Durand Cup 2022
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Indian football is all geared up for its season opener with the Durand Cup, Asia's oldest football tournament, set to unveil its 131st edition on August 16, 2022. The latest avatar of this tournament will witness two important changes. For the first time, the tournament will be played in more than one venue. It will follow a multi-city format and will be played across three cities--Kolkata, Guwahati and Imphal. The Salt Lake Stadium, the Naihati Stadium and the Kishore Bharati Krirangan will host the matches of Group A and group B, while the Khuman Lampak Stadium in Imphal and Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati will be the home of Group C and Group D respectively.
This is the first edition of the Durand Cup where every club of the top tier Indian Super League will be participating. A total of 20 teams--11 from the Indian Super League, 5 from the I-League and 4 teams from the Indian Armed Forces--will be vying for the trophy. The tournament will be played in two phases--round-robin and knockouts, with the two top teams from each group advancing to the knockouts, setting up the final to the two best teams of the tournament. FC Goa are the defending champions, having triumphed over Mohammedan Sporting in the final last year to become the first ISL side to win the Durand Cup.
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
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ATKMB group matches on 20, 24, 28, 31 August
Derby on 28 August (VYBK, 6 pm)
Mumbai City announce 26-man squad for Durand Cup 2022
FULL SQUAD
Goalkeepers
1 Phurba Lachenpa
13 Mohammad Nawaz
22 Bhaskar Roy
Defenders
2 Rahul Bheke
4 Amey Ranawade
5 Mehtab Singh
15 Sanjeev Stalin
17 Mandar Rao Dessai
18 Rostyn Griffiths
23 Vignesh Dakshinamurthy
25 Serigne Mourtada Fall
50 Huidrom Naocha Singh
Midfielders
8 Alberto Noguera
10 Ahmed Jahouh
14 Rowllin Borges
16 Vinit Rai
24 Greg Stewart
36 Asif Khan
43 PC Rohlupuia
45 Apuia Ralte
Forwards
6 Vikram Partap Singh
7 Lallianzuala Chhangte
9 Gurkirat Singh
28 Ayush Chhikara
29 Bipin Singh Thounaojam
30 Jorge Pereyra Díaz
SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Lara Sharma, Amrit Gope
Defenders: Alan Costa, Namgyal Bhutia, Parag Shrivas, Wungngayam Muirang, Prabir Das, Hira Mondal, Sandesh Jhingan, Aleksandar Jovanovic
Midfielders: Bruno Ramires, Jayesh Rane, Suresh Wangjam, Danish Farooq, Rohit Kumar, Biswa Darjee, Javi Hernandez
Strikers: Sunil Chhetri (C), Prince Ibara, Udanta Singh, Sivasakthi Narayanan, Leon Augustine, Roy Krishna, Faisal Ali
https://www.bengalurufc.com/2022/club-news/bengaluru-fc-announce-25-man-squad-131st-durand-cup/
Bidyashagar Singh and Naorem Roshan Singh are not part of this squad