2014–15 Santosh Trophy

The 2015 Santosh Trophy is the 69th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition in Indian football. 33 teams in total from around India entered the competition. Only 10 teams competed in the competition proper after going through the qualifiers. The tournament proper began on 1 March and will conclude with the final on 15 March.^[1]

2015 Santosh Trophy

Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Services (4th title)
Runner-up	Punjab
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	43 (1.95 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Raja Das (4 goals)
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Round and dates

Round	Match dates	Teams
Qualifiers	10 January 2015 – 23 January 2015	33
Group stage	1 March 2015 – 10 March 2015	10
Semi-finals	12 March 2015 – 13 March 2015	4
Final	15 March 2015	2

Qualified teams

Main article: 2015 Santosh Trophy qualification

The following ten teams qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.^[1]

• Assam
• Delhi
• Goa
• Kerala
• Maharashtra
• Mizoram
• Punjab
• Railways
• Services
• West Bengal

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Services	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8
Punjab	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	8
West Bengal	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	8
Maharashtra	4	1	0	3	8	6	+2	3
Assam	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Punjab v Assam

1 March 2015	Punjab	2–0	Assam	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	P. Singh   17' R. Singh   55'	Report

Services v Maharashtra

2 March 2015	Services	1–0	Maharashtra	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Zonuntulunga   33'	Report

Assam v West Bengal

3 March 2015	Assam	0–1	West Bengal	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
			Das   20'

Services v Punjab

4 March 2015

Services

0–0

Punjab

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

West Bengal v Maharashtra

5 March 2015	West Bengal	2–1	Maharashtra	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Das   38', 78'	Report	Pathan   48'

Assam v Services

6 March 2015	Assam	0–3	Services	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
			Jain P   11' Tudu   48', 54'

West Bengal v Punjab

7 March 2015

West Bengal

0–0

Punjab

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Maharashtra v Assam

8 March 2015	Maharashtra	6–1	Assam	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Gadkari Goal 2 Goal 3 Goal 4 Pathan   84' Singh   90+2'	Report	Mandal   53'

Services v West Bengal

9 March 2015	Services	1–1	West Bengal	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Tudu   2'	Report	Das   3'

Punjab v Maharashtra

10 March 2015	Punjab	2–1	Maharashtra	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Sunny   11', 66'	Report	Shetty   90+1' (pen)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mizoram	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	10
Kerala	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9
Goa	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	5
Delhi	4	0	2	2	0	4	−4	2
Railways	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Delhi v Railways

1 March 2015

Delhi

2–0

Railways

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

Kerala v Goa

2 March 2015	Kerala	1–0	Goa	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
	Naseeruddin   30'	Report

Mizoram v Delhi

3 March 2015	Mizoram	2–0	Delhi	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
	Lalbiakaua   50' Lalrinpuia   85'	Report

Railways v Goa

4 March 2015	Railways	1–3	Goa	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
	Toppo   25'		Fernandes   45' Olivera   50', 71'

Kerala v Mizoram

5 March 2015	Kerala	0–1	Mizoram	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
			Lalrinpuia

Goa v Delhi

6 March 2015

Goa

0–0

Delhi

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar

Mizoram v Railways

7 March 2015	Mizoram	1–0	Railways	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
	Unknown

Delhi v Kerala

8 March 2015	Delhi	0–2	Kerala	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
		Report	Ashik Suhair

Goa v Mizoram

9 March 2015	Goa	2–2	Mizoram	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
	Masceranhas   11', 31'	Report	Zoremsanga   19' Malsawmfela   47'

Railways v Kerala

10 March 2015	Railways	0–1	Kerala	Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar
		Report	Ashik   90'

Semi-finals

Services v Kerala

12 March 2015	Services	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Kerala	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Chettri   96' Singh   107' Kumar   109'	Report

Mizoram v Punjab

13 March 2015	Mizoram	1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–12 p)	Punjab	Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
	Lalbiakhlua   104'		Manveer   92'

Final

15 March 2015

Services	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Punjab
	Report
Penalties
	5–4

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Goalscorers

4 Goals

•   Raja Das (West Bengal)

3 Goals

•   Rama Beshra (Services)

2 Goals

•   Joerse Olivera (Goa)
•   Marcus Masceranhas (Goa)
•   Lalrinpuia (Mizoram)
•   Shabaz Pathan (Maharashtra)
•   Sunny (Punjab)
•   Usman Ashik (Kerala)

1 Goal

•   Prabhjot Singh (Punjab)
•   Rajbir Singh (Punjab)
•   Francis Zonuntulunga (Services)
•   Anthony Chettri (Services)
•   Rakesh Singh (Services)
•   Vivek Kumar (Services)
•   Jain P (Services)
•   Nasrudheen Cheriyath (Kerala)
•   V P Suhair (Kerala)
•   Lalbiakaua (Mizoram)
•   Zico Zoremsanga (Mizoram)
•   Malsawmfela (Mizoram)
•   Sashi Toppo (Railways)
•   Gabriel Fernandes (Goa)
•   Sandesh Gadkari (Maharashtra)
•   Baldeep Singh (Maharashtra)
•   Vijith Shetty (Maharashtra)
•   Suraj Mandal (Assam)

Notable players

Player	Team
Ankit Sharma	Delhi
Deepak Devrani	Delhi
Rovan Pereira	Goa
Mackroy Peixote	Goa
Micky Fernandes	Goa
Richard Costa	Goa
Angelo Colaco	Goa
Marcus Masceranhas	Goa
U.Jimshad	Kerala
Usman Ashik	Kerala
Nasrudheen	Kerala
Sachin Gawas	Maharashtra
Vijith Shetty	Maharashtra
Kailash Patil	Maharashtra
Sandesh Gadkari	Maharashtra
Lalrinzuala Khiangte	Mizoram
Ronald Zothanzama	Mizoram
Laldingngheta	Mizoram
Samson Ramengmawia	Mizoram
Lalrin Fela	Mizoram
Malsawmfela	Mizoram
Jagroop Singh	Punjab
Amarwant Singh	Punjab
Ravinder Singh	Punjab
Gurtej Singh	Punjab
Ajay Singh	Punjab
Keniston C	Railways
Deepak Mondal	West Bengal
Saikat Saha Roy	West Bengal
Phoolchand Hembram	West Bengal
Surabuddin Mollick	West Bengal
Imran Khan	West Bengal

References

1. "Rawat to lead Delhi in Santosh Trophy". Times of India. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

External links

• AIFF website