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2002–03 Durand Cup Final
Event2002–03 Durand Cup
East Bengal Army XI
3 0
Date10 January 2003
VenueAmbedkar Stadium, Delhi
Man of the MatchTushar Rakshit
Attendance10,000 (approx.)
← 2001–02 2003 →

The 2002–03 Durand Cup Final was the 115th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giant East Bengal and Army XI on 10 January 2003 at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi.

East Bengal won the final 3–0 to claim their 15th Durand Cup title. Mike Okoro, Kalia Kulothungan and Douglas Silva scored three goals in the second half as East Bengal won the title.

Route to the final

See also: IFA Shield

East Bengal

Date Round Opposition Score
4 January 2003 Group Stage Air India 4–0
6 January 2003 Group Stage MEG 0–1
8 January 2003 Semi Final Salgaocar 1–0

East Bengal entered the 2002–03 Durand Cup as one of the National Football League teams. They were allocated into Group B alongside MEG FC and Air India. In the opening game East Bengal defeated Air India 4–0. Mike Okoro scored a brace, Sashti Duley scored one and Osberne D'Souza scored an own-goal. In the second game, East Bengal suffered a 0–1 defeat to MEG, Bangalore as Ajith Kumar scored the only goal of the game. East Bengal still topped the group with a better goal difference and progressed into the last four. In the semi-final, East Bengal defeated Salgaocar 1–0 courtesy of a solitary strike by Mike Okoro as East Bengal reached the final.

Army XI

Date Round Opposition Score
1 January 2003 Group Stage Indian Telephone Industries 2–2
3 January 2003 Group Stage Vasco 1–0
7 January 2003 Semi Final Mohammedan Sporting 1–1 (5–3 pen)

Army XI entered the 2002–03 Durand Cup as one of the regimental teams and were allocated into Group C alongside Vasco and Indian Telephone Industries. In the opening game, Army XI drew 2–2 with Indian Telephone Industries. Raghu Kumar and Johny Gangmei scored for Army XI while Ibrahim Karim and Ignatious (own-goal) scored for ITI. In the second game, Army XI defeated Vasco 1–0 as Bikash Gurung scored the only goal and Army reached the last four In the semi-final, Army XI defeated Mohammedan Sporting 5–3 in the penalty shootout after the game ended 1–1 after added extra time to reach the final for the first time. Saroj Gurung equalised for Army in the injury time for Army XI after Dipendu Biswas had scored for Mohammedan Sporting.

Match

Details

East Bengal3–0Army XI
Mike Okoro 67'
Kalia Kulothungan 72'
Douglas Silva 77'		 Report
Ambedkar Stadium, DelhiAttendance: 10,000 (est.)Referee: Binod Kumar Singh (Bihar)
East Bengal Army XI
GK India VP Satish Kumar
RB India Surya Bikash Chakraborty
CB India Arun Malhotra
CB India Subashish Roy Chowdhury
LB India Y. Raju Singh
RM India Shylo Malsawmtluanga
CM India Chandan Das (c) downward-facing red arrow 65'
CM Brazil Douglas Silva
LM India Sasthi Duley
ST India Trijit Das downward-facing red arrow 36'
ST Nigeria Mike Okoro
Substitutes:
ST India Kaustav Ghosh upward-facing green arrow 36' downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM India Tushar Rakshit upward-facing green arrow 65'
ST India Kalia Kulothungan upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
India Subhash Bhowmick
GK India Abungobi Singh
RB India S. Ramesh
CB India S. Ignatius
CB India L. Angan Sangai
LB India Johnny Gangmei
LM India Saroj Gurung
CM India Irudayaraj
CM India Bikash Gurung (c)
RM India Preetam Bahadur
ST India Raghu Kumar
ST India Pradip Debnath
Manager:
India Tushar Kanti Majumdar

Hero of the Match:
Tushar Rakshit (East Bengal)

Match rules

See also

References

  1. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "115th "Pepsi" Durand Cup 2002/03". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "115th "Pepsi" Durand Cup 2002/03". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. Kapadia, Novy (11 January 2003). "East Bengal destroy Army in nine-minute blitz - durand cup l Tushar Rakshit turns saviour as Calcutta giants romp to15th title". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. "East Bengal win Durand Cup for 15th time". Rediff. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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