1978–79 Durand Cup final

November 2022 1978–79 Durand Cup final 1978–79 Durand Cup East Bengal Mohun Bagan 3 0 17 January 1979 Ambedkar Stadium New Delhi, India J. P. Coutinho 20,000 (estd.) 1977 1979 The 1978–79 Durand Cup final was the 74th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 17 January 1979 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. East Bengal won the final 3–0 to claim their 8th Durand Cup title. Surajit Sengupta, Mihir Bose and Tapan Das scored the three goals in the final as East Bengal lifted their eighth 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 Mohun BaganOpponentResultQuarter Final Group LeagueOpponentResultIndian Air Force2–1Matchday 1Kidderpore4–0Orkay Club0–0Matchday 2Tiliam5–1JCT3–0Matchday 3Mafatlal2–2; 2–0OpponentResultKnockout StageOpponentResultMafatlal2–0Semi–FinalJCT0–0; 4–2 Match Summary The Durand Cup final began at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi on 17 January 1979 in front of a packed crowd as Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan faced each other in a Kolkata Derby. East Bengal reached their tenth Durand Cup final after defeating Mafatlal 2–0 in the semi-final, having won the tournament seven times previously in 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, and 1972. Mohun Bagan reached their thirteenth Durand Cup final after they defeated JCT 4–2 in the semi-final, having won the tournament eight times previously in 1953, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, and 1977. East Bengal dominated the proceedings from the start and took the lead early in the fifteenth minute when Surajit Sengupta dribbled past the Mohun Bagan defence to score with a powerful shot to make it 1–0. East Bengal doubled their lead in the thirty-sixth minute when Surajit Sengupta found Mihir Bose unmarked inside the box who made no errors to make it 2–0 before halftime. East Bengal scored their third with just four minutes remaining when Surajit Sengupta once again played a perfect pass to unmarked Tapan Das inside the box who made the scoreline 3–0 as East Bengal lifted their eighth Durand Cup title.18 January 1979 ডুরান্ড পেল ইস্টবেঙ্গল East Bengal wins the Durand Cup bn Jugantor 18 January 1979 মোহনবাগান তিন গোলে পরাজিত Mohun Bagan defeated by three goals bn Jugantor 17 February 2022 Surajit Sengupta, former East Bengal captain, passes away at 70 due to Covid-19 https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/surajit-sengupta-former-east-bengal-captain-passes-away-at-70-due-to-covid-19-1914305-2022-02-17 29 November 2022 India Today en 17 February 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220217103921/https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/football/story/surajit-sengupta-former-east-bengal-captain-passes-away-at-70-due-to-covid-19-1914305-2022-02-17 live Details 17 January 1979 15:00 IST East Bengal Mohun Bagan 3–0 * Sengupta 15 Bose 36 Das 86 Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi 20,000 (est.) J. P. Coutinho _EastBengal_12_13_Home _2 gold stripes FFDF00 FFDF00 FF0000 000000 FF0000 East Bengal _collar_buttons_2 234f1e 800000 234f1e ffffff ffffff Mohun Bagan GK IND Bhaskar GangulyLB IND Satyajit MitraCB IND Monoranjan BhattacharyaCB IND Shyamal GhoshRB IND Chinmay ChatterjeeCM IND Prasanta BanerjeeCM IND Samaresh CHowdhury RW IND Surajit Sengupta (c)LW IND Narayanswami Ulaganathan ST IND Mihir BoseST IND Shabbir AliSubstitutes:FW IND Tapan Das Head Coach:IND Arun Ghosh GK IND Shibaji BanerjeeRB IND Sudhir KarmakarCB IND Shyamal BanerjeeCB IND Compton DuttaLB IND Pradip ChowdhuryCM IND Gautam SarkarCM IND Prasun Banerjee (c)RW IND Manas Bhattacharya LW IND Bidesh BoseST IND Shyam Thapa ST IND Mohammed HabibSubstitutes:ST IND Mohammed Akbar ST IND Subhash Bhowmick Head coach:IND P. K. Banerjee Match rules 90 minutes. Replay if scores still level. References External links Durand Cup Finals Category:Durand Cup finals Category:1978–79 in Indian football Category:East Bengal Club matches Category:Mohun Bagan Super Giant matches Category:Football competitions in New Delhi