Services football team explained

Clubname:Services
Fullname:Services football team
Ground:Various
Owner:Services Sports Control Board
Indian Army
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Mileswamy Govindaraju Ramachandran
League:Santosh Trophy
Season:2023–24
Position:Champions
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The Services football team is a football section of the Indian Armed Forces, representing them in various regional competitions. It is operated by the Services Sports Control Board,[1] and competes in Santosh Trophy.[2]

Santosh Trophy

Services have appeared in the final of the Santosh Trophy ten times, and have won it six times.

The team won their first Santosh Trophy in 1960–61 by beating Bengal 1–0 in the final. Since then, they have won the tournament another four times – 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Their latest win came at the 2018–19 Santosh Trophy in Ludhiana, where they beat Punjab 1–0 in the final.

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indian Football: Balai Dey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan. scroll.in. Scroll. 13 August 2022. 13 August 2022. Jaydeep. Basu. https://web.archive.org/web/20220813112136/https://scroll.in/field/1030283/indian-football-balai-dey-the-mohun-bagan-legend-who-played-for-both-india-and-pakistan. 13 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Legends of Indian Football : Peter Thangaraj. 14 May 2018. 7 October 2022. Somnath. Sengupta. thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Mumbai. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413164430/https://thehardtackle.com/2012/legends-of-indian-football-peter-thangaraj/. 13 April 2021.
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html List of Santosh Trophy Finals