Santosh Trophy

History & Past Champions

Much before the National Football League came into being in 1996, Santosh Trophy, named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh (now in Bangladesh) was India’s premier football tournament. This was a championship which saw the participation of the states and not the clubs. The tournament was kicked-off in 1941. Right from the start, Bengal has been the perennial favourites. They have won the tournament for a record 29 times.

Years	Venue	Winners	Runner-Up	Score
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
1999-2000	Thrissur	Maharashtra	Kerala	1-0
2000-01	Mumbai	Kerala	Goa	3-2 [golden goal]
2002-03	Imphal	Manipur	Kerala	2-1 [golden goal]
2004-05	Delhi	Kerala	Punjab	3-2 [golden goal]
2005-06	Kochi	Goa	Maharashtra	1-1,2-0 [aet]
2006-07	Gurgaon	Punjab	Bengal	5-3[Tie-Breaker]