Durand Cup 2022 | Teams, Schedule, Timings, and Venues  & Top Scorers

Durand Cup 2022: Founded in 1888 by the previous Foreign Secretary of British India, Mortimer Durand, the competition was first played exclusively among the armed services yet was subsequently opened for professional football clubs across the nation.

The 131st edition of the Durand Cup, the most established football competition in Asia, started on Tuesday with Mohammedan Sporting Club beating reigning champs FC Goa 3-1. The opposition additionally denotes the start of the Indian domestic football season.

Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are the joint-best teams throughout the competition, with 16 titles each to their name. FC Goa won the cup last year after a tense 1-0 win over Mohammedan Sporting.

The number of teams increased from 16 to 20 in total, spread across four groups. Each of the 11 Indian Super League clubs will highlight in the competition. 20 teams will participate in the upcoming edition of the competition (11 ISL teams, five I-League teams and four teams from the Indian Armed Forces). However, the 2019 Durand Cup champs, Gokulam Kerala FC, won’t participate.

• FC Goa
• Mohammedan Sporting
• Bengaluru FC
• Jamshedpur FC
• Indian Air Force

• East Bengal
• ATK Mohun Bagan
• Mumbai City FC
• Rajasthan United FC
• Indian Navy

• Neroca FC
• Trau FC
• Hyderabad FC
• Chennaiyin FC
• Army Red

• Odisha FC
• NorthEast United FC
• Kerala Blasters
• Sudeva Delhi FC
• Army Green

Durand Cup 2022 will be held in three states across five venues. Naihati Stadium, Salt Lake Stadium, Kishore Bharati Stadium (West Bengal), Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium (Guwahati, Assam) and Khuman Lampak Stadium (Imphal, Manipur)are the designated venues.

The Sports18 network in India will broadcast all Durand Cup 2022 matches.

Matches in the Durand Cup 2022 will be accessible for live streaming on Voot Select and JioTV.

First played in 1888, the Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest-ever at any-point club contest. Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are the joint-best groups throughout the Durand Cup, with both groups having won it 16 times.

Be that as it may, the two Kolkata goliaths have not won this trophy in that frame of mind, with East Bengal last winning it in 2004 and Mohun Bagan in 2000.

FC Goa was the main ISL club to enlist their first-team crew for the competition last year, and they brought the trophy back home after a tense 1-0 win in the last against Mohammedan Sporting.

The objective came in additional time, kindness skipper Edu Bedia. As it turns out, the initial round of the competition this year will be a rematch of last year’s final.

The Duran Cup 2022 starts off from August 16, with the finals booked for September 18 2022.

Three cities will have the Durand Cup 2022 – Kolkata, Imphal, and Guwahati. The initial game and the finals will occur at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) in Kolkata.

The Kishore Bharati Krirangan (Kolkata), Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati, and the Khuman Lampak Stadium (Imphal) will likewise have Durand Cup matches this year.

First, the number of participating teams groups has increased from 16 to 20. Each of the 11 ISL clubs will show up at the current year’s competition. This will be their first Durand Cup appearance for Mumbai City FC, NorthEast United, and Odisha FC. In addition, the 11 ISL clubs, five I-League clubs, and four groups from the Armed Forces will participate.

However, 2019 heroes Gokulam Kerala FC are not among the participants. Instead, Mohammedan Sporting, TRAU, NEROCA, Rajasthan United, and Sudeva Delhi will address the I-League in the opposition this year.

The 20 groups have been parted into four groups of five groups each. Groups A and B will see games played in Kolkata, though Imphal will facilitate matches in Group C and D by Guwahati. The best two from each group then progress to the quarterfinals.

Here are the groups

Bunch A – FC Goa, Mohammedan Sporting, Bengaluru FC, Jamshedpur FC, Indian Air Force

Bunch B – ATK Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Mumbai City FC, Rajasthan United, Indian Navy

Bunch C – Chennaiyin FC, Hyderabad FC, NEROCA, TRAU, Army Red

Bunch D – Kerala Blasters, NorthEast United, Odisha FC, Sudeva Delhi FC, Army Green

Not all clubs have reported the players position for the opposition yet, however reigning champs FC Goa have declared a young band, with their second-string attempting to defend the title.

Unfortunately, Kerala Blasters are also not handling their best option lineup in this competition.
Be that as it may, Mumbai City FC and Odisha FC have proactively declared their particular crew, complete with six outsiders.

At the same time, any semblance of Bengaluru FC, Chennaiyin FC, and ATK Mohun Bagan to are expected to follow suit in naming full-strength squads.

The top is the Kolkata Derby, where ATK Mohun Bagan takes on East Bengal on August 28. Moreover, Group A sees rehashes of last year’s Durand Cup elimination round, semifinal, and final, with FC Goa playing Bengaluru FC on August 30 and Mohammedan in the opener on August 16 separately.

Another religious conflict is in Group C, where NEROCA takes on TRAU on August 18 in an Imphal Derby, planned to be played before a loud group at the Khuman Lampak Stadium.