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2002–03 Santosh Trophy

The 2002–03 Santosh Trophy was the 58th Santosh Trophy. It was held from 17 October up to 5 November 2002 in Imphal, Manipur.

2002–03 Santosh Trophy
LG Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates17 October – 5 November 2002
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsManipur (1st title)
Runner-upKerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Bijen Singh (9 goals)
Best playerJames Lukram Singh (Manipur)
Best goalkeeperNoren Singh (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.

Qualifying rounds edit

Venues: Mapal Kangjeibung Stadium Main Stadium Kuman Lampak Eastern Sporting Union Ground Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground

Cluster I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bengal 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6
2 Jammu & Kashmir 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3 Rajasthan 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]

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]

Cluster II edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maharashtra 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
2 Meghalaya 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Chandigarh 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

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]

Cluster III edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Punjab 2 2 0 0 1 0 +1 6
2 Mizoram 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Madhya Pradesh 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]

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]

Cluster IV edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manipur 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 6
2 Himachal Pradesh 2 1 0 1 1 8 −7 3
3 Pondicherry 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]

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]

Cluster V edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Assam 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
2 Bihar 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
3 Andhra Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
3 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Daman & Diu has pulled out

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]

Cluster VI edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Services 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
2 Sikkim 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Uttar Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
4 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Arunachal Pradesh has pulled out

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]

Cluster VII edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Karnataka 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9
2 Tripura 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 Gujarat 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
3 Haryana 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

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]

Cluster VIII edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Orissa 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
2 Delhi 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Nagaland 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
4 Andaman Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Andaman Nicobar has pulled out

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]

Quarterfinal League edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 West Bengal 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Assam 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) West Bengal 2–1 Assam Imphal
12:00 IST Biswas   6' (pen.)
Amar Pyne   38'		 Report[dead link] Sanjiva Rongpi   65' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) Kerala 3–2 West Bengal Imphal
12:00 IST Sylvester Ignatius   31', 58'
T. Usman   87'		 Report[dead link] Chandan Das   30'
Sandip Das   79'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[2]
Referee: Rizwah-ul-Haq (Delhi)
29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) Kerala 3–1 Assam Imphal
12:00 IST Dineesh K.   71'
Sylvester Ignatius   77'
Abdul Naushad   90'		 Report[dead link] Sanjiba Rongpi   37' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Services 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Maharashtra 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 Railways 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) Maharashtra 1–1 Services Imphal
14:00 IST Ahmed   2' Report[dead link] Pradeep Debnath   48' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[3]
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) Railways 0–1 Maharashtra Imphal
14:00 IST Report[dead link] Moosa   37' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: ≈6,000[4]
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva (Goa)
29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) Railways 0–2 Services Imphal
14:00 IST Report[dead link] Pritam Bahadur   13', 58' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,000[5]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Goa 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Karnataka 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 Punjab 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Punjab 0–2 Karnataka Imphal
12:00 IST Report[dead link] Mahendra Mani   22'
Sunil S. Kumar   30'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 15,000[6]
Referee: S. Sarkar (West Bengal)
28 October 2002 (2002-10-28) Goa 2–1 Punjab Imphal
12:00 IST Lawrence   42'
D'Cunha   44'		 Report Sher Singh   17' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan (Services)
30 October 2002 (2002-10-30) Goa 2–1 Karnataka Imphal
12:00 IST Jules Alberto   3'
Sukhdev Arwade   38'		 Report[dead link] S. Paramesh   56' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: ≈23,000[7]
Referee: Rizwan-ul-Haq (Delhi)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manipur 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Tamil Nadu 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
3 Odisha 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Manipur 4–1 Odisha Imphal
14:00 IST Bijen Singh   9', 82'
Tiken Singh   38'
To. Singh   60'		 Report[dead link] Premchand Singh   36' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 27,000[8]
Referee: Walter Pereira (Maharashtra)
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Tamil Nadu 2–1 Odisha Imphal
14:00 IST P. Muthu   24', 28' Report Saroj Kanta Pattnaik   19' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,000[9]
Referee: Kisan Avtar (Delhi)
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Manipur 2–2 Tamil Nadu Imphal
14:00 IST Uttam Singh   24'
Tiken Singh   69'		 Report[dead link] Kulothungan   6'
A. Kumaravel   90+'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 29,000[10]
Referee: M. K. Roy (Assam)

Semi-finals edit

Kerala3–2Services
Saheer   12', 22'
Ajayan   78'		 Report JF Gangmei   9'
Pritam Bahadur   69'
Attendance: ≈7,000[11]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
Manipur0–0 (a.e.t.)Goa
Report
Penalties
Ratan Singh  
Re. Singh  
Bijen Singh  
Bungo Singh  
JL Singh  		 4–3 Jules Alberto  
Lawrence  
Menino Fernandes  
B. Fernandes  
Lawrence  
Attendance: ≈26,000[12]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Final edit

Manipur2–1 (a.e.t.)Kerala
Tiken Singh   6'
To. Singh   94' 		Report Abdul Noushad   87'
Attendance: 25,000[13]–29,000[14]
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Awards edit

Award[15] 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)

References edit

  1. ^ "IFA Bengal vs Assam match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Kerala vs IFA Bengal Match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Maharsatra vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Railways vs Maharastra Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Railways vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Punjab vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Goa vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Manipur vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Tamil Nadu vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Manipur vs Tamil Nadu Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Kerala vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Manipur vs Goa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 5 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  13. ^ "In Manipur, the football revolution gets a title". Press Trust of India. The Indian Express. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Manipur vs Kerala Match Report". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 December 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  15. ^ Amitabha Das, Sharma (6 November 2002). "Manipur is champion". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

External links edit

  • The official LG Santosh Trophy 2002 website: santoshtrophy2002.nic.in
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