| Santosh Trophy | |
| Year: | 2002–03 |
| Other Titles: | LG Santosh Trophy |
| Country: | India |
| Dates: | 17 October – 5 November 2002 |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Champions: | Manipur |
| Count: | 1 |
| Runner-Up: | Kerala |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 45 |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Bijen Singh (9 goals) |
| Player: | James Lukram Singh (Manipur) |
| Goalkeeper: | Noren Singh (Manipur) |
| Prevseason: | 2001–02 |
| Nextseason: | 2004–05 |
The 2002–03 Santosh Trophy was the 58th Santosh Trophy. It was held from 17 October up to 5 November 2002 in Imphal, Manipur.
32 teams from all over India were supposed to participate in the national state championship but three states pulled out. The final was held between hosts Manipur and defending champions Kerala, which Manipur won through a golden goal by Indian international Tomba Singh.
Venues: Mapal Kangjeibung Stadium Main Stadium Kuman Lampak Eastern Sporting Union Ground Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground
----18-Oct-02: Jammu & Kashmir 4-0 Rajasthan [3,83 Deepak Sangral, 62 Rakhesh, 87 Manat Kumar]
20-Oct-02: Bengal 7-0 Rajasthan [14,40,73,80 [[Dipendu Biswas]], 37 Sandip Das, 41,51 Amar Pyne]
22-Oct-02: Bengal 5-0 Jammu & Kashmir [3,24,67 Dipendu Biswas, 64 Surya Bikash Chakraborty, 83 Anupam Sarkar]
----18-Oct-02: Chandigarh 1-2 Meghalaya [C: 58 Munish Kumar; M: 17 Richard Nongneng, 43 Soki Lamara]
20-Oct-02: Maharashtra 2-0 Chandigarh [70 Naushad Moosa, 77 Aziz Quereshi]
22-Oct-02: Maharashtra 3-2 Meghalaya [Ma: 51 Aziz Quereshi, 71 Anthony Fernandes, 78 Altafuddin Ahmed; Me: 72 Sam Kharbhi, 77 Freddy Kharpran]
----18-Oct-02: Mizoram 2-1 Madhya Pradesh [Mi: 10 Joseph Lalnunzira, 48 Benjamin Zonunsiama; MP: 67 Rahamat Baig]
21-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Madhya Pradesh [33 Gurjit Singh Atwal]
23-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Mizoram [88 Sher Singh]
----17-Oct-02: Manipur 8-0 Himachal Pradesh [36,51,70,83 [[Bijen Singh]], 43 Kanta Singh, 55 Helen Singh, 62 Tomba Singh, 86 Tiken Singh]
20-Oct-02: Pondicherry 0-1 Himachal Pradesh [90 Rahul Sharma]
22-Oct-02: Manipur 9-0 Pondicherry [1 Sanaton Singh, 3,44,70,87 Tiken Singh, 40,41 [[Bijen Singh]], 50 James Singh, 72 Nilakumar Singh]
----18-Oct-02: Assam 3-0 Andhra Pradesh [36 Utpal Basumatary, 44 Kamal Chetry, 90 Padum Brpha]
21-Oct-02: Bihar 1-0 Andhra Pradesh [58 Suresh Kalandi]
23-Oct-02: Bihar 0-3 Assam [6 Utpal Basumatary, 58 Saran Sonar, 79 Sanjiva Rongpi]
----19-Oct-02: Services 5-0 Uttar Pradesh [26,40,45 Pritam Bahadur, 49 Bikash Gurung, 60 Thiruna Vakarsu]
21-Oct-02: Sikkim 3-0 Uttar Pradesh [34 Milan Lepcha, 44 Kamal Bagdas, 89 Ram Rai]
23-Oct-02: Services 3-0 Sikkim [39 Jhoney P Gangmei, 56 Pritam Bahadur, 57 Raghu Kumar]
----19-Oct-02: Haryana 0-1 Gujarat [68 Mukesh Kumar]
19-Oct-02: Karnataka 4-1 Tripura [K: 11 SK Dayanand, 68 Jagadish Kumar, 76 Sunil S Kumar, 90 BV Pradeep; T: 21 Sambhu Saha]
21-Oct-02: Tripura 4-1 Gujarat [T: 10 Swapan Rai, 48 Sambhu Saha, 53,64 Premjit Singh Barua; G: 56 Ranjit Sisodiya]
21-Oct-02: Haryana 0-2 Karnataka [29 SK Dayanand, 75 Gregory Clarke]
23-Oct-02: Karnataka 6-0 Gujarat [34 Sunil S Kumar, 52,72 BV Pradeep, 62,79 SK Dayanand, 60 Kanika Raj]
23-Oct-02: Tripura 2-1 Haryana [T: 37,77 Swapan Rai; H: 30 Satya Singh]
----19-Oct-02: Orissa 0-0 Delhi
21-Oct-02: Nagaland 1-1 Delhi [N: 90 Vizo Peseyie; D: 45 Rajesh Arya]
23-Oct-02: Orissa 3-0 Nagaland [38,86 Gyanaranjan, 66 Bhabani Prasad Mohanty]
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| Award[1] | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player of the Tournament | James Lukram Singh (Manipur) | |
| Most Valuable Player of the Final | Tomba Singh (Manipur) | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Noren Singh (Manipur) | |
| Top goalscorer | Bijen Singh (9 goals) |