Santosh Trophy 1999–2000
56th Santosh Trophy 2000 was held from 19 March to 23 April 2000 in Thrissur (for the second time) and Chalakudy, Kerala. Twenty-eight teams from all over the country were supposed to take part in the national state championships, but six pulled out, an occurrence that seems to have become normal. Maharashtra beat the home team of Kerala 1-0 in the final.
Qualifying Rounds
Cluster I: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Services 2 2 0 0 06-00 + 6 6 2. Gujarat 2 1 0 1 05-03 - 3 3 3. Rajasthan 2 0 0 2 00-08 - 8 0
. Sikkim * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0
- Sikkim pulled out
19 March 2000: Services 3-0 Gujarat
[5 X. Fernandes, 56 Sajith Kumar, 76 R. Das]
21 March 2000: Rajasthan 0-5 Gujarat
[9,85 Rajiv Karir, 30 Ranjit Sisodiya, 73 Anil Tomar, 79 AK Mondal]
23 March 2000: Rajasthan 0-3 Services
[2,41 Preetam Bahadur, 53 Johnny Gangmei]
Cluster II: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Manipur 2 2 0 0 10-01 + 9 6 2. Bihar 2 1 0 1 07-02 + 5 3 3. Himachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2 00-14 +14 0
26 March 2000: Bihar 6-0 Himachal Pradesh
[20 Deepak Kumar Sinha, 23 Shamim Khan, 44,54 Amjad Hussain, 60 Bablu Thapa, 72 Saluka Kalundia]
27 March 2000: Manipur 8-0 Himachal Pradesh
[29,84,90 Mangelm Jao Singh, 41 Shyamchand, 75 Guneshwor, 78 Bantu Golmei, 83 Stephen Hmar, 85 Nilakumar]
28 March 2000: Manipur 2-1 Bihar
[M: 49,87 T Narendra Singh; B: 10 Saluka Kalundia]
Cluster III: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Railways 2 2 0 0 19-02 +17 6 2. Andhra Pradesh 2 1 0 1 07-03 + 4 3 3. Daman & Diu 2 0 0 2 00-21 -16 0
. Mizoram * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0
- Mizoram pulled out
22 March 2000: Railways 16-0 Daman & Diu
[5,38,44,55,77 Balai Mondal, 13,21,30,59 Manjinder Singh, 25,33,52,67 Kamal Ghosh, 75 Moin-ul-Haq, 88 Nazeem Riyazi, 89 Manjit Singh]
24 March 2000: Andhra Pradesh 5-0 Daman & Diu
[2 Syed Abdul Saleel, 69 T Prasana Kumar, 76 Sriram, 78 Johnson, 79 Nagarjuna]
25 March 2000: Andhra Pradesh 2-3 Railways
[A: 65,87 Johnson; R: 25,39 Balai Mondal, 40 Majinder Singh]
Cluster IV: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Punjab 2 2 0 0 03-00 + 3 6 2. Tripura 2 1 0 1 02-01 + 1 3 3. Pondicherry 2 0 0 2 00-04 - 4 0
2 April 2000: Pondicherry 0-2 Tripura
[6 Sujith Ghosh, 53 Arindam Ghosh]
3 April 2000: Punjab 1-0 Tripura
[70 Kuldeep Singh]
4 April 2000: Pondicherry 0-2 Punjab
[11,69 Jaswinder Singh]
Cluster V: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Uttar Pradesh 2 1 1 0 03-02 + 1 4 2. Madhya Pradesh 2 0 2 0 01-01 0 2 3. Assam 2 0 1 1 03-04 - 1 1
. Andaman & Nicobar Island 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0
- Andaman & Nicobar Island pulled out
2 April 2000: Uttar Pradesh 3-2 Assam
[U: 42 Nandan Singh, 51 Ajay Singh Rawat, 81 Jatin Singh Bisht; A: 80,81 Akum Ao]
3 April 2000: Madhya Pradesh 1-1 Assam
[M: 19 Mustak Ali Khan; A: 73 Akum Ao]
5 April 2000: Madhya Pradesh 0-0 Uttar Pradesh
Cluster VI: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Karnataka 1 1 0 0 10-02 + 8 3 2. Jammu & Kashmir 1 0 0 1 02-10 - 8 0
. Nagaland * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0
- Nagaland pulled out
5 April 2000: Karnataka 10-2 Jammu & Kashmir
[K: 2,31 RC Prakash, 22 Murali, 25,27 Sunil, 26,47,62,81 Peter, 28 Xavier Vijayakumar; J: 32 Ranjeet Singh, 63 Gurmeet Singh]
Cluster VII: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Orissa 2 1 1 0 02-01 + 1 4** 2. Delhi 2 1 1 0 02-01 + 1 4 3. Chandigarh 2 0 0 2 02-04 - 2 0
. Arunachal Pradesh * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0
- Arunachal Pradesh pulled out
- Orissa move on by draw of lots.
29 March 2000: Chandigarh 1-2 Orissa
[C: Rajeev Rattan; O: 59 Meghrai Tudu, 78 Kapur Chand Yadav]
31 March 2000: Delhi 0-0 Orissa 2 April 2000: Delhi 2-1 Chandigarh
[D: 34 Vimal Thapa, 83 Hitender Rawat; C: 8 Viney Kanwar]
Cluster VIII: in Chalakudy.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Maharashtra 1 1 0 0 07-00 + 7 3 2. Haryana 1 0 0 1 00-07 - 7 0
. Meghalaya * 0 0 0 0 00-00 0 0
- Meghalaya pulled out
7 April 2000: Maharashtra 7-0 Haryana
[24,62 Mohammed Najeeb, 28,50 Manjit Singh, 42 Khalid Siddique, 64 Aqueel Ansari, 77 Asif Jamal]
Quarterfinal Playoffs:
30 March 2000: Services 4-0 Manipur
[VK Mishra, 35 Amar Bahadur Thapa, 44 Johnny Gangmei, 75 Sajith Kumar]
7 April 2000: Railways 0-2 Punjab
[64 Jaswinder Singh, 80 Rampal]
7 April 2000: Uttar Pradesh 0-2 Karnataka
[54 Peter, 56 Sunil]
8 April 2000: Orissa 1-5 Maharashtra
[O: 32 Nipendra Das; M: 22,35,79 Mohammed Najeeb, 30 Manjith Singh, 75 Ali Abbas Rizvi]
Quarterfinals:
Group X: in Thrissur.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Kerala 3 2 1 0 08-04 + 4 7 2. Bengal 3 1 2 0 07-03 + 4 5 3. Karnataka 3 0 2 1 04-05 - 1 2 4. Services 3 0 1 2 03-10 - 7 1
10 April 2000: Bengal 2-2 Karnataka
[B: 1 Dipankar Roy, Raman Vijayan; K: 79 Sunil Kumar, 88 RC Prakash]
11 April 2000: Kerala 5-2 Services
[K: 2 Sylvester Ignatius, 43,62,64,69 Asif Saheer; S: 20 Preetam Bahadur, 54 Johnny Gangmei]
13 April 2000: Bengal 4-0 Services
[51,74 Raman Vijayan, 57,81 James Singh]
14 April 2000: Kerala 2-1 Karnataka
[Ke: 5 K Naushad, 41 IM Vijayan; Ka: 67 RC Prakash]
16 April 2000: Services 1-1 Karnataka
[S: 44 Sajith Kumar; K: 28 Murali]
16 April 2000: Kerala 1-1 Bengal
[K: 82 B Edison; B: 36 RP Singh]
Group Y: in Thrissur.
TEAMS P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1. Maharashtra 3 2 1 0 07-01 + 6 7 2. Goa 3 1 2 0 06-03 + 3 5 3. Punjab 3 0 2 1 03-05 - 2 2 4. Tamil Nadu 3 0 1 2 01-08 - 7 1
9 April 2000: Tamil Nadu 1-1 Punjab
[T: 79 Syed Shabir Pasha; P: 90 Sukhjit Singh]
11 April 2000: Tamil Nadu 0-4 Maharashtra
[2 Mohammed Najeeb, 8 Khalid Jamil, 17 Khalid Siddique, 68 Naushad Moosa]
12 April 2000: Goa 2-2 Punjab
[G: 33 Francis Silveira, 71 Alvito D'Cunha; P: 45,79 Sukhjit Singh]
14 April 2000: Punjab 0-2 Maharashtra
[67,87 Mohammed Najeeb]
15 April 2000: Tamil Nadu 0-3 Goa
[24,26 Alvito D'Cunha, 88 Bruno Cuntinho]
17 April 2000: Goa 1-1 Maharashtra
[G: 58 Mario Soares; M: 75 Bungo Singh]
Semifinals:
19 April 2000: Kerala 2-0 Goa
[40,66 Sylvester Ignatius]
20 April 2000: Maharashtra 3-1 Bengal
[M: 32 Manjit Singh, 45 Naushad Moosa, 87 Bungo Singh; B: 36 Raman Vijayan]
Third Place Playoff:
22 April 2000: Bengal 2-0 Goa
[16 Dharamjit Singh (own goal), 46 James Singh]
Final:
23 April 2000: Kerala 0-1 Maharashtra
[18 Mohammed Najeeb]
A STATISTICAL WINDOW FOR THE 2000 TOURNAMENT: Leading scorer: 1. Mohammed Najeeb (Maharashtra) - 9 goals
List of Awardees: Fair Play Trophy: Kerala Man of Tournament: Aqueel Ansari - Maharashtra Best Goalkeeper: Virender Singh - Maharashtra Best Defender: Jo Paul Ancheri - Kerala Best Midfielder: Khalid Jamil - Maharashtra Best Striker: Sylvester Ignatius - Kerala
References
http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1999-00st.html
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