Durand Cup to be played from Sept 5 to Oct 3 in Kolkata

New Delhi: Five Indian Super League franchises and three I-League teams will be among 16 sides vying for top honours in the Durand Cup football tournament, to be played across Kolkata from September 5 to October 3.

The tournament, now in its 130th edition, was first held in the mecca of Indian football back in 2019, after moving from its longtime venue at Delhi.

Besides top



ISL franchises FC Goa and Bengaluru FC, the other clubs from ISL would be Kerala Blasters, Jamshedpur FC and Hyderabad FC.

Challenging them would be the century-old Mohammedan Sporting of Kolkata, who were the first Indian winners of the Cup in 1940 and defending I-League champions Gokulam Kerala and Sudeva FC of Delhi.