The Durand Football Tournament was inaugurated in 1888 at Simla on the initiative of Sir Mortimer Durand, then foreign secretary of India. Since 1940 the tournament has been played at New Delhi. Initially the tournament was contested by regimental teams from British Army units stationed in India.
Many contemporary sources (including a previous version of this webpage) claim that the Durand Cup is the third oldest association football tournament in the world, but this is simply untrue. In addition to the English, Scottish, and Welsh FA Cups, there are many regional tournaments (such as the East of Scotland Shield, the Sheffield Challenge Cup, and several other county cups) which predate the Durand Cup by over a decade. The Irish FA Cup is also older, as is the American Cup (New England area).
In recent years, the ordinal number of the tournament has been based on its age rather than the actual number of times the tournament has been played. So for example, the 2011 edition was known publically as the "124th Durand Cup", although in fact it was only the 107th edition of the tournament.
A predecessor of the Durand Cup was played in 1887, involving only government and civil service teams from Simla. Sir Mortimer Durand was the captain of the runners-up. Full results of this tournament follow:
First Round Department of Public Works 2-1 Royal Irish Detachment Military Department 2-0 Army Headquarters Foreign Office 8-1 Other Offices Rest of Simla: bye Semi-finals Foreign Office 2-0 Military Department Rest of Simla 3-2 Department of Public Works Final (28-10-1887) Rest of Simla 1-1 Foreign Office Replay (1-11-1887) Rest of Simla 3-0 Foreign Office
No. Year Date of Final Winners Score Runners-Up Notes 1 1888 Royal Scots Fusiliers bt Highland Light Infantry final score reported as 2-1 (unconfirmed) 2 1889 9-10-1889 Highland Light Infantry 8-0 Simla Club 3 1890 10-10-1890 Highland Light Infantry 4-2 Royal Irish Regiment Replay after 0-0 4 1891 30- 9-1891 King's Own Scottish Borderers 2-1 East Lancashire Regiment 5 1892 28- 9-1892 King's Own Scottish Borderers 3-0 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 6 1893 Highland Light Infantry bt Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders final score reported as 2-1 (unconfirmed) 7 1894 29- 9-1894 Highland Light Infantry 1-0 Royal Scots Fusiliers 8 1895 20- 9-1895 Highland Light Infantry 6-1 Somerset Light Infantry 9 1896 Somerset Light Infantry bt The Black Watch final score reported as 6-1 (unconfirmed) 10 1897 26- 9-1897 The Black Watch 4-0 2nd Punjab (Simla) Volunteer Rifle Corps Replay after draw 11 1898 The Black Watch 2-0 North Staffordshire Regiment 12 1899 29- 9-1899 The Black Watch 2-0 Yorkshire Regiment 13 1900 28- 9-1900 South Wales Borderers 2-0 East Lancashire Regiment 14 1901 27- 9-1901 South Wales Borderers 2-1 South Staffordshire Regiment 15 1902 27- 9-1902 Hampshire Regiment 2-1 East Lancashire Regiment 16 1903 26- 9-1903 Royal Irish Rifles 1-0 Queen's Regiment 17 1904 30- 9-1904 North Staffordshire Regiment 2-0 The Black Watch 18 1905 25- 9-1905 Royal Dragoons 1-0 Dorsetshire Regiment 19 1906 29- 9-1906 Cameronians 3-0 Bedfordshire Regiment 20 1907 28- 9-1907 Cameronians 1-0 Royal Welsh Fusiliers AET 21 1908 26- 9-1908 Lancashire Fusiliers 2-0 Royal Irish Rifles 22 1909 25- 9-1909 Lancashire Fusiliers 2-1 King's Regiment 23 1910 27- 9-1910 Royal Scots 1-0 King's Royal Rifles 24 1911 9-10-1911 The Black Watch 1-0 Lancashire Fusiliers Replay after 0-0 25 1912 9-10-1912 Royal Scots 1-0 Lancashire Fusiliers 26 1913 4-10-1913 Lancashire Fusiliers 1-0 3rd King's Royal Rifles [1914-19 : the tournament was not held due to World War I.] 27 1920 16-10-1920 The Black Watch 2-1 Cameronians 28 1921 8-10-1921 3rd Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 1-0 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 29 1922 8-10-1922 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers 1-0 23rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 30 1923 7-10-1923 1st Bn, Cheshire Regiment 1-0 2nd Bn, Essex Regiment 31 1924 11-10-1924 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 2-0 2nd Bn, Essex Regiment Replay after 1-1 32 1925 3-10-1925 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters 3-1 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regiment 33 1926 2-10-1926 Durham Light Infantry 1-0 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters 34 1927 1-10-1927 York & Lancaster Regiment 2-0 East India Railways 35 1928 29- 9-1928 Sherwood Foresters 4-2 York & Lancaster Regiment 36 1929 5-10-1929 York & Lancaster Regiment 3-1 East Yorkshire Regiment 37 1930 4-10-1930 York & Lancaster Regiment 2-0 Leicestershire Regiment 38 1931 5-10-1931 Devonshire Regiment 3-1 Border Regiment Replay after 0-0 39 1932 1-10-1932 Shropshire Light Infantry 2-1 Devonshire Regiment 40 1933 30- 9-1933 Shropshire Light Infantry 2-1 Leicestershire Regiment 41 1934 1-10-1934 "B" Corps Signals 3-1 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 42 1935 28- 9-1935 Border Regiment 1-0 Royal Norfolk Regiment 43 1936 5-10-1936 Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2-1 Green Howards 44 1937 2-10-1937 2nd Bn, Border Regiment 3-1 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 45 1938 1-10-1938 South Wales Borderers 1-0 North-Western Railway Loco Sports Club (Lahore) [1939 : the tournament was not held due to World War II.] 46 1940 7-12-1940 Mohammedan Sporting 2-1 Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1941-49 : the tournament was not held due to World War II and the Partition of India.] 47 1950-51 1- 1-1951 Hyderabad Police 1-0 Mohun Bagan AET, Replay after 2-2 48 1951 22-10-1951 East Bengal 2-1 Rajasthan Replay after 1-1 49 1952 22-11-1952 East Bengal 1-0 Hyderabad Police 50 1953 15-11-1953 Mohun Bagan 4-0 National Defence Academy 51 1954 13-11-1954 Hyderabad Police 1-0 Hindustan Aircraft Replay after 1-1 52 1955 27-11-1955 Madras Regimental Centre 3-2 Indian Air Force Replay after two 0-0 draws 53 1956-57 5- 1-1957 East Bengal 2-0 Hyderabad Police 54 1957-58 1- 1-1958 Hyderabad Police 2-1 East Bengal 55 1958 29-11-1958 Madras Regimental Centre 2-0 Gorkha XI Replay after 1-1 56 1959-60 11- 1-1960 Mohun Bagan 3-1 Mohammedan Sporting Replay after 1-1 57 1960-61 19- 1-1961 Mohun Bagan 0-0 East Bengal Joint winners declared. Replay after 1-1 58 1961 22-11-1961 Andhra Pradesh Police 1-0 Mohun Bagan [1962 : the tournament was not held due to the Sino-Indian War.] 59 1963 12-12-1963 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Andhra Pradesh Police Replay after 0-0 60 1964 10-12-1964 Mohun Bagan 2-0 East Bengal 61 1965-66 9- 1-1966 Mohun Bagan 2-0 Punjab Police 62 1966-67 11- 1-1967 Gorkha Brigade 2-0 Sikh Regimental Centre 63 1967-68 11- 1-1968 East Bengal 1-0 Bengal-Nagpur Railway 64 1968-69 10- 1-1969 Border Security Force 1-0 East Bengal 65 1969-70 18- 1-1970 Gorkha Brigade 1-0 Border Security Force 66 1970-71 4- 2-1971 East Bengal 2-0 Mohun Bagan 67 1971-72 28- 2-1972 Border Security Force 1-0 Leaders Club Replay after 0-0 68 1972-73 12- 1-1973 East Bengal 1-0 Mohun Bagan Replay after 0-0 69 1973-74 23- 1-1974 Border Security Force 2-1 Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, Bikaner 70 1974-75 9- 1-1975 Mohun Bagan 3-2 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 71 1975-76 30- 1-1976 Border Security Force 1-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 72 1976 9-12-1976 Border Security Force 1-1 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills Joint winners declared. Replay after 1-1 73 1977 31-12-1977 Mohun Bagan 2-1 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills Replay after 1-1 74 1978-79 17- 1-1979 East Bengal 3-0 Mohun Bagan 75 1979 29-11-1979 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Punjab Police 76 1980-81 3- 1-1981 Mohun Bagan 1-0 Mohammedan Sporting 77 1981 13-12-1981 Border Security Force 1-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 78 1982-83 10- 2-1983 Mohun Bagan 0-0 East Bengal Joint winners declared 79 1983 30-12-1983 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 2-1 Mohun Bagan 80 1984 19-11-1984 Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal 81 1985 2-11-1985 Mohun Bagan 0-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 3-2 pen 82 1986 9-11-1986 Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal 83 1987-88 6- 1-1988 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 1-0 Mohun Bagan 84 1988 28-12-1988 Border Security Force 3-2 East Bengal 85 1989 30-12-1989 East Bengal 0-0 Mohun Bagan 3-1 pen 86 1990 23-10-1990 East Bengal 3-2 Mahindra & Mahindra 87 1991 29-10-1991 East Bengal 1-1 Border Security Force 5-3 pen 88 1992 10-11-1992 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 1-0 Mohammedan Sporting 89 1993 10-11-1993 East Bengal 1-0 Punjab State Electricity Board 90 1994 8-11-1994 Mohun Bagan 1-0 East Bengal 91 1995-96 6- 1-1996 East Bengal 0-0 Tata Football Academy 4-3 pen 92 1996 23-11-1996 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 1-0 Al-Naft (Baghdad) 93 1997 14-10-1997 FC Kochi 3-1 Mohun Bagan 94 1998 31-10-1998 Mahindra & Mahindra 2-1 East Bengal 95 1999 4-12-1999 Salgaocar 0-0 East Bengal 3-2 pen 96 2000 11-11-2000 Mohun Bagan 2-1 Mahindra United AET 97 2001-02 16- 2-2002 Mahindra United 5-0 Churchill Brothers 98 2002-03 10- 1-2003 East Bengal 3-0 Army XI 99 2003 10-11-2003 Salgaocar 1-1 East Bengal 4-3 pen 100 2004 10-11-2004 East Bengal 2-1 Mohun Bagan 101 2005 17-12-2005 Army XI 0-0 Sporting Clube de Goa 5-4 pen 102 2006 27-11-2006 Dempo Sports Club 1-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 103 2007 7-11-2007 Churchill Brothers 1-0 Mahindra United 104 2008 7- 9-2008 Mahindra United 3-2 Churchill Brothers AET 105 2009 22- 9-2009 Churchill Brothers 3-1 Mohun Bagan AET 106 2010 7-11-2010 Chirag United 1-0 Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills 107 2011 15-10-2011 Churchill Brothers 0-0 Prayag United 5-4 pen 108 2012 1- 9-2012 Air India 0-0 Dodsal FC 3-2 pen 109 2013 19- 9-2013 Mohammedan 2-1 ONGC 110 2014 8-11-2014 Salgaocar 1-0 Pune FC 111 2016 11- 9-2016 Army Green 0-0 NEROCA FC 6-5 pen 112 2019 24- 8-2019 Gokulam Kerala FC 2-1 Mohun Bagan AC 113 2021 3-10-2021 FC Goa 1-0 Mohammedan SC AET 114 2022 18- 9-2022 Bengaluru FC 2-1 Mumbai City FC 115 2023 3- 9-2023 Mohun Bagan SG 1-0 East Bengal FC
17 [12] Mohun Bagan AC/SG (Kolkata) 16 [11] East Bengal Club (Kolkata) 7 [ 2] Border Security Force (Jalandhar) 5 [ 7] Jagajit Cotton & Textile Mills (Phagwara) 5 [ 2] The Black Watch 5 [ 1] Highland Light Infantry 4 [ 3] Hyderabad Police / Andhra Pradesh Police 4 [ 2] Lancashire Fusiliers 3 [ 3] Mahindra & Mahindra / Mahindra United (Mumbai) 3 [ 2] Churchill Brothers (Salcette) 3 [ 1] York & Lancaster Regiment 3 [ 0] Salgaocar Sports Club (Vasco) 3 [ 0] South Wales Borderers 2 [ 4] Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) 2 [ 1] Army XI / Army Green 2 [ 1] Border Regiment 2 [ 1] Cameronians 2 [ 1] Gorkha Brigade 2 [ 1] Royal Scots 2 [ 1] Sherwood Foresters 2 [ 1] Worcestershire Regiment 2 [ 0] King's Own Scottish Borderers 2 [ 0] Madras Regimental Centre 2 [ 0] Shropshire Light Infantry 1 [ 3] Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1 [ 1] Chirag United SC / Prayag United SC (Kolkata) 1 [ 1] Devonshire Regiment 1 [ 1] North Staffordshire Regiment 1 [ 1] Royal Irish Rifles 1 [ 1] Royal Scots Fusiliers 1 [ 1] Somerset Light Infantry 1 [ 0] Air India 1 [ 0] "B" Corps Signals 1 [ 0] Bengaluru FC 1 [ 0] Cheshire Regiment 1 [ 0] Dempo Sports Club (Panjim) 1 [ 0] Durham Light Infantry 1 [ 0] FC Goa 1 [ 0] Gokulam Kerala FC (Kozhikode) 1 [ 0] FC Kochi (Kochi) 1 [ 0] Hampshire Regiment 1 [ 0] Royal Dragoons 0 [ 3] East Lancashire Regiment 0 [ 2] Essex Regiment 0 [ 2] King's Royal Rifles 0 [ 2] Leicestershire Regiment 0 [ 2] Punjab Police (Jalandhar) 0 [ 2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers 0 [ 1] 2nd Punjab (Simla) Volunteer Rifle Corps 0 [ 1] 23rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 0 [ 1] Al-Naft (Petroleum FC, Baghdad) 0 [ 1] Bedfordshire Regiment 0 [ 1] Bengal-Nagpur Railway (Kolkata) 0 [ 1] Dodsal FC 0 [ 1] Dorsetshire Regiment 0 [ 1] East India Railways 0 [ 1] East Yorkshire Regiment 0 [ 1] Green Howards 0 [ 1] Hindustan Aircraft (Bengaluru) 0 [ 1] Indian Air Force (New Delhi) 0 [ 1] King's Regiment 0 [ 1] Leaders Club (Jalandhar) 0 [ 1] Mumbai City FC 0 [ 1] National Defence Academy 0 [ 1] NEROCA (Imphal) [North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association] 0 [ 1] North-Western Railway Loco Sports Club (Lahore) 0 [ 1] ONGC (Mumbai) 0 [ 1] Pune FC 0 [ 1] Queen's Regiment 0 [ 1] Punjab State Electricity Board (Hoshiarpur) 0 [ 1] Rajasthan Club (Kolkata) 0 [ 1] Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (Bikaner) 0 [ 1] Royal Irish Regiment 0 [ 1] Royal Norfolk Regiment 0 [ 1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment 0 [ 1] Sikh Regimental Centre 0 [ 1] Simla Club 0 [ 1] South Staffordshire Regiment 0 [ 1] Sporting Clube de Goa (Margao) 0 [ 1] Tata Football Academy (Jamshedpur) 0 [ 1] Yorkshire Regiment
Thanks to Arunava Chaudhuri for an earlier version of this file.
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