2025 Durand Cup final

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2025 Durand Cup final
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The final match was held at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.
Event 2025 Durand Cup
Date23 August 2025 (2025-08-23)
Venue Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Man of the Match Flag of Morocco.svg Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)
Referee Venkatesh Ramachadran
Attendance16,920
WeatherPartly clear Cloudy
27 °C (81 °F)
94% humidity
2024
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The 2025 Durand Cup final was the final match of the 2025 Durand Cup, the 134th edition of Asia's oldest football tournament. The tournament was organised by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) in co-operation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jharkhand. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was held on 23 August 2025 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Contents

Route to the final

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

NorthEast UnitedRoundDiamond Harbour
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Armed Forces 3–1 Matchday 1 Mohammedan 2–1
Shillong Lajong 2–1 Matchday 2 BSF FT 8–1
Rangdajied United 2–2 Matchday 3 Mohun Bagan 1–5
Group E Winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 NorthEast United 37
2 Shillong Lajong (H)36
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Armed Forces 33
4 Rangdajied United (H)31
Source: DFTS
(H) Hosts
Final standings Group B runner-up

PosTeamPldPts
1 Mohun Bagan (H)39
2 Diamond Harbour 36
3 Mohammedan (H)33
4 Border Security Force 30
Source: DFTS
(H) Hosts
OpponentResult Knockout stage OpponentResult
Bodoland 4–0 Quarter-finals Jamshedpur 2–0
Shillong Lajong 1–0 Semi-finals East Bengal 2–1
Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 Aug – Shillong
 
 
Shillong Lajong 2
 
19 Aug – Shillong
 
Indian Navy 1
 
Shillong Lajong 0
 
16 Aug – Kokrajhar
 
NorthEast United 1
 
Bodoland 0
 
23 Aug – Kolkata
 
NorthEast United 4
 
NorthEast United 6
 
17 Aug – Jamshedpur
 
Diamond Harbour 1
 
Jamshedpur 0
 
20 Aug – Kolkata
 
Diamond Harbour 2
 
Diamond Harbour 2
 
17 Aug – Kolkata
 
East Bengal 1
 
East Bengal 2
 
 
Mohun Bagan 1
 

Match

Details

NorthEast United 6–1 Diamond Harbour
Report
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Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan , Kolkata, West Bengal
Attendance: 16,920
Referee: Venkatesh Ramachadran
Man of the Match: Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)
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Diamond Harbour

Man of the Match:
Alaaeddine Ajaraie (NorthEast United)
Assistant referees:
Parasuraman Vairamuthu
P. Muralitharan
Fourth official:
Ashwin Kumar
Match commissioner:
Palliri Sujesh Rajan
Referee Assessor:
Walter Edward Pereira
Media Officer:
Sujesh Rajan Palliri

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 substitutions allowed.

See also

References

  1. "Football: 2025 Durand Cup to be held in July-August". The Bridge. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  2. "Assam: Durand Cup 2025 to return to Kokrajhar; BTR gears up for another grand football celebration". India Today NE (in Hindi). 17 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  3. "Durand Cup 2025: Tentative Fixtures Released, Mohun Bagan Included at the Last Moment". Rev Sportz.in. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. "Durand Cup 2025: Participating Teams, Groups And Full Fixtures". News18. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.