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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1956–57 Durand Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[Durand Cup|1956–57 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
| details =
| team1score = 2
| team2score = 0
| date = 5 January 1957
| stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]]
| city = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee = A. N. Jayrana
| attendance = 15,000 (estd.)
| weather =
| previous = 1955
| next = 1957
}}

The '''1956–57 Durand Cup final''' was the 53rd final of the [[Durand Cup]], the oldest football competition in [[India]]. It was contested between Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]] on 5 January 1957 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].

East Bengal won the final 2–0 to claim their 3rd Durand Cup title. Balasubramanium and [[Moosa Ghazi]] scored the goals for East Bengal in the final as East Bengal lifted their third Durand Cup title.<ref name=rsssf>{{cite web|first=Neil|last=Morrison|date=11 October 2022|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|title=India - List of Durand Cup Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=25 November 2022}}</ref>

==Route to the final==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Mughals
|colspan="1"|2–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round
|style="text-align:left"|[[New Delhi Heroes FC|New Delhi Heroes]]
|colspan="1"|3–2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Caltex Club
|colspan="1"|0–0; 3–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|Western Railway
|colspan="1"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras Regiment|Madras Regimental Centre]]
|colspan="1"|0–0; 0–0; 2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|E.M.E. Centre
|colspan="1"|2–1
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The Durand Cup final began at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]] on 5 January 1957 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and faced [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]. East Bengal reached their third Durand Cup final after defeating the defending champions, [[Madras Regiment|Madras Regimental Centre]], 2–0 in the semi-final, havinwon the tournament previously in 1951 and 1952. Hyderabad City Police made their fourth appearance in the final after defeating E.M.E. Centre 2–1 in the semi-final, having previously won the cup in 1950 and 1954.<ref name=rsssf/>

Both East Bengal and Hyderabad City Police started the game positively, creating attacks but were denied by the strong defence of both teams. In the nineteenth minute, [[Anthony Patrick]] fouled Varahalu near the box, and Balasubramanium scored directly from the free-kick from 30 yards to give East Bengal the lead. Hyderabad tried to get back into the game but their forward line, consisting of Sussay, [[Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin]] and [[Yousuf Khan (footballer)|Yousuf Khan]] wasted multiple chances. East Bengal doubled their lead in the second half with just seven minutes remaining when [[Moosa Ghazi]] made a solo run past the defenders and scored for East Bengal to make it 2–0 as East Bengal held onto the scoreline and won their third Durand Cup title.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=final>{{cite news |date=6 January 1957 |title= ইস্টবেঙ্গল ক্লাবের তৃতীয়বার ডুরান্ড কাপ বিয়জের গৌরব |trans-title=East Bengal wins the Durand Cup for the third time |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=6 January 1957 |title=EXTRAVAGANT POLICE GO DOWN TO E. BENGAL IN DURAND FINAL |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K49lAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rJ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1116%2C2638849 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=25 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Debayan|last=Sen|date=1 August 2020|url=https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits|title=A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits|work=ESPN|accessdate=18 November 2022}}</ref>

===Details===
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|time=15:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
|score= 2–0
|goals1=* Balasubramanium {{goal|19}}
* [[Moosa Ghazi|Ghazi]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=15,000 (est.)
|referee=A. N. Jayrana}}

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{| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Makhon Chatterjee
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[T. Abdul Rahman]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} James Fenn
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Hussain Killer]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Bir Bahadur Gurung
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mariappa Kempaiah]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammad Kannayan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Balasubramanium
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[J. Krishnaswamy|J. Krishnaswamy "Kittu"]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Varahalu
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Moosa Ghazi]]
|-
|}
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"|
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Nabi
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Yusuf Khan
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony Patrick]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sk. Kaleem
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammad Noor]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Moinuddin]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} G.Y.S. Laiq
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Zulfiqaruddin]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sussay
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Yousuf Khan (footballer)|Yousuf Khan]]
|-
|}
|}

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores still level.
*No Substitutes.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html Durand Cup Finals]

{{Durand Cup}}
{{East Bengal Club}}

[[Category:Durand Cup finals]]
[[Category:1956–57 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in New Delhi]]
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