1959–60 Santosh Trophy

The 1959–60 Santosh Trophy was the sixteenth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main territorial competition in India. It was held in Nowgong, Assam. Bengal defeated Bombay 3–1 in the final to retain the title.

1959–60 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	October 1959
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (10th title)
Runners-up	Bombay
← 1958–59 1960–61 → 70 minute matches

Hyderabad team competed under the name Andhra Pradesh from this season.

Preliminary Round

North Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Services	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Advance to the final round
2	Uttar Pradesh	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4
3	Delhi	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	2
4	Madhya Pradesh	3	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: rsssf

2 October 1959

Services	2–0 [1]	Uttar Pradesh
Lahiri

Jabalpur

3 October 1959

Delhi	7–2 [1]	Madhya Pradesh

Jabalpur

4 October 1959

Services	3–0 [1]	Delhi
Thapa Ethiraj

Jabalpur

5 October 1959

Uttar Pradesh	1–0 [1]	Madhya Pradesh
Gupta

Jabalpur

6 October 1959

Services	4–1 [1]	Madhya Pradesh
Thapa Subba Lahiri		???

Jabalpur

7 October 1959

Uttar Pradesh	2–0 [1]	Delhi
Kharole

Jabalpur

East Zone

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Assam	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Advance to the final round
2	Bengal	2	1	0	1	5	1	+4	2
3	Orissa	2	0	1	1	0	5	−5	1

Source: rsssf

29 September 1959

Orissa	0–0 [1]	Assam

Cuttack

2 October 1959

Assam	1–0 [1]	Bengal
Bora

Burnpur

2 October 1959

Bengal	5–0 [1]	Orissa
Balaram Goswami Kannan

Burnpur

Final Round

Section I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	6	Advance to semifinals
2	Andhra Pradesh	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	4
3	Bihar	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	2
4	Uttar Pradesh	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

Source: rsssf

16 October 1959

Bengal	3–0 [1]	Bihar
Rahmatullah

Nowgong Stadium

17 October 1959

Andhra Pradesh	4–1 [1]	Uttar Pradesh
Hamid Gulzar Kankidas		Kaiser

Nowgong Stadium

20 October 1959

Andhra Pradesh	6–0 [1]	Bihar
Gulzar Zulfikar Jaffar

Nowgong Stadium

21 October 1959

Bengal	7–0 [1]	Uttar Pradesh
Damodaran Goswami Rahmatullah Balaram

Nowgong Stadium

23 October 1959

Bihar	5–1 [1]	Uttar Pradesh
Bidhan P. Chatterjee (pen.) Ganesh		Kaiser

Nowgong Stadium

25 October 1959

Bengal	3–0 [1]	Andhra Pradesh
Rahmatullah Varhalu Damodaran

Nowgong Stadium

Section II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bombay	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5	Advance to semifinals
2	Services	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	4
3	Assam	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Kerala	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Source: rsssf

15 October 1959

Bombay	1–0 [1]	Assam
Derek D'Souza

Nowgong Stadium

18 October 1959

Services	1–1 [1]	Assam
Kazipmi		Riaz Ali

Nowgong Stadium

19 October 1959

Bombay	4–0 [1]	Kerala
John Charles Joe D'sa Derek D'Souza

Nowgong Stadium

22 October 1959

Services	4–0 [1]	Kerala
Puran Bahadur Thapa Kazipmi Lahiri

Nowgong Stadium

24 October 1959

Services	0–0 [1]	Bombay

Nowgong Stadium

26 October 1959

Kerala	1–1 [1]	Assam
George		S.Nongbri

Nowgong Stadium

Semifinal

28 October 1959^[1]

Bombay	2–0	Andhra Pradesh
Derek D'Souza Joe D'sa

Nowgong Stadium

29 October 1959^[1]

Bengal	2–1	Services
P. K. Banerjee Damodaran		Puran Bahadur Thapa

Nowgong Stadium

Third place match

30 October 1959^[1]

Services	1–0	Andhra Pradesh
Kazipmi

Nowgong Stadium

Final

31 October 1959^[1]

Bengal	3–1	Bombay
Balaram 30' P. K. Banerjee 31' Chandrasekhar 70' (o.g.)		Jaffar 1'

Nowgong Stadium

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: C.P. Mathur (Rajasthan)