Santosh Trophy : History



 The late Maharaja remained the president of the IFA for a long time. The runners-up trophy, Kamla Gupta Trophy, was donated by late Dr. S.K. Gupta, ex-president, IFA in the memory of his wife. 

 One more trophy, Sampangi Cup, was presented by the Mysore Football Association, now Karnataka Football Association in 1952, in the name of well-known football Sampangi. The trophy is for the winners of the losing semi-finalists. From the beginning one state has been dominant in this Trophy, that is Bengal. The Santosh Trophy has been played 55 times and the state team from Bengal has emerged champion on 31 occasions.

The Santosh Trophy is the national state trophy, which started in 1941. The trophy was donated by the Indian Football Association (IFA), the parent body of Bengal Football, in the memory of late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh (now in Bangladesh). 

Years               Venue              Winners             Runners-Up    Score
1941-42            Calcutta            Bengal                    Delhi                5-1
1942-43            Tournament not held
1943-44            Tournament not held
1944-45            Delhi                Delhi                       Bengal Bombay  2-0
1946-47            Bangalore         Mysore                   Bengal               0-0(2-0)
1947-48            Calcutta            Bengal                    Bombay            0-0(1-0)
1948-49            Tournament not held
1949-50            Calcutta            Bengal                    Hyderabad        5-0
1950-51            Calcutta            Bengal                    Hyderabad        1-0
1951-52            Bombay            Bengal                    Bombay            1-0
1952-53            Bangalore         Mysore                   Bengal               1-0
1953-54            Calcutta            Bengal                    Mysore              0-0(3-1)
1954-55            Madras             Bombay                  Services            2-1
1955-56            Ernakulam        Bengal                    Mysore              1  -0
1956-57            Trivandrum       Hyderabad              Bombay            1-1(4-1)
1957-58            Hyderabad        Hyderabad              Bombay            3-1
1958-59            Madras             Bengal                    Services            1-0
1959-60            Nowgong          Bengal                    Bombay            3-1
1960-61            Kozhikode         Services                  Bengal              0-0(1-0)
1961-62            Bombay            Railways                 Bombay            3-0
1962-63            Bangalore         Bengal                    Mysore               2-0
1963-64            Madras             Maharashtra           Andhra Pradesh  1-0
1964-65            Guwahati          Railways                 Bengal                2-1
1965-66            Quilon               Andhra Pradesh      Bengal              1-1(1-0)
1966-67            Hyderabad        Railways                 Services            0-0(2-0)
1967-68            Cuttack             Mysore                   Bengal               1-0
1968-69            Bangalore         Mysore                   Bengal                0-0(1-0)
1969-70            Nowgong          Bengal                    Services             6-1
1970-71            Jalandhar          Punjab                    Mysore               1-1(3-1)
1971-72            Madras             Bengal                    Railways             4-1
1972-73            Goa                  Bengal                    Tamil Nadu         4-1
1973-74            Ernakulam        Kerala                    Railways              3-2
1974-75            Jalandhar          Punjab                 Bengal                    6-0
1975-76            Kozhikode         Bengal                Karnataka              0-0(3-1)
1976-77            Patna                Bengal                 Maharashtra           1-0
1977-78            Calcutta            Bengal                 Punjab              1-1(3-1)
1978-79            Srinagar            Bengal                 Goa                  1-0
1979-80            Coimbatore       Bengal                 Punjab              1-0
1980-81            Cuttack             Punjab                 Railways           0-0(2-0)
1981-82            Trichur             Bengal                  Railways           2-0
1982-83            Calcutta            Bengal & Goa   - (joint winners)       0-0(0-0)
1983-84            Madras             Goa                     Punjab              1-0
1984-85            Kanpur             Punjab                 Maharashtra     3-0
1985-86            Jabalpur            Punjab                 Bengal        0-0(4-1) [pen]
1986-87            Calcutta            Bengal                 Railways           2-0
1987-88            Quilon               Punjab                 Kerala        0-0(5-4) [pen]
1988-89            Guwahati          Bengal                 Kerala              4-3 [pen]
1989-90            Margao             Goa                      Kerala              2-0
1990-91            Palakhad           Maharashtra        Kerala              1-0
1991-92            Coimbatore       Kerala                  Goa                  3-0
1992-93            Cochin              Kerala                  Maharashtra     2-0
1993-94            Cuttack             Bengal                 Kerala              2-2(7-5) [pen]
1994-95            Madras             Bengal                  Punjab             2-1
1995-96            Margao             Bengal                  Goa                 2-0
1996-97            Jabalpur            Bengal                 Goa                  1-0 [aet]
1997-98            Guwahati           Bengal                Goa                   1-0
1998-99            Chennai            Bengal                 Goa                   5-0
1999-2000         Thrissur           Maharashtra         Kerala               1-0
2000-01            Mumbai            Kerala                 Goa                  3-2
2002-03            Imphal              Manipur               Kerala              2-1[aet] Golden goal
2003-04            Delhi                Kerala                  Punjab              3-2
2005-06            Kochi               Goa                      Maharashtra    1,2-0 [aet]
2006-07           Gurgaon           Punjab                 West Bengal       5-3 [pen]
2007-08          Srinagar           Punjab                 Services              1-0
2008-09          Margaon          Goa                     West Bengal        0-0(4-2) [pen]
2010                New Delhi        West Bengal         Punjab               2-1
2011                Guwahati           West Bengal         Manipur            2-1
2012                Bhubaneswar    Services             Tamil Nadu       3-2

* West Bengal won title 31 times , placed runners-up 12  times in their  43 apearances in the finals.

Follow me
Socialize!