The 2014 Durand Cup was the 127th season of the

Durand Cup The Durand Football Tournament, commonly known as Durand Cup, is an annual domestic football competition in India which was first held in 1888 in Shimla. Hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and All India Football Federation ...

, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in

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. Mohammedan were the defending champions, having beaten ONGC 2–1 in the 2013 Final, but were knocked out in the quarter finals. The tournament was held from 20 October to 8 November with all matches in

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

. Salgaocar won the cup when they defeated Pune 1–0 in the final.

Teams

This edition of the Durand Cup saw 25 teams taking part in the tournament, 9 of which were directly seeded into Quarter Finals and remaining teams fighting it out in the Qualification Round for the 3 spots remaining.

Preliminary round

Preliminary round was a knockout round and held between 20 October and 27 October. Vasco S.C., Laxmi Prasad S.C. and SESA F.A. qualified for the main draw.

Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Qualifier

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals of the Durand Cup will be played between 12 teams.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Semi-finals

Final

Scorers

''All goals from tournament proper. Goals from qualifiers are not counted in this list.'' ;4 goals * Boima Karpeh ( Sporting Goa) ;3 goals * David Opara ( Laxmi Prasad) * Douhou Pierre ( Salgaocar) *

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( Bengaluru) ;2 goals *

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( Sporting Goa) * Bineesh Balan (

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, ( the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million As of 2021, Pune Metropolitan Region is the largest i ...

) * Sujay Oraon (

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) ;1 goal * Alfred Jaryan ( Mohammedan) * Angelo Colaco ( SESA) *

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(

) * Aslon Oliveira ( Salgaocar) * Babun Das (

) * Britto PM ( Indian Navy FC) * Cajetan Fernandes ( Sporting Goa) *

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(

) * Emmanu Elchinedu ( Vasco) *

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( Bengaluru) * Gilbert Oliveira ( Salgaocar) * Jaison Vaz ( SESA) * Joseph Clemente ( Sporting Goa) * Melwyn Fernandes ( SESA) * Neil Gaikwad (

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) * Pankaj Sona (

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually part ...

) * Ramanlal ( Indian Navy FC) * Riyadh B ( Indian Navy FC) * Ryuji Sueoka (

) * Siddharth Nayak (

) * Shankar Oraon (

) * Thangjam Singh ( Salgaocar) * Thongkhosiem Haokip (

) * V Lalchhuanmawia ( Indian Navy FC)

References

External links

Official website
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