The 2022 Durand Cup (also known as IndianOil Durand Cup due to sponsorship ties with Indian Oil Corporation) was the 131st edition of the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and also the first edition since it was supported by the Asian Football Confederation. This year for the first time the tournament was played in more than one venue. The tournament is hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society in co-operation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments Assam and Manipur.
This was the first season of the tournament wherein every club in the top tier Indian Super League has been mandated to participate, along with 5 selected clubs from the I-League, and the four teams representing the armed forces.
Goa was the defending champion, having defeated Mohammedan in the 2021 final, but this time they couldn't progress beyond the group stage. The final was an all-ISL affair for the first time, and Bengaluru won their first-ever Durand Cup by defeating the debutants – Mumbai City by 2–1.
Teams
A total of 20 teams participated in the Indian football season opener: 11 clubs from the top division Indian Super League, 5 clubs from I-League and the traditional 4 teams representing the Indian Armed Forces.
TeamHead coachCaptainLocation Indian Super League clubsMohun Bagan Juan Ferrando Pritam KotalKolkata, West BengalBengaluru Simon Grayson Sunil ChhetriBengaluru, KarnatakaEast Bengal Stephen Constantine Cleiton SilvaKolkata, West BengalChennaiyin Thomas Brdarić Anirudh ThapaChennai, Tamil NaduGoa Deggie Cardozo Lesly RebelloMargao, GoaHyderabad Manolo Márquez João VictorHyderabad, TelanganaJamshedpur Carlos Santamarina Sandip MandiJamshedpur, JharkhandKerala Blasters Tomasz Tchórz Sachin SureshKochi, KeralaMumbai City Des Buckingham Mourtada FallMumbai, MaharashtraNorthEast United Subam Rabha Sampow RongmeiGuwahati, AssamOdisha Josep Gombau Carlos DelgadoBhubaneswar, Odisha I-League clubsMohammedan Andrey Chernyshov Marcus JosephKolkata, West Bengal NEROCA Khogen Singh Naorem Tondomba SinghImphal, ManipurRajasthan United Pushpender Kundu Aydar MambetalievJaipur, RajasthanSudeva Delhi Chencho Dorji Nischal ChandanNew Delhi, DelhiTRAU Nandakumar Singh Komron TursunovImphal, Manipur Indian Armed Forces teamsArmy Green Robikanta Singh PC LallawmkimaArmy Red Mileswamy Govindaraju Ramachandran Jain PKolkata, West BengalIndian Air Force Priya Darshan Shibinraj KunniyilNew Delhi, DelhiIndian Navy Abhilash Vasantha Nair Vishnu Velutha Kulathil
Several top I-League clubs, most notably previous season's champions Gokulam Kerala, withdrew from the tournament. Gokulam cited improper scheduling, therefore chose to solely focus on league games, as they got replaced by Sudeva Delhi.
Venues A total of 47 matches were played across 3 cities: Kolkata, Guwahati and Imphal, with 27 matches played in Kolkata, including the knock-out fixtures, and 10 matches each played in Guwahati and Imphal.
KolkataVivekananda Yuba Bharati KriranganKishore Bharati KriranganCapacity: 85,000Capacity: 12,000 GuwahatiImphalIndira Gandhi Athletic StadiumKhuman Lampak StadiumCapacity: 25,000Capacity: 35,285
Prize money Position Amount Golden Glove Golden Boot Golden Ball Runner-ups Champions Total
Marketing
Official sponsors and partners
Co-sponsors Coal India State Bank of India ITC Punjab National Bank GAIL
Supported by Pramerica Life JIS Group Chemtex Siti Networks
Associate sponsors Kalyani Group Dalmia Group Amul
Tournament partner Cherry Tree
Broadcast and streaming partner Sports18 Voot
Source: Durand Cup on Twitter
Trophy tour The Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) organised a 15-day trophy tour prior to the beginning of the tournament. The tour was flagged off at the Eastern Command headquarters at Fort William in Kolkata on 19 July in the presence of the DFTS Chairman and Chief of Staff (Eastern Command) – Lt. Gen. KK Repswal, the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs (Government of West Bengal) – Aroop Biswas and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (Eastern Command) – Lt. Gen. RP Kalita. The Durand Cup, along with the President Cup and the Shimla Cup, visited Guwahati on 21 July, Imphal from 24–25 July, Jaipur from 27–28 July and a number of cities in Goa from 2–3 August before returning to Kolkata, where the tour was flagged in on 12 August at Gostha Pal Sarani, in front of the statue of legendary Indian footballer Gostha Pal. The destinations for the tour is selected particularly keeping in mind that Guwahati and Imphal are the first time hosts for the tournament, a Rajasthani team from Jaipur would be participating for the first time after forty years, and the defending champions hail from Goa.
Official song On 12 August, the DFTS released a theme song along with a music video to commemorate the age-old tournament entering a new era with the first time recognition from the AFC and participation of all ISL clubs. The song was titled "Durand...Durand" which was sung and performed by Papon, Shaan and Rewben Mashangva. The song was live performed on the opening matchdays at the three respective host venues by Papon and Mashangva.
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals Matches
Semi-finals Matches
Final
Statistics
Top scorers Rank Player Team Goals1 Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City72 Greg Stewart Mumbai City63 Bartholomew Ogbeche Hyderabad5 Sivasakthi Narayanan Bengaluru5 Saúl Crespo Odisha3 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Odisha Mohammed Aimen Kerala Blasters Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru Roy Krishna Bengaluru Petar Slišković Chennaiyin
+ Hattricks Player Goals Round Against Result Date Greg Stewart 3 QF Chennaiyin 5–3 11 September 2022 Note: The team's score of the scorer is denoted first in the result row.
Most clean sheets Rank Player Team Clean sheets1 Antonio Dylan Odisha2 Kamaljit Singh East Bengal Sankar Roy Mohammedan Lalthuammawia Ralte Odisha Sachin Suresh Kerala Blasters Vishal Kaith Mohun Bagan
Discipline
Most yellow cards Team – (13) Mohammedan
Most red cards Player – (1 each) Hira Mondal Fallou Diagne Salam Johnson Singh Abhishek Halder Shubham Sarangi
Team – (1 each) Bengaluru Chennaiyin TRAU Mohammedan Odisha
Season awards Golden glove: Antonio Dylan (Odisha) Golden boot: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Mumbai City) Golden ball: Greg Stewart (Mumbai City)
References
External links Durand Cup 2022: Fixtures, Scores, Results, Tables, & Top Scorers at Goal