North East United FC Wins 134th Durand Cup 2025

On August 23, 2025, North East United FC achieved a brilliant 6-1 victory over Diamond Harbour FC in the final of the Durand Cup Trophy in Kolkata. North East United FC won the 134th edition of the Durand Cup.

• North East United FC retained the Durand Cup Trophy. In the final held in Kolkata on August 23, 2025, the defending champion achieved a brilliant 6-1 victory over Diamond Harbour FC at Kolkata’s Yuva Bharati Krirangan.
• Goals from Parthib Gogoi and Asheer Akhtar gave the defending champions a 2-0 lead by halftime. Alauddin Ajaray, Andy, Thoi Singh and Jairo Samperio scored the other goals for the winners.
• On July 4, 2025, President Droupadi Murmu unveiled and hoisted the three trophies awarded to the winners of the Durand Cup — the Durand Cup, the Shimla Trophy, and the President’s Cup — at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Host State

• The 134th edition of the Durand Cup was hosted by five states — West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, and Manipur from July 23 to August 23, 2025 at six venues. This is the first time that the Durand Cup was organized in five states of India.
• After independence, the responsibility of organizing the Durand Cup, which began in 1888, was handed over to the Indian Army.

Tournament Venue

• Until 2013, this tournament was held in Delhi and from 2014 to 2018 in Goa.
• Since 2019, the Durand Cup has been organized in Kolkata and other northeastern states. Since 2019, the Durand Cup has been organized under the aegis of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) by the Eastern Command of the Indian Army.

Major Trophies

• Durand Cup - the original trophy, which is a rolling trophy (not kept permanently by the winner but given to the next winner each year).
• Shimla Trophy - presented by the people of Shimla in 1904.
• President’s Cup - instituted in 1956 by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

Facts related to the Durand Cup

• The Durand Cup is named after Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India.
• The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is named after him as the Durand Line.
• The first Indian club to win the Durand Cup - Mohammedan Sporting in 1940.
• Most successful team - Mohun Bagan Super Giant, 17 titles.
• East Bengal has won it 16 times.
• The last Armed Forces team to win the cup - Army Green in 2016.
• The last I-League team to win the cup - Gokulam Kerala in 2019.
• Winner of the 133rd edition - NorthEast United FC