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2025 IndianOil Durand Cup
Logo of the 134th Durand Cup, 2025
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Venue(s)Imphal, Kokrajhar, Kolkata, Shillong and Jamshedpur[1]
Dates23 July – 23 August
Teams24
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All statistics correct as of 7 July 2025 (2025-07-07).

The 2025 Durand Cup (also known as IndianOil Durand Cup due to sponsorship ties with the Indian Oil Corporation) will be the 134th edition of Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, and the fourth 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 Armed Forces and the Government of West Bengal, supported by the governments Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Jharkhand.[2]

NorthEast United are the defending champions, having defeated the Mohun Bagan SG in the 2024 final.[3]

Teams

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The following teams have confirmed their participation.[4][5]

Initially, Indonesian Army had assured to participate in this tournament but later on they withdrew their name and was replaced by Malaysian Army.[6]

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Locations of the participating teams
Team Head coach Captain Location
Indian Super League teams
East Bengal Spain Oscar Bruzon India Naorem Mahesh Singh Kolkata, West Bengal
Jamshedpur India Khalid Jamil Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
Mohammedan India Mehrajuddin Wadoo India Samad Ali Mallick Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohun Bagan Spain José Francisco Molina India Subhasish Bose Kolkata, West Bengal
NorthEast United Spain Juan Pedro Benali Spain Míchel Zabaco Guwahati, Assam
Punjab Greece Panagiotis Dilmperis Mohali, Punjab
I-League teams
Shillong Lajong Shillong, Meghalaya
Namdhari Ludhiana, Punjab
Real Kashmir India Ishfaq Ahmed Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Diamond Harbour Spain Kibu Vicuna Diamond Harbour, West Bengal
I-League 2 teams
NEROCA India Gyan Moyon Imphal, Manipur
KAMS India Loitongbam Singh Diphu, Assam
State league teams
1 Ladakh Leh, Ladakh
Rangdajied United India Aibanjop Shadap Shillong, Meghalaya
TRAU India Thangjam Saran Singh Imphal, Manipur
Bodoland India Khlain Syiemlieh India Danswrang Basumatary Kokrajhar, Assam
South United Bengaluru, Karnataka
Indian Armed Forces teams
Indian Air Force India Priya Darshan New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Army India Sudhir Mishra New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Navy India Abhilash Vasantha Kochi, Kerala
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Baddowal, Punjab
Border Security Force India Gurjit Singh Atwal India Md. Aasif Jalandhar, Punjab
Guest invitees/Foreign armed forces teams
Malaysia Armed Forces Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nepal Tribhuvan Army Nepal Meghraj KC Nepal Bharat Khawas Kathmandu, Nepal

Venues

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Kolkata Jamshedpur
Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Kishore Bharati Krirangan JRD Tata Sports Complex
Capacity: 68,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 24,424
Shillong Kokrajhar Imphal
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium SAI Stadium Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Capacity: 17,500 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 35,285

Group stage

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Main article: 2025 Durand Cup group stage

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EAB NAM SOU IAF
1 East Bengal (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage 10 Aug 23 Jul 6 Aug
2 Namdhari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification to knockout stage 30 Jul 3 Aug
3 South United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Jul
4 Indian Air Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 23 July 2025 (2025-07-23). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MBG MSC DIH BSF
1 Mohun Bagan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage 31 Jul 9 Aug 4 Aug
2 Mohammedan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification to knockout stage 28 Jul 7 Aug
3 Diamond Harbour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Aug
4 Border Security Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2025 (2025-07-28). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JAM ARM LAD Nepal TRA
1 Jamshedpur (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage 29 Jul 8 Aug 24 Jul
2 Indian Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification to knockout stage 11 Aug 5 Aug
3 1 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Aug
4 Nepal Tribhuvan Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 24 July 2025 (2025-07-24). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BDO PUN KMS ITB
1 Bodoland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage 9 Aug 33 Jul 12 Aug
2 Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification to knockout stage 3 Aug 6 Aug
3 Karbi Anglong Morning Star 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Jul
4 Indo-Tibetan Border Police 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2025 (2025-07-27). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SHI NEU RDU Malaysia TBA
1 Shillong Lajong (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage 5 Aug 29 Jul 26 Jul
2 NorthEast United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification to knockout stage 11 Aug 3 Aug
3 Rangdajied United (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Aug
4 Malaysia Armed Forces 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 26 July 2025 (2025-07-26). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TRA NER NVY RKS
1 TRAU (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage 30 Jul 12 Aug 4 Aug
2 NEROCA (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification to knockout stage 7 Aug 10 Aug
3 Indian Navy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Aug
4 Real Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 30 July 2025 (2025-07-30). Source: DFTS
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D Bodoland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knockout stage
2 B Diamond Harbour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A Indian Air Force 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C Indian Army 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 F NEROCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 E NorthEast United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: DFTS

Knockout stage

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Main article: 2025 Durand Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, for any draws matches would be directly decided by a penalty shootout.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 Aug – Kokrajhar
 
 
TBD
 
19 Aug – Shillong
 
TBD
 
Winner QF1
 
16 Aug – Shillong
 
Winner QF2
 
TBD
 
23 Aug – Kolkata
 
TBD
 
Winner SF1
 
17 Aug – Jamshedpur
 
Winner SF2
 
TBD
 
20 Aug – Kolkata
 
TBD
 
Winner QF3
 
17 Aug – Kolkata
 
Winner QF4
 
TBD
 
 
TBD
 

Quarter-finals

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Match 37 (1st Quarter-finals)
TBDMatch 37TBD
Match 38 (2nd Quarter-finals)
TBDMatch 38TBD
Match 39 (3rd Quarter-finals)
TBDMatch 39TBD
Match 40 (4th Quarter-finals)
TBDMatch 40TBD

Semi-finals

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Match 41 (1st Semi-finals)
Winner QF1Match 41Winner QF2
Match 42 (2nd Semi-finals)
Winner QF3Match 42Winner QF4

Final

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Main article: 2025 Durand Cup final
Winner SF1Match 43Winner SF2

Broadcasting

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Sony Sports Network have acquired the broadcasting rights starting from 2023. The 2025 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

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References

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  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. ^ "Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal Highlights, Durand Cup 2023 Final: Dimitri Petratos On Target As MBSG Clinch Record 17th Durand Cup Title". NDTV Sports. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Durand Cup 2025 to go ahead as planned; Seven new teams set to participate". Khel Now. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Durand Cup 2025: Indonesia Army, 1Ladakh among new teams; East Bengal, Mohun Bagan among six ISL clubs competing". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Durand Cup 2025: Malaysia Army replaces Indonesia Army, Tribhuwan from Nepal the other army team". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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