1996–97 Santosh Trophy

The 1996–97 Santosh Trophy, also known as the Bharat Petroleum Santosh Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 53rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held from 8 to 19 January 1997 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. In the final, Bengal beat Goa 1–0 in a repeat of the previous edition's final.^[1]

1996–97 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	7–19 January 1997
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (27th title)
Runners-up	Goa
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Adrian Dias (4) Raman Vijayan (4)
Awards
Best player	Raman Vijayan (Bengal)
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Group stage

Group A

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Karnataka v Services

7 January 1997 (1997-01-07)	Karnataka	1–0	Services	Jabalpur
	Karunakara Raju (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium
Note: Leo Paul of Services injured his head going for a header. He lost consciousness and was carried out in a stretcher. [2]

Services v Kerala

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09)	Services	0–0	Kerala	Jabalpur
		Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Karnataka v Bengal

9 January 1997 (1997-01-09)	Karnataka	2–3	Bengal	Jabalpur
	Ranjit 72' Kadarivan 85'	Report	Vijayan ?', 40' Basudeb Mondal ?'	Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Services v Bengal

11 January 1997 (1997-01-11)	Services	0–4	Bengal	Jabalpur
		Report	Abdul Khalique 57', 68' Biswas 84', 86'	Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Karnataka v Kerala

11 January 1997 (1997-01-11)	Karnataka	0–5	Kerala	Jabalpur
		Report	K. A. Anson 40' V. P. Shaji ?', ?', 82' Nizar ?'	Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Kerala v Bengal

13 January 1997 (1997-01-13)	Kerala	1–0	Bengal	Jabalpur
	K. A. Anson 89'	Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Group B

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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Punjab v Delhi

8 January 1997 (1997-01-08)	Punjab	1–0	Delhi	Jabalpur
	Kuldip Singh 80'	Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Delhi v Goa

10 January 1997 (1997-01-10)	Delhi	1–2	Goa	Jabalpur
		Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Maharashtra v Punjab

10 January 1997 (1997-01-10)	Maharashtra	1–0	Punjab	Jabalpur
	Augusto D'Silva 90'	Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Punjab v Goa

12 January 1997 (1997-01-12)	Punjab	0–3	Goa	Jabalpur
				Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Maharashtra v Delhi

12 January 1997 (1997-01-12)	Maharashtra	4–0	Delhi	Jabalpur
				Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium

Maharashtra v Goa

14 January 1997 (1997-01-14)	Maharashtra	Abandoned	Goa	Jabalpur
		Report		Stadium: Ravishankar Shukla Stadium Referee: Mohammad Basheer

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

16 January 1997

Goa	1–0	Kerala
Adrian Dias 20'	Report

Ravishankar Shukla Stadium, Jabalpur

17 January 1997

Bengal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Maharashtra
Raman Vijayan 102' (pen.)	Report

Ravishankar Shukla Stadium, Jabalpur

Referee: Gulab Singh Chouhan (Gujarat)

Final

19 January 1997

Bengal	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Goa
Raman Vijayan 106'	Report

Ravishankar Shukla Stadium, Jabalpur