Durand Cup 2024: Full list of matches, kick off time in IST, venues, teams

The tournament will kick off with Mohun Bagan Super Giant’s match against Downtown Heroes at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on July 27 at 6 PM.

President Droupadi Murmu with Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal AP Singh flags off the ‘Trophy Tour’ of ‘Durand Cup Tournament 2024’, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. | Photo Credit: PTI

Domestic football is set to return in India with the 133rd edition of Durand Cup where 24 teams will be vying for the title starting on July 27.

The oldest existing club football tournament in Asia will kick off with Mohun Bagan Super Giant’s match against Downtown Heroes at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on July 27 at 6 PM.

All 24 teams compete in six groups of four, for a total of 43 matches in a round-robin league structure followed by knockout games. The matches will be hosted in four cities: Kolkata, Kokrajhar, Shillong, and Jamshedpur. The competition will feature teams from the Indian Super League (ISL), the I-League, as well as armed forces from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

The group stage will conclude with defending champions Mohun Bagan SG facing East Bengal FC in a repeat of last season’s final on August 18.

GROUPS

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Mohun Bagan SG	Bengaluru FC	Kerala Blasters FC	Jamshedpur FC	Odisha FC	FC Goa
East Bengal FC	Inter Kashi	Mumbai City FC	Chennaiyin FC	NorthEast United FC	Hyderabad FC
Indian Air Force FT	Indian Navy FT	Punjab FC	Indian Army FT	Bodoland FC	Shillong Lajong FC
Downtown Heroes FC	Mohammedan SC	CISF Protectors FT	Bangladesh Army FT	BSF FT	Tribhuvan Army FC

Here’s the full schedule for Durand Cup 2024:

GROUP A FIXTURES

Date	Match	Time	Venue
July 27	Mohun Bagan SG vs Downtown Heroes FC	18:00	Kolkata
July 29	East Bengal FC vs Indian Air Force FT	19:00	Kolkata
August 2	Indian Air Force FT vs Downtown Heroes FC	19:00	Kolkata
August 7	East Bengal FC vs Downtown Heroes FC	19:00	Kolkata
August 8	Mohun Bagan SG vs Indian Air Force FT	16:00	Kolkata
August 18	Mohun Bagan SG vs East Bengal FC	19:00	Kolkata

GROUP B FIXTURES

Date	Match	Time	Venue
July 28	Mohammedan SC vs Inter Kashi FC	19:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan , Kolkata
July 31	Bengaluru FC vs Indian Navy FT	19:00	Kolkata
August 3	Bengaluru FC vs Inter Kashi FC	19:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
August 6	Mohammedan SC vs Bengaluru FC	19:00	Kolkata
August 9	Indian Navy FT vs Inter Kashi FC	16:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
August 13	Mohammedan SC vs Indian Navy FT	16:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata

GROUP C FIXTURES

Date	Match	Time	Venue
July 30	CISF Protectors FT vs Punjab FC	19:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
August 1	Mumbai City FC vs Kerala Blasters FC	19:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
August 4	Kerala Blasters FC vs Punjab FC	16:00	Kolkata
August 5	Mumbai City FC vs CISF Protectors FT	16:00	Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
August 10	Kerala Blasters FC vs CISF Protectors FT	19:00	Kolkata
August 11	Punjab FC vs Mumbai City FC	16:00	Kolkata

GROUP D FIXTURES

Date	Match	Time	Venue
July 28	Jamshedpur FC vs Bangladesh Army FT	16:00	Jamshedpur
July 31	Chennaiyin FC vs Indian Army FT	16:00	Jamshedpur
August 4	Jamshedpur FC vs Chennaiyin FC	19:00	Jamshedpur
August 7	Indian Army FT vs Bangladesh Army FT	16:00	Jamshedpur
August 11	Chennaiyin FC vs Bangladesh Army FT	19:00	Jamshedpur
August 14	Jamshedpur FC vs Indian Army FT	19:00	Jamshedpur

GROUP E FIXTURES

Date	Match	Time	Venue
July 30	Bodoland FC vs NorthEast United FC	15:00	Kokrajhar
August 3	Odisha FC vs BSF FT	16:00	Kokrajhar
August 6	Bodoland FC vs Odisha FC	16:00	Kokrajhar
August 9	NorthEast United FC vs BSF FT	19:00	Kokrajhar
August 12	Bodoland FC vs BSF FT	19:00	Kokrajhar
August 16	NorthEast United FC vs Odisha FC	19:00	Kokrajhar

GROUP F FIXTURES

Date	Match	Time	Venue
August 2	Shillong Lajong FC vs Tribhuvan Army FC	16:00	Shillong
August 5	FC Goa vs Hyderabad FC	19:00	Shillong
August 8	FC Goa vs Tribhuvan Army FC	19:00	Shillong
August 10	Shillong Lajong FC vs Hyderabad FC	16:00	Shillong
August 13	Hyderabad FC vs Tribhuvan Army FC	19:00	Shillong
August 17	FC Goa vs Shillong Lajong FC	19:00	Shillong

The dates of knockout stage dates are yet to be announced.