2009–10 Santosh Trophy
| 64th Senior National Football Championship | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Tournament details | |
| Country | India | 
| Teams | 31 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | West Bengal (30th title) | 
| Runners-up | Punjab | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 58 | 
| Goals scored | 244 (4.21 per match) | 
| Top goal scorer(s) | Akum Ao (Assam) - 9 goals Balwant Singh (Punjab) - 8 goals | 
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 IV | Cluster V | Cluster VI | Cluster VII | Cluster VIII | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka | Maharashtra | Punjab | Manipur | Delhi | Chhattisgarh | Kerala | Mizoram | 
| Meghalaya | Chandigarh | Pondicherry | Jammu & Kashmir | Madhya Pradesh | Haryana | Assam | Railways | 
| Jharkhand | Tripura | Gujarat | Rajasthan | Uttar Pradesh | Sikkim | Uttarakhand | Orissa | 
| Andhra Pradesh | Nagaland | Arunachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | Bihar | 
| Legend | 
|---|
| Team that qualified for the pre-quarters | 
| Teams that are eliminated | 
Qualifying round
Cluster I
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 | 
| Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | 
| Jharkhand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | 
| Karnataka | 1 – 0 | Meghalaya | 
|---|---|---|
| Don Bosco  89' | Report | 
| Meghalaya | 5 – 0 | Jharkhand | 
|---|---|---|
| Niwano Gatpoh  31', 37', 62' Steven Field  85' Malsawma Gawngliana  90+2' | Report | 
| Jharkhand | 1 – 6 | Karnataka | 
|---|---|---|
| Ravindra Singh  34' | Report | Xavier Vijay Kumar  31' R.C.Prakash  45+1' J.Murali  46' J.Satish Kumar  72' Ngurneilal  73', 88' | 
Cluster II
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | 
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | 
| Tripura | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | 
| Chandigarh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | 
| Maharashtra | 4 – 0 | Chandigarh | 
|---|---|---|
| Reuben D'Souza  35' Surojit Bose  80', 89' Alex Ambrose  87' | Report | 
| Tripura | 1 – 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Liton Maujumdar  73' | Report | Faijal  6' W.Vijay Kumar  10' | 
| Chandigarh | 1 – 1 | Tripura | 
|---|---|---|
| Harvinder Singh  90+2' | Report | Rajendra Deb Verma  58' | 
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 – 4 | Maharashtra | 
|---|---|---|
| Duty Kumar Mahto  45' | Report | Alex Ambrose  18', 21' Reuben D' Souza  26' Jatin Singh Bisht  64' | 
| Chandigarh | 1 – 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Harkeert Singh  71' | Report | Duty Kumar Mahto  21' W.Vijay Kumar  58' | 
| Maharashtra | 4 – 1 | Tripura | 
|---|---|---|
| Darren Caldeira  11' Surojit Bose  19' Anees Koralyadan  48', 62' | Report | Kiran Chetri  78' | 
Cluster III
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | 
| Nagaland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | 
| Pondicherry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 3 | 
| Gujarat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | 
| Punjab | 7 – 0 | Pondicherry | 
|---|---|---|
| Balwant Singh  29', 49' Ravinder Singh  31' Balraj Singh  66' Rohit Kumar  70' Parveen Kumar  71' Randeep Singh  88' | Report | 
| Gujarat | 0 – 4 | Nagaland | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sakutemje  54', 90+3' Deilierio  77' Tiafumet  90' | 
| Pondicherry | 2 – 1 | Gujarat | 
|---|---|---|
| Vinod Kumar  18' Manikandon  73' | Report | Dipesh Pun  40' | 
| Punjab | 1 – 0 | Nagaland | 
|---|---|---|
| Balwant Singh  9' | Report | 
| Pondicherry | 0 – 6 | Nagaland | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nandiabonang  17' Dilierio  38' Yapang  51' Sakutenjen  60', 76', 83' | 
| Punjab | 10 – 1 | Gujarat | 
|---|---|---|
| Parveen Kumar  23', 40' Amandeep Batra  29', 30', 66' Rahul Batra  34' Ravindrer Singh  38' Gurwinder Singh  47' Balwant Singh  74', 79' | Report | Sutaj Thapa  41' | 
Cluster IV
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manipur | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 6 | 
| Rajasthan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 3 | 
| J&K | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | 
| Manipur | 13 – 0 | Rajasthan | 
|---|---|---|
| Charan Rai  8', 28' Subhas Singh  12', 38', 58', 67' R.Vashum  15', 18', 25', 44', 64' Bisheshwor Singh  22' Naila Kumar Singh  86' | Report | 
| Rajasthan | 1 – 0 | J&K | 
|---|---|---|
| Rahul Gurjar  83' | Report | 
| J&K | 0 – 2 | Manipur | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Jotin Singh  78' Ksh Lalemlemnganga Singh  82' | 
Cluster V
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | 
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | 
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | 
| Delhi | 3 – 1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Bhuvan Joshi  19' Vikash Rawat  53' Tuishim Mashnga  81' | Report | Bamin Tatunga  71' | 
| Madhya Pradesh | 0 – 3 | Uttar Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Irfan Zaman Khan  20' Tushar Chaudhary  72', 86' | 
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 – 1 | Arunachal Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Neelesh Pilai  61' Javed Manihar  82', 90' | Report | Rallo Raj Kumar  85' | 
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 – 7 | Uttar Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Nyamar Loyi  79' Tagatath  90+2' | Report | Budhiram Soren  8', 23', 45+4' Tushar Chaudhary  15', 81' Gyanendra Kashap  45' Jitendra Kumar  67' | 
| Delhi | 3 – 1 | Madhya Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| David Ngaispe  4' Bhuvan Joshi  55' Vikash Rawat  90' | Report | Javed Manihar  17' | 
Cluster VI
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | 
| Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 
| Haryana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | 
| Haryana | 0 – 4 | Sikkim | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Tshering Lepcha  6' Vikas Jairu  19' Birendra Rai  22' Rupesh Diyali  85' | 
| Sikkim | 0 – 1 | Chhattisgarh | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Wasim Raza  31' | 
| Chhattisgarh | 5 – 1 | Haryana | 
|---|---|---|
| Wasim Raza  3' Kulwant Singh  61' Yugal Kishore Purti  63' Daniela Paupu  67', 82' | Report | Raghav Khurana  75' | 
Cluster VII
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 | 
| Assam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 6 | 
| Uttarakhand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | 
| Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | 
| Kerala | 3 – 1 | Uttarakhand | 
|---|---|---|
| Sumesh N  31' Sakeer MP  65' Javed OK  90+1' | Report | Veer Singh Negi  69' | 
| Assam | 10 – 0 | Himachal Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| S.Warry  11' Akum Ao  15', 47', 52', 61', 76', 78' Bulu Zigdung  33', 39' Chirod Das  87' | Report | 
| Uttarakhand | 0 – 7 | Assam | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sisuram Chutia  8' Akum Ao  31', 46' Ajit Singh  41' S. Warry  50' Jelendra Brahma  80', 84' | 
| Kerala | 10 – 0 | Himachal Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Javed OK  14', 45+1', 54' Rakesh K  15', 32' Sakeer MP  28', 70' Martin John  43' Bijesh Ben  55' Subair KP  83' | Report | 
| Uttarakhand | 4 – 0 | Himachal Pradesh | 
|---|---|---|
| Veer Singh Negi  16' Manish Khatri  41' Lakhwinder Singh  57' Nikunj Aswal  66' | Report | 
| Kerala | 5 – 2 | Assam | 
|---|---|---|
| Javed OK  19' Justin Stephen  42' Sakeer MP  69' Bijesh Ben  81' Subair KP  90+3' | Report | Akum Ao  22' Jelendra Brahma  86' | 
Cluster VIII
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizoram | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | 
| Railways | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | 
| Orissa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | 
| Bihar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | 
| Mizoram | 1 – 3 | Orissa | 
|---|---|---|
| Zaidumawaia Hmar  82' | Report | Sheikh Mustaqim  10', 55' Maheswar Das  70' | 
| Bihar | 1 – 7 | Railways | 
|---|---|---|
| Jiten Lomar  90+2' | Report | Anthony Soren  10', 16', 78' Suresh Kumar  36' S.Freddy  39', 60' Mohammad Moazzam  73' | 
| Orissa | 0 – 4 | Railways | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bijoy Das  20' S.Freedy  27' D.Nanda Kumar  26' Suraj Mondal  61' | 
| Mizoram | 10 – 0 | Bihar | 
|---|---|---|
| Zaidinmawia Hmar  31' Beikhokhei  38', 76', 85' F.Lalrinpuia  46', 53', 64' Jerry Zirsanga  47', 66' R. Vanlalnundan  62' | Report | 
| Railways | 0 – 1 | Mizoram | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lalrinfela  33' | 
| Orissa | 3 – 0 | Bihar | 
|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Ehsan Khan  63' Sheikh Mustaqim  77', 89' | Report | 
Pre Quarter Final
Pre Quarter Final Match 1
Pre Quarter Final Match 2
| Punjab | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Manipur | 
|---|---|---|
| Gurpreet Singh  14' Amandeep Singh  110' | Report | W. Ngouba Singh  87' R.Vashum  102' | 
| Penalties | ||
| Ravinder Singh  Harpreet Singh  Randeep Singh  Balwant Singh  Parveen Singh  | 4 – 2 |  Samananda Singh  Syed Farid  Naoba Singh  Subhas Singh | 
Pre Quarter Final Match 3
| Delhi | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Chhattisgarh | 
|---|---|---|
| Tuishim Mashangva  39', 48' | Report | Mohammad M. Siddique  66' Ram Ishimar Mahto  79' | 
| Penalties | ||
| Monu Chaudhary  Vikash Rawat  Bhuvan Joshi  Ashish Pandey  Tuishim Mashangva  | 4 – 3 |  Harshvardhan Shende  Mohammad M. Siddique  Partha Dey  Wasim Raza  Sudhir Manjhi | 
Pre Quarter Final Match 4
| Kerala | 0 – 1 | Mizoram | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Beikhokhei  63' | 
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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 | 
| Punjab | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 
| Services | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | 
| Karnataka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 
| Services | 0 – 1 | Punjab | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rohit Kumar  74' | 
| Goa | 1 – 0 | Karnataka | 
|---|---|---|
| Cavin Lobo  90+2' | Report | 
| Karnataka | 1 – 2 | Services | 
|---|---|---|
| J.Karthigeyan  70' | Report | Dileep M  55' Shaji D'Silva  76' | 
| Punjab | 0 – 3 | Goa | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | Cavin Lobo  57', 90' Branco Cardozo  90+4' | 
| Karnataka | 1 – 5 | Punjab | 
|---|---|---|
| R.C.Prakash  40' | Report | Gurpreet Singh  5', 6' Praveen Kumar  66', 94' Rohit Kumar  87' | 
| Goa | 4 – 0 | Services | 
|---|---|---|
| Milagres Gonsalves  7', 14' Adil Khan  55' Clifton Gonsalves  71' | Report | 
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | 
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | 
| Delhi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 
| Mizoram | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 1 | 
| Tamil Nadu | 2 – 0 | Mizoram | 
|---|---|---|
| C.S.Sabeeth  61' R.Rajesh  73' | Report | 
| West Bengal | 1 – 1 | Delhi | 
|---|---|---|
| Jayanta Sen  87' | Report | Tuishim Mashangva  40' | 
| Delhi | 1 – 1 | Tamil Nadu | 
|---|---|---|
| David Ngaithe  80' | Report | M.Ramesh  88' | 
| Mizoram | 1 – 7 | West Bengal | 
|---|---|---|
| F.Lalmuanpuia  67' | Report | Shankar Oraon  10', 55' Gouranga Dutta  30', 41' Tarif Ahmed  44' Jayanta Sen  83' Nilendra Dewan  90' | 
| Delhi | 0 – 0 | Mizoram | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| West Bengal | 1 – 2 | Tamil Nadu | 
|---|---|---|
| Nilendra Dewan  15' | Report | V.R.Murugappan  17' P.C.Riju  78' | 
Semi-finals
| Goa | 1–1 | West Bengal | 
|---|---|---|
| Gonsalves  20' | Report | R. Singh  84' | 
| Penalties | ||
| Franco  Lobo  Khan  Dias   Rodrigues  | 3–4 |  Ghosh  Sn. Chakraborty  So. Chakrabarti  Azim  Devadas | 
| Tamil Nadu | 1–3 | Punjab | 
|---|---|---|
| Elamurgan  90+3' | Report | Balw. Singh  15', 56' Mani. Singh  35' | 
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 | 2–1 | Punjab | 
|---|---|---|
| Devadas  45+2', 76' | Report | Balw. Singh  31' | 
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MATCH OFFICIALS
- Referee: Pratap Singh (Uttarakhand)
- Assistant referees:
- Amjad Khan (WIFA)
- Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu)
 
- Fourth official: Magho Singh (Manipur)
- Referee Assessor: A.U.K Nair (Gujarat)
- Match Commissioner: S.S.Shetty (WIFA)
References
- ^ "AIFF (The All India Football Federation) webpage". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ "AIFF webpage". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ "Bengal beat Punjab to win Santosh Trophy after 11 years". The Times of India. 8 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010.


