1970–71 Durand Cup final
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{{Infobox football match
| title = 1970–71 Durand Cup Final
| image =
| caption =
| event = 1970–71 Durand Cup
| team1 = East Bengal
| team2 = Mohun Bagan
| details =
| team1score = 2
| team2score = 0
| date = 4 February 1971
| stadium = Corporation Stadium
| referee = Trilok Lao
| attendance = 15,000 (estd.)
| weather =
| previous = 1969
| next = 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.{{cite web|first=Neil|last=Morrison|date=11 October 2022|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html|title=India - List of Durand Cup Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=25 November 2022}}
Route to the final
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan="2"| East Bengal
!Round !colspan="2"| Mohun Bagan |
|---|
| style="background:#C1E0FF"
|Opponent |colspan="1"|Result |Round |Opponent |colspan="1"|Result |
| style="text-align:left"|bye
|colspan="1"|– |style="background:#C1E0FF"|First Round |style="text-align:left"|Mordernities |colspan="1"|5–0 |
| style="text-align:left"|Rajasthan Armed Constabulary
|colspan="1"|3–2 |style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second Round |style="text-align:left"|LRDI Bengaluru |colspan="1"|2–1 |
| style="text-align:left"|Sikh Regimental Centre
|colspan="1"|4–2 |style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter–Final |style="text-align:left"|Madras Regimental Centre |colspan="1"|2–1 |
| style="text-align:left"|Mafatlal
|colspan="1"|0–0; 1–0 |style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi–Final |style="text-align:left"|Mohammedan Sporting |colspan="1"|1–1; 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.{{cite news |date=5 February 1971 |title= ইস্টবেঙ্গলের ডুরান্ড বিজয় |trans-title=East Bengal are the champions of the Durand Cup |language=bn |work=Jugantor }}{{cite web|first=Ritabrata |last=Banerjee |date=7 April 2020|url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/indian-football-down-the-memory-lane-east-bengal-golden-era-1970/sm5c7t807v011wmkp5wjj6zvs|title=Indian Football: Down the memory lane - East Bengal’s ‘Golden era’ of 1970s|work=Goal|accessdate=28 November 2022}}
=Details=
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|date=4 February 1971
|time=15:00 IST
|team1=East Bengal
|report=
|team2=Mohun Bagan
|score= 2–0
|goals1=* Habib {{goal|10||55}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Corporation Stadium, New Delhi
|attendance=15,000 (est.)
|referee=Trilok Lao}}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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| width="100%"
|valign="top" width="40%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"| | ||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |
|---|---|---|
| GK | {{flagicon|IND}} Kanai Sarkar | |
| RB | {{flagicon|IND}} Sudhir Karmakar | |
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Shanto Mitra (c) | |
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Syed Nayeemuddin | |
| LB | {{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Bhattacharya | |
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Prasanta Sinha | |
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Kajal Mukherjee | |
| FW | {{flagicon|IND}} Swapan Sengupta | |
| FW | {{flagicon|IND}} Mohammed Habib | |
| FW | {{flagicon|IND}} Ashok Chatterjee | |
| FW | {{flagicon|IND}} Shyam Thapa | |
| colspan=4|Coach: | ||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Mohammed Hussain |
|valign="top"|
|valign="top" width="50%"|
| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
|colspan="4"| | |||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | {{flagicon|IND}} Balai Dey | ||
| RB | {{flagicon|IND}} Chandreshwar Prasad | ||
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Bhabani Ray | ||
| CB | {{flagicon|IND}} Kalon Saha | ||
| LB | {{flagicon|IND}} Shankar Sarkar | ||
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Shyamsundar Manna | ||
| CM | {{flagicon|IND}} Priyalal Mazumdar | ||
| FW | {{flagicon|IND}} Mohabir Prasad | {{suboff |
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar (c)
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Subhash Bhowmick
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Pranab Ganguly || {{suboff|}}
|-
|colspan=4|Substitutes:
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Debi Dutta || {{subon|}}
|-
|FW || ||{{flagicon|IND}} Chandan Gupta || {{subon|}}
|-
|colspan=4|Coach:
|-
|colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IND}} Arun Ghosh
|}
|}
| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top;"| Match rules
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References
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External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html Durand Cup Finals]
{{Durand Cup}}
{{East Bengal Club}}
Category:1970–71 in Indian football
Category:East Bengal Club matches
Category:Football competitions in New Delhi
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