2015–16 Santosh Trophy

The 2016 Santosh Trophy was the 70th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition in Indian football. The qualifiers for the tournament took place from 6 February and the final of the tournament proper was held in Nagpur from 13 March 2016.^[1][2][3]

2016 Santosh Trophy

Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	29 February – 13 March 2016
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Services (5th title)
Runners-up	Maharashtra
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	55 (2.39 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Narohari Shreshta (4 goals)
Awards
Best player	Arjun Tudu
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Round and dates

Round	Match dates	Teams
Qualifiers	6 February 2016 – 23 February 2016	33
Group stage	29 February 2016 – 9 March 2016	10
Semi-finals	11 March 2016	4
Final	13 March 2016	2

Qualified Teams

Main article: 2016 Santosh Trophy qualification

The following 10 teams have qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.

• Assam
• Goa
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Maharashtra
• Mizoram
• Punjab
• Railways
• Services
• Tamil Nadu
• West Bengal

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Services	4	3	0	1	5	3	+2	9
3	Mizoram	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
4	Jammu & Kashmir	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	3
5	Railways	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Fixtures and Results

Mizoram v Railways

29 February 2016	Mizoram	1–1	Railways	University Stadium, Nagpur
	Malsawmfela 90+4' (pen.)	Report	58' Jagtar Singh

Maharashtra v Jammu & Kashmir

29 February 2016	Maharashtra	3–1	Jammu & Kashmir	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
	Shrikant Veramullu 61', 70' Raynier Fernandes 84' (pen.)	Report	64' (pen.) Syed Shoaib

Services v Jammu & Kashmir

2 March 2016	Services	1–0	Jammu & Kashmir	University Stadium, Nagpur
	P Jain 52'	Report

Railways v Maharashtra

2 March 2016	Railways	0–3	Maharashtra	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	14' Vijith Shetty 39' Mohammed Shabaz Pathan 61' Aaron D'costa

Mizoram v Maharashtra

4 March 2016	Mizoram	0–1	Maharashtra	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	66' Mohammed Shabaz Pathan

Services v Railways

4 March 2016	Services	2–1	Railways	University Stadium, Nagpur
	Vipin 14' Vivek Kumar 67'	Report	51' Jagtar Singh

Services v Maharashtra

6 March 2016	Services	1–0	Maharashtra	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
	Francis Zoununtluanga 90'	Report

Mizoram v Jammu & Kashmir

6 March 2016	Mizoram	4–1	Jammu & Kashmir	University Stadium, Nagpur
	K Lal Thanthanga 4' Malsawmfela 59' Laldingngheta 65' Lalmunsanga 85'	Report	5' Farukh Chowdhary

Railways v Jammu & Kashmir

8 March 2016	Railways	1–2	Jammu & Kashmir	University Stadium, Nagpur
	Anil Kisku 61'	Report	38' Shahnwaz Bashir 85' Altamash Syed

Services v Mizoram

8 March 2016	Services	1–2	Mizoram	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
	Arjun Tudu 23' (pen.)	Report	49' MS Dawngliana 59' Lalkhapuimawia

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tamil Nadu	4	3	1	0	9	0	+9	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Goa	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4	10
3	West Bengal	4	2	0	2	7	5	+2	6
4	Punjab	4	1	0	3	2	7	−5	3
5	Assam	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Fixtures and Results

Tamil Nadu v Assam

1 March 2016	Tamil Nadu	3–0	Assam	University Stadium, Nagpur
	Kali Alaudeen 33' (pen.) Praveendran 81', 85'	Report

West Bengal v Goa

1 March 2016	West Bengal	1–3	Goa	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
	Narohari Shreshta 90+3'	Report	54' Milagres Gonsalves 66' Beevan D'Mello 69' Angelo Colaco

Punjab v West Bengal

3 March 2016	Punjab	0–1	West Bengal	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	11' Narohari Shreshta

Assam v Goa

3 March 2016	Assam	0–1	Goa	University Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	13' Rowilson Rodrigues

Tamil Nadu v Goa

5 March 2016	Tamil Nadu	0–0	Goa	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
		Report

Punjab v Assam

5 March 2016	Punjab	2–0	Assam	University Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	11' Vijay Kumar 76' Pawan Kumar Tiwari

Goa v Punjab

7 March 2016	Goa	1–0	Punjab	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
	Francis Fernandes 7'	Report

West Bengal v Tamil Nadu

7 March 2016	West Bengal	0–1	Tamil Nadu	University Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	51' Soosairaj

West Bengal v Assam

9 March 2016	West Bengal	5–1	Assam	University Stadium, Nagpur
	Dipendu Dowary 10' Sheikh Faiz 24', 90+1' Narohari Shreshta 39', 49'	Report	90+3' Appuruba Phukan

Punjab v Tamil Nadu

9 March 2016	Punjab	0–5	Tamil Nadu	SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur
		Report	51' Edwin Sydney 63', 68', 87' Raegan 65' Pradeep Mohanraj

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 March 2016
	Maharashtra	1
					13 March 2016
	Tamil Nadu	0
					Maharashtra	1
	11 March 2016
					Services	2
	Goa	0
	Services	1

Semi-finals

Maharashtra	1–0	Tamil Nadu
Prem Kumar 58' (o.g.)	Report

11 March 2016

SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur

Goa	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Services
	Report	115' (o.g.) Mohammed Ali

11 March 2016

SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur

Final

Maharashtra	1–2	Services
Mohammed Shabaz Pathan 15'	Report	26', 37' Arjun Tudu

13 March 2016

SEC Railway Stadium, Nagpur

Goalscorers

4 Goals

• Narohari Shreshta (West Bengal)

3 Goals

• A Raegan (Tamil Nadu)
• Arjun Tudu (Services)
• Mohammed Shabaz Pathan (Maharashtra)

2 Goals

• Jagtar Singh (Railways)
• Malsawmfela (Mizoram)
• Sheikh Faiz (West Bengal)
• Shrikant Veramullu (Maharashtra)

1 Goal

• Aaron D'costa (Maharashtra)
• Altamash Syed (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Angelo Colaco (Goa)
• Appuruba Phukan (Assam)
• Anil Kisku (Railways)
• Beevan D'Mello (Goa)
• Dipendu Dowary (West Bengal)
• Edwin Sydney (Tamil Nadu)
• Farukh Chowdhary (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Francis Fernandes (Goa)
• Francis Zoununtluanga (Services)
• Kali Alaudeen (Tamil Nadu)
• K Lal Thanthanga (Mizoram)
• Lalkhapuimawia (Mizoram)
• Laldingngheta (Mizoram)
• Lalmunsanga (Mizoram)
• Milagres Gonsalves (Goa)
• MS Dawngliana (Mizoram)
• Pawan Kumar Tiwari (Punjab)
• P Jain (Services)
• Pradeep Mohanraj (Tamil Nadu)
• Raynier Fernandes (Maharashtra)
• Rowilson Rodrigues (Goa)
• Shahnwaz Bashir (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Soosairaj (Tamil Nadu)
• Syed Shoaib (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Vijith Shetty (Maharashtra)
• Vipin (Services)
• Vijay Kumar (Punjab)
• Vivek Kumar (Services)

Notable players

Position	Player	Team
GK	Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
DF	Rowilson Rodrigues	Goa
DF	Shallum Pires	Goa
MF	Francis Fernandes	Goa
MF	Peter Carvalho	Goa
MF	Richard Costa	Goa
MF	Velito Cruz	Goa
FW	Angelo Colaco	Goa
FW	Beevan D'Mello	Goa
FW	Milagres Gonsalves	Goa
GK	Harshad Meher	Maharashtra
MF	Vijith Shetty	Maharashtra
FW	Abhishek Ambedkar	Maharashtra
DF	Lalrinchhana Tochhawng	Mizoram
DF	Lalrinzuala Khiangte	Mizoram
DF	Lalrozama Fanai	Mizoram
DF	Ricky Lallawmawma	Mizoram
MF	Laldingngheta	Mizoram
FW	Malsawmfela	Mizoram
DF	Gurwinder Singh	Punjab
DF	Vishal Kumar	Punjab
MF	Gurtej Singh	Punjab
FW	Ajay Singh	Punjab
GK	Jagroop Singh	Railways
DF	Phoolchand Hembram	Railways
DF	Rajib Boro	Railways
DF	Satish Kumar Jr.	Railways
MF	Keniston C	Railways
FW	Jagtar Singh	Railways
DF	Kali Alaudeen	Tamil Nadu
DF	Prem Kumar	Tamil Nadu
MF	Pradeep Mohanraj	Tamil Nadu
GK	Priyant Singh	West Bengal
MF	Anthony Soren	West Bengal
MF	Imran Khan	West Bengal
MF	Manish Maithani	West Bengal
MF	Mumtaz Akhtar	West Bengal
FW	Ashim Biswas	West Bengal
FW	Dipendu Dowary	West Bengal