2009–10 Santosh Trophy Explained

Santosh Trophy
Year:2010
Other Titles:64th Senior National Football Championship
Country:India
Num Teams:31
Champions:West Bengal
Count:30
Runner-Up:Punjab
Matches:58
Goals:244
Top Goal Scorer:Akum Ao (Assam)
- 9 goals
Balwant Singh (Punjab)
- 8 goals
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

The 2010 Santosh Trophy was the 64th edition of the tournament. All matches of the tournament from the quarter-finals stage were played at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata. The tournament began on 16 July 2010 and ended on 8 August 2010 when the final match was played between Bengal and Punjab.

Bengal defeated Punjab 2–1 to lift the trophy for a record 30th time.[1] [2] [3]

Participating teams

31 States / UT teams of India along with Services and Railways will participate in the tournament.The defending champions Goa, runners-up West Bengal along with last year's losing semi-finalists Tamil Nadu and Services receive automatic qualification into the quarter-final stage.

Teams directly Qualified for Quarter Finals
Goa
West Bengal
Tamil Nadu
Services
Cluster I Cluster II Cluster III Cluster IVCluster VCluster VICluster VIICluster VIII
KarnatakaMaharashtraPunjabManipurDelhiChhattisgarh KeralaMizoram
Meghalaya ChandigarhPondicherryJammu & KashmirMadhya PradeshHaryana Assam Railways
JharkhandTripura Gujarat RajasthanUttar Pradesh SikkimUttarakhandOrissa
Andhra PradeshNagalandArunachal PradeshHimachal PradeshBihar
Legend
Team that qualified for the pre-quarters
Teams that are eliminated

Qualifying round

Cluster I

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Cluster II

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Cluster III

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Cluster IV

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Cluster V

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Cluster VI

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Cluster VII

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Cluster VIII

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Pre Quarter Final

Pre Quarter Final Match 1

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Pre Quarter Final Match 2

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Pre Quarter Final Match 3

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Pre Quarter Final Match 4

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Quarter-final

Group A Group B
Goa (Winners in 2009)West Bengal (runners-up in 2009)
Services (semi-finalist in 2009)Tamil Nadu (semi-finalist in 2009)
Karnataka (Winner of Pre Quarter Final Match 1)Delhi (Winner of Pre Quarter Final Match 3)
Punjab (Winner of Pre Quarter Final Match 2)Mizoram (Winner of Pre Quarter Final Match 4)

Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

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Final

Denson Devadas' brace was enough for West Bengal to claim their record 30th Santosh Trophy title, edging past Punjab 2–1 in the grand finale played at the Salt Lake Stadium at Kolkata. The hosts came back strongly after trailing by a goal to outclass the Jaagir Singh-coached side. Chirag United midfielder scored a goal in each half to seal the match.Bengal looked the better side right from the word go and took an attacking approach, but were missing their two key strikers and it was clearly making things difficult for Coach Shabbir Ali. Tarif Ahmed struggled and was substituted at the half-hour mark. Bengal could have scored in the 19th minute, but to their despair, a Gouranga Dutta right footer hit the woodwork.It was Punjab who, in spite of a cautious start, took the lead in the 31st minute through Balwant Singh, before his right footer was saved by Abhra Mondal two minutes back. Bengal was not to throw in the towel and pulled one back at the stroke of half-time, with Denson heading in a Snehasish Chakraborty corner kick in the near post.The half-time score was 1–1 with both teams leaving the match wide open. Bengal continued their good run and their hard work was finally paid, when Denson once again scored, with his 25-yard scorcher, leaving the Punjab goalkeeper Paramjit Singh stranded before hitting the woodwork and rolling inside in the 76th minute. Punjab tried hard in search of the equaliser, but Bengal successfully held their one-goal advantage to mark their 30th Santosh Trophy title.

WEST BENGAL
GK 24 Abhra Mondal
DF 6 Sheikh Azim
DF 24 Arnab Mondal
MF 5 R Dhanarajan
MF 7 Jayanta Sen
MF 13 Denson Devadas
MF 15 Snehasish Chakraborty (c)
MF 23 Rajiv Ghosh
FW 10
FW 27 Robin Singh
FW 30 Gouranga Dutta
Substitutions:
GK 1 Somnath Khara
DF 3 Habibur Rehman Mondal
FW 9 Nilendra Dewan
MF 12 Anupam Sarkar
FW 14
GK 21 Sandip Nandy
DF 22
Coach:
Shabbir Ali
PUNJAB
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GK 1 Paramjit Singh
DF 3 Ravinder Singh
DF 4 Mandeep Singh
DF 5 Harpreet Singh (c)
DF 6 Maninder Singh
MF 8 Rahul Kumar
MF 16 Gurwinder Singh
MF 17 Amandeep Singh
MF 19 Randeep Singh
FW 9 Balwant Singh
FW 12 Balraj Singh
Substitutions:
DF 2 Amandeep
MF 7 Harshdeep Singh
FW 10 Rohit Kumar
MF 11 Amandeep Batra
FW 14 Parveen Kumar
DF 15 Warundeep Singh
DF 21 Bhupinder Singh
GK 22 Deepak Hazarika
Coach:
Jaagir Singh

MATCH OFFICIALS

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AIFF (The All India Football Federation) webpage. 8 August 2010. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718104058/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=1652. dead.
  2. Web site: AIFF webpage. 8 August 2010. 3 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100103145824/http://the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-fixtures.php?tournamentdetail=22. dead.
  3. News: Bengal beat Punjab to win Santosh Trophy after 11 years. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811095502/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-08/top-stories/28318818_1_nilendra-dewan-bengal-punjab. dead. 11 August 2011. 8 August 2010. The Times of India. 8 August 2010.