2022 Durand Cup group stage

The 2022 IndianOil Durand Cup group stage was played from 16 August to 5 September 2022.^[1] A total of 20 teams, consisting 11 ISL clubs, 5 I-League clubs and 4 Indian Armed Forces teams, competed in the group stage to decide the 8 places in the knockout stage.^[2]

Format

In the group stage, each group is played on a single round-robin format. The top two teams advance to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:^[3]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Drawing of lots.

Centralised venues

On 11 July, Durand Cup Organising Committee announced that for the first time the tournament would be played across more than one city—3 cities—including Kolkata.^[2] The other two venues were decided to be Imphal and Guwahati.^[2]^[4] The four groups were assigned one centralised venue keeping in mind that at least one of the teams in the group must be based from the host city.

Group A: Kolkata, West Bengal (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kishore Bharati Krirangan)
Group B: Kolkata, West Bengal (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan and Kishore Bharati Krirangan)
Group C: Imphal, Manipur (Khuman Lampak Stadium)
Group D: Guwahati, Assam (Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium)

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MOH	BEN	JAM	GOA	IAF
1	Mohammedan (H)	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	1–1	3–0	3–1	2–0
2	Bengaluru	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	—	2–1	2–2	4–0
3	Jamshedpur	4	2	0	2	4	6	−2	6		—	—	—	1–0	2–1
4	Goa	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4		—	—	—	—	1–0
5	Indian Air Force	4	0	0	4	1	9	−8	0		—	—	—	—	—

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Matches

16 August 2022 (2022-08-16) 1	Mohammedan	3–1	Goa	Kolkata
19.00 IST	Pritam 49' Rahman 84' Davronov 85' Joseph 90+3'	Report	Nemil 34' Viegas 44'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Attendance: 12,857 Referee: C R Srikrishna Man of the Match: Faslu Rahman (Mohammedan)

17 August 2022 (2022-08-17) 2	Jamshedpur	1–2	Bengaluru	Kolkata
14.30 IST	Thakuri 25' Angelo 40' Rishi 61'	Report	Chhetri 23' Mondal 42' 58' Krishna 56' Shrivas 86'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru)

19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) 3	Goa	1–0	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
15.00 IST	Nemil 8'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Lakshay Tushir Man of the Match: Muhammed Nemil (Goa)

21 August 2022 (2022-08-21) 4	Mohammedan	3–0	Jamshedpur	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Rahman 38' Abhishek 71' Faiaz 74'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Sairuat Kima (Mohammedan)

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23) 5	Bengaluru	4–0	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Krishna 9' Songliansiam 23' (o.g.) Ramires 61' Ali 71' Narayanan 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Surojit Das Man of the Match: Roy Krishna (Bengaluru)

26 August 2022 (2022-08-26) 6	Jamshedpur	1–0	Goa	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Poojary 45+2' Hijam 56' Tapan 84'	Report	Lalremruata 90'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: C R Srikrishna Man of the Match: Tapan Halder (Jamshedpur)

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 7	Mohammedan	2–0	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
15.00 IST	N'Diaye 33' Abhishek 65' Davronov 79' Pritam 83' Paswan 87' 87' Joseph 90+5'	Report	Jerone 7'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Abhash Thapa (Mohammedan)

30 August 2022 (2022-08-30) 8	Bengaluru	2–2	Goa	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Ramires 9' Chhetri 24' Narayanan 26' Udanta 56'	Report	Buam 53' Rebello 64'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Phrangki Buam (Goa)

1 September 2022 (2022-09-01) 9	Jamshedpur	2–1	Indian Air Force	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Thakuri 26' Bist 65' Lalruatmawia 84'	Report	Danish 19' Somananda 39'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Surojit Das Man of the Match: Lalruatmawia (Jamshedpur)

2 September 2022 (2022-09-02) 10	Mohammedan	1–1	Bengaluru	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Pritam 13' 24' Vanlalzuidika 27' Halder 60' 73' Ambekar 61' N'Diaye 90+2'	Report	Suresh 34' Kumar 66' Narayanan 90+1'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: C R Srikrishna Man of the Match: Shaher Shaheen (Mohammedan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	RUN	AMB	EAB	INA
1	Mumbai City	4	2	1	1	13	7	+6	7^[a]	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	5–1	—	—	4–1
2	Rajasthan United	4	2	1	1	6	7	−1	7^[a]	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	—	—	—	2–0
3	ATK Mohun Bagan (H)	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7^[a]		1–1	2–3	—	—	2–0
4	East Bengal (H)	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		4–3	0–0	0–1	—	0–0
5	Indian Navy	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7	1		—	—	—	—	—

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Mumbai City 4, Rajasthan United 3, Mohun Bagan 1.

Matches

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18) 1	Mumbai City	4–1	Indian Navy	Kolkata
15.00 IST	Vikram 45+4' Stewart 65' (p) Griffiths 88' Chhangte 89', 90+1'	Report	Sreyas 40' Mattummal 43'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Senthil Nathan Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Mumbai City)

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) 2	ATK Mohun Bagan	2–3	Rajasthan United	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Hnamte 41' Nassiri 43' Kuruniyan 46' Rathi 56'	Report	Amangeldiev 45+1' Fanai 61' Nikum 90+5' 90+5'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Niraj Kumar (Rajasthan United)

22 August 2022 (2022-08-22) 3	East Bengal	0–0	Indian Navy	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Mukherjee 62'	Report	Mahata 60'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Lakshay Tushir Man of the Match: Harikrishna AU (Indian Navy)

24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) 4	ATK Mohun Bagan	1–1	Mumbai City	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Colaco 40' Boumous 61'	Report	Ranawade 37' Jahouh 61' Díaz 77'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Liston Colaco (Mohun Bagan)

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) 5	East Bengal	0–0	Rajasthan United	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Lima 59' González 79' Rahman 90+5'	Report	Mambetaliev 13' Amangeldiev 53'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Melroy Melwin Assisi (Rajasthan United)

28 August 2022 (2022-08-28) 6	East Bengal	0–1	ATK Mohun Bagan	Kolkata
18:00 IST	González 90+1'	Report	Boumous 39' McHugh 44' Passi 45+2' (o.g.) Rai 47' Manvir 79'	Stadium: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Referee: C R Srikrishna Man of the Match: Carl McHugh (Mohun Bagan)

29 August 2022 (2022-08-29) 7	Mumbai City	5–1	Rajasthan United	Kolkata
15.00 IST	Stewart 10' Chhangte 18' Mehtab 36' 84' Jahouh 63' Stalin 69' Vikram 90+2'	Report	Assisi 48' Nikum 67' Atriss 83'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Ahmed Jahouh (Mumbai City)

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) 8	ATK Mohun Bagan	2–0	Indian Navy	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Rodrigues 18' Nassiri 28' Tangri 39' Rana 68' Suryavanshi 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Lakshay Tushir Man of the Match: Lenny Rodrigues (ATK Mohun Bagan)

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 9	East Bengal	4–3	Mumbai City	Kolkata
18.00 IST	Passi 17', 34' Silva 22', 81' Chakrabarti 45' Singh 60'	Report	Stewart 27' 7' Gill 7' Chhangte 36', 43' Bipin 58' Nawaz 87' Noguera 90'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (East Bengal)

5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) 10	Rajasthan United	2–0	Indian Navy	Kolkata
15.00 IST	Atriss 73' Barboza 89' 89'	Report	Thapa 59'	Stadium: Kishore Bharati Krirangan Referee: Lakshay Tushir Man of the Match: Martín Cháves (Rajasthan United)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HYD	CHE	ARR	NER	TRA
1	Hyderabad	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	3–1	—	—	—
2	Chennaiyin	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	—	2–2	—	—
3	Army Red	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5		1–0	—	—	0–0	—
4	NEROCA (H)	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	4		0–3	0–2	—	—	3–1
5	TRAU (H)	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3		0–2	1–4	2–1	—	—

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Matches

18 August 2022 (2022-08-18) 1	NEROCA	3–1	TRAU	Imphal
18.00 IST	Ragui 16' Shimray 36' Chidi 50' James 71'	Report	Tursunov 19' Samte 35'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Naorem Tondomba Singh (NEROCA)

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20) 2	Chennaiyin	2–2	Army Red	Imphal
15.00 IST	Düker 89' Vanspaul 90+4'	Report	Khongsai 54' Shil 90+6' 90+7'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Suresh Meitei (Army Red)

22 August 2022 (2022-08-22) 3	TRAU	0–2	Hyderabad	Imphal
15.00 IST	Singh 60' Johnson 67'	Report	D'Silva 9' Jongte 11' Narzary 27' Herrera 53' Sana 55'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Hitesh Sharma (Hyderabad)

24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) 4	Army Red	0–0	NEROCA	Imphal
15.00 IST	Sunil 17' Shafeel 68'	Report		Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Soram Poirei (NEROCA)

26 August 2022 (2022-08-26) 5	Hyderabad	3–1	Chennaiyin	Imphal
15.00 IST	Yasir 39' Victor 56' (p) Ogbeche 64', 74'	Report	Bag 35' Thapa 42' Diagne 54'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: João Victor (Hyderabad)

28 August 2022 (2022-08-28) 6	TRAU	2–1	Army Red	Imphal
15.00 IST	Bodo 81' Milan 90' Joysana 90+2'	Report	Shil 35' Kamei 58'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Baoringdao Bodo (TRAU)

30 August 2022 (2022-08-30) 7	NEROCA	0–3	Hyderabad	Imphal
15.00 IST		Report	Chianese 3' Ogbeche 17', 82'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Aditya Purkayastha Man of the Match: Hitesh Sharma (Hyderabad)

1 September 2022 (2022-09-01) 8	TRAU	1–4	Chennaiyin	Imphal
18.00 IST	Roshan 24' Salam 36' 36' Tursunov 45' (p)	Report	Slišković 1', 55' Karikari 19' (p) Hakhamaneshi 51'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Rowan Arumughan Man of the Match: Julius Düker (Chennaiyin)

3 September 2022 (2022-09-03) 9	Army Red	1–0	Hyderabad	Imphal
15.00 IST	Meitei 33' Sunil 37'	Report	Mohammed 32' Victor 90+10'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Bhabindra Malla Thakuri (Army Red)

5 September 2022 (2022-09-05) 10	NEROCA	0–2	Chennaiyin	Imphal
18.00 IST	Reamsochung 37' Rakesh 70' Simbo 77'	Report	Thapa 15' Hakhamaneshi 71'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ODI	KER	ARG	NEU	SDE
1	Odisha	4	4	0	0	11	0	+11	12	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	2–0	—	6–0	3–0
2	Kerala Blasters	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7	Qualify for the Knockout stage	—	—	2–0	—	—
3	Army Green	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4		0–1	—	—	—	0–0
4	NorthEast United (H)	4	1	0	3	3	12	−9	3		0–6	0–3	1–3	—	2–0
5	Sudeva Delhi	4	0	2	2	1	6	−5	2		—	1–1	—	—	—

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Matches

17 August 2022 (2022-08-17) 1	NorthEast United	0–6	Odisha	Guwahati
17.30 IST		Report	Jerry 14', 38' Sekar 26' Panwar 34' Isak 81' Maurício 88' Thoiba 90+1'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Jerry Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

19 August 2022 (2022-08-19) 2	Sudeva Delhi	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
18.00 IST	Kuki 45' 79' Bhat 85'	Report	Krishna 37' Ajsal 42' Jasim 70'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Priyobarta Singh Man of the Match: Mangku Kuki (Sudeva Delhi)

21 August 2022 (2022-08-21) 3	NorthEast United	1–3	Army Green	Guwahati
15.00 IST	Mirdha 90+1'	Report	Lallawmkima 9', 55' 45+3' Kothari 24' Varghese 46'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: PC Lallawmkima (Army Green)

23 August 2022 (2022-08-23) 4	Odisha	2–0	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
15.00 IST	Isaac 51' Saúl 74'	Report	Azhar 66'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ashwin Kanojiya Man of the Match: Thoiba Singh (Odisha)

25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) 5	Army Green	0–0	Sudeva Delhi	Guwahati
15.00 IST		Report	Lawmnasangzuala 68' Bhat 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Priyobarta Singh Man of the Match: Oinam Gautham Singh (Army Green)

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27) 6	NorthEast United	0–3	Kerala Blasters	Guwahati
18.00 IST	Boro 35' Gogoi 62'	Report	Aimen 28', 90' Ajsal 55' Kankonkar 66' Gigi 81'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Mohammed Aimen (Kerala Blasters)

29 August 2022 (2022-08-29) 7	Odisha	3–0	Sudeva Delhi	Guwahati
18.00 IST	Saúl 19', 38' Jerry 40' Thoiba 71'	Report	Darjee 18' Nurain 80'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Dipu Roy Man of the Match: Saúl Crespo (Odisha)

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31) 8	Kerala Blasters	2–0	Army Green	Guwahati
15.00 IST	Aimen 25' Das 45+3' Mohanan 81'	Report	Chhetri 17' Lallawmkima 41'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Priyobarta Singh Man of the Match: Mohammed Aimen

2 September 2022 (2022-09-02) 9	NorthEast United	2–0	Sudeva Delhi	Guwahati
15.00 IST	Boro 31' Mirdha 64' Nigam 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ashwin Mohanlal Kanojiya Man of the Match: Dipu Mirdha (NorthEast United)

4 September 2022 (2022-09-04) 10	Army Green	0–1	Odisha	Guwahati
18.00 IST	Nitin 45+1'	Report	Martín 83'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Raynier Fernandes (Odisha)

References

^ "Durand Cup 2022: Fixtures, Scores, Results, Tables, & Top Scorers". Goal. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sharma, Amitabh Das (13 August 2022). "Durand Cup 2022: More teams, multi-city format". The Hindu. Sportstar. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ Hoover, Mark. "Durand Cup 2022: Schedule, Results, Teams, Groups, Points Table, Telecast & Live Streaming Info". My Khel. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
^ Chatterjee, Triyasha. "Durand Cup 2022: Fixtures, Important clashes to watch out". The Bridge. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[table_hth_AMB0.9366405242759-5] Head-to-head points: Mumbai City 4, Rajasthan United 3, Mohun Bagan 1.

[1] "Durand Cup 2022: Fixtures, Scores, Results, Tables, & Top Scorers". Goal. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[:0-2] Sharma, Amitabh Das (13 August 2022). "Durand Cup 2022: More teams, multi-city format". The Hindu. Sportstar. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[3] Hoover, Mark. "Durand Cup 2022: Schedule, Results, Teams, Groups, Points Table, Telecast & Live Streaming Info". My Khel. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

[4] Chatterjee, Triyasha. "Durand Cup 2022: Fixtures, Important clashes to watch out". The Bridge. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

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