1967–68 Durand Cup final

November 2022 1967–68 Durand Cup final 1967–68 Durand Cup East Bengal Bengal Nagpur Railway 1 0 11 January 1968 Corporation Stadium New Delhi, India Trilok Lao 15,000 (estd.) 1966 1968 The 1967–68 Durand Cup final was the 63rd final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Bengal Nagpur Railway on 11 January 1968 at the Corporation Stadium in New Delhi. East Bengal won the final 1–0 to claim their 5th Durand Cup title. Mohammed Habib scored the only goal in the final as East Bengal lifted their fifth Durand Cup title.Neil Morrison 11 October 2022 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html India - List of Durand Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 25 November 2022 Route to the final East BengalRound Bengal Nagpur RailwayOpponentResultRoundOpponentResultIndian Navy2–0Second Round––Madras Regimental Centre2–1Quarter–FinalMohammedan Sporting1–0Hyderabad City Police0–0; 1–0Semi–FinalLeaders Club1–1; 3–2 Match Summary The Durand Cup final began at the Corporation Stadium in New Delhi on 11 January 1968 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giant East Bengal and faced Bengal Nagpur Railway. East Bengal reached their sixth Durand Cup final after defeating Hyderabad City Police 1–0 in the semi-final, having won the tournament previously in 1951, 1952, 1956, and 1960. Bengal Nagpur Railway made their maiden appearance in the final after they defeated Leaders Club 3–2 in the semi-final. The game started steadily with both teams being cautious in the first fifteen minutes. East Bengal, being the favourites, started dominating the game and the likes of K. Sharma, Ashim Bose and Sunil Bhattacharya all made attempts at the B. N. R. goal but could not break the deadlock. East Bengal made a substitution at halftime as S. Sarkar replaced Afzal and the change made an immediate impact on the game as S. Sarkar put a measured cross for Mohammed Habib who could not connect properly. The deadlock was finally broken in the fifty-sixth minute as Habib found the winner with a header to make it 1–0 for East Bengal. B. N. R. tried to make a comeback in the game after conceding the goal but the East Bengal defence dealt with the attacks and managed to hold onto the lead till full-time as East Bengal lifted their fifth Durand Cup title.12 January 1968 দ্বৈত কীর্তি, ইস্টবেঙ্গল সর্ব ভারতীয় ফুটবলের শিখরে Another Milestone, East Bengal are the Champions of India bn Jugantor PTI 12 January 1968 East Bengal add Durand trophy to their collection https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19680112&printsec=frontpage&hl=en The Indian Express 26 November 2022 Debayan Sen 1 August 2020 https://www.espn.in/football/east-bengal/story/4139529/a-century-of-excellence-east-bengals-greatest-hits A century of excellence: East Bengal's greatest hits ESPN 18 November 2022 Details 11 January 1968 15:00 IST East Bengal Bengal Nagpur Railway 1–0 * Habib 56 Corporation Stadium, New Delhi 15,000 (est.) Trilok Lao _EastBengal_12_13_Home _2 gold stripes FFDF00 FFDF00 FF0000 000000 FF0000 East Bengal _collarred 2 ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff Bengal Nagpur Railway GK IND Peter ThangarajRB IND Shanto MitraCB IND Kalon GuhaCB IND Syed NayeemuddinLB IND Sunil BhattacharyaCM IND Prasanta Sinha (c)CM IND D.M.K. Afzal FW IND Ashim BoseFW IND Mohammed HabibFW IND Parimal DeyFW IND K. B. SharmaSubstitutes:CM IND S. Sarkar Coach:IND Mohammed Hussain GK IND Dipak DasRB IND J. LakraCB IND A. DeyCB IND Arun Ghosh (c)LB IND Kalyan SahaCM IND K. TirkeyCM IND N. SenguptaFW IND S. DasFW IND RajendramohanFW IND P. Sur FW IND P. MazumdarSubstitutes:FW IND K. Appalaraju Coach:IND Arun Ghosh Match rules 90 minutes. Replay if scores still level. References External links Durand Cup Finals Category:Durand Cup finals Category:1967–68 in Indian football Category:East Bengal Club matches Category:Football competitions in New Delhi