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Durand Cup/List of Champions and Runners Up of Post-Independence Era

List of Champions and Runners Up of Post-Independence Era

Champions List of the Post-Independence Era...

The Durand Football Tournament, commonly known as the Durand Cup, is the oldest existing football tournament in Asia and the third oldest in the world, a domestic football competition held annually in India.
The Durand Cup was founded in 1888 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand and was organized in Shimla. Organized by the Durand Football Tournament Society (DFTS) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the tournament is the oldest club football tournament in Asia. The tournament mainly featured the British Armed Forces, British Indian Army and other armed units in the early years.

Three Trophies:

The winning team is presented with three trophies - The Durand Cup (the original tournament trophy), the Shimla Trophy (donated by the residents of Shimla) and the President's Cup (rewarded from the post-independence era).
Durand Cup (Durand Football Tournament) - was held every year since 1888, except for 1914–1919, World War 1, 1939 due to World War 2, 1941–1947 due to World War 2 and the Partition of India.
The Durand Cup resumed in 1950 and has been held every year since then except in 2020 when the tournament was postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

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Durand Cup winners and runners-up list since the post-independence era from 1950-2022:
Champions List of the Post-Independence Era
Year Winner Score Runner Up
2022 Bengaluru FC 2-1 Mumbai City FC
2021 Goa 1–0 (AET) Mohammedan
2020 Tournament not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Gokulam Kerala 2–1 Mohun Bagan
2016 Army Green 0–0 (AET) (6–5 penalties) NEROCA
2014 Salgaocar 1–0 Pune
2013 Mohammedan 2–1 ONGC
2012 Air India 0–0 (AET)(3–2 penalties) Dodsal
2011 Churchill Brothers 0–0 (AET) (5–4 penalties) Prayag United
2010 United 1–0 JCT
2009 Churchill Brothers 3–1 (AET) Mohun Bagan
2008 Mahindra United 3–2 (AET) Churchill Brothers
2007 Churchill Brothers 1–0 Mahindra United
2006 Dempo 1–0 JCT
2005 Army XI 0–0 (AET) (5–4 penalties) Sporting Goa
2004 East Bengal 2–1 Mohun Bagan
2003 Salgaocar 1–1 (AET) (4–3 penalties) East Bengal
2002 East Bengal 3–0 Army XI
2001 Mahindra United 5–0 Churchill Brothers
2000 Mohun Bagan 1–1 (golden goal) Mahindra United
1999 Salgaocar 0–0 (AET) (3–2 penalties) East Bengal
1998 Mahindra & Mahindra 2–1 East Bengal
1997 Kochin 3–1 Mohun Bagan
1996 JCT 1–0 Iraq Al-Naft
1995 East Bengal 0–0 (AET) (4–3 penalties) Tata Football Academy
1994 Mohun Bagan 1–0 EastBengal
1993 East Bengal 1–0 Punjab State Electricity Board
1992 JCT 1–0 Mohammedan
1991 East Bengal 1–1 (AET) (5–3 penalties) Border Security Force
1990 East Bengal 3–2 Mahindra & Mahindra
1989 East Bengal 0–0 (AET) (3–1 penalties) Mohun Bagan
1988 Border Security Force 3–2 East Bengal
1987 JCT 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1986 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal
1985 Mohun Bagan 0–0 (AET) (3–2 penalties) JCT
1984 Mohun Bagan 1–0 East Bengal
1983 JCT 1–1 (AET) & 2–1 Mohun Bagan
1982 Mohun Bagan and East Bengal 0–0 (AET) -
1981 Border Security Force 1–0 JCT
1980 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Mohammedan
1979 Mohun Bagan 1–0 Punjab Police
1978 East Bengal 3–0 Mohun Bagan
1977 Mohun Bagan 1–1 (AET) & 2–1 JCT
1976 Border Security Force and JCT 1–1 (AET) & 0–0 (AET) -
1975 Border Security Force 1–0 JCT
1974 Mohun Bagan 3–2 JCT
1973 Border Security Force 2–1 Rajasthan Armed Constabulary
1972 East Bengal 0–0 (AET) & 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1971 Border Security Force 0–0 (AET) & 1–0 Leaders Club
1970 East Bengal 2–0 Mohun Bagan
1969 Gorkha Brigade 1–0 Border Security Force
1968 Border Security Force 1–0 East Bengal
1967 East Bengal 1–0 Bengal Nagpur Railway
1966 Gorkha Brigade 2–0 Sikh Regimental Centre
1965 Mohun Bagan 2–0 Punjab Police
1964 Mohun Bagan 2–0 East Bengal
1963 Mohun Bagan 0–0 (AET) & 2–0 Andhra Pradesh Police
1962 Tournament not held, due to Sino-Indian War
1961 Andhra Pradesh Police 1–0 Mohun Bagan
1960 Mohun Bagan and East Bengal 1–1 (AET) & 0–0 (AET) -
1959 Mohun Bagan 1–1 (AET) & 3–1 Mohammedan
1958 Madras Regimental Centre 1–1 (AET) & 2–0 Gorkha Brigade
1957 Hyderabad City Police 2–1 East Bengal
1956 East Bengal 2–0 Hyderabad City Police
1955 Madras Regimental Centre 0–0 (AET), 0–0 (AET) & 3–2 Indian Air Force
1954 Hyderabad City Police 1–1 (AET) & 1–0 Hindustan Aircraft Limited
1953 Mohun Bagan 4–0 National Defence Academy
1952 East Bengal 1–0 Hyderabad City Police
1951 East Bengal 1–1 (AET) & 2–1 Rajasthan Armed Constabulary
1950 Hyderabad City Police 2–2 (AET) & 1–0 (AET) Mohun Bagan

Most Durand Cup winner:

The first edition was won by Royal Scots Fussellers in 1888. Since the post-independence era from 1950, Kolkata's two rivals Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are the most successful teams to have won the Durand Cup 16 times. In the 70 editions held since 1950, the trophy has been shared three times between the two finalists. In 1982 and 1960, Bagan and East Bengal were to share the trophy after ending in a final draw, while JCT and Border Security Force shared the trophy in 1976. Currently, Bengaluru FC are the holders of the Durand Cup.
Teams Champions Runners-up
Mohun Bagan 16 12
East Bengal 16 10
Border Security Force 7 2
JCT 5 7
Black Watch 5 2
Highland Light Infantry 5 1
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