The 2012 Durand Cup was the 125th season of the

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, the third oldest football tournament in the world, which is a knock-out competition held in

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were the current holders, having beaten Prayag United in the 2011 Final. The tournament was held from 16 August to 1 September with all matches at the

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won the 2012 Durand Cup in the

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after beating Dodsal 3–2 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 after 120 minutes.

Preliminary round

Round 1

Round 2

Quarter-finals

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, two played in the

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and one currently play in the

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. The other four spots would have been taken up by the top three teams from the preliminary round plus one service team. However, on 22 August 2012 it was announced that

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would withdraw from the tournament (along with Churchill Brothers S.C. who withdrew before the initial list of teams was released) and thus freeing an extra space. So in order to fill it up the Durand Football Committee decided to qualify the four teams remaining in the preliminary rounds. Therefore,

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, Assam Rifles FC, and CRPF FC will qualify directly for the quarter-finals.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Semi-finals

Final

Scorers

''All goals from tournament proper. Goals from qualifiers are not counted in this list.'' ;3 goals * M. Kamei (

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) ;2 goals * Michael Okwudiu ( Delhi United) *

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( Dodsal) * Thoi Singh ( Dodsal) *

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( Dodsal) * Sunil Kumar ( Dodsal) * Ogba Kalu Nnanna ( Sporting Goa) * Pradeep Mohanraj (

) * Chukwudi Chukwuma ( SESA Football Academy) ;1 goal *

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(

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) *

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( Pailan Arrows) * Milan Singh ( Pailan Arrows) * Avinabo Bag ( Pailan Arrows) * Souvik Chakraborty (

) * Bong Bertrand ( Sporting Goa) * Victorino Fernandes ( Sporting Goa) * Pratesh Shirodkar ( Sporting Goa) * Kailash Patil (

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) * Yogesh Kadam ( SESA Football Academy) * Inacio Colaco ( SESA Football Academy) * Don Bosco Andrew ( SESA Football Academy) * Sunny Singh ( SESA Football Academy) * P. Soumerjit ( Central Reserve Police) * Sugesh ( Central Reserve Police) * Herojit Singh ( Army Red) * Demba Diakhaté ( Dodsal) * Nawab Zeeshan ( Dodsal) * Ong Lepcha (

) * Neil Gaikwad (

) * Gagandeep Singh (

) * Bulu Jidung (

) * Ajit Kumar Singh (

)

References

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