East Bengal and Mohun Bagan have met 408 times since 1925, which is the most number of derby encounters in Asian football. East Bengal holds the overall head-to-head record with 144 wins against 134 won by Mohun Bagan and 130 matches ended in stalemate.
Their most recent encounter, a late equaliser in a tense 1-1 draw on 17 May 2026, saw both goals in the final five minutes. Here, we take a look at the two teams’ entire record (they met twice in the Durand Cup) in this article especially their historic clashes in the Durand Cup.
East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan Head to Head Record
Across every competition, including exhibition fixtures and testimonials, the two sides have met 408 times. Strip away the friendlies, and the competitive record narrows slightly but still favours East Bengal.
| Category | Matches | East Bengal Wins | Mohun Bagan Wins | Draws |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All matches (including exhibition) | 408 | 144 | 134 | 130 |
| Competitive matches only | 381 | 138 | 123 | 120 |
Bhaichung Bhutia remains the derby’s all time top scorer with 19 goals, a tally built across multiple competitions and still unmatched despite the fixture producing stars from both sides of the divide over the decades.
East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan Competition by Competition Breakdown
The rivalry has been fought across close to thirty different competitions since the 1920s, but a handful of tournaments account for the overwhelming majority of meetings.
| Competition | Matches | East Bengal Wins | Mohun Bagan Wins | Draws |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calcutta Football League | 163 | 56 | 47 | 60 |
| IFA Shield | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 |
| NFL / I-League | 45 | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Federation Cup / Super Cup | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 |
| Durand Cup | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 |
| Rovers Cup | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Indian Super League | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
A clear pattern shows up here. East Bengal’s overall lead is built on decades of strength in the Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield, the two competitions where this rivalry was forged long before the Indian Super League existed.
Mohun Bagan have flipped that script completely in the professional era, winning nine of eleven ISL derbies without a single defeat.
The two draws in that column, including the most recent one, suggest East Bengal have at least started finding ways to avoid defeat when the derby matters most for the modern title race.
East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan Durand Cup Head to Head
The Durand Cup is Asia’s oldest football tournament, founded in 1888 by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, then the foreign secretary of British India, and it has hosted this rivalry since long before either the I-League or the ISL came into existence.
Overall, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan have met 23 times in the competition, with East Bengal winning 10, Mohun Bagan winning 8, and five matches finishing level.
| Category | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Durand Cup meetings | 23 |
| East Bengal wins | 10 |
| Mohun Bagan wins | 8 |
| Draws | 5 |
In terms of overall Durand Cup titles won by each club, Mohun Bagan hold a narrow edge with 17 trophies to East Bengal’s 16, making it one of the most tightly contested honours between the two sides across their entire history.
Recent Durand Cup derbies have generally favoured Mohun Bagan, though East Bengal ended that sequence with a win in 2025.
| Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2025 | East Bengal | 2-1 | Mohun Bagan | Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
| 18 August 2024 | Mohun Bagan | Result unclear in available records | East Bengal | Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
| 3 September 2023 | East Bengal | 0-1 | Mohun Bagan | Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
| 12 August 2023 | Mohun Bagan | 0-1 | East Bengal | Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan |
| 28 August 2022 | East Bengal | 0-1 | Mohun Bagan | Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan |
One of the most memorable Durand Cup derbies came on 5 January 1975, when Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal 1-0 in the semi-final in Delhi. The victory ended East Bengal’s 1,932-day unbeaten run in the Kolkata Derby, a streak that had lasted nearly five and a half years since September 1969.
Records That Define the Rivalry
- Most wins overall: East Bengal, with 144 victories across 408 meetings
- All time top scorer: Bhaichung Bhutia, with 19 derby goals
- Largest victory: East Bengal 5-0 Mohun Bagan, IFA Shield Final, 30 September 1975
- Highest scoring derby: Mohun Bagan 5-3 East Bengal, I-League, 25 October 2009, with Chidi Edeh scoring four goals for the Mariners
- Longest winning streak: Mohun Bagan, with eight consecutive derby wins between 2019 and 2023, a run that included one Durand Cup win, one I-League win, and six ISL wins
East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan Recent Meetings and Current Form
The last six derbies, across every competition, show just how tightly this fixture is currently balanced.
| Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 May 2026 | Mohun Bagan | 1-1 | East Bengal | ISL |
| 31 October 2025 | Mohun Bagan | 0-0 | East Bengal | Super Cup |
| 18 October 2025 | East Bengal | 1-1 (Mohun Bagan won 5-4 on penalties) | Mohun Bagan | IFA Shield |
| 17 August 2025 | East Bengal | 2-1 | Mohun Bagan | Durand Cup |
| 26 July 2025 | East Bengal | 3-2 | Mohun Bagan | Calcutta Football League |
| 11 January 2025 | Mohun Bagan | 1-0 | East Bengal | ISL |
Four of the last six meetings have been decided by a single goal or gone to penalties, and none of the last three has ended in a win by more than one goal. That kind of tightness was unthinkable during Mohun Bagan’s eight match winning run between 2019 and 2023, and it signals a rivalry that has genuinely levelled out again.
Conclusion: East Bengal Leads the rivalry by 144 wins that of Mohun Bagans 134
The all time record still belongs to East Bengal, built over a century of Calcutta Football League and IFA Shield contests, but the modern picture tells a different story.
Mohun Bagan’s grip on the ISL era and their recent Durand Cup form kept them ahead through most of the 2020s, yet the last two derbies, a Super Cup goalless draw and a title-deciding ISL stalemate, show East Bengal closing the gap when it matters.
With both clubs continuing to meet at least three times a season across the ISL, Durand Cup, and Calcutta Football League, the head to head record will keep shifting, and the next Boro Match is never far away.
