1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualification

The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualifiers began on 19 March and ended on 8 April 2000. A total of 22 teams completed the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide four of the eight places in the final round.

1999–2000 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualifiers

Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	28
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	128 (3.46 per match)
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A total of 28 teams entered the competition and were divided into eight 'clusters' with three or four teams in each cluster. Six teams — Sikkim, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya — pulled before the start of the competition reducing the number to 22. Following the round-robin stages, eight teams played the play-offs, and Services, Punjab, Karnataka and Maharashtra made it to the final round.^[1]

Qualification

Cluster I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Services	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Gujarat	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Rajasthan	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Services v Gujarat

19 March 2000	Services	3–0	Gujarat	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	X. Fernandes 5' Sajith Kumar 56' R. Das 76'	Report[dead link]

Rajasthan v Gujarat

21 March 2000	Rajasthan	0–5	Gujarat	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]	Rajiv Karir 9', 85' Ranjit Sisodiya 30' Anil Tomar 73' AK Mondal 79'

Rajasthan v Services

23 March 2000	Rajasthan	0–3	Services	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]	Preetam Bahadur 2', 41' Johnny Gangmei 53'

Cluster II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manipur	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Bihar	2	1	0	1	7	2	+5	3
3	Himachal Pradesh	2	0	0	2	0	14	−14	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Bihar v Himachal Pradesh

26 March 2000	Bihar	6–0	Himachal Pradesh	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Deepak Kumar Sinha 20' Shamim Khan 23' Amjad Hussain 44', 54' Bablu Thapa 60' Saluka Kalundia 72'	Report[dead link]

Manipur v Himachal Pradesh

27 March 2000	Manipur	8–0	Himachal Pradesh	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Mangelm Jao Singh 28', 84' (pen.), 90' Shyamchand 40' Guneshwor 75' Bantu Golmei 79' Stephen Hmar 83' Nilakumar 86'	Report[dead link]

Manipur v Bihar

28 March 2000	Manipur	2–1	Bihar	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	T. Narendra Singh 49', 87'	Report[dead link]	Saluka Kalundia 10'

Cluster III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Railways	2	2	0	0	19	2	+17	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Andhra Pradesh	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	3
3	Daman and Diu	2	0	0	2	0	21	−21	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Railways v Daman and Diu

22 March 2000	Railways	16–0	Daman and Diu	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Balai Mondal 5', 38', 44', 55', 77' Manjinder Singh 13', 21', 30', 59' Kamal Ghosh 25', 33', 52', 67' Moin-ul-Haq 75' Nazeem Riyazi 88' Manjit Singh 89'	Report[dead link]

Andhra Pradesh v Daman and Diu

24 March 2000	Andhra Pradesh	5–0	Daman and Diu	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Syed Abdul Saleel 2' Prasana Kumar 69' Sriram 76' Johnson 78' Nagarjuna 79' (pen.)	Report[dead link]

Andhra Pradesh v Railways

25 March 2000	Andhra Pradesh	2–3	Railways	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Johnson 65', 87'	Report[dead link]	Balai Mondal 25', 39' Majinder Singh 40'

Cluster IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Tripura	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
3	Pondicherry	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Pondicherry v Tripura

2 April 2000	Pondicherry	0–2	Tripura	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]	Sujith Ghosh 6' Arindam Ghosh 53'

Punjab v Tripura

3 April 2000	Punjab	1–0	Tripura	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Kuldeep Singh 70'	Report[dead link]

Pondicherry v Punjab

4 April 2000	Pondicherry	0–2	Punjab	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]	Jaswinder Singh 11', 69'

Cluster V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uttar Pradesh	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to Final Round
2	Madhya Pradesh	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Assam	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

The first game of Cluster V was played between Uttar Pradesh and Assam on 1 April. However, at 30 minutes into the first half, play had to stopped due to rain. Assam were up 1–0 after a 20th minute penalty kick conversion by Akom Ao. The match was replayed the next day.^[2]

Uttar Pradesh v Assam

2 April 2000	Uttar Pradesh	3–2	Assam	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Nandan Singh 42' Ajay Singh Rawat 51' Jatin Singh Bisht 86'	Report[dead link]	Akum Ao 79', 84' (pen.)

Madhya Pradesh v Assam

3 April 2000	Madhya Pradesh	1–1	Assam	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Mustak Ali Khan 19'	Report[dead link]	Akum Ao 73' (pen.)

Madhya Pradesh v Uttar Pradesh

5 April 2000	Madhya Pradesh	0–0	Uttar Pradesh	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]

Cluster VI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karnataka	1	1	0	0	10	2	+8	3	Advance to Final Round
2	Jammu and Kashmir	1	0	0	1	2	10	−8	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Karnataka v Jammu and Kashmir

5 April 2000	Karnataka	10–2	Jammu and Kashmir	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	RC Prakash 2', 31' J. Murali 22' Sunil 25', 27' Peter 26', 47', 62', 81' Vijay Kumar 28'	Report[dead link]	Ranjeet Singh 32' Gurmeet Singh 65' (pen.)

Cluster VII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orissa	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Final Round
2	Delhi	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Chandigarh	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Chandigarh v Odisha

29 March 2000	Chandigarh	1–2	Odisha	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Rajeev Rattan 61'	Report	Meghrai Tudu 59' Kapur Chand Yadav 78'

Delhi v Orissa

31 March 2000	Delhi	0–0	Orissa	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]

Delhi v Chandigarh

2 April 2000	Delhi	2–1	Chandigarh	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Vimal Thapa 34' Hitender Rawat 83'	Report[dead link]	Viney Kanwar 8'

Cluster VIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	3	Advance to Final Round
2	Haryana	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	0

Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Maharashtra v Haryana

7 April 2000	Maharashtra	7–0	Haryana	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Mohammed Najeeb 24', 62' Manjith Singh 28', 50' Khalid Siddique 42' Aqueel Ansari 64' Asit Jamal 77'	Report[dead link]

Play-offs

The winner of each 'cluster' played a play-off game each and the final two qualification spots were determined.

Services v Manipur

30 March 2000	Services	4–0	Manipur	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	VK Mishra 15' Amar Bahadur Thapa 35' Johnny Gangmei 44' Sajith Kumar 75' (pen.)	Report[dead link]

Railways v Punjab

7 April 2000	Railways	0–2	Punjab	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]	Jaswinder Singh 65' Ram Pal 80'

Uttar Pradesh v Karnataka

7 April 2000	Uttar Pradesh	0–2	Karnataka	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
		Report[dead link]	Peter 53' Sunil 57'

Orissa v Maharashtra

8 April 2000	Orissa	1–5	Maharashtra	Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
	Nipendra Das 32'	Report[dead link]	Mohammed Najeeb 22', 35', 79' Manjith Singh 30' Ali Abbas Rizvi 75'