1958–59 Santosh Trophy

The 1958–59 Santosh Trophy was the fifteenth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main territorial competition in India. It was held in Madras, Tamil Nadu.

1958–59 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (9th title)
Runners-up	Services
← 1957–58 1959–60 → 70 minute matches

Bengal defeated Services 1–0 in the final. The trophy was presented by C. Subramaniam, the finance minister of the Madras state, to the Bengal captain and goalkeeper R. Guha. The two time defending champions Hyderabad lost to Services in the semifinals.

This was the first tournament that had a league stage.

Semifinals

6 March 1959 ^[1]

Services	5-2	Hyderabad
Jayaraman 23', 69' Lahiri 27', 30', 35'	Report	Yousuf 18' Hameed 44'

Corporation Stadium, Madras

Referee: Moinuddin

7 March 1959 ^[2]

Bengal	1–1	Bombay
Balaram 18'	Report	Jaffar 53'

Corporation Stadium, Madras

Referee: Bhattacharjee (Delhi)

8 March 1959 ^[3]

Bengal	2–2 (a.e.t.) replay	Bombay
Damodaran 27' Goswami 50'	Report	Balan 40' Devdas 70'

Corporation Stadium, Madras

Referee: Bhattacharjee (Delhi)

10 March 1959 ^[4]

Bengal	2–1 replay	Bombay
Goswami 14' Balaram 53'	Report	Mustaq 40'

Corporation Stadium, Madras

Referee: Moinuddin

Final

12 March 1959^[5]

Bengal	1–0	Services
Balaram 5'	Report

Corporation Stadium, Madras

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Basheer Ahmed (Madras)