1953–54 Santosh Trophy

The 1953–54 Santosh Trophy was the tenth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main territorial competition in India. It was held in Calcutta, West Bengal. Managed by Balaidas Chatterjee,^[1] Bengal won their seventh title by defeating Mysore 3–1 in the final.^[2]

1953–54 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (7th title)
Runners-up	Mysore
← 1952–53 1954–55 → 60 minute matches

Bengal won their quarter-final match against Bihar, semifinal match against Bombay and the final against Mysore in replayed games.

Quarter final

18 August 1953 ^[3]

Hyderabad	1–0	Assam
Moin 68'	Report

Calcutta

Referee: P. Chakravarty

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19 August 1953 ^[4]

Mysore	3–0	Delhi
Nari 16' Balasubramaniam 58' Ramaiah 68'	Report

Calcutta

Referee: P. Chakravarty

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25 August 1953 ^[5]

Bombay	1–0	Services
Santiago 41'	Report

Calcutta

Referee: P. Chakravarty

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25 August 1953 ^[5]

Bengal	0–0	Bihar
	Report

Calcutta

27 August 1953 ^[6]

Bengal	1–1 replay	Bihar
Mewalal	Report	P. K. Banerjee

Calcutta

Referee: H. Fischer

28 August 1953 ^[7]

Bengal	2–1 replay	Bihar
Dutt Manna 44'	Report	S. Ghosh

Calcutta

Referee: H. Fischer

P. K. Banerjee made his debut in Santosh Trophy, playing for Bihar.

Semifinal

23 August 1953 ^[8]

Mysore	1–0	Hyderabad
A Ramaiah 4'	Report

Calcutta

Referee: Aloke Roy

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30 August 1953 ^[9]

Bengal	0–0	Bombay
	Report

Calcutta

Referee: P. Chakravarty

31 August 1953 ^[10]

Bengal	1–0 replay	Bombay
Narayan	Report

Calcutta

Referee: P. Chakravarty

Third place match

1 September 1953 ^[11]

Hyderabad	4–0	Bombay
Moin Doraiswamy	Report

Calcutta

Final

2 September 1953^[12]

Bengal	0–0	Mysore
	Report

Calcutta

Referee: Alok Roy

Final replay

4 September 1953^[13]

Bengal	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Mysore
S. Dutt 59' Robi Das Mewalal	Report	Pushparaj 14'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta