2019 Durand Cup

2019 Durand Cup
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Kolkata
Dates	2 – 24 August 2019
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Gokulam Kerala
Runners-up	Mohun Bagan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	74 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Marcus Joseph; (11 goals)
	← 2016; All statistics correct as of 24 August 2019.

The 2019 Durand Cup was the 129th edition of the Durand Cup, oldest football tournament in asia, since the tournament's founding in 1888. 16 teams competed in the tournament. The matches were played across three locations in West Bengal, namely Kolkata, Howrah and Kalyani from 2 August 2019. This was for the first time that the tournament played outside Delhi, its traditional venue. The final took place at the Salt Lake Stadium on 24 August 2019.^[1]

Army Green were the defending champions, having defeated NEROCA in the 2016 final, however they did not qualify for the semi-finals having finished last in the group. Gokulam Kerala won their maiden title by defeating Mohun Bagan 2–1 in the 2019 Durand Cup Final which was held on 24 August 2019.

Teams

A total of 16 teams are participating in this year's competition. 5 teams from Indian Super League, 6 from I-League, 1 2nd division club and 4 armed forces teams.

New Delhi(Armed Force)

Armed Force teams:

Army Red

Kolkata teams:

ATK

East Bengal

Mohun Bagan

Mohammedan

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Location of teams of the 2019 Durand Cup.

Indian Super League Team

I League Team

2nd Division I League Team

Armed Force Team

Kolkata, New Delhi (Armed Force)

Indian Super League

I-League

I-League 2nd division

Armed Force Teams

Prize money

Position	Prize money
Champions	₹4 million (US$47,000)
Runners-up	₹2 million (US$24,000)
Semi-finalists	₹0.5 million (US$5,900)
Total	~₹7 million (US$83,000)

Venues

Kalyani	Kolkata	Howrah	Kolkata	Kolkata
Kalyani Stadium	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan	Howrah Stadium	East Bengal Ground	Mohun Bagan Ground
Capacity: 20000	Capacity: 85000	Capacity: 15000	Capacity: 23500	Capacity: 22000
			File:East Bengal Ground.jpg

Broadcasting

The match will stream LIVE on Addatimes. Semi final & Final match will stream LIVE on Hotstar. People can stream the live match for free on Addatimes.

Matches	Television broadcaster(s)	Online
Group Stage	DD Kashir (all matches of Real Kashmir) DD Bangla	Addatimes
Semi finals & Final	Star Sports 3 & Star Sports 1 Bangla	Hotstar

Round Dates

Round	Match date	Number of fixtures	Teams
Group stage	2 August– 18 August	24	16
Semi-final	21 August	2	4
Final	24 August	1	2

Group Stage

Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied in the order given to determine the rankings: Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference resulting from the matches between the Teams concerned Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the Teams concerned Goal difference in all the matches Greater number of goals scored in all the matches Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Bengal	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Bengaluru	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
3	Army Red	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Jamshedpur	3	0	2	1	5	11	−6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 August 2019

15:00 IST

East Bengal	2–0	Army Red
Colado 84' B. Singh 90'	Report

East Bengal Ground, Kolkata

5 August 2019