2009 Durand Cup

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The 2009 Durand Cup was the 122nd edition of the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia. It began on 11 September 2009 and concluded on 22 September. All matches were played at the Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi. Nine I-League teams were scheduled to take part. The qualifiers were held starting on 2 September, with the final on 20 September. Two teams from the qualifier joined to make it a 12 team battle in the quarterfinals.

Participating teams included reigning champions Mahindra United, Churchill Brothers SC, Army XI, Sporting Clube de Goa, Air India FC, Dempo SC, JCT FC and newly promoted Shillong Lajong FC. Mohun Bagan AC and East Bengal FC had not been part of the Durand Cup in previous years, but according to DFTS Secretary General Major S.S. Maan, they were expected to participate.^{[citation needed]} Churchill Brothers defeated Mohun Bagan 3–1 in the final to win the trophy for their second time.^[1]

Qualification

Round one

16 teams played a one-off match to determine the 8 clubs to reach the second qualifying round.

Round two

8 teams play a one-off match to determine 4 clubs to advance to the third qualifying stage.

Round Three

4 clubs remain, 2 will advance to the group stage

Group stages

Tables & Results

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Churchill Brothers	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
Sporting Goa	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Assam Rifles	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Sporting Goa v Assam Rifles

12 September 2009 (2009-09-12)	Sporting Goa	2–0	Assam Rifles	Delhi
	Obagbemiro 20', 90'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Referee: Bikramjit

Churchill Brothers v Sporting Goa

15 September 2009 (2009-09-15)	Churchill Brothers	1–0	Sporting Goa	Delhi
	Okolie 82'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Assam Rifles v Churchill Brothers

17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)	Assam Rifles	1–1	Churchill Brothers	Delhi
	Meikingai Kamei 55'	Report	Rai 71'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mohun Bagan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
JCT	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
ONGC	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0

JCT v ONGC

13 September 2009 (2009-09-13)	JCT	1–0	ONGC	Delhi
	Sahni 62'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

ONGC v Mohun Bagan

16 September 2009 (2009-09-16)	ONGC	1–5	Mohun Bagan	Delhi
	Chukwuma Udofia 82'	Report	IS Singh 9', 90+2' Edeh 16', 77' Barreto 43'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Mohun Bagan v JCT

18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)	Mohun Bagan	2–0	JCT	Delhi
	Barreto 4', 15'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dempo	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Air India	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	3
Army XI	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Dempo v Air India

14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)	Dempo	4–1	Air India	Delhi
	Carvalho 28' Martins 60' Chhetri 69' (pen.) Beto 89'	Report	Opara 90+'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Referee: P. K. Bose

Army XI v Dempo

17 September 2009 (2009-09-17)	Army XI	0–1	Dempo	Delhi
		Report	Martins 59'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Group D

Shillong Lajong v East Bengal

16 September 2009 (2009-09-16)	Shillong Lajong	1–0	East Bengal	Delhi
	Lyngshing 61'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

East Bengal v Mahindra United

18 September 2009 (2009-09-18)	East Bengal	0–2	Mahindra United	Delhi
		Report	Rafi 63', 66'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Semi-finals

19 September 2009

17:30

Churchill Brothers	2–1	Dempo
Rai 21' Okolie 50'	Report	Beto 83'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: A. Rowan

20 September 2009

17:30

Mahindra United	1–2	Mohun Bagan
Rafi 70'	Report	Edeh 19', 77'

Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi

Referee: Dinesh Nair

Final

22 September 2009

17:30

Churchill Brothers	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Mohun Bagan
Odafe Okolie 100', 104', 110'	Report	Chidi Edeh 94'

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

Referee: P. K. Bose (Madhya Pradesh)

References