2009 Durand Cup

The 122nd edition of the Durand Cup began on September 11 at the Dr. Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi. Nine I-League teams were scheduled to take part. The qualifiers were held starting on September 2, with the final on September 20. Two teams from the qualifier joined to make it a 12 team battle in the quarterfinals.

2009 Durand Cup
Country India
Teams12
ChampionsChurchill Brothers (2nd title)
Runners-upMohun Bagan
Matches played29
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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.

Qualifying Round One

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

Date team Score team
02–09–09 Simla Youngs 3–1 BEG Rurkee
02–09–09 Indian Navy 0 – 0 (3 – 4 pens) Amity United
03–09–09 Indian National 0–4 Gorkha Regiment RC
03–09–09 Border Security Force 2–0 Jammu &Kashmir Bank
04–09–09 Army Supply Corps, Bangalore 2–1 New Delhi Heroes
04–09–09 MEG, Bangalore 0–3 Assam Rifles
05–09–09 Army Juniors 3–0 Ahbab FC, Delhi
05–09–09 ONGC 2–1 Indian Air Force XI

Qualifying Round Two

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

Date team Score team
06–09–09 Simla Youngs 2 – 2 (5–4 Pen) Amity United
07–09–09 Gorkha Regiment RC 1–3 Border Security Force
06–09–09 Army Supply Corps, Bangalore 0–3 Assam Rifles
07–09–09 Army Juniors 0–2 ONGC

Qualifying Round Three

4 clubs remain, 2 will advance to the Group Stage

Date team Score team
08–09–09 Simla Youngs 1–4 Assam Rifles
09–09–09 Border Security Force 0–1 ONGC

Group Stages
Group A Group B Group C Group C

Sporting Clube de Goa
Churchill Brothers
Assam Rifles

Mohun Bagan
JCT FC
ONGC FC

Air-India
Dempo Sports Club
Army XI

Mahindra United
East Bengal Club
Shillong Lajong FC

Tables & Results

Group A
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Churchill Brothers 211021+14
Sporting Clube de Goa 210121+13
Assam Rifles 201113−21
September 12, 2009
Sporting Clube de Goa 2–0 Assam Rifles
September 15, 2009
Churchill Brothers 1–0 Sporting Clube de Goa
September 17, 2009
Assam Rifles 1–1 Churchill Brothers

Group B
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Mohun Bagan 220071+66
JCT FC 210112−13
ONGC FC 200216−50
September 13, 2009
JCT 1–0 ONGC
September 16, 2009
ONGC 1–5 Mohun Bagan
September 18, 2009
Mohun Bagan 2–0 JCT

Group C
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Dempo Sports Club 220051+46
Air-India 210124−23
Army XI 200204−40
September 11, 2009
Air-India 3–0 Army XI
September 14, 2009
Dempo 4–1 Air-India
September 17, 2009
Army XI 0–1 Dempo

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mahindra United 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
Shillong Lajong 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
East Bengal 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source:
September 14, 2009
Mahindra United 0–0 Shillong Lajong
September 16, 2009
Shillong Lajong 1–0 East Bengal
September 18, 2009
East Bengal 0–2 Mahindra United

Semi-Finals
Churchill Brothers2–1Dempo
Charan Rai 21'
Odafa Onyeka Okolie 50'		 Roberto Mendes Silva 83'
Referee: A. Rowan
Mahindra United1–2Mohun Bagan
Mohammed Rafi 70' Chidi Edeh 19', 77'
Referee: Dinesh Nair

Final
Main article: 2009 Durand Cup Final
Churchill Brothers3–1Mohun Bagan
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