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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1960–61 Durand Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[Durand Cup|1960–61 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[Mohun Bagan]]
| team2 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| details = Joint winners declared after a [[Replay (sports)#Association football|replay]]
| firstleg = Final
| team1score1 = 1
| team2score1 = 1
| date1 = 18 January 1961
| stadium1 = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]]
| city1 = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee1 = M.K.G. Kakkar
| attendance1 = 20,000 (estd.)
| secondleg = Replay
| team1score2 = 0
| team2score2 = 0
| date2 = 19 January 1961
| stadium2 = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]]
| city2 = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee2 = M.K.G. Kakkar
| attendance2 = 15,000 (estd.)
| weather =
| previous = 1959
| next = 1961
}}

The '''1960–61 Durand Cup final''' was the 57th final of the [[Durand Cup]], the oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giants [[Mohun Bagan]] and [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] first on 18 January 1961 and then a replay on 19 January 1961 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].

Both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal were declared as joint winners after both the finals ended in a draw.<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"| [[Mohun Bagan]]
!Round
!colspan="2"| [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|''bye''
|colspan="1"|–
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|First Round
|style="text-align:left"|Pal Wanderers
|colspan="1"|8–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab Police FC|Punjab Police]]
|colspan="1"|2–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round
|style="text-align:left"|Assam Regimental Centre
|colspan="1"|2–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Indian Air Force (football team)|Indian Air Force]]
|colspan="1"|0–0; 5–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras Regiment|Madras Regimental Centre]]
|colspan="1"|4–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gorkha regiments (India)|Gorkha Brigade]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|City College Old Boys
|colspan="1"|1–0
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The Durand Cup final began at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]] on 18 January 1961 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Mohun Bagan]] faced each other in a [[Kolkata Derby]], first time in the final of the Durand Cup. Mohun Bagan, the defending champions, made their fourth appearance in the final after they defeated [[Gorkha regiments (India)|Gorkha Brigade]] 1–0 in the semi-final, having previously won the cup in 1953 and 1959. East Bengal reached their fifth Durand Cup final after defeating City College Old Boys 1–0 in the semi-final, having won the tournament previously thrice in 1951, 1952, and 1956.<ref name=rsssf/>

Mohun Bagan and East Bengal both tried to take control of the game in the first half but canceled each other out as the game remained goalless, until the third minute of the second half when East Bengal took the lead through a penalty kick, taken perfectly by [[Arun Ghosh]]. Mohun Bagan equalized just a couple of minutes later as Amiya Banerjee scored to make it 1–1. Both teams had chances to win the game but failed to do so, as the game finished 1–1, and the organizing committee decided to host the replay final the very next day.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=final>{{cite news |date=19 January 1961 |title= মোহনবাগান বনাম ইস্টবেঙ্গলের খেলা অমীমাংসিত |trans-title=Mohun Bagan versus East Bengal remains in a stalemate |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=19 January 1961 |title=CALCUTTA TWINS TO MEET AGAIN IN DURAND FINAL |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610119&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |work=The Indian Express |access-date=26 November 2022 }}</ref>

===Details===
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|time=15:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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|report=
|team2=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
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|goals1=Amiya Banerjee {{goal|35}}
|goals2=[[Arun Ghosh]] {{goal|33|pen}}
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=20,000 (est.)
|referee=M.K.G. Kakkar}}

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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}} Chittaranjan Das
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Rahman
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jarnail Singh (footballer)|Jarnail Singh]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Prasanta Sarkhel
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mariappa Kempaiah]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Asim Dhar
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Dipu Das
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amal Chakraborty
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amiya Banerjee
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chuni Goswami]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sukumar Samajpati]]
|-
|}
|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}} Abani Bose
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chitto Chanda
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Ghosh]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subhasis Guha
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Baloo
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ram Bahadur Chettri]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammad Kannayan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} B. Narayan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dharmalingam Kannan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Nilesh Sarkar
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tulsidas Balaram]]
|-
|}
|}

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

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

==Replay==
===Summary===
The replay final began at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Delhi Gate Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]] on 19 January 1961 as the first final finished in a 1–1 draw.<ref name=rsssf/>

Mohun Bagan started fast by creating a few attacks with [[Chuni Goswami]] and Amiya Banerjee linking up together but the East Bengal defense led by [[Arun Ghosh]] held firm. Both teams tried to take control of the game in different spells but failed to break the deadlock as the game ended in a goalless stalemate. No extra time was played and the organizing committee decided to declare both the teams as joint winners, with a coin toss taking place, which Mohun Bagan won, thus they got to keep the trophy first six months while East Bengal would keep it in the next six. This win for both the teams meant East Bengal had been crowned the Durand Cup champions for the fourth time, after 1951, 1952, and 1956 while Mohun Bagan got crowned champions for the third time after 1953 and 1959.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=replayfinal>{{cite news |date=20 January 1961 |title= ডুরান্ড কাপের পুনরনুস্থিত ফাইনাল গোলশূন্য ভাবে শেষ |trans-title=The replay final of the Durand Cup ends in a goalless draw |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=20 January 1961 |title=CALCUTTA STALWARTS SHARE HONOURS |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610120&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |work=The Indian Express |access-date=26 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]]
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|report=
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|score= 0–0
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=15,000 (est.)
|referee=M.K.G. Kakkar}}

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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}} Chittaranjan Das
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Rahman
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jarnail Singh (footballer)|Jarnail Singh]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Prasanta Sarkhel
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mariappa Kempaiah]]
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Asim Dhar
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Dipu Das
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amal Chakraborty
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Amiya Banerjee
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chuni Goswami]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sukumar Samajpati]]
|-
|}
|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}} Abani Bose
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chitto Chanda
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Ghosh]]
|-
|FB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subhasis Guha
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Baloo
|-
|HB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ram Bahadur Chettri]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammad Kannayan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} B. Narayan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Dharmalingam Kannan]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Nilesh Sarkar
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Tulsidas Balaram]]
|-
|}
|}

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

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*60 minutes.
*Joint winners if both finals ends in a draw.
*No Substitutes.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Durand Cup}}
{{East Bengal Club}}
{{Mohun Bagan A.C.}}

[[Category:Durand Cup finals]]
[[Category:1960–61 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in New Delhi]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:1960-61 Durand Cup Final}}

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