Durand Cup is one of the oldest football tournament in India and the third oldest football tournament in the whole world after the English FA-Cup and the Scottish FA-Cup.

The Durand Cup football tournament started in Shimla in the year 1898. India`s foreign secretary Sir Mortimer Durand initiated this tournament. Royal Scots Fusiliers walked away with the champion`s trophy in the inaugural Durand cup tournament by defeating highland Light infantry by 2-1.

Since Independence Mohun Bagan Club has achieved the honor of owning the cup for highest times. Mohun Bagan won sixteen times while East Bengal became the champion for fifteen times. The Durand Cup tournament is hosted by the army and is held at the Ambedkar stadium in Delhi. Durand Cup was won mostly the teams of Calcutta (Mohun Bagan and East Bengal) or Punjab (Border Security Force and JCT Mills). In the year 1997 FC Kochin fronm the South won. In 1998 and 2002,a team from Mumbai (Mahindra and Mahindra) and Mahindra United won the title, while in the year 1999 and 2003 Goan team Salgaocar won the trophy twice. In 2006 Goa`s Dempo S.C , beat JCT 2-0 in the finals.

Durand Cup has recently lost its glory due to the lack of coordination between the Army and the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Still it attracts a huge crowd.