2024–25 Santosh Trophy

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2024–25 Santosh Trophy
Senior Men's National
Football Championship
CountryIndia
Dates15 November – 31 December 2024[1]
Championship venue10 (in 9 host cities)
Teams38
Champions (33rd title)
Runners-upKerala
Matches played88
Goals scored316 (3.59 per match)

The 2024–25 Santosh Trophy was the 78th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for senior men's football teams representing their respective states/union territories and government institutions.[2]

Venues[edit | edit source]

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced in October 2024 that the group stage matches would begin the following month and would be played in six venues. The venues and the corresponding groups that would play there were named. Hosts Telangana and last year's finalists, Services and Goa were exempted from playing the group stage fixtures. Hyderabad is hosting the event for the first time in 57 years.[2]

Group City Stadium Capacity
A Amritsar GNDU Sports Complex –
B Phagwara Bibi Ratni Sports Stadium –
C Kalyani Kalyani Stadium 20,000
D Agartala Umakanta Mini Stadium 5,000
E Nalbari Deshbhakta Maidan –
F Amritsar GNDU Sports Complex –
G Anantapur RDT Stadium 5,000
H Kozhikode EMS Corporation Stadium 50,000
I Jaipur Royal FC Stadium –
Final round, QFs Hyderabad Deccan Arena 1,500
SFs, Final GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium 18,000

Draws[edit | edit source]

38 teams entered the competition; Service and Goa, the finalists of the previous edition, and Telangana, the hosts received direct entry to the final round. The remaining 35 teams were divided into one group of three teams and eight groups of four teams each. It was announced that the winners of each group would make the final round.[2]

The draw for the final round was held on 30 November 2024.

Group stage[edit | edit source]

Group A[edit | edit source]

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Group B[edit | edit source]

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Group C[edit | edit source]

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Group D[edit | edit source]

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Group E[edit | edit source]

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Group F[edit | edit source]

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Group G[edit | edit source]

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Group H[edit | edit source]

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Group I[edit | edit source]

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Final round[edit | edit source]

Qualified teams[edit | edit source]

Direct entrants (3)
Hosts Telangana
Defending champions Services
Previous runners-up Goa
Group Group winners (9)
A Jammu and Kashmir
B Delhi
C West Bengal
D Manipur
E Meghalaya
F Odisha
G Tamil Nadu
H Kerala
I Rajasthan

Group A[edit | edit source]

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Group B[edit | edit source]

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Knockout stage[edit | edit source]

All times are local, IST (UTC+05:30).

Bracket[edit | edit source]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 December – Hyderabad (DA)
 
 
West Bengal3
 
29 December – Hyderabad (GBAS)
 
Odisha1
 
West Bengal4
 
27 December – Hyderabad (DA)
 
Services 2
 
Meghalaya1
 
31 December – Hyderabad (GBAS)
 
Services2
 
West Bengal1
 
27 December – Hyderabad (DA)
 
Kerala0
 
Kerala1
 
29 December – Hyderabad (GBAS)
 
Jammu and Kashmir0
 
Kerala5
 
26 December – Hyderabad (DA)
 
Manipur1
 
Manipur Template:Aet5
 
 
Delhi2
 

Quarter-finals[edit | edit source]

West Bengal3–1Odisha
 Report Rakesh Goal 25'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bagavath Sundhar Jee S
Man of the Match: Naro Hari Shrestha (West Bengal)
Manipur5–2 (a.e.t.)Delhi
  • LT Lowly Goal 48'
  • S. Sagar Singh Goal 50'
  • S. Ragui Goal 97', 105+4' (pen.)
  • K. Zahir Khan Goal 107'
 Report Jaideep Singh Goal 9', 65' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rohan Das Gupta
Man of the Match: Shunjanthan Ragui (Manipur)
Kerala1–0Jammu and Kashmir
Naseeb Goal 73' Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vishal
Man of the Match: Naseeb Rahman (Kerala)
Meghalaya1–2Services
O.L. Mawnai Goal 86' Report
  • T. Bidhyasagar Goal 33'
  • R. Ramakrishnan Goal 46'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bimalendu Mondal
Man of the Match: Navjot Singh (Services)

Semi-finals[edit | edit source]

West Bengal4–2Services
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Attendance: 250
Referee: Akashkumar Kamleshkumar Mehta
Man of the Match: Robi Hansda (West Bengal)
Kerala5–1Manipur
  • Naseeb Goal 22'
  • Ajsal Goal 45+1'
  • Roshal Goal 73', 88', 90+5'
 Report S. Ragui Goal 30'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jarvish Macwan
Man of the Match: Muhammed Roshal (Kerala)

Final[edit | edit source]

West Bengal1–0Kerala
Robi Goal 90+4' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Akashkumar Kamleshkumar Mehta
Man of the Match: Robi Hansda (West Bengal)

Statistics[edit | edit source]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Robi Hansda West Bengal 12
2 Naseeb Rahman Kerala 8
3 Muhammad Ajsal Kerala 8
4 Naro Hari Shrestha West Bengal 7
5 Lijo K Tamil Nadu 7
6 Aakif Javaid Jammu and Kashmir 6
7 Nikhil Raj Karnataka 5
8 Sajeesh E Kerala 5
9 Kartik Hantal Odisha 5
Source: AIFF

Awards[edit | edit source]

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament: the top scorer, best goalkeeper, player of the tournament and fair play award.[citation needed]

Award Player Team
Top scorer Robi Hansda West Bengal
Tulsidas Balaram player of the final match Robi Hansda West Bengal
Peter Thangaraj player of the championship Robi Hansda West Bengal

Broadcasting[edit | edit source]

Round Broadcaster(s) Ref.
Group stage YouTube [3]
ssen.co, Prasar Bharati [4]
Final round, knockouts

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Final Round of 78th NFC for Santosh Trophy to begin on December 14 in Hyderabad". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 2 December 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Hyderabad to host Santosh Trophy in December". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Santosh Trophy 2024-25 Live Streaming: Schedule, Fixtures, Results, Venues, Telecast Details - All You Need to Know". Outlook India. 19 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "I-League club owners accuse AIFF of 'tender process mismanagement', threaten to move to FIFA". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

External links[edit | edit source]

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