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{{Infobox football match
| event = [[Durand Cup|2006 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
| team1association = {{flagicon|IND|size=30px}}
| team1score = 1
| team2 = [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| team2association = {{flagicon|IND|size=30px}}
| team2score = 0
| date = 27 November 2006
| venue = [[Ambedkar Stadium]]
| city = [[New Delhi]]
| previous = [[2005 Durand Cup final|2005]]
| next = [[2007 Durand Cup final|2007]]
}}The '''2006 Durand Cup final''' (or '''Osian's Durand Cup''' for sponsorship reason)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2006-11-25|title=Dempo enters Durand Cup football final|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/dempo-enters-durand-cup-football-final/story-w98cMGcCS7HL1nahTG775I.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> was the 119th final of the [[Durand Cup]], the oldest football competition in [[India]] and third oldest in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2006-11-25|title=JCT, Dempo to clash in Durand Cup final|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/25/jct-dempo-to-clash-in-durand-cup-final-1164469072.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=oneindia.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129134246/https://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/25/jct-dempo-to-clash-in-durand-cup-final-1164469072.html |archive-date=2021-11-29 }}</ref> The final was contested between the two [[National Football League (India)|National Football league]] sides, [[Dempo SC]] from [[Panjim]] in [[Goa]] and [[JCT FC]] from [[Hoshiarpur]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. The tournament was started from 6 November and the final was held on 27 November 2006 in [[New Delhi]].

== Route to the final ==

=== Dempo ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"
! scope="col" width="120" |Date
! scope="col" width="80" |Round
! scope="col" width="120" |Opposition
! scope="col" width="80" |Score
|-
|20 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Group stage
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|0–0
|-
|22 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Group stage
|[[Army Red football team|Army XI]]
|2–1
|-
|24 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Group stage
|[[JCT FC|JCT]]
|1–1
|-
|25 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Semi-final
|[[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]]
|2–0
|}
[[Dempo SC|Dempo]] entered the 2006 Durand Cup as one of the [[National Football League (India)|National Football league]] teams. The [[Goans|Goan]] side were directly placed in the group stage of the tournament. They were allocated Group B along with [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]], [[Army Red football team|Army XI]] and [[JCT FC|JCT]]. The opening game, on 20 November 2006, against East Bengal ended with a goalless draw. In the second game, they defeated Army XI with a 2–1 margin. In the third and final game of group stage, Dempo faced JCT and the match ended in a draw, with both teams finding the back of the net. Dempo came second in the group with five points.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Big players need to come to party in Durand final|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/big-players-need-to-come-to-party-in-durand-final/432578|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-29|website=outlookindia.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129193430/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/big-players-need-to-come-to-party-in-durand-final/432578 |archive-date=2021-11-29 }}</ref> The [[semi-final]] matches were held on 25 November 2006, where Dempo defeated the sixteen times Durand Cup champions, [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] 2–0. [[Beto (footballer, born 1979)|Beto]] and [[Anthony Pereira]] scored in 21st and 70th minute of the game, thus making way for their first Durand Cup final.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=119th Durand Cup 2006|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2006durandcup.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=www.indianfootball.de}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=India 2006/07|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india07.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>

=== JCT ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right; font-size:85%;"
! scope="col" width="120" |Date
! scope="col" width="80" |Round
! scope="col" width="120" |Opposition
! scope="col" width="80" |Score
|-
|16 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Qualifier
|[[Tata Football Academy|Tata FA]]
|2–0
|-
|18 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Qualifier
|[[Border Security Force Sporting Club|BSF]]
|3–0
|-
|20 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Group stage
|[[Army Red football team|Army XI]]
|0–0
|-
|22 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Group stage
|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|4–0
|-
|24 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Group stage
|[[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
|1–1
|-
|25 November 2006
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" |Semi-final
|[[Sporting Clube de Goa|Sporting Clube deGoa]]
|1–0 ([[A.e.t.|a.e.t]])
|}
JCT entered the 2006 Durand Cup as one of the [[National Football League (India)|National Football league]] teams. JCT started their campaign with a qualifying round. They were allocated Group B of the qualifiers along with [[Tata Football Academy]] and [[Border Security Force Sporting Club|Border Security Force]] football team. JCT won both the qualifier matches with a score line of 2–0 and 3–0, against Tata Football Academy and Border Security Force, respectively. They topped the group with six points and joined Dempo in Group B of the group stage. They drew their first group stage match with Army XI with a 0–0 score line, on 20 November. Then they defeated East Bengal by four goals. The last match against Dempo ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref name=":3" /> They had same points as Dempo, but topped the group with more [[goal difference]]. In the semi-final, JCT faced [[Sporting Clube de Goa]] and won one goal to [[Zero|nil]]. The match extended till [[Extra Time|extra time]] and [[Chidi Edeh]] scored the winner in 117th minute.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

== Match ==
The final was played on 27 November 2006 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]] in [[New Delhi]]. This was Dempo and JCT's second meeting in the tournament. The game remained goalless for 73 minutes. In the next minute, Dempo's Nigerian striker, [[Ranti Martins]] broke the deadlock<ref>{{Cite web|title=News for the month of November 2006|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/news/m200611.html|access-date=2021-11-29|website=www.indianfootball.de}}</ref> through an assist by Beto. Dempo won their maiden Durand Cup in their maiden final appearance and became the second club from Goa to win this, after [[Salgaocar FC|Salgaocar]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dempo win Durand Cup|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/nov/27durand.htm|date=27 November 2006|access-date=2022-08-02|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>

{{footballbox
| date = 27 November 2006
| round =
| scorenote =
| location = [[New Delhi]]
| attendance =
| report = <ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-11-27|title=Dempo win Durand Cup|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-dempo-win-durand-cup-1066451|access-date=2021-08-04|website=DNA India|language=en|archive-date=2021-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804133811/https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-dempo-win-durand-cup-1066451|url-status=live}}</ref>
| score2 =
| score1 =
| event =
| time = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| referee = Komaleeswaran Shankar
| stadium = [[Ambedkar Stadium]]
| goals2 =
| goals1 = [[Ranti Martins|Martins]] {{goal|74}}
| team2 = [[JCT FC|JCT]]
| score = 1–0
| team1 = [[Dempo SC|Dempo]]
| aet =
| motm = [[Ranti Martins]] (Dempo)
}}

=== Details ===
{| width="100%"
| valign="top" width="40%" |
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 90%"
|GK
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} VP Satish Kumar
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Valeriano Rebello]]
|
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[John Charles Dias]]
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Majekodunmi Bolaji
|{{suboff|78}}
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Samir Naik]]
|
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jerry Zirsanga]]
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Beto
|
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Nacimento Silveira]]
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ishfaq Ahmed]]
|{{suboff|82}}
|-
|FW
|
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Ranty Martins Soleye|Ranty Martins]]
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anthony Pereira]]
|{{suboff|}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Creson Antao]]
|{{subon|78}}
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Melvyn Rodrigues
|{{subon|82}}
|-
|FW
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Joaquim Abranches]]
|{{subon|}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Coach:'''
|-
| colspan="3" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Armando Colaco]]
|}
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="font-size: 90%"
|GK
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kalyan Chaubey]]
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Daljit Singh (footballer)|Daljit Singh]]
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaspal Parmar|Jaspal Singh]]
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|NGA}} Sunday Ambrose
|{{suboff|25}}
|-
|DF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Anwar Ali (footballer, born 1984)|Anwar Ali]]
|
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Adebayo Tokunbo
|{{suboff|}}
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Shivraj Singh
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Harish Sharma
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Baldeep Singh (footballer, born 1987)|Baldeep Singh]]
|
|-
|FW
|
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Chidi Edeh]]
|
|-
|FW
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Praveen Kumar
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Sukhjinder Singh
|{{subon|25}}
|-
|MF
|
|{{flagicon|IND}} Jaswinder Singh
|{{subon|}}
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Manager:'''
|-
| colspan="4" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sukhwinder Singh (football manager)|Sukhwinder Singh]]
|}
|}

== See also ==

* [[2000 IFA Shield Final]]

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://durandcup.in/ Official website]

{{Durand Cup}}
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[[Category:2006 in domestic association football cups]]
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[[Category:Football competitions in New Delhi]]

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DexterEdmonson0 at 03:58, 13 April 2026