1998–99 Santosh Trophy

The 1998–99 Santosh Trophy was the 55th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held between 25 March and 4 April 1999 in Tamil Nadu, India. In the final, Bengal beat Goa 1–0 in a repeat of the previous edition's final. It was Bengal's sixth consecutive title and 29th overall.^[1]

1998–99 Santosh Trophy

National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	25 March – 4 April 1999
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (29th title)
Runners-up	Goa
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Syed Sabir Pasha (9)
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Group stage

Cluster I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advances to Semi-finals
2	Manipur	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
3	Services	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	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.

Services v Bengal

27 March 1999	Services	1–2	Bengal	Udhagamandalam
	Rajesh Kumar Singh 40'	Report	Bhutia 17', 23' (pen.)

Services v Manipur

28 March 1999	Services	0–2	Manipur	Udhagamandalam
		Report	Wangchupler 4' Manaoba Singh 34'

Manipur v Bengal

29 March 1999	Manipur	1–4	Bengal	Udhagamandalam
	Wangchupler 74'	Report	Bhutia 29' Amit Das 48' Biswas 85' Ancheri 90'

Cluster II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Advances to Semi-finals
2	Karnataka	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	3
3	Chandigarh	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	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.

Chandigarh v Karnataka

26 March 1999	Chandigarh	1–5	Karnataka	Chennai
	Virender Kanwar 62'	Report	K. C. Ramesh 15', 44' Vijay Kumar 33' Murali ?' (pen.) George ?'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Chandigarh v Goa

28 March 1999	Chandigarh	0–3	Goa	Chennai
		Report	Seby Coelho 40' Somatai Shaiza 57' Marcus Carvalho 75'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Karnataka v Goa

30 March 1999	Karnataka	0–6	Goa	Chennai
		Report	Somatai Shaiza 22' Venkatesh 60' Soares 65' Marcus Carvalho 67' Agostinho Rodrigues 88', 89'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Cluster III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advances to Semi-finals
2	Maharashtra	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
3	Assam	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	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.

Maharashtra v Assam

26 March 1999

Maharashtra

1–1

Assam

Coimbatore

Kerala v Assam

27 March 1999	Kerala	3–0	Assam	Coimbatore
	Saheer 1', 37' Shaji 76'	Report

Maharashtra v Kerala

28 March 1999	Maharashtra	1–2	Kerala	Coimbatore
	Abbas Ali Rizvi 43'	Report	Sunny 14' Boniface 68'

Cluster IV

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

Tamil Nadu v Punjab

25 March 1999	Tamil Nadu	3–1	Punjab	Chennai
	Jestes Antony 3' Bobby 16' Pasha 68'	Report	Manmohan Singh 23'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Punjab v Delhi

27 March 1999	Punjab	0–0	Delhi	Chennai
		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Tamil Nadu v Delhi

29 March 1999	Tamil Nadu	2–0	Delhi	Chennai
	Pasha 74' Samson Selvakumar 74'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

1 April 1999

Tamil Nadu	1–3	Goa
Pasha 90'	Report	Venkatesh 13' Francis Silveira 40' Bruno Coutinho 87'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai

2 April 1999

Bengal	3–1	Kerala
Bhutia 12' Raman Vijayan 37' Chapman ?'	Report	Saheer 26'

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai

Final

4 April 1999

Bengal	5–0	Goa
Basudeb Mondal 11' Bhutia 48' Chapman 53' Raman Vijayan 68' Biswas 82' (pen.)	Report

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai