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{{Infobox football match
| title = 2021 Durand Cup Final
| image = File:2021 Durand Cup Final-1.jpg
| image_size = 275px
| caption = [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] (in white) and [[FC Goa|Goa]] (in black) line-up before kick-off at [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
| event = [[2021 Durand Cup]]
| team1 = [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
| team1score = 0
| team2 = [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| team2score = 1
| details =
| date = {{Start date|2021|10|3|df=y}}
| stadium = [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
| city = [[Kolkata]]
| man_of_the_match1a = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Edu Bedia]] ([[FC Goa|Goa]])
| referee = [[Rahul Kumar Gupta]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
| attendance = 43,292
| weather = Cloudy evening {{convert|31|°C|°F|abbr=on}} 85% [[humidity]]
| previous = [[2019 Durand Cup#Final|2019]]
| next = ''[[2022 Durand Cup Final|2022]]''
}}
The '''2021 Durand Cup Final''' is the final match of the [[2021 Durand Cup]], the 130th edition of Asia's oldest football tournament organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) of [[Indian Armed Forces]] and jointly hosted by the [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] and the [[Government of West Bengal]]. It was played at the [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]] in [[Kolkata]], India on 3 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-25|title=Durand Cup 2021: All You Need To Know|url=https://khelnow.com/football/durand-cup-2021-fixtures-teams-groups-telecast/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Khel Now|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Background==
[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]] were playing their sixth [[Durand Cup]] final. They became the first civilian team to win the tournament in 1940,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mishra|first=Aniket|title=Looking back at Mohammedan Sporting's historic Durand Cup triumph|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/looking-back-mohammedan-sportings-historic-durand-cup-triumph|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.sportskeeda.com|language=en-us}}</ref> and since then they could win only once after 73 years, in [[2013 Durand Cup Final|2013]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=hansindia|date=2013-09-20|title=126th Durand Cup Football Tournament 2013|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sports/2013-09-20/126th-Durand-Cup-Football-Tournament-2013/72292|access-date=2021-09-30|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref> although they reached the finals three more times in between. Aside [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan]] and [[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]], Mohammedan is the most successful team from [[West Bengal]]. Mohammedan overcame the group stage as the group runner-up under the newly appointed coach, [[Andrey Chernyshov]]. In the knockout stage they faced the defending champions of Durand Cup, [[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]], and subsequently they faced [[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]], who had already gave them their only group stage defeat. After [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|120 minutes of play]], Mohammedan got their revenge on Bengaluru United and reached the final.

[[FC Goa]] became the first [[Indian Super League]] team to reach the Durand Cup final. They had previously participated in this tournament only once in [[2019 Durand Cup|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shetty|first=Chittu|date=2019-08-07|title=FC Goa releases squad for Durand Cup 2019|url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2019/fc-goa-releases-squad-for-durand-cup-2019/|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Football Counter|language=en-US}}</ref> Goa is the fourth [[Goa]]n side to reach the Durand Cup finals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=IndianFootball History status|url=https://twitter.com/indianfootballh/status/1443437182581022724|access-date=2021-09-30|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> Under the coaching of [[Juan Ferrando]], Goa dominated in the group stage and faced [[Delhi FC|Delhi]] and later [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] in the knockout stage. The semi-final against Bengaluru went to [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] to decide the finalist.

This was the first meeting between Mohammedan and Goa.

== Route to the final ==
{{Details|2021 Durand Cup}}

=== Mohammedan ===

=== Goa ===
''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan="2"|[[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]]
!Round
!colspan="2"|[[FC Goa|Goa]]
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|[[2021 Durand Cup#Group stage|Group stage]]
|Opponent
|colspan="1"|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Indian Air Force (football team)|Indian Air Force]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|4–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 1
|style="text-align:left"|[[Army Green (football team)|Army Green]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Central Reserve Police Force SC|CRPF]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|5–1
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 2
|style="text-align:left"|[[Sudeva Delhi FC|Sudeva Delhi]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|2–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#FFBBBB"|0–2
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Matchday 3
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jamshedpur FC|Jamshedpur]]
|colspan="1" style="background:#BBF3BB"|5–0
|-
|colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|'''[[2021 Durand Cup#Group A|Group A]] runner-up'''
<center>{{trim|{{:2021 Durand Cup|transcludesection=Group A|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=MM}}}}</center>
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Final standings
|colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|'''[[2021 Durand Cup#Group B|Group B]] winner'''<center>{{trim|{{:2021 Durand Cup|transcludesection=Group B|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=GO}}}}</center>
|- style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent
|Result
|[[2021 Durand Cup knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
|Opponent
|Result
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gokulam Kerala FC|Gokulam Kerala]]
|1–0
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter-finals
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi FC|Delhi]]
|5–1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[FC Bengaluru United|Bengaluru United]]
|4–2 {{aet}}
|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi-finals
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
|2–2 {{aet}}; 7–6{{pso}}
|-
|}

== Pre-match ==

=== Ticketing and attendance ===
Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal]], the [[Government of West Bengal]] allowed only 50% of the total capacity for spectators. The tickets for the [[2021 Durand Cup]] final were made available free of cost at [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]], [[Mohun Bagan AC]] and [[SC East Bengal]] respective tents at [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]] and at [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]] from 29 September to 2 October. The tickets were also available on the matchday at all the aforementioned venues, except VYBK.

On the matchday the stadium was filled up with around 44,000 supporters of [[Mohammedan SC (Kolkata)|Mohammedan SC]], as they played at their home ground. A small number of [[FC Goa]] supporters also arrived all the way from [[Goa]] to back the team. In total almost 45,000 spectators arrived at VYBK for the final match.

== Match ==

=== Summary ===

=== Details ===
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|goals1=
|team2=[[FC Goa|Goa]]
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|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]]
|location=[[Kolkata]]
|attendance= 43,292
|referee=[[Rahul Kumar Gupta]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
|motm=
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| valign="top" width="50%" |
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK
|'''42'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Zothanmawia]]
|-
|RB
|'''27'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalramchullova]]
|{{yel|119}}
|-
|CB
|'''4'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Wayne Vaz]]
|-
|CB
|'''16'''
|{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Shaher Shaheen]]
|{{yel|29}}
|-
|LB
|'''41'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Manoj Mohammed]]
|-
|RM
|'''47'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[SK Faiaz|Sk. Faiaz]]
|
|{{suboff|87}}
|-
|CM
|'''12'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Milan Singh]]
|{{yel|104}}
|{{suboff|118}}
|-
|CM
|'''20'''
|{{flagicon|SER}} [[Nikola Stojanović (footballer, born 1995)|Nikola Stojanović]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|{{yel|25}}
|-
|LM
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Faisal Ali (footballer)|Faisal Ali]]
|
|
|-
|CF
|'''35'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Azharuddin Mallick]]
|{{yel|13}}
|{{suboff|63}}
|-
|CF
|'''10'''
|{{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Marcus Joseph]]
|
|
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK
|'''1'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mithun Samanta]]
|-
|DF
|'''6'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Safiul Rahaman]]
|-
|DF
|'''5'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Arijeet Singh]]
|-
|DF
|'''24'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sujit Sadhu]]
|
|
|-
|DF
|'''39'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalramhmunmawia]]
|
|
|-
|MF
|'''33'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sushil Meitei]]
|-
|MF
|'''26'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Firoj Ali]]
|
|-
|FW
|'''28'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Brandon Vanlalremdika]]
|
|{{subon|63}}
|-
|FW
|'''19'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jaskaranpreet Singh]]
|
|{{subon|118}}
|-
|FW
|'''32'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Phrangki Buam]]
|
|{{subon|87}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Head coach:'''
|-
| colspan="3" |{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Andrey Chernyshov]]
|}
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" width="50%" |
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK
|'''32'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Naveen Kumar (footballer)|Naveen Kumar]]
|-
|RB
|'''6'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Leander D'Cunha]]
|-
|CB
|'''41'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Lalmangaih Sanga|Papuia]]
|
|
|-
|CB
|'''24'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Iván González (footballer, born 1988)|Iván González]]
|
|-
|CB
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Saviour Gama]]
|
|{{suboff|93}}
|-
|LB
|'''21'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sanson Pereira]]
|
|-
|CM
|'''23'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Edu Bedia]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|{{yel|53}}
|-
|CM
|'''14'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Alexander Romario Jesuraj]]
|
|{{suboff|87}}
|-
|AM
|'''5'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alberto Noguera]]
|
|{{suboff|108}}
|-
|CF
|'''44'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Muhammed Nemil]]
|
|{{suboff|116}}
|-
|CF
|'''29'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Devendra Murgaonkar]]
|
|{{Suboff|93}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK
|'''55'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Hrithik Tiwari]]
|-
|DF
|'''27'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Aibanbha Dohling]]
|
|{{subon|116}}
|-
|MF
|'''48'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Delton Colaco]]
|-
|MF
|'''46'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chirsty Davis]]
|
|{{Subon|93}}
|-
|MF
|'''42'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Brison Fernandes]]
|
|
|-
|MF
|'''18'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Danstan fernandes|Danstan Fernandes]]
|-
|MF
|'''11'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Princeton Rebello]]
|
|{{subon|108}}
|-
|FW
|'''19'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Makan Chote]]
|
|{{subon|93}}
|-
|FW
|'''22'''
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Redeem Tlang]]
|
|{{subon|87}}
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Head coach:'''
|-
| colspan="3" |{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Ferrando]]
|}
|}
{| width=100% style="font-size:90%"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
 [[Edu Bedia]] (Goa)

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:
 [[Arun Sasidharan Pillai]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
 [[Harish Kundu]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
 '''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:
 [[Rowan Arumughan]] ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"|
'''Match rules'''
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] if necessary.
*[[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|Penalty shoot-out]] if scores still level.
*Maximum of ten named substitutes.
*Maximum of five substitution allowed.
|}

=== Statistics ===

== Post-match ==

== Broadcasting ==
The final match of the [[2021 Durand Cup]] was broadcast on [[Sony Ten|Sony Ten 2]] and [[Sony Ten|Sony Ten 2 HD]]. The match was also available on [[Over-the-top media service|OTT media services]] of [[Addatimes]] and [[SonyLIV]]. Additionally a live audio commentary was done on [[91.9 FM|91.9 Friends FM]] and [[Prasar Bharati|Prasar Bharati Sports]] [[YouTube]] channel.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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