1987–88 Santosh Trophy

The 1987–88 Santosh Trophy was the 44th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Kollam, Kerala. Punjab defeated Kerala 5–4 in sudden death in the final to win the competition for the sixth time.

1987–88 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Final positions
Champions	Punjab (6th title)
Runners-up	Kerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	145 (2.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Darbara Singh (7 goals)
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Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Uttar Pradesh	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
3	Delhi	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
4	Himachal Pradesh	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source:

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Delhi	2-1	Himachal Pradesh

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Punjab	4-0	Uttar Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh	2-0	Delhi

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Punjab	5-0	Himachal Pradesh

1988 (1988)

Uttar Pradesh	3-1	Himachal Pradesh

1988 (1988)

Punjab	1-0	Delhi

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tamil Nadu	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Services	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	4
3	Nagaland	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
4	Tripura	3	0	1	2	0	12	−12	1

Source:

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Tamil Nadu	3-0	Tripura

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Services	1-0	Nagaland

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Services	9-0	Tripura

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Tamil Nadu	2-0	Nagaland

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Tamil Nadu	1-0	Services

1988 (1988)

Nagaland	0-0	Tripura

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karnataka	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Madhya Pradesh	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Meghalaya	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	2
4	Gujarat	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source:

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Madhya Pradesh	3-1	Meghalaya

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Karnataka	4-0	Gujarat

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Madhya Pradesh	3-1	Gujarat

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Karnataka	4-2	Meghalaya

1988 (1988)

Meghalaya	2-1	Gujarat

1988 (1988)

Karnataka	1-0	Madhya Pradesh

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Haryana	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	3
3	Rajasthann	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
4	Pondicherry	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source:

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Goa	1-0	Haryana

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Rajasthann	1-0	Pondicherry

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Goa	3-0	Rajasthann

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Haryana	3-0	Pondicherry

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Haryana	0-0	Rajasthann

1988 (1988)

Goa	5-0	Pondicherry

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jammu-Kashmir	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Qualified for Final Round
2	Andhra Pradesh	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Sikkim	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source:

1988 (1988)

Andhra Pradesh	1-0	Sikkim

1988 (1988)

Andhra Pradesh	0-0	Jammu-Kashmir

1988 (1988)

Jammu-Kashmir	1-0	Sikkim

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Orissa	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
3	Assam	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Manipur	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	2

Source:

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Manipur	3-1	Assam

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Maharashtra	1-0	Orissa

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Assam	1-0	Orissa

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Maharashtra	5-0	Manipur

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Orissa	3-1	Manipur

1988 (1988)

Maharashtra	2-1	Assam

Final round

Santhosh trophy 1986-87 semi finalists - Bengal, Bihar, Kerala and Railways - got direct entry to the final round.

Group A

Karnataka had 0-0 draws in their first three matches. They needed to beat Bihar 5–0 in the last match of the league to displace Bengal from the second place and qualify for the semifinal. Bihar lost 6–0. The Bengal players attempted to stage a "black flag demonstration" to protest the result. This led to police action where nine Bengal players including captain Sudip Chatterjee, the manager Montu Ghosh and assistant Pradip Dutta were injured.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Karnataka	4	1	3	0	6	0	+6	5
3	Bengal	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
4	Bihar	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2
5	Tamil Nadu	4	0	2	2	3	9	−6	2

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Maharashtra	4	2	1	1	6	1	+5	5
3	Railways	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Goa	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	4
5	Jammu-Kashmir	4	0	0	4	0	16	−16	0

Source:

Semifinals

18 April 1988 ^[2]

Kerala	1–0	Karnataka
Pappachan 11'	Report

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam

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19 April 1988 ^[3]

Punjab	1–0	Maharashtra
Kuljit Singh 61'	Report

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam

Final

21 April 1988 ^[4]

Punjab	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kerala
	Report
Penalties
Parminder Singh G. S. Parmar Jagmohan Singh Deepak Kumar Avtar Singh Dhanwant Kumar	5–4	Cletus Cherian Perumali V. P. Sathyan N. Ganesh Sharaf Ali Kurikesh Mathew

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam