Santosh Trophy

The Senior National Football Championship or Santosh Trophy[1] is a football knock-out competition contested by the regional state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the sport's governing body in India. Before the starting of the first national club league, the National Football League in 1996, the Santosh Trophy was considered the top domestic championship in India.[2] Many players who have represented India internationally played and gained accolades while playing in the Santosh Trophy.[3] The tournament is held every year with 31 teams who are divided into groups and who must qualify for the tournament proper through the preliminary round.[4] The current champions are Services, who won their 6th title during the 2018–19 edition.

Santosh Trophy
Founded1941 (1941)
RegionIndia
Number of teams31
Current championsServices (6th title)
Most successful team(s)West Bengal (32 titles)
Television broadcastersSportsCast India
Websitehttps://www.the-aiff.com/
2021–22 Santosh Trophy qualification

The tournament was started in 1941 and is named after the then president of the Indian Football Association, West Bengal, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury of Santosh.[2] The IFA were the ones who donated the Santosh Trophy. The runner-up trophy was also donated by an ex-IFA president, S.K. Gupta. The trophy is known as the Kamla Gupta Trophy.[5] The third-place trophy, the Sampangi Cup, was donated by the Karnataka State Football Association (then Mysore Football Association).[5]

History

The Santosh Trophy was started in 1941 after the then president of the Indian Football Association, West Bengal's football association, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh and Sir Satish Chandra Chowdhury donated the trophy.[2] At the time of the first tournament, India lacked a proper main championship for football teams. The other two main competitions at the time were the Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, and the IFA Shield and they were played by club sides.[2] In 1990, in an attempt to bring through more younger players, the All India Football Federation made the Santosh Trophy into an under-23 competition. This move only lasted for three seasons before the tournament was reverted to a senior competition.[2]

During his time as the head coach of India, Bob Houghton called for the tournament to be discontinued and that it was a waste of time and talent.[2] He was more aggressive against the tournament after India striker Sunil Chhetri injured himself in the 2009 Santosh Trophy and had to miss the Nehru Cup.[3] As a result, national team players were not allowed to participate in the tournament. This was also eventually reverted.[2] In 2013 it was revealed that the AIFF decided that I-League players would not be allowed to participate in the Santosh Trophy.[6]

Current teams

The following teams have participated in the tournament and are still states, union territories, or organizations.

Winners

The following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Santosh Trophy[7]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
1941–42KolkataBengal5–1Delhi
1944–45DelhiDelhi2–0Bengal
1945–46BombayBengal2–0Bombay
1946–47BangaloreMysore0–0 (2–1)Bengal
1947–48KolkataBengal0–0 (1–0)Bombay
1949–50KolkataBengal5–0Hyderabad
1950–51KolkataBengal1–0Hyderabad
1951–52BombayBengal1–0Bombay
1952–53BangaloreMysore1–0Bengal
1953–54KolkataBengal0–0 (3–1)Mysore
1954–55MadrasBombay2–1Services
1955–56ErnakulamBengal1–0Mysore
1956–57TrivandrumHyderabad1–1 (4–1)Bombay
1957–58HyderabadHyderabad3–1Bombay
1958–59MadrasBengal1–0Services
1959–60NowgongBengal3–1Bombay
1960–61KozhikodeServices0–0 (1–0)Bengal
1961–62BombayRailways3–0Bombay
1962–63BangaloreBengal2–0Mysore
1963–64MadrasMaharashtra1–0Andhra Pradesh
1964–65GuwahatiRailways2–1Bengal
1965–66KollamAndhra Pradesh1–1 (1–0)Bengal
1966–67HyderabadRailways0–0 (2–0)Services
1967–68CuttackMysore1–0Bengal
1968–69BangaloreMysore0–0 (1–0)Bengal
1969–70NowgongBengal6–1Services
1970–71JalandharPunjab1–1 (3–1)Mysore
1971–72MadrasBengal4–1Railways
1972–73GoaBengal4–1Tamil Nadu
1973–74ErnakulamKerala3–2Railways
1974–75JalandharPunjab6–0Bengal
1975–76KozhikodeBengal0–0 (3–1)Karnataka
1976–77PatnaBengal1–0Maharashtra
1977–78KolkataBengal1–1 (3–1)Punjab
1978–79SrinagarBengal1–0Goa
1979–80CoimbatoreBengal1–0Punjab
1980–81CuttackPunjab0–0 (2–0)Railways
1981–82ThrissurBengal2–0Railways
1982–83Kolkata Bengal and Goa shared the trophy after 0–0 draw
1983–84MadrasGoa1–0Punjab
1984–85KanpurPunjab3–0Maharashtra
1985–86JabalpurPunjab0–0 (4–1 (p))Bengal
1986–87CalcuttaBengal2–1Railways
1987–88KollamPunjab0–0 (5–4 (p))Kerala
1988–89GuwahatiBengal1–1 (4–3 (p))Kerala
1989–90MargaoGoa2–0Kerala
1990–91PalakkadMaharashtra1–0Kerala
1991–92CoimbatoreKerala3–0Goa
1992–93KochiKerala2–0Maharashtra
1993–94CuttackBengal2–2 (5–3 (p))Kerala
1994–95ChennaiBengal2–1Punjab
1995–96MargaoBengal1–0Goa
1996–97JabalpurBengal1–0Goa
1997–98GuwahatiBengal5–1Goa
1998–99ChennaiBengal1–0Goa
1999–00ThrissurMaharashtra3–2Kerala
2001–02MumbaiKerala3–2Goa
2002–03ImphalManipur2–1Kerala
2004–05DelhiKerala3–2Punjab
2005–06KochiGoa3–1Maharashtra
2006–07GurgaonPunjab0–0 (5–3 (p))West Bengal
2007–08SrinagarPunjab1–0Services
2008–09ChennaiGoa0–0 (4–2 (p))West Bengal
2009–10KolkataWest Bengal2–1Punjab
2010–11AssamWest Bengal2–1Manipur
2011–12OdishaServices3–2Tamil Nadu
2012–13KochiServices0–0 (4–3 (p))Kerala
2013–14SiliguriMizoram3–0Railways
2014–15LudhianaServices0–0 (5–4 pen)Punjab
2015–16NagpurServices2–1Maharashtra
2016–17GoaWest Bengal1–0Goa
2017–18KolkataKerala2–2 (4–2 (p))West Bengal
2018–19LudhianaServices1–0Punjab
2021–22

Final appearances
TeamWinsRunners-upLast win
West Bengal (inc. Bengal)32132016–17
Punjab882007–08
Kerala682017–18
Services652018–19
Goa582008–09
Karnataka (inc. Mysore)451968–69
Railways361966–67
Maharashtra (inc. Bombay)4121999–00
Andhra Pradesh (inc. Hyderabad)331965–66
Delhi111944–45
Manipur112002–03
Mizoram102013–14

Player records

References
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