1989–90 Santosh Trophy

The 1989–90 Santosh Trophy was the 46th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Margao, Goa. Goa defeated Kerala 2–0 in the final to win the competition for the third time. Kerala finished second for the third straight year.

1989–90 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Final positions
Champions	Goa (3rd title)
Runners-up	Kerala
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

From this season, the tournament was limited to players who were under 23 years.

Quarter-final

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Karnataka	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
3	Madhya Pradesh	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
4	Railways	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

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

14 May 1990 ^[1]

Madhya Pradesh	1–1	Railways
Pavitra Kar	Report	Jacob Verghese 53'

Margao

15 May 1990 ^[2]

Bengal	1–0	Karnataka
Murshid Ali 67'	Report

Margao

17 May 1990 ^[3]

Bengal	2–0	Railways
	Report

Margao

17 May 1990 ^[3]

Karnataka	2–0	Madhya Pradesh
Inderjit	Report

Margao

19 May 1990 ^[4]

Karnataka	6–1	Railways
Manoharan 43' 66' Inderjit	Report	Bijay Paul (pen.) 22'

Margao

19 May 1990 ^[4]

Bengal	2–0	Madhya Pradesh
Subrata (pen.) 61' Priyogopal	Report

Margao

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Kerala	4	2	1	1	10	7	+3	5
3	Bihar	4	2	1	1	3	6	−3	5
4	Maharashtra	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3	3
5	Punjab	4	1	0	3	4	4	0	2

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

12 May 1990 ^[5]

Kerala	6–1	Bihar
Liston Santosh I. M. Vijayan Al Akbar Romeo	Report	Kedar Thapa 64'

Margao

13 May 1990 ^[6]

Maharashtra	2–0	Punjab
Shiv Kumar 38' Abdul Khalique	Report

Margao

16 May 1990 ^[7]

Goa	0–0	Bihar
	Report

Margao

16 May 1990 ^[7]

Punjab	4–1	Kerala
Satjinder 10' Sandeep Saini	Report	Santosh 3'

Margao

18 May 1990 ^[8]

Kerala	1–1	Maharashtra
Harshan	Report	Godfrey 18'

Margao

18 May 1990 ^[8]

Goa	1–0	Punjab
Bruno Coutinho	Report

Margao

20 May 1990 ^[9]

Kerala	2–1	Goa
I. M. Vijayan 13', 22'	Report	Roy Baretto 58'

Margao

20 May 1990 ^[9]

Bihar	1–0	Maharashtra
Pradhan	Report

Margao

22 May 1990 ^[10]

Goa	4–0	Maharashtra
Roy Baretto 72' Santan Colaco 78'	Report

Margao

22 May 1990 ^[10]

Bihar	1–0	Punjab
Rafique	Report

Margao

Semifinals

24 May 1990 ^[11]

Kerala	1–0	Bengal
Harshan 59'	Report

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

25 May 1990 ^[12]

Goa	3–1	Karnataka
	Report

Fatorda Stadium, Margao

Final

27 May 1990^[13]

Goa	2–0	Kerala
Bruno Coutinho 23' Thomas Khushboo 52' (pen.)	Report

Fatorda Stadium, Margao