DURAND CUP 2021

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The Durand Cup is the oldest football tournament in Asia and the third oldest football tournament in the world. In 1888, the tournament started off as an Army Cup open only to the British Indian Army troops in India but soon it opened up to civilian teams.

The 2021 Durand Cup is the 130th edition of Durand Cup. Similar to itslast edition, the tournament will be hosted in West Bengal instead of Delhi, its traditional venue. The tournament is jointly organized by the Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the West Bengal Government.

The Durand Cup was cancelled in 2020 due to worldwide Corona pandemic and was reorganised in 2021 after a year gap. Gokulam Kerala are the defending champions.

The 16 participating teams are - Indian Air Force Football Team, Bengaluru United, CRPF, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Army Green Football Team, FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC, Sudeva Delhi FC, Bengaluru Football Club, Delhi FC, Indian Navy Football Team, Kerala Blasters Football Club, Assam Rifles Football Team, Army Red Football Team, Gokulam Kerala Football Club and Hyderabad FC.

The five ISL clubs playing in the Durand Cup are Bengaluru FC, Hyderabad FC, FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC and Kerala Blasters.

Group A – Indian Air Force Football Team, Bengaluru United, CRPF, Mohammedan Sporting Club
Group B - Army Green Football Team, FC Goa, Jamshedpur FC, Sudeva Delhi FC
Group C - Bengaluru Football Club, Delhi FC, Indian Navy Football Team, Kerala Blasters Football Club
Group D - Assam Rifles Football Team, Army Red Football Team, Gokulam Kerala Football Club, Hyderabad FC

munna219777

G_K

Indian Navy became the first Armed forces team to win in this edition after defeating Delhi FC who played with 4 foreign players.

Navy has a very strong team with many players having ISL / I-League experience. Looks like Group C will be the group of death.

souravindia

Subho Paul is playing in this cup. So that means he was sent back from Germany? Any matches he played or just they found him not good enough to continue? Any idea?

Passi

Indian Navy had players like Pintu Mahata, PM Britto, Bhaskar Roy, Sreyas Gopalan, Harikrishna AU and Novin Gurung who have all played in the I-League before.

Is there a rule that allows certain players to play for armed force teams or have these players actually served in the Navy?

goalkeepar

They all are currently serving in indian navy 

Deb_Ban

Shubho Pal did play a match for Sudeva. Okay performance. Missed a penalty.

Deb_Ban

Is there any telecast of this tournament? Or YouTube is the only refuge?

Nagendra

Somewhere I read addatimes will telecast the streaming.  But not sure if they are streaming Group Stage matches or not.

haritrams24

Yes adda time is streaming the matches live, but you need to subscribe for rs 179/-. Yesterday a you tube channel streamed the match on youTube. 

Ronny

Good technique from Nemil. Glan and Naveen were so ordinary. That striker from Army Green definitely needs a better club!!