Santosh Tropy - An overview

Santosh Trophy is an annual football tournament in India. It is contested by states and clubs whchi organized by government institiuons. The tournament started in 1941 and first winners were Bengal. The trophy as named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh, whchi is now in Bangladesh. He was the presedent of the Indian Football Association, football organization of Bengal.

Santosh Trophy review in a view
This section year – venue – winner – runner-up – score respectively
1941-42 – Calcutta – Bengal – Delhi - 5-1
1942-43 - Tournament not held
1943-44 - Tournament not held
1944-45 – Delhi – Delhi – Bengal - 2-0
1945-46 – Bombay – 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 [golden goal]
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
1999-00 - Thrissur - Maharashtra - Kerala - 1-0
2000-01 - Mumbai - Kerala - Goa - 3-2 [golden goal]
2002-03 - Imphal - Manipur - Kerala - 2-1 [golden goal]
2003-04 - Delhi - Kerala - Punjab - 3-2 [golden goal]
2005-06 - Kochi - Goa - Maharashtra - 1-1,2-0 [aet]
2006-07 - Gurgaon - Punjab - West Bengal - 0-0,0-0,5-3 [pen]
2007-08 - Srinagar