The 2026 Durand Cup (also known as the IndianOil Durand Cup due to sponsorship ties with the Indian Oil Corporation) was the 135th edition of the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the fifth edition since it was supported by the Asian Football Confederation. The tournament is hosted by the Durand Football Tournament Society in co-operation with the AIFF, Eastern Command of the Indian Army and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments of Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jharkhand.
NorthEast United are the defending champions, having defeated Diamond Harbour in the 2025 final.
East Bengal won the final 4–1 to claim their 17th Durand Cup title.
Teams The edition will have seven debutants, including the Defenders FC from the Sri Lanka Armed Forces and the 2026 Meghalaya State League champions, Nongkseh SS&CC.
TeamHead coachCaptainLocation Indian Super League teamsDelhi Tomasz Tchórz Lamgoulen Hangshing New Delhi, DelhiEast Bengal Antonio Lopez Anwar AliKolkata, West BengalJamshedpur Kaizad Ambapardiwalla Pronay HalderJamshedpur, JharkhandMohun Bagan Panagiotis Dilmperis Subhasish BoseKolkata, West BengalNorthEast United Juan Pedro Benali Tondonba SinghGuwahati, Assam Indian Football League teamsMohammedan Mehrajuddin Wadoo Mahitosh RoyKolkata, West BengalShillong Lajong Birendra Thapa Kenstar KharshongShillong, Meghalaya I-League 2 teamsBanaras Baghpat Vivek Kumar Senthamil SBaghpat, Uttar PradeshMorning Star C A Laldinsang Pudaite Komalson RongpharDiphu, AssamRaengdai Birbal Singh Kshetrimayum Pantiga KameiNoney, Manipur I-League 3 teamsMumbay Ajay Gopal Acharya Mohammed Kaif KhanMumbai, MaharashtraNEROCA Yumnam Raju Mangang Lourembam David SinghImphal, ManipurSamaleswari Abdul Azim Siddique Armand BazieSambalpur, OdishaTRAU Thangjam Saran Singh Sapam NongpokngnbaImphal, Manipur State league teamsBodoland Vikash Panthi Halicharan Narzary Kokrajhar, AssamSrinagar FC1 Khalid Qayoom Ikhlaq FayazSrinagar, Jammu and KashmirLangsning Khlain Pyrkhat Syiemlieh Atlanson KharmawShillong, MeghalayaNongkseh SS&CC Joseph Naik Hardy NongbriShillong, MeghalayaSouth United Kaja Mohideen Bhadussa Noel SBengaluru, Karnataka Indian Armed Forces teamsIndian Air Force Priya Darshan Jijo Jerone New Delhi, DelhiIndian Army Antony Ramesh Bhabindra Malla ThakuriNew Delhi, DelhiIndian Navy Akash Kamble Bhaskar Roy Kochi, KeralaCISF Protectors Shehzad Khan Thangminlien HaokipNew Delhi, Delhi Guest invitees/Foreign armed forces teams Sri Lanka Army CP Wanigasooriya RAC MaadushanHomagama, Sri Lanka
Venues KolkataRanchiVivekananda Yuba Bharati KriranganKishore Bharati KriranganBirsa Munda StadiumCapacity: 68,000Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 40,000 ShillongGuwahatiImphalJawaharlal Nehru StadiumIndira Gandhi Athletic StadiumKhuman Lampak Main StadiumCapacity: 17,500Capacity: 21,600Capacity: 35,285
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of second-placed teams
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, any draw matches would be directly decided by a penalty shootout.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Goalscorers
Own goal PlayerTeamOpponent ResultDate1–20–84–30–81–3
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainst ResultDateRef5–0 8–0 6–0 4–3 8–0 7–0 6–0 6–0 6–0 5–2 4–1
Clean sheets 3 Clean sheets Vishal Kaith (Mohun Bagan) 2 Clean sheets Bhabindra Malla Thakuri (Indian Army) Birkhang Daimary (Bodoland) Albino Gomes (Jamshedpur) Phurba Lachenpa (East Bengal) Nora Fernandes (Delhi) 1 Clean sheets Shubhadip Pandit (Mohammedan) Sapam Nongpokngnba (TRAU) Abujam Penand (NEROCA) Sunil Singh (South United) Pantiga Kamei (Raengdai) Ranit Sarkar (Shillong Lajong) Siwel Rymbai (Shillong Lajong) Gourab Shaw (East Bengal) Prabhsukhan Singh Gill (East Bengal) Gurmeet Singh (NorthEast United) Rajat Paul Lyngdoh (Langsning) Bhaskar Roy (Indian Navy) Syed Zahid Hussain Bukhari (Mohun Bagan)
Awards Prize money The total pool of prize money for the 2026 edition is . PrizeRecipientAmountChampionsEast BengalRunner-upMohun BaganGolden glove Vishal Kaith (Mohun Bagan) & a CarGolden boot Alaaeddine Ajaraie(NorthEast United) & a CarGolden ball Edmund Lalrindika(East Bengal) & a Car DelhiNorthEast United RaengdaiIndian ArmyJamshedpurShillong Lajong
Broadcasting Sony Sports Network have acquired the broadcasting rights starting from 2023. The 2026 edition is being live streamed on the network's OTT platform SonyLIV as well as TV channels Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 2 HD.
See also Men 2026–27 ISL 2026–27 IFL 2026–27 I-League 2 2026–27 I-League 3 2026–27 Indian State Leagues 2027 Federation Cup 2027 RFD League 2026 CFL League
Women 2026–27 IWL 2026–27 IWL 2
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