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Santosh Trophy is an annual Indian football tournament which is contested by states and government institutions. The first winners were Bengal, who lead the all-time winners list with 31 titles till date.
The tournament first began in 1941, and was the premier football competition in the country before the National Football League started in the year 1996. The trophy as named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, which is now in Bangladesh, who had been the President of the Indian Football Association, the football organisation of Bengal and the donators of the trophy.
The runners-up trophy, Kamla Gupta Trophy, was donated by the IFA. The third place teams receive the Sampangi Cup which was presented by the Mysore Football Association (now KSFA) in 1952 ,in the memory of Sampangi ,a renowned footballer from Mysore.
Best Performances:
Bengal: 31 time Winners, 12 time Runners up.Bengal has won the Santosh Trophy thrice in a row between 1949-51; five years in a row between 1975 -79 and six years in a row between 1993-1999.
Punjab: 8 time Winners, 5 time Runners up.
Kerala: 5 time Winners,7 time Runners up.
Goa: 5 time Winners, 7 time Runners up.
Karnataka (formerly Mysore ) :4 time Winners, 5 time Runners up.
Pre Quarter Final Round Cluster 1 (Sambalpur, Orissa)
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The tournament first began in 1941, and was the premier football competition in the country before the National Football League started in the year 1996. The trophy as named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, which is now in Bangladesh, who had been the President of the Indian Football Association, the football organisation of Bengal and the donators of the trophy.
The runners-up trophy, Kamla Gupta Trophy, was donated by the IFA. The third place teams receive the Sampangi Cup which was presented by the Mysore Football Association (now KSFA) in 1952 ,in the memory of Sampangi ,a renowned footballer from Mysore.
Best Performances:
Bengal: 31 time Winners, 12 time Runners up.Bengal has won the Santosh Trophy thrice in a row between 1949-51; five years in a row between 1975 -79 and six years in a row between 1993-1999.
Punjab: 8 time Winners, 5 time Runners up.
Kerala: 5 time Winners,7 time Runners up.
Goa: 5 time Winners, 7 time Runners up.
Karnataka (formerly Mysore ) :4 time Winners, 5 time Runners up.
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