1981–82 Santosh Trophy

The 1981–82 Santosh Trophy was the 38th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Corporation Stadium, Trichur (now Thrissur), Kerala. Bengal beat Railways 2–0 in the final.^[1][2]

1981–82 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	1–31 January 1982
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (20th title)
Runners-up	Railways
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Biswajit Bhattacharya (Bengal) & Appukuttan (Kerala) (9 goals)
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Quarter-finals

This is an incomplete list of matches reconstructed from articles about the tournament.^[3]

Group A

Kerala	2–0	Andhra Pradesh
Appukuttan Jacob

Bengal	1–0	Maharashtra
Biswajit Bhattacharya 63'

22 January 1982

Kerala	2–0	Maharashtra
Vijayakumar

Bengal	3–0	Kerala
Biswajit Bhattacharya Somenath Banerjee

Attendance: 60,000

Group B

Karnataka	3–0	Bihar
Ravikumar Mani 49'

Karnataka	2–2	Punjab
Mani		Kultar Balwinder

Railways	2–1	Bihar
Inbanathan Sekhar Chakraborty		Murmu 67'

Railways	2–1	Punjab
Monojit Das Ravi Kumar (o.g.)		Balwinder

Karnataka	0–0	Railways

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bengal	3–0	Karnataka	0–0	3–0
Railways	2–1	Kerala	1–0	1–1

Matches

26 January 1982

Bengal	0–0	Karnataka

Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Bengal	3–0	Karnataka

Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Bengal won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Railways	1–0	Kerala

Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Railways	1–1	Kerala

Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Railways won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

31 January 1982 ^[4]

Bengal	2–0	Railways
Biswajit Bhattacharya

Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur