1970–71 Durand Cup final

November 2022 1970–71 Durand Cup final 1970–71 Durand Cup East Bengal Mohun Bagan 2 0 4 February 1971 Corporation Stadium New Delhi, India Trilok Lao 15,000 (estd.) 1969 1971 The 1970–71 Durand Cup final was the 66th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 4 February 1971 at the Corporation Stadium in New Delhi. East Bengal won the final 2–0 to claim their 6th Durand Cup title. Mohammed Habib scored both the goals in the final as East Bengal lifted their sixth 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 BaganOpponentResultRoundOpponentResultbye–First roundModernities5–0Rajasthan Armed Constabulary3–2Second roundLRDI Bengaluru2–1Sikh Regimental Centre4–2Quarter-finalMadras Regimental Centre2–1Mafatlal 0–0; 1–0Semi-finalMohammedan Sporting1–1; 3–0 Match Summary The Durand Cup final began at the Corporation Stadium in New Delhi on 4 February 1971 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 eighth Durand Cup final after defeating Mafatlal 1–0 in the semi-final, having won the tournament five times previously in 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1967. Mohun Bagan reached their ninth Durand Cup final after they defeated another Kolkata giant Mohammedan Sporting 3–0 in the semi-final, having won the tournament six times previously in 1953, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, and 1965. - East Bengal started the game with a positive intent and made multiple attacks at the Mohun Bagan goal and took the lead in the tenth minute when Ashok Chatterjee found Mohammed Habib open inside the box and the latter made no error to make it 1–0. East Bengal kept on attacking in the first half however, failed to increase their lead as the teams went onto halftime break. The second half began in the same way like the first and East Bengal doubled their lead in just ten minutes of the half when Mohammed Habib once again scored with a brilliant header from a cross by Swapan Sengupta to make it 2–0. East Bengal defence led by Sudhir Karmakar, Syed Nayeemuddin, Sunil Bhattacharya and Santo Mitra managed to hold onto the lead as East Bengal lifted their sixth Durand Cup title.5 February 1971 ইস্টবেঙ্গলের ডুরান্ড বিজয় East Bengal are the champions of the Durand Cup bn Jugantor Ritabrata Banerjee 7 April 2020 https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era-1970/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal’s ‘Golden era’ of 1970s Goal 28 November 2022 Details 4 February 1971 15:00 IST East Bengal Mohun Bagan 2–0 * Habib 10 55 Corporation Stadium, New Delhi 15,000 (est.) Trilok Lao _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 Kanai SarkarRB IND Sudhir KarmakarCB IND Shanto Mitra (c)CB IND Syed NayeemuddinLB IND Sunil BhattacharyaCM IND Prasanta SinhaCM IND Kajal Mukherjee FW IND Swapan SenguptaFW IND Mohammed HabibFW IND Ashok ChatterjeeFW IND Shyam ThapaCoach:IND Mohammed Hussain GK IND Balai DeyRB IND Chandreshwar PrasadCB IND Bhabani RayCB IND Kalon SahaLB IND Shankar SarkarCM IND Shyamsundar MannaCM IND Priyalal MazumdarFW IND Mohabir Prasad FW IND Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar (c)FW IND Subhash BhowmickFW IND Pranab Ganguly Substitutes:FW IND Debi Dutta FW IND Chandan Gupta Coach:IND Arun Ghosh Match rules 90 minutes. Replay if scores still level. References External links Durand Cup Finals Category:Durand Cup finals Category:1970–71 in Indian football Category:East Bengal Club matches Category:Football competitions in New Delhi