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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1967–68 Durand Cup final
| image =
| caption =
| event = [[Durand Cup|1967–68 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
| team2 = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| details =
| team1score = 1
| team2score = 0
| date = 11 January 1968
| stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]]
| city = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| referee = Trilok Lao
| attendance = 15,000 (estd.)
| weather =
| previous = 1966
| next = 1968
}}

The '''1967–68 Durand Cup final''' was the 63rd final of the [[Durand Cup]], the oldest football competition in [[India]], and was contested between Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|Bengal Nagpur Railway]] on 11 January 1968 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]].

East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 5th Durand Cup title. [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]] scored the only goal in the final as East Bengal lifted their fifth 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"| [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|Round
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Indian Navy (football team)|Indian Navy]]
|colspan="1"|2–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round
|style="text-align:left"|–
|colspan="1"|–
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madras Regiment|Madras Regimental Centre]]
|colspan="1"|2–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]
|colspan="1"|1–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]]
|colspan="1"|0–0; 1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final
|style="text-align:left"|Leaders Club
|colspan="1"|1–1; 3–2
|-
|}

==Match==
===Summary===
The Durand Cup final began at the [[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]] on 11 January 1968 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant [[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]] and faced [[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|Bengal Nagpur Railway]]. East Bengal reached their sixth Durand Cup final after defeating [[Hyderabad City Police FC|Hyderabad City Police]] 1–0 in the semi-final, having won the tournament previously in 1951, 1952, 1956, and 1960. Bengal Nagpur Railway made their maiden appearance in the final after they defeated Leaders Club 3–2 in the semi-final.<ref name=rsssf/>

The game started steadily with both teams being cautious in the first fifteen minutes. East Bengal, being the favourites, started dominating the game and the likes of K. Sharma, Ashim Bose and Sunil Bhattacharya all made attempts at the B. N. R. goal but could not break the deadlock. East Bengal made a substitution at halftime as S. Sarkar replaced Afzal and the change made an immediate impact on the game as S. Sarkar put a measured cross for [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]] who could not connect properly. The deadlock was finally broken in the fifty-sixth minute as Habib found the winner with a header to make it 1–0 for East Bengal. B. N. R. tried to make a comeback in the game after conceding the goal but the East Bengal defence dealt with the attacks and managed to hold onto the lead till full-time as East Bengal lifted their fifth Durand Cup title.<ref name=rsssf/><ref name=final>{{cite news |date=12 January 1968 |title= দ্বৈত কীর্তি, ইস্টবেঙ্গল সর্ব ভারতীয় ফুটবলের শিখরে |trans-title=Another Milestone, East Bengal are the Champions of India |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=PTI |date=12 January 1968 |title=East Bengal add Durand trophy to their collection |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19680112&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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|date=11 January 1968
|time=15:00 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
|team1=[[East Bengal Club|East Bengal]]
|report=
|team2=[[Bengal Nagpur Railway FC|Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
|score= 1–0
|goals1=* [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Habib]] {{goal|56}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ambedkar Stadium|Corporation Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=15,000 (est.)
|referee=Trilok Lao}}

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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}} [[Peter Thangaraj]]
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Shanto Mitra
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kalon Guha
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Syed Nayeemuddin]]
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Bhattacharya
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Prasanta Sinha]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} D.M.K. Afzal || || {{suboff|}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Ashim Bose
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Mohammed Habib]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Parimal Dey]]
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} K. B. Sharma
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} S. Sarkar || || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Mohammed Hussain
|}
|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}} Dipak Das
|-
|RB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} J. Lakra
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} A. Dey
|-
|CB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Ghosh]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LB || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Kalyan Saha
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} K. Tirkey
|-
|CM || ||{{flagicon|IND}} N. Sengupta
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} S. Das
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Rajendramohan
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} P. Sur || {{suboff|}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} P. Mazumdar
|-
|colspan=4|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} [[K. Appalaraju]] || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|'''Coach:'''
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arun Ghosh]]
|}
|}

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

|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*Replay if scores still level.
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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

[[Category:Durand Cup finals]]
[[Category:1967–68 in Indian football]]
[[Category:East Bengal Club matches]]
[[Category:Football competitions in New Delhi]]
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