2005–06 Santosh Trophy

The 2005–06 Santosh Trophy (known as the 60th Air India Express Santosh Trophy 2005–06 for sponsorship reasons)[4][5] was the 60th edition of the Santosh Trophy. The tournament was held from 4 to 21 November 2005 in Kerala.[6][7]

2005-06 Santosh Trophy
60th Senior National Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Teams32 [1]
Final positions
ChampionsGoa (4th title)
Runner-upMaharashtra
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored198 (3.81 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Fredy Mascarenhas (9)[2]
Best playerNicholas Rodrigues[3]

Goa won the Santosh Trophy 2005–06 for the fourth time after defeating Maharashtra in the 2005 final at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi[8][9][10] after 15 years.[3] Host Kerala claimed third spot after defeating Punjab.[11]

Teams

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Automatically qualified to the group stage

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30 States / UT teams of India along with Services and Railways with total of 32 teams participated in the tournament The defending champions Kerala, runners-up Punjab along with last year's losing semi-finalists Services and Manipur receive automatic qualification into the Quarter-final stage.[8][12]

Teams directly Qualified for Quarter Finals
Kerala
Punjab
Services
Manipur

Qualification round entry

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Cluster I Cluster II Cluster III Cluster IV Cluster V Cluster VI Cluster VII Cluster VIII
Uttar Pradesh Delhi Maharashtra Assam Tamil Nadu Karnataka Goa West Bengal
Uttarakhand Bihar Orissa Railways Jharkhand Chandigar Tripura Mizoram
Madhya Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Rajasthan Nagaland
Meghalaya Pondicherry Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh
Legend
Team that qualified for the pre-quarters
Teams that are eliminated

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Stadiums and locations

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Stadium Location Capacity Matches
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Kochi 60,000[13][14] Final, semi-finals and quarter-finals
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode Kozhikode 53,000 [15][16] Qualifying rounds
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium Thiruvananthapuram 25,000[17] Qualifying rounds
Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ground Udyogamandalam Quarter-finals
 
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, hosted the Semi-finals and Final

Qualifying rounds

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Qualifying round held from 4 to 10 November at the venues Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram and Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode.[4][8][18] 28 teams participated in qualifying rounds for Quarter final berth.[19]

Cluster I - Calicut

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uttar Pradesh 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6
Uttarakhand 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
Madhya Pradesh 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: [1]

Madhya Pradesh1–2Uttarakhand
Praveen Nair   27' Report Siddharth Thapa   13'
Kundan Kanwal Singh   15'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Uttar Pradesh2–0Uttarakhand
Shamshi Raza   31'
Amit Singh   62'
Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Madhya Pradesh1–2Uttar Pradesh
Anuj Pratap Singh   90+' Report Bhuvan Krishna Joshi   67', 84'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Cluster II - Thiruvananthapuram

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Delhi 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6
Bihar 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Himachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Source: [2]

Delhi7–0Himachal Pradesh
Praveen Rawat Singh   10', 59', 87', 89'
Sumit Thapa   62', 88'
Ricky Chakchanak   85'
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Bihar3–0Himachal Pradesh
Upendra Kumar  32'
Manoj Raman   81'
Awdhes Kumar   89'
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Delhi2–0Uttar Pradesh
Sumit Thapa  32', 52' Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Cluster III - Thiruvananthapuram

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Maharashtra 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
Orissa 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
Jammu and Kashmir 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Meghalaya 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: [3]

Maharashtra2–0Meghalaya
Abhishek Yadav   57'
Sumit Thapa   61'
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Jammu and Kashmir1–2Orissa
JK Ishfaq Ahmed   70' Report Bijay Ray   28'
Antu Murmu   84'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Maharashtra1–1Jammu and Kashmir
Mehraj Din Wadoo (own Goal)  70' Report Bilal Ahmed Wani  11'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Meghalaya1–4Orissa
Rogesterwell Basaiawmdit  46' Report Gyan Ranjan Samal  2', 33', 59'
Rajendra Prasad Singh  24'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Jammu and Kashmir2–2Meghalaya
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Maharashtra4–0Orissa
Paresh Shivalkar  46'
Soccor Velho   55'
Abhishek Yadav   66', 71'
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Cluster IV - Calicut

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Assam 3 3 0 0 17 2 +15 9
Railways 3 2 0 1 13 2 +11 6
Chhattisgarh 3 1 0 2 4 15 −11 3
Pondicherry 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: [4]

Railways4–0Chhattisgarh
Kasif Jamal  32', 90+3'
PV Vinoy   40'
S Suresh Kumar  78'
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Pondicherry0–5Assam
Report Nitu Narzary   17'
Rahajuddin Ahmed   31', 35'
Manikanta Brahma   61'
Thomson Langthasa   86'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Railways8–0Pondicherry
Ashim Biswas   2', 4', 17', 37'
Kasif Jamal   14', 57', 84 '
PV Vinoy   28'
Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Assam10–1Chhattisgarh
Manikanta Brahma  14', 33', 90+1'
Sanjiva Rongpi  31', 37', 74'
Khirod Das  57'
Rahajuddin Ahmed  59'
Nitu Narzary  68'
Thong Tham Kom  87'
Report Laxmendra Kumar  52'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Pondicherry1–3Chhattisgarh
Anas   24' Report Kulwant Singh   40', 43'
Krishna Naidu   90'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Railways1–2Assam
Kasif Jamal  54' Report Sanjiva Rongpi  40', 61'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Cluster V - Thiruvananthapuram

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tamil Nadu 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Jharkhand 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2
Gujarat 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: [5]

Tamil Nadu2–0Gujarat
Kalia Kulothungan   44', 64' Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Jharkhand2–2Gujarat
Vimal Pariyar   44', 64' Report Vishnu Chauhan   5'
Mehul Rana   86'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Tamil Nadu1–1Jharkhand
Jegan   88' Report Mirja Besra   38'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Cluster VI - Calicut

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Karnataka 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
Chandigarh 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
Haryana 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: [6]

Karnataka1–0Chandigarh
Shanmugam Venkatesh   30' Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Chandigarh1–0Haryana
Sameer Singh   15' Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Karnataka1–1Haryana
Xavier Vijayakumar   17' Report Praveen Arora]   36'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Cluster VII - Calicut

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Goa 3 3 0 0 32 0 +32 9
Sikkim 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
Tripura 3 1 1 1 4 16 −12 4
Rajasthan 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: [7]

Goa7–0Rajasthan
Anthony Pereira   27'
Freddy Mascarenhas   37', 59', 79'
Climax Lawrence   51'
Mahesh Gawli   61'
Joaquim Abranches   90+2'
Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Tripura1–1Sikkim
Amarjit Singh   12' Report Bigen Tamang   72'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Goa15–0Tripura
Clifford Miranda   12'
Anthony Pereira   17', 55'
Freddy Mascarenhas   18', 22', 29', 39', 42', 54'
Rodrigues   63', 70', 83'
Nicolas Borges   35', 38'
Alvito Rodrigues   90'
Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Sikkim4–1Rajasthan
Birbahadur Pradhan   4', 32', 72'
Milan Lepcha   83'
Report Rajesh Shyam   56'
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Tripura3–0Rajasthan
Sathyajit Dev Roy   34', 52'
Shyamal Bhowmick  51'
Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Goa10–0Sikkim
Anthony Pereira   8'
Rodrigues   33'
Climax Lawrence   35', 40', 45+1', 85'
Nicolas Borges   48'
Joaquim Abranches   61', 83'
Samir Naik   76'
Report
Municipal Corporation Stadium, Calicut

Cluster VIII -Thiruvananthapuram

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
West Bengal 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
Mizoram 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
Nagaland 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
Andhra Pradesh 3 0 2 1 3 6 −3 2
Source: [8]

West Bengal2–2Nagaland
Dipendu Biswas   12'
Syed Rahim Nabi   45+1'
Report Temjen Kibang   44'
Vizorü Peseyie   76'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Andhra Pradesh2–2Mizoram
Mohammed Quizar   14'
MD Fareed   73'
Report Shylo Malswam Tulunga   25'
Pachau Lalam Puia   67'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

West Bengal3–0Andhra Pradesh
Dipendu Biswas   8'
Sasthi Duley   64'
Syed Rahim Nabi   89'
Report
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Nagaland1–3Mizoram
Yapong   18' Report Jerry Zirsanga   32'
Vanlal Rovay   59'
Shylo Malswam Tulunga   60'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Andhra Pradesh1–2Nagaland
Mohammed Fareed   67' Report Leipakchao  81'
Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Quarterfinal League

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Quarterfinal rounds held from 11 to 17 November at the venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi. Cheer girls, helicopter fly, sky diving, cultural programmes and mass drill was held to the kick-off of the main leg of the 60th Air India Express-Santosh Trophy national football tournament at Kochi on 11 November 2005.[20] 4500 students from 25 schools and three colleges in the City lined up for mass drills, folk dances, traditional art forms while another 1000 students conducted special balloon display.[20]

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kerala 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6
Uttar Pradesh 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
Delhi 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5 0
Source: [21]
11 November 2005 Kerala 1–0 Uttar Pradesh Kochi
MA Abdul Hakkim   71' Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
15 November 2005 Uttar Pradesh 2–0 Delhi Udyogamandalam
15:00 IST Bhuvan Joshi  
Prahlad Rawat  
Report Stadium: Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ground
16 November 2005 Kerala 3–0 Delhi Kochi
17:00 IST Ajayan   71'
MA Abdul Hakkim   53'
Pradeep   67'
Report[dead link] Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Punjab 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
Karnataka 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
Tamil Nadu 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: [21]
13 November 2005 Punjab 2–2 Karnataka Kochi
08:00 IST Taranjit Singh   27'
Yadwinder Singh   71'
Report Venkatesh   62'
Rajendra Prasad   84'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
15 November 2005 Tamil Nadu 0–1 Karnataka Kochi
19:00 IST Amrutharaja   48' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
17 November 2005 Punjab 2–0 Tamil Nadu Kochi
17:00 IST Gyan Moyon Thapa   51'
Charanjit Singh   83'
Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Maharashtra 2 2 0 0 7 3 +4 6
West Bengal 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
Services 2 0 0 2 5 8 −3 0
Source: [21]
11 November 2005 Services 3–5 Maharashtra Kochi
L Danny   33', 70'
A Thirunavukarasu   67'
Report Abhishek Yadav   28', 37', 77'
Soccor Velho   41', 49'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
15 November 2005 Maharashtra 2–0 West Bengal Kochi
17:00 IST Reuben D'Souza   58'
Shivalkar   64'
Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
16 November 2005 Services 2–3 West Bengal Kochi
19:00 IST L Danny   71'
Shaji D'Silva   73'
Report[dead link] Jayanta Sen   26'
Raman Vijayan   51'
S. Ramesh   85' (o.g.)
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Goa 2 1 1 0 7 1 +6 4
Manipur 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
Assam 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
Source: [21]
12 November 2005 Manipur 3–1 Assam Kochi
Sushil Kumar   23'
Samson Singh   70'
Dharamjit Singh   90+1'
Report[dead link] Sanjiva Rongpi   83' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 300
15 November 2005 Assam 0–6 Goa Udyogamandalam
08:30 IST Report Pereira   12', 26', 45', 53'
Lawrence   16'
Miranda   25'
Stadium: Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ground
16 November 2005 Manipur 0–1 Goa Kochi
19:00 IST T. Singh   87' Report Lawrence   89' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Shaji C. Kurian (Kerala)

Semi-finals

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Kerala0–1Maharashtra
Report Reuben D'Souza   49'

Punjab0–2Goa
Report[dead link] Carvalho   14'
Rodrigues   48'

Third place play-off

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Kerala2–1Punjab
Pradeep   57'
Saheer   79'
Report Narinder Singh   68'

Final

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Maharashtra1–3 (a.e.t.)Goa
Velho   73'
Hekmat Singh   106'
Report[dead link] Philip Gomes   74'
Rodrigues   105'
Abranches   115'
Rodrigues   21'
Abranches   81'
Referee: Shaji C. Kurian (Kerala)

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Winning Goa Team with Santosh Trophy

Awards

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Best Player: Nicholas Rodrigues[3]

Statistics

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Maharashtra Match Statistics Goa
1 Goals scored 3
9 Total shots 12
3 Shots on target 4
6 Shots off target 8
12 Corner kicks 7
21 Fouls committed 13
3 Offsides 8
2 Yellow cards 1
0 Second yellow card & red card 0
0 Red cards 0

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Prizes

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The Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy gave away the trophies. Besides the top prize and a cheque of Rs. 5 lakhs, the winning team also received Rs. 1 lakh announced by the Goa Sports Minister, Pandurang Madkikar .[24]

Top scorers

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Rank Player State Goals
1 Fredy Mascarenhas Goa 9
2 Kasif Jamal Railways 6
3 Sanjiv Rongpi Assam 5
4 Ashim Biswas Railways 4
Anthony Pereira Goa 4
Nicholas Rodrigues Goa 4
Climax Lawrence Goa 4
Praveen Rawat Delhi 4
Sumit Thapa Delhi 4

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Controversy

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In a Group D match between Goa and Manipur on 17 November 2005, the referee Shaji C. Kurian allowed Goa to restart the game even as most of the Manipur players were celebrating Tomba Singh's goal in the 87th minute from a free kick.[25] With the Manipur players unsettled for restart, Climax Lawrence rode on a break from the right and scored past Manipur goalkeeper Ingobi Singh.[26][27] The Manipuri players argued with referee Kurian, disputing the restart. Police was called in due to be some shoving and pushing between players and there was some argument between the Manipur players and the local police.[27] Game has only resumed after Manipur's coach Ekendra Singh and manager Dinamani Singh entered the ground and asked Manipur players to finish off the game.[27] Even though the match ended in a tie, Goa advanced to the semifinals with their superior goal difference in Group D.[27] Immediately after the incident, the Manipur team manager lodged a complaint contending violation of Rule No. 8 of the Laws of the Game, and Article No. 15 of the Regulation of the Championship.[26][28][29]

The All Manipur Football Association decided to boycott the national Under-19 and Under-14 football tournaments organized by the All India Football Federation in protest against a referee's decision[28] People of Manipur gave a rousing welcome to the players and officials of the State team which participated in the 60th Air India Express Santosh trophy football Tournament on their arrival at Imphal.[30][31] To protest the biased decision of the referee, Manipur Students Federation had organised only sit-in-protest demonstration and imposed a 22-hour general strike on the day the final match.[31] The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 18 December 2005 decided to retain Goa as the champions of the Santosh Trophy rejecting Manipur's appeal, which had asked the AIFF to strip the champions of the title.[32]

Telecast

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Zee Sports telecasted the 16 matches from the quarterfinals onwards live.[33] John Helm and Russell Osman have been hired as commentators.[1] The telecast packages included preview and review shows, half time match analysis.[1] Music and dance performances by renowned bands during the half time and in between the two matches. Special performance by Zebra's was there to entertain the crowds before the start of each match.[1][34][35] Zee provided soccer fans with the latest team news, match scores, statistics and player profiles, as well as exclusive player interviews and photo galleries.[1][35]

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