2014 Durand Cup

Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Salgaocar[1] (3rd title)
Runner-up	Pune
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Boima Karpeh (4 goals)
← 2013 2016 →

The 2014 Durand Cup was the 127th season of the Durand Cup, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in India. Mohammedan were the defending champions, having beaten ONGC 2–1 in the 2013 Final,^[2] but were knocked out in the quarter finals.

The tournament was held from 20 October to 8 November with all matches in Goa.^[3] Salgaocar won the cup when they defeated Pune 1–0 in the final.^[1]

Teams

This edition of the Durand Cup saw 25 teams taking part in the tournament, 9 of which were directly seeded into Quarter Finals and remaining teams fighting it out in the Qualification Round for the 3 spots remaining.

Preliminary round

Preliminary round was a knockout round and held between 20 October and 27 October. Vasco S.C., Laxmi Prasad S.C. and SESA F.A. qualified for the main draw.

Bracket

Round 1

Youngster Club v India U19

20 October 2014	Youngster Club	0–5	India U19	3MTR Ground, Navelim
9:00 IST			R. Singh 39' R. Oram 67' Prashant 68' M. Basumatry 70', 89'	Referee: Melwin D'Costa

Corps of Signals v Goa Velha SC

20 October 2014	Corps of Signals	1–2	Goa Velha SC	Raia Panchayat Ground, Raia
15:00 IST	R. Singh 37'		J. Vaz 51' S. Hadkonkar 71'	Attendance: 1800 Referee: Maria Rebello

Army Green FC v Dalbir FA

22 October 2014	Army Green FC	2–1	Dalbir FA	3MTR Ground, Navelim
9:00 IST	D. Singh 30' A. Singh 50' (o.g.)		Vikash 53'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Parmanand Mandrekar

BEG Centre v Army Red FC

22 October 2014	BEG Centre	1–7	Army Red FC	3MTR Ground, Navelim
15:00 IST	V. Singh 77'		S. Rai 32' D. Thapa 60', 90' A. Tudu 71', 82', 88', 90+2'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Parmanand Mandrekar

Air Force FC v Laxmi Prasad

23 October 2014	Air Force FC	1–2	Laxmi Prasad	3MTR Ground, Navelim
15:00 IST	Vivek 50'		Opara 21', 65'	Referee: Rahul Gupta

Round 2

India U19 v Goa Velha

24 October 2014	India U19	3–0	Goa Velha	3MTR Ground, Navelim
9:00 IST	Lalrampuia 53', 57', 59'

Garhwal Rifles v Vasco

24 October 2014	Garhwal Rifles	1–3	Vasco	3MTR Ground, Navelim
15:00 IST	A. Roy 17'		A. Fernandes 9', 48' J. Oliveira 15'

Army Green FC v Laxmi Prasad

25 October 2014	Army Green FC	0–4	Laxmi Prasad	3MTR Ground, Navelim
9:00 IST			S. Fernandes 30' Opara 54', 80' Peixote 87'	Referee: Maria Rebello

Army Red FC v SESA

25 October 2014	Army Red FC	1–1 (3–5 p)	SESA	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
15:00 IST	M. Dileep 43'		A. Gonsalves 16'	Referee: Melwin D'Costa

Round 3

India U19 v Vasco

26 October 2014	India U19	0–2	Vasco	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
9:00 IST			J. Oliveira 3' A. D'Souza 90+1'	Referee: Maria Rebello

Laxmi Prasad v SESA

26 October 2014	Laxmi Prasad	1–0	SESA	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
15:00 IST	S. Fernandes 36'			Referee: Maria Joseph

Qualifier

India U19 v SESA

27 October 2014	India U19	1–1 (3–4 p)	SESA	Duler Stadium, Mapusa
15:00 IST	D. Lalrampuia 87'		J. Vaz 30'	Referee: PK Prajith
	Penalties
	Lalrampuia H. Fernandes G. Singh N. Kumar Malsawnzuala		A. Gonsalves P. Vaz Y. Kadam P. Korgaonkar A. Colaco

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals of the Durand Cup will be played between 12 teams.

Semi-finals

Sporting Goa v Pune

6 November 2014	Sporting Goa	1–2	Pune	Raia Sports Complex, Raia
15:00 IST	Karpeh 23'		Balan 19' Sueoka 62'

Final

Scorers

All goals from tournament proper. Goals from qualifiers are not counted in this list.

4 goals

• Boima Karpeh (Sporting Goa)

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal