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{{Short description|124th season of the Durand Cup}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Durand Cup
| image = 
| size  = 
| caption =
| current = 
| country = India
| num_teams = 12
| winners   = [[Churchill Brothers FC Goa|Churchill Brothers]]
| count     = 3
| second    = [[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]]
| matches   = 27
| goals     =
| scoring_leader =
| prev_season = [[2010 Durand Cup|2010]]
| next_season = [[2012 Durand Cup|2012]]
}}

The '''2011 Durand Cup''' is the 124th edition of the [[Durand Cup]], the third oldest [[association football]] competition in the world.
Churchill Brothers won the 2011 Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium with a 5–4 tie-break win over Prayag United. The 2010 Durand Cup Champions were [[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]].

==Background==
===Format===
The Durand Cup is scheduled from 24 September to 15 October 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.durandfootball.com/ |title = WELCOME TO DURAND FOOTBALL {{!}} Asias Oldest & Third Oldest in The World  |access-date=2011-10-10 |archive-date=2011-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912221843/http://www.durandfootball.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The tournament will be conducted in two stages. Stage 1 will be the Qualifying Knock Out Round and Stage 2 will be Quarter Final League round.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130125144303/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Durand-cup-kicks-off-from-today/Article1-749381.aspx Hindustan Times]</ref>

===I-League Clubs Leaving===
[[I-League]] clubs [[Mohun Bagan]], [[Dempo S.C.|Dempo]], [[Mumbai F.C.|Mumbai]], [[Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C.|HAL]] and [[Kingfisher East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] have decided to skip the tournament for various reasons like having to play in other tournaments, to prepare for the [[I-League]] or they just don't see worth in the cup.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

===Game Ball===
COSCO Platina FIFA approved football is the official ball of the tournament.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

===Award Money===
The cash award for the Winner, Runners up and the 3rd positions will be awarded with Rs. 20 Lakhs, 10 Lakhs and 5 Lakhs respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kolkatafootball.com/durand_cup_2011/final_round.html |title = 124 Durand Cup {{!}} kolkatafootball.com{{!}}Indian Football News  |access-date=2011-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006154424/http://kolkatafootball.com/durand_cup_2011/final_round.html |archive-date=2011-10-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Fixtures==
===First round===
The Durand Cup officially started on 24 September 2011 with [[Delhi United FC]] beating [[MEG Bangalore]] 2–0. Then the second match of the day took place with [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]] demolishing [[State Bank of Hyderabad FC|State Bank of Hyderabad]] 5–1. The next day [[ARC Shillong]] beat [[SBI Kerala (football team)|State Bank of Travancore]] 2–1 while [[Indian Air Force football team|Indian Air Force]] beat [[Shahadra FC]] 4–3 on penalties after drawing 0–0. Then on 26 September [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF FC]] beat [[J&K Bank Football Club]] 4–3 on penalties after drawing 1–1. Then [[Bhawanipore Club|Bhawanipore FC]] beat [[Army Green football team|Army Green]] 3–1 on penalties after drawing 0–0. Then on 27 September [[Indian Navy Sports Club|Indian Navy FC]] defeated [[Punjab Police FC|FC Punjab Police]] 1–0 while [[Army Green football team|Army Jr FC]] lost to [[Central Reserve Police Force Sporting Club|CRPF]] 2–1. Then on 28 September [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF FC]] defeated [[Bhawanipore Club|Bhawanipore FC]] on penalties 5–3 after drawing 1–1. Then [[Delhi United FC]] lost 4–2 to [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]]. Meanwhile, on 30 September BSF beat [[Tata Football Academy]] 2–0.

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|date = 24 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Delhi United FC]]
|score = 2 - 0
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|team2 = [[MEG Bangalore]]
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|stadium = Delhi
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|date = 24 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]]
|score = 5 - 1
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|team2 = [[State Bank of Hyderabad FC|State Bank of Hyderabad]]
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|stadium = Delhi
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 25 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[ARC Shillong]]
|score = 2 - 1
|report = 
|team2 = [[SBI Kerala (football team)|State Bank of Travancore]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance =
|referee = 
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 25 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Shahadra FC]]
|score = 0 - 0 [3-4 PEN]
|report = 
|team2 = [[Indian Air Force football team|Indian Air Force]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 =
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance =
|referee = 
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{{football box collapsible
|date = 26 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF FC]]
|score = 1 - 1 [4-3 PEN]
|report = 
|team2 = [[J&K Bank Football Club]]
|goals1 = [[Mandip Singh|Singh]]
|goals2 = [[Zubair Ahmed|Ahmed]]
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 26 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Army Green football team|Army Green]]
|score = 0 - 0 [1-3 PEN]
|report = 
|team2 = [[Bhawanipore Club|Bhawanipore FC]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 27 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Indian Navy Sports Club|Indian Navy FC]]
|score = 1 - 0
|report = 
|team2 = [[Punjab Police FC|FC Punjab Police]]
|goals1 = [[Mukesh Kumar (footballer)|Kumar]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 27 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Army Green football team|Army Jr FC]]
|score = 1 - 2
|report = 
|team2 = [[Central Reserve Police Force Sporting Club|CRPF FC]]
|goals1 = [[Jems Sanga|Sanga]]
|goals2 = [[Athoiba Meitei|Meitei]] <br/> [[Yenkhom Priyo|Priyo]]
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 28 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF FC]]
|score = 1 - 1 [5-3 PEN]
|report = 
|team2 = [[Bhawanipore Club|Bhawanipore FC]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 28 September
|time = 
|team1 = [[Delhi United FC]]
|score = 2 - 4
|report = 
|team2 = [[Assam Rifles football team|Assam Rifles]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 30 September 
|time = 
|team1 = [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF FC]]
|score = 2 - 0
|report = 
|team2 = [[Tata Football Academy]]
|goals1 = Singh <br/> [[Avinash Thapa|Thapa]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 1 October
|time = 
|team1 = [[Indian Air Force football team|Indian Air Force]]
|score = 1 - 0
|report = 
|team2 = [[Central Reserve Police Force Sporting Club|CRPF FC]]
|goals1 = [[MC. Paneru|Paneru]]
|goals2 = 
|stadium = Delhi
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}

==Group stage==
All matches were played in Delhi

===Group A===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team!!width="20"|Pld!!width="20"|W!!width="20"|D!!width="20"|L!!width="20"|GF!!width="20"|GA!!width="20"|GD!!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left| '''[[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]]'''
|2||2||0||0||4||0||+4||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|[[Salgaocar S.C.|Salgaocar]]
|2||1||0||1||1||2||-1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF FC]]
|2||0||0||2||0||3||-3||'''0'''
|}

===Group B===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team!!width="20"|Pld!!width="20"|W!!width="20"|D!!width="20"|L!!width="20"|GF!!width="20"|GA!!width="20"|GD!!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left|'''[[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]'''
|2||2||0||0||5||2||+3||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|[[United Sikkim F.C.|United Sikkim]]
|2||1||0||1||4||3||+1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[Indian Air Force football team|Indian Air Force]]
|2||0||0||2||1||5||-4||'''0'''
|}

===Group C===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team!!width="20"|Pld!!width="20"|W!!width="20"|D!!width="20"|L!!width="20"|GF!!width="20"|GA!!width="20"|GD!!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left|'''[[Pune F.C.|Pune]]'''
|2||1||1||0||3||2||+1||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|[[Air India FC|Air India]]
|2||1||0||1||4||2||+2||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[ONGC F.C.|ONGC]]
|2||0||1||1||1||4||-3||'''1'''
|}

===Group D===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!width="175"|Team!!width="20"|Pld!!width="20"|W!!width="20"|D!!width="20"|L!!width="20"|GF!!width="20"|GA!!width="20"|GD!!width="20"|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|align=left|'''[[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]'''
|2||2||0||0||7||0||7||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|[[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
|2||1||0||1||1||2||-1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|[[Army Red football team|Army Red]]
|2||0||0||2||0||6||-6||'''0'''
|}

== SemiFinals==
{{football box collapsible
|date = 12 October
|time = 
|team1 = [[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]]
|score = 2 - 0
|report =
|team2 = [[Pune F.C.|Pune]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance = 
|referee =  
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 13 October
|time = 
|team1 = [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|score = 4 - 1
|report =
|team2 = [[Shillong Lajong F.C.|Shillong Lajong]]
|goals1 = [[Henry Antchouet|Antchouet]] <br/> [[Steven Dias|Dias]] <br/> [[Roberto Mendes Silva|Silva]] <br/> Balan
|goals2 = [[Johnny Menyongar|Menyongar]]
|stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
}}

==Finals==
{{football box collapsible
|date = 15 October
|time = 
|team1 = [[Churchill Brothers S.C.|Churchill Brothers]]
|score = 0–0
|aet=yes 
|penaltyscore=5–4
|report =
|team2 = [[Prayag United S.C.|Prayag United]]
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance = 
|referee =  
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Durand Cup}}
{{2011–12 in Indian football}}
{{2011 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

[[Category:Durand Cup seasons]]
[[Category:2011–12 in Indian football]]
[[Category:2011 in domestic association football cups]]