1974–75 Santosh Trophy

The 1974–75 Santosh Trophy was the 31st edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Jalandhar, Punjab. Punjab won the title for the second time, beating Bengal 6–0 in the most one-sided Santosh Trophy final.

1974–75 Santosh Trophy

Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	November 1974
Final positions
Champions	Punjab (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bengal
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer	Inder Singh (23 goals)
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Inder Singh, the captain of Punjab, scored 23 goals, the record for a single tournament. Surajit Sengupta and Mohammad Akbar of Bengal scored eleven goals each. Punjab's previous title had also come at Jalandhar in the 1970-71 tournament.

Preliminary round

Cluster A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	2	2	0	0	22	0	+22	4	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Uttar Pradesh	2	0	1	1	2	7	−5	1
3	Gujarat	2	0	1	1	2	19	−17	1

Source: Sportsweek ^[1]

Punjab	17–0	Gujarat
Inder Singh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Punjab	5–0	Uttar Pradesh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Uttar Pradesh	2–2	Gujarat

Jalandhar, Punjab

Punjab's seventeen goals against Gujarat is the second most scored in a Santosh Trophy match, after Bengal's 18–0 against Tripura in this season. Inder Singh's seven goals equalled the record of Fred Pugsley in 1945-46. Punjab was managed by Jarnail Singh.

Cluster B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rajasthan	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Tamil Nadu	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	2
3	Delhi	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: Sportsweek ^[2]

Rajasthan	0–0	Delhi

Jalandhar, Punjab

Rajasthan	3–0	Tamil Nadu
Magan Singh Rajvi

Jalandhar, Punjab

Tamil Nadu	1–0	Delhi

Jalandhar, Punjab

Magan Singh, who scored the first hat-trick of this high-scoring tournament, was the Rajasthan captain.

Cluster C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	3	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Services	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Jammu and Kashmir	2	0	1	1	0	5	−5	1

Source: Sportsweek

Goa	1–1	Services

Jalandhar, Punjab

Goa	5–0	Jammu and Kashmir

Jalandhar, Punjab

Services	0–0	Jammu and Kashmir

Jalandhar, Punjab

Goa was managed by Peter Thangaraj. This tournament was the debut of the Goa goal-keeper Brahmanand who would later captain India. Henry Britto captained Goa.

Cluster D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Orissa	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1
3	Haryana	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: Sportsweek

Maharashtra	3–0	Haryana

Jalandhar, Punjab

Maharashtra	4–1	Orissa

Jalandhar, Punjab

Haryana	1–1	Orissa

Jalandhar, Punjab

Cluster E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26	4	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Madhya Pradesh	2	1	0	1	3	9	−6	2
3	Tripura	2	0	0	2	1	21	−20	0

Source: Sportsweek ^[2]

Bengal	18–0	Tripura

Jalandhar, Punjab

Bengal	8–0	Madhya Pradesh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Madhya Pradesh	3–1	Tripura

Jalandhar, Punjab

Bengal had a forward line of Mohammad Akbar, Surajit Sengupta, Latifuddin and Pradeep Dutt. Bengal were without the prominent players Gautam Sarkar, Subhash Bhowmick, Sudhir Karmakar and Samaresh Chowdhury who were not selected as they failed to report for training before the team selection. Ashoklal Banerjee captained the team.

Bengal's 18–0 win against Tripura is a record in Santosh Trophy.

Cluster F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Assam	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	4	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Kerala	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	2
3	Himachal Pradesh	2	0	0	2	2	10	−8	0

Source: Sportsweek ^[2]

Kerala	6–1	Himachal Pradesh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Assam	4–1	Himachal Pradesh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Assam	1–0	Kerala
Gilbertson Sangma

Jalandhar, Punjab

The defending champions Kerala needed a draw in the last game but lost to Assam. This was the first appearance of Himachal Pradesh in the Santosh Trophy.

Cluster G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nagaland	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	3	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Railways	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
3	Andhra Pradesh	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: Sportsweek ^[2]

Railways	2–1	Andhra Pradesh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Nagaland	2–1	Railways

Jalandhar, Punjab

Nagaland	2–2	Andhra Pradesh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Nagaland were making their debut in Santosh Trophy. They were coached by the former Olympian S. Raman. Railways were the finalists in the previous season but lost their second match.

Cluster H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karnataka	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Manipur	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2
3	Bihar	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: Sportsweek

Quarter-final league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Goa	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
3	Maharashtra	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	2
4	Rajasthan	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0

Source: Sportsweek ^[3]

Punjab	0–0	Goa

Jalandhar, Punjab

Punjab	4–0	Maharashtra

Jalandhar, Punjab

Punjab	12–x	Rajasthan
Inder Singh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Goa	4–1	Rajasthan

Jalandhar, Punjab

Maharashtra	4–1	Rajasthan

Jalandhar, Punjab

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Karnataka	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	4
3	Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Assam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Sportsweek ^[3]

Bengal	2–1	Karnataka

Jalandhar, Punjab

Bengal	4–0	Nagaland

Jalandhar, Punjab

Karnataka	4–1	Nagaland

Jalandhar, Punjab

Semi-final

Punjab	2–0 [3]	Karnataka
Inder Singh

Jalandhar, Punjab

Bengal	2–1 [3]	Goa

Jalandhar, Punjab

Final

Punjab	6–0 [3][4]	Bengal
Inder Singh

Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar, Punjab

Referee: J. P. Coutinho