1983–84 Santosh Trophy

The 1983–84 Santosh Trophy was the 40th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in April 1984 in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu. Goa beat Punjab 1–0 in the final to win the competition for their second time, and first as only-holders, after they held the trophy along with West Bengal in the previous edition.^[2] Arnold Rodrigues and Camilo Gonsalves (both Goa) were named the best forward and best player of the tournament respectively.^[3] The Goa side was captained by goalkeeper Brahmanand Sankhwalkar for second time.He ended the tournament with a clean sheet.^[4]

1983–84 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	?? – 15 April 1984
Final positions
Champions	Goa[1] (2nd title)
Runners-up	Punjab
Awards
Best player	Arnold Rodrigues (Goa)
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Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	5	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Punjab	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	4
3	Karnataka	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Tamil Nadu	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored;

Goa	0–0	Punjab

Goa	1–0	Karnataka
Mauricio Afonso

Goa	2–0	Tamil Nadu
Ignatius Dias

Punjab	1–1	Karnataka
Darshan Singh Masih		R.D. Babu

Punjab	3–0	Tamil Nadu
Balwinder Ravi Bhushan Parminder Singh Sr

Karnataka	1–1	Tamil Nadu
Gomes		Hydross

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Kerala	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	3
3	Maharashtra	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Andhra Pradesh	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: Sportstar
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored;

Bengal	1–0	Maharashtra
Krishnendu Roy

Bengal	3–1	Kerala
Manojit Das Babu Mani		Ranjith

Bengal	2–0	Andhra Pradesh
Kartik Sett Babu Mani

Kerala	3–2	Andhra Pradesh
Ranjith		Nasar Ali Munawar Hussain

Kerala	2–2	Maharashtra
Ranjith Tobias		Mohanavelu Stephen Godinho

Maharashtra	1–1	Andhra Pradesh
Narinder Thapa		Sharfuddin

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Goa	6–0	Kerala	1–0	5–0
Punjab	2–2 (4–2 p)	Bengal	2–2	0–0 (a.e.t.)

Matches

Goa	1–0	Kerala
Camilo Gonsalves 78'

Goa	5–0	Kerala
Dionosio Trinidade Camilo Gonsalves Jose Fernandez Damodar Naik

Goa won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Punjab	2–2	Bengal
Balwinder Singh Darshan Singh Masih		Kartik Sett Tarun Dey

Punjab	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Bengal
Penalties
	4–2	Sudip Chatterjee Pem Dorji

2-2 on aggregate. Punjab won 4-2 on penalties. Surjit Singh, the goal keeper of Punjab, saved the second and third penalties.

Final

15 April 1984 (1984-04-15)

Goa	1–0	Punjab
Camilo Gonsalves 82'