2012–13 Santosh Trophy Explained

Santosh Trophy
Year:	2012–13
Num Teams:	31
Count:	3
Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14

The 2013 Santosh Trophy was the 67th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition in Indian football. The tournament this season was held from 1 February to 3 March 2013 in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala.^[1]

Services won the title defeating Kerala in the final at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala.

Teams

See main article: 2013 Santosh Trophy qualification.

In this tournament, 31 state teams from India will be participating.

Automatically in the Group Stage Proper	Enter in Qualification Round 1	Enter in Qualification Round 2
Tamil Nadu (Reigning Runners-up) Services (Reigning Champions) Kerala Manipur	Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Haryana Maharashtra Meghalaya Mizoram Orissa Punjab Railways Uttar Pradesh West Bengal	Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Daman and Diu Gujarat Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Pondicherry Rajasthan Sikkim Tripura Uttarakhand

Group stage proper

See main article: 2013 Santosh Trophy Group Stage.

Group D

Semi-final

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	State	Goals
1	Lalian Mawia	Services	5
2	Mohammed Rafi	Maharashtra	4
	R Kannan	Kerala
	VV Farhad	Services
	Prem Kumar	Punjab
6	Vikas	Haryana	3
	Pappachen Pradeep	Maharashtra
	Nabin Hela	West Bengal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daniel. Chris. Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh to host Santosh Trophy 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20170818092418/http://blog.cpdfootball.de/2012/11/20/uttar-pradesh-and-kerala-to-host-santosh-trophy-2013/. dead. 18 August 2017. Chris Daniel. 20 November 2012.