala Blasters
	Sahil Poonia	Bengaluru
	Gurmeet Singh	Hyderabad
	Ayush Jena	Jamshedpur
	Mohammad Nawaz	Mumbai City
	Md Alamgir Hossen	Bangladesh Army
	Ngamsanglena Haokip	Shilong Lajong
	Niraj Kumar	Odisha
	Mohit Singh Dhami	Jamshedpur

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 2
  • Md. Mizanur Rahman

• Most red cards: 1
  • Md. Mizanur Rahaman
  • Nishu Kumar
  • Liton Shil
  • Dettol Moirangthem
  • Ngamsanglena Haokip
  • Bhabindra Malla Thakuri
  • Hormipam Ruivah
  • Anirudh Thapa

Club

• Most yellow cards: 3
  • Bangladesh Army

• Most red cards: 2
  • Indian Army

Awards

Prize money

The total pool of prize money for the 2023 edition is ₹1 crore (US$120,000).

Man of the Match awards

Match	Man of the Match		Match	Man of the Match		Match	Man of the Match
	Player	Club		Player	Club		Player	Club
Match 1	Liston Colaco	Mohun Bagan SG	Match 16	Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh	Odisha	Match 31	Romain Philippoteaux	NorthEast United
Match 2	Parthib Gogoi	NorthEast United	Match 17	Seriton Fernandes	Goa	Match 32	David Lalhlansanga	Mohammedan
Match 3	William Pauliankhum	Rajasthan United	Match 18	Nandhakumar Sekar	East Bengal	Match 33	Bidyashagar Singh	Kerala Blasters
Match 4	Alberto Noguera	Mumbai City	Match 19	Nili Perdomo	Gokulam Kerala	Match 34	Sairuat Kima	Rajasthan United
Match 5	Ramhlunchhunga	Hyderabad	Match 20	Ronney Kharbudon	Shillong Lajong	Match 35	Aaren D'Silva	Hyderabad
Match 6	Harmanjot Singh Khabra	East Bengal	Match 21	Rafael Crivellaro	Chennaiyin	Match 36	Robin Yadav	Bengaluru
Match 7	Bhabindra Malla Thakuri	Indian Army	Match 22	Vivek Kumar	Indian Air Force	Match 37
Match 8	Hugo Boumous	Mohun Bagan SG	Match 23	Carlos Martínez	Goa	Match 38
Match 9	Noah Sadaoui	Goa	Match 24	Nandhakumar Sekar	East Bengal	Match 39
Match 10	Lalengmawia Ralte	Mumbai City	Match 25	Ashley Alban Koli	Jamshedpur	Match 40
Match 11	Girik Khosla	Delhi	Match 26	Suresh Meitei	Indian Army	Match 41
Match 12	Shibinraj Kunniyil	Indian Air Force	Match 27	Vanlalhriatzuala K	Delhi	Match 42
Match 13	Connor Shields	Chennaiyin	Match 28	Bekey Oram	Bengaluru	Match 43
Match 14	Ashraful Islam Rana	Bangladesh Army	Match 29	Bipin Singh	Mumbai City
Match 15	Alexis Gómez	Mohammedan	Match 30	Zacharie Mbenda	Bodoland

See also

• Men
  • 2023–24 Indian Super League (Tier I)
  • 2023–24 I-League (Tier II)
  • 2023–24 I-League 2 (Tier III)
  • 2023–24 I-League 3 (Tier IV)
  • 2023–24 Indian State Leagues (Tier V)
  • 2024 Super Cup
  • 2024 Reliance Foundation Development League
• Women
  • 2023–24 Indian Women's League
  • 2023–24 Indian Women's League 2

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