2021 Durand Cup Final

Template:Infobox football match 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 and the Government of West Bengal. It was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, India on 3 October 2021.

Background

Mohammedan SC were playing their sixth Durand Cup final. They became the first civilian team to win the tournament in 1940, and since then they could win only once after 73 years, in 2013, although they reached the finals three more times in between. Aside Mohun Bagan and 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, and subsequently they faced Bengaluru United, who had already gave them their only group stage defeat. After 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. Goa is the fourth Goan side to reach the Durand Cup finals. Under the coaching of Juan Ferrando, Goa dominated in the group stage and faced Delhi and later Bengaluru in the knockout stage. The semi-final against Bengaluru went to penalty shoot-out to decide the finalist.

This was the first meeting between Mohammedan and Goa.

Route to the final

Goa

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

Mohammedan		Round	Goa
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Indian Air Force	4–1	Matchday 1	Army Green	2–0
CRPF	5–1	Matchday 2	Sudeva Delhi	2–1
Bengaluru United	0–2	Matchday 3	Jamshedpur	5–0
Group A runner-up Template:Trim		Final standings	Group B winnerTemplate:Trim
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Gokulam Kerala	1–0	Quarter-finals	Delhi	5–1
Bengaluru United	4–2 Template:Aet	Semi-finals	Bengaluru	2–2 Template:Aet; 7–6Template: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, Mohun Bagan AC and SC East Bengal respective tents at Maidan and at 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, 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

Details

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Man of the Match: Edu Bedia (Goa) Assistant referees: Arun Sasidharan Pillai (India) Harish Kundu (India) Fourth official: Rowan Arumughan (India)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of ten named substitutes. Maximum of five substitution allowed.

Broadcasting

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