1999–2000 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship

Country

India

Dates

9 – 23 April 2000

Teams

Champions

Maharashtra (4th title)

Runners-up

Kerala

Matches played

Goals scored

48 (4.8 per match)

Top goal scorer(s)

Mohammed Najeeb
(9 goals)

Best player

Aqueel Ansari

← 1998–99

2001–02 →

The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy was the 56th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held from 9 to 23 April 2000 in Thrissur 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. Maharashtra beat the home team of Kerala 1–0 in the final.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.

Group Stage

Group X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	West Bengal	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Karnataka	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Services	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

10 April 2000 (2000-04-10)	West Bengal	2–2	Karnataka	Thrissur
	Dipankar Roy 1' Vijayan 73'	Report	Sunil Kumar 79' RC Prakash 88'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)	Kerala	5–2	Services	Thrissur
	Sylvester Ignatius 6' Saheer 43', 60', 62', 69'	Report	Preetam Bahadur 20' Johnny Gangmei 54'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)	West Bengal	4–0	Services	Thrissur
18:00 IST	Vijayan 51', 74' James Singh 57', 81'	Report		Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

14 April 2000 (2000-04-14)	Kerala	2–1	Karnataka	Thrissur
	K. Naushad 5' Vijayan 41' (pen.)	Report	RC Prakash 67'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

16 April 2000 (2000-04-16)	Services	1–1	Karnataka	Thrissur
	Preetam Bahadur 44'	Report	Murali 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

16 April 2000 (2000-04-16)	Kerala	1–1	West Bengal	Thrissur
	B. Edison 82'	Report	RP Singh 36'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

Group Y

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Goa	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Punjab	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Tamil Nadu	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

9 April 2000 (2000-04-09)	Tamil Nadu	1–1	Punjab	Thrissur
	Pasha 79'	Report	Sukhjit Singh 90'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)	Tamil Nadu	0–4	Maharashtra	Thrissur
		Report	Mohammed Najeeb 2' Jamil 8' Khalid Siddique 17' Moosa 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

12 April 2000 (2000-04-12)	Goa	2–2	Punjab	Thrissur
	Francis Silveira 33' D'Cunha 71'	Report	Sukhjit Singh 45', 89'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

14 April 2000 (2000-04-14)	Punjab	0–2	Maharashtra	Thrissur
		Report	Mohammed Najeeb 75', 87'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

15 April 2000 (2000-04-15)	Tamil Nadu	0–3	Goa	Thrissur
18:00 IST		Report	D'Cunha 24', 26' Coutinho 88'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

17 April 2000 (2000-04-17)	Goa	1–1	Maharashtra	Thrissur
18:00 IST	Soares 58'	Report	Bungo Singh 75'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium Referee: S. Sujauddin

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

19 April 2000
Kerala	2
Goa	0

		23 April 2000
		Kerala	0
		Maharashtra	1



20 April 2000
Maharashtra	3
West Bengal	1

Semi-finals

Kerala v Goa

19 April 2000
18:00 IST

Kerala	2–0	Goa
Sylvester Ignatius 40', 66'	Report

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur
Referee: Udayan Halder (West Bengal)

Maharashtra v West Bengal

20 April 2000
18:00 IST

Maharashtra	3–1	West Bengal
Manjit Singh 32' Moosa 45' (pen.) Bungo Singh 87'	Report	R. Vijayan 36'

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur
Referee: Michael Andrews (Kerala)

Third place play-off

West Bengal v Goa

22 April 2000

West Bengal	2–0	Goa
Dharamjit Singh 20' (o.g.) James Singh 20'	Report

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Final

Kerala v Maharashtra

23 April 2000
18:00 IST

Kerala	0–1	Maharashtra
	Report	Mohammed Najeeb 20'

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur
Referee: Udayan Halder (West Bengal)

Statistics

Goalscorers

9 goals

Mohammed Najeeb (Maharashtra)

Awards

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

56th Santosh Trophy 2000

Santosh Trophy seasons
1941–2000	1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
2001–present	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013–14 2015 2016 2016–17
Notes: No competition was held for the 1942–43, 1943–44, 1948–49, 2000–01 and 2003–04 seasons

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