Kerala Blasters announces team for Durand Cup

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Adrian Luna of Kerala Blasters FC. File

Adrian Luna, who missed a major part of the last ISL season with a knee injury, figures in the Kerala Blasters team for the Durand Cup in Kolkata.

Grouped with CISF Protectors FT, Punjab FC, and Mumbai City FC, Blasters will kick off their campaign against Mumbai City on Thursday.

Forward Jaushua Sotirio and midfielder Vibin Mohanan, who suffered minor knocks during the team’s recent pre-season training in Thailand, are in rehab while defender Prabir Das returned home due to personal reasons.

Goalkeeper Sachin Suresh, who had been undergoing rehab in Kochi, has rejoined the team in Kolkata. Defender Alexandre Coeff, the team’s new signing, is expected to join the side next week.

Blasters players will wear black armbands during their opening group fixture to express solidarity with those affected by the natural calamity in Wayanad.

The team

Goalkeepers: Sachin Suresh, Nora Fernandes, Som Kumar, Mohammed Arbaz.

Defenders: Milos Drincic, Sandeep Singh, Hormipam Ruivah, Pritam Kotal, Alexandre Coeff, Aiban Dohling, Muhammed Saheef, Naocha Singh.

Midfielders: Adrian Luna, Freddy Lallawmawma, Vibin Mohanan, Danish Farooq, Mohammed Azhar, Yoihenba Meitei, Sagolsem Bikash Singh, Saurav Mandal, Bryce Miranda, Rentlei Lalthanmawia.

Forwards: Noah Sadaoui, Kwame Peprah, Rahul Kannoly Praveen, Ishan Pandita, Mohammed Aimen, M.S. Sreekuttan, Muhammed Ajsal.

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Durand Cup: ISL champion Mohun Bagan SG to lead the challenge in as the season opener of Indian football

admin — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 02:32:12 +0000

Lt. General RC Srikanth, VSM, Chief of Staff, HQ Eastern Command, Chairman Durand Cup Organising Committee, Aroop Biswas, West Bengal Minister of Youth Services & Sports, and other officials unveiled the trophy of 133rd Edition of Durand Cup 2024 during the press conference in Kolkata.
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Defending champion Mohun Bagan Super Giant will lead the challenge as 24 teams brace themselves to win the 133rd edition of Durand Cup, the first competition of Indian football’s new season.

Mohun Bagan SG, which is also the holder of the Indian Super League shield title, will be facing the Srinagar-based club Downtown Heroes FC, which plays in I-League Division 2, in the opening group A league match at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday.

The competition format has 24 teams divided into six groups of four teams each. The groups include teams from the ISL, I-League, and the Services teams of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Kolkata will host the matches of Groups A, B, and C, while Jamshedpur will host Group D matches. Kokrajhar and Shillong will host the Group E and F league matches respectively.

The 36-match group league stage will conclude with the Kolkata derby featuring two of the Mohun Bagan SG and East Bengal FC — oldest teams in the continent — on August 18.

All six group toppers and two best second-placed teams will progress to the quarterfinals (knock-out stage). The quarterfinals are slated to start on August 21 and will be held in Jamshedpur, Kokrajhar apart from Kolkata, which will have two matches. Kolkata will host both the semifinals and the final, which will be held on August 31.

The Groups

Group A (Kolkata): Mohun Bagan SG, East Bengal FC, Indian Air Force, Downtown Heroes FC.

Group B (Kolkata): Bengaluru FC, Inter Kashi FC, Indian Navy, Mohammedan SC.

Group C (Kolkata): Kerala Blasters FC, Mumbai City FC, Punjab FC, CISF Protectors.

Group D (Jamshedpur): Jamshedpur FC, Chennaiyin FC, Indian Army, Bangladesh Army.

Group E (Kokrajhar): Odisha FC, NorthEast United FC, Bodoland FC, BSF FT.

Group F (Shillong): FC Goa, Hyderabad FC, Shillong Lajong FC, Tribhuvan Army FC (Nepal).

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Kerala Blasters announces team for Durand Cup

The team

Durand Cup: ISL champion Mohun Bagan SG to lead the challenge in as the season opener of Indian football

The Groups