The 2025 IndianOil Durand Cup group stage was played from 23 July to 12 August. A total of 6 ISL, 4 I-League, 2 I-League 2, 5 regional league, 5 Indian Armed Forces, and 2 foreign armed forces teams competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage.
Teams The following teams have confirmed their participation.
Initially, Indonesian Army had assured to participate in this tournament but later on they withdrew their name and was replaced by Malaysian Army.
TeamLocation Indian Super League teamsEast BengalKolkata, West BengalJamshedpurJamshedpur, JharkhandMohammedanKolkata, West BengalMohun BaganKolkata, West BengalNorthEast UnitedGuwahati, AssamPunjabMohali, Punjab I-League teamsShillong LajongShillong, MeghalayaNamdhariLudhiana, PunjabReal KashmirSrinagar, Jammu & KashmirDiamond HarbourDiamond Harbour, West Bengal I-League 2 teamsNEROCAImphal, ManipurMorning StarDiphu, Assam State league teams1 LadakhLeh, LadakhRangdajied UnitedShillong, MeghalayaTRAUImphal, ManipurBodolandKokrajhar (BTR), AssamSouth UnitedBengaluru, Karnataka Indian Armed Forces teamsIndian Air ForceNew Delhi, DelhiIndian ArmyNew Delhi, DelhiIndian NavyKochi, KeralaITB PoliceBaddowal, PunjabJalandhar, Punjab Guest invitees/Foreign armed forces teams Armed ForcesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia Tribhuvan ArmyKathmandu, Nepal
Format Each group is played on a single round-robin format. The table-toppers & two best second-placed teams advance to the knockout stage.
Centralised venues On 4 July, Durand Cup organising committee announced that the tournament would be played across 5 cities : Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Imphal, Shillong, and Kokrajhar (BTR).
The six groups were assigned one centralised venue.
Groups A & B: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Kishore Bharati Krirangan Group C: JRD Tata Sports Complex Group D: SAI Stadium Group E: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Group F: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Group A
Matches
Group B
Matches
Group C
Matches
Group D
Matches
Group E
Matches
Group F
Matches
Ranking of 2nd placed teams
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Alaaeddine AjaraieNorthEast United5 Liston ColacoMohun Bagan3 Luka Majcen4 Clayton SilvaDiamond Harbour5South United3 Everbrightson SanaShillong Lajong7 Phrangki BuamShillong Lajong2 DéNamdhari Hamid AhadadEast Bengal Joseph OlaleyeKAMS Sankit SinghIndian Air Force Sahal Abdul SamadMohun Bagan Robinson BlandónBodoland Saúl CrespoEast Bengal Bipin SinghEast BengalIndian Army Maharabam MaxionMohammedan Marat TareckReal Kashmir
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainst ResultDateRef3–3 Clayton Silva (4)BSF FT8–1 Alaaeddine AjaraieNorthEast United3–1
Top assists RankPlayerTeamAssists1 Sahal Abdul SamadMohun Bagan 42 Girik KhoslaDiamond Harbour3 Samuel LalmuanpuiaDiamond Habour Vincy BarrettoJamshedpur FC5 Miguel FigueiraEast Bengal2 Tangva RaguiMohammedan LalthankimaMohammedan Roshan PannaIndian NavyTRAU Treimiki LamurongShillong Lajong Seila TroureReal Kashmir Joby JustinDiamond Harbour N Rohen SinghReal Kashmir Clayton Silva
Clean sheets RankPlayerTeamClean sheets1 Amrit GopeJamshedpur22 Debjit MajumderEast Bengal1 Prabhsukhan Singh GillEast BengalPunjab Siwel RymbaiShillong Lajong Gagandeep SinghArmy Red Niraj KumarNamdhari Jetli SorokhaibamNEROCA Armed ForcesIndian Navy Vishal KaithMohun Bagan Samit Shrestha Subhajit BhattacharjeeMohammedan
References
External links
2025 Durand Cup at Sofascore