The 2014 Durand Cup was the 127th season of the

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, the third oldest enduring football tournament in the world, a knockout tournament contested in

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, from 20 October to 8 November.

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unsuccessfully defended its 2013 final title, losing in the quarterfinal of Group C to

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and SESA.

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successfully pursued its 3rd successive 2014 titlehttps://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html "India - List of Durand Cup Finals ... historical archives of the Times of India." when it defeated

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, 1–0 in the

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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.

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, Laxmi Prasad S.C. and SESA F.A. qualified for the main draw.

Bracket

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Qualifier

Quarter-finals

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

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.'' ;4 goals *

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( Sporting Goa) ;3 goals *

David Opara Nbusiyu David Opara (born 14 December 1985) is a Nigerian football player, who plays for Laxmi Prasad S.C. in the Goa Professional League The Goa Football League is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of Goa, organise ...

( Laxmi Prasad) * Douhou Pierre (

) *

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(

) ;2 goals *

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( Sporting Goa) *

Bineesh Balan Bineesh Thottunkal Balan (born 1 January 1989) is an Indian footballer who plays for FC Thrissur. Career Early career Bineesh started his career very early at his school days playing for Panampally Nagar School, Ernakulam and winning a lot of ...

(

) * Sujay Oraon (

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) ;1 goal *

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(

) * Angelo Colaco ( SESA) *

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(

) * Aslon Oliveira (

) * Babun Das (

) * Britto PM ( Indian Navy FC) *

Cajetan Fernandes Cajetan Fernandes (born 28 February 1989) is an Indian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Goa as a midfielder in I-League. Career Early career Fernandes first hit the headlines when he scored India's solitary goal in a 1–6 loss to Por ...

( Sporting Goa) * Dhanpal Ganesh (

) * Emmanu Elchinedu ( Vasco) *

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(

) * Gilbert Oliveira (

) * Jaison Vaz ( SESA) *

Joseph Clemente Joseph Clemente (born 11 August 1987) is an Indian footballer who plays as a defender for Churchill Brothers in the I-League. Career Sporting Goa Joseph Clemente made his debut for Sporting Goa in the I-League on 9 November 2012 against Mumb ...

( Sporting Goa) * Melwyn Fernandes ( SESA) * Neil Gaikwad (

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) * Pankaj Sona (

Churchill Brothers Churchill Brothers Futebol Clube de Goa (simply known as Churchill Brothers) is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, alongside the Goa Professional League (reserves). Founded in 1 ...

) * Ramanlal ( Indian Navy FC) * Riyadh B ( Indian Navy FC) *

Ryuji Sueoka is a former Japanese football player. He has played in Japan, Singapore, Thailand and India at the top level. Playing career Sueoka started his professional career in the J2 League with Albirex Niigata club. He then moved to Albirex Niigata S ...

(

) * Siddharth Nayak (

) *

Shankar Oraon Shankar Oraon is an Indian footballer who has played for Mohun Bagan A.C. in the I-League as a forward. Career Prayag United On 2 April 2011 Oraon scored his first goal for Prayag United S.C. against Dempo, this was also Oraon's first profess ...

(

) * Thangjam Singh (

) *

Thongkhosiem Haokip Thongkosiem Haokip (born 13 March 1993), commonly known as Semboi, is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Early career Born in the village of Gangpijang in Manipur, Haokip began playing football for his state side ...

(

) * V Lalchhuanmawia ( Indian Navy FC)

References

External links

Official website
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