2017–18 Santosh Trophy qualification

The 2017–18 Santosh Trophy qualifiers was the qualifying round for the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations.

2017–18 Santosh Trophy qualification

Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	34
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	156 (3.71 per match)
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North Zone

The North Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers were scheduled to start on 15 January 2018 in Uttar Pradesh.^[1] The North Zone qualifiers consisted of eight teams divided into two groups.^[2]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chandigarh	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Advance to Final Round
2	Haryana	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Uttar Pradesh	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Uttarakhand	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Chandigarh v Uttarakhand

15 January 2018	Chandigarh	3–1	Uttarakhand	Noida
	B. Singh 13' Joshi 70', 88'	Report	Rawat 27'

Uttarakhand v Uttar Pradesh

17 January 2018	Uttarakhand	2–1	Uttar Pradesh	Noida
	Mamgai 16' Ansari 53'	Report	Azhar 77'

Haryana v Chandigarh

17 January 2018	Haryana	1–1	Chandigarh	Noida
	Kumar 38'	Report	Joshi 33'

Uttar Pradesh v Chandigarh

19 January 2018	Uttar Pradesh	2–2	Chandigarh	Noida
	Yadav 6' P. Singh 59'		Rana 74' Joshi 85'

Uttarakhand v Haryana

19 January 2018	Uttarakhand	0–2	Haryana	Noida
		Report	Manish 55' Aditya 86'

Uttar Pradesh v Haryana

21 January 2018

Uttar Pradesh

2–1

Haryana

Noida

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Delhi	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
3	Jammu and Kashmir	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
4	Himachal Pradesh	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Delhi v Jammu and Kashmir

16 January 2018	Delhi	1–1	Jammu and Kashmir	Noida
	John 90+'	Report	Farooq 52'

Punjab v Himachal Pradesh

16 January 2018	Punjab	2–0	Himachal Pradesh	Noida
	K. Singh 44' Jhamat 71'	Report

Jammu and Kashmir v Punjab

18 January 2018	Jammu and Kashmir	0–1	Punjab	Noida
	K. Singh 31' (pen.)	Report

Himachal Pradesh v Delhi

18 January 2018	Himachal Pradesh	0–6	Delhi	Noida
		Report	P. Singh 8' Thapa 24', 30', 70' John 46' Bisht 90+5'

Punjab v Delhi

20 January 2018	Punjab	1–0	Delhi	Noida
	Harjinder Singh 7'	Report

Himachal Pradesh v Jammu and Kashmir

20 January 2018	Himachal Pradesh	1–5	Jammu and Kashmir	Noida
		Report	Aaakif Reshi Asif Raja Musharaf Furqan

East Zone

The East Zone qualifiers consisted of six teams divided into two groups of three.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Odisha	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Advance to Final Round
2	Sikkim	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Bihar	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Sikkim v Bihar

28 January 2018	Sikkim	3–0	Bihar	Patna
	Lama 21', 90+3' (pen.) Tamang 65'	Report

Odisha v Sikkim

30 January 2018	Odisha	2–0	Sikkim	Patna
	Naik Padhiary	Report

Bihar v Odisha

1 February 2018

Bihar

0–0

Odisha

Patna

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Bengal	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Jharkhand	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
3	Chhattisgarh	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

West Bengal v Chhattisgarh

29 January 2018	West Bengal	2–0	Chhattisgarh	Patna
	Murmu (2 goals)

Chhattisgarh v Jharkhand

31 January 2018

Chhattisgarh

0–1

Jharkhand

Patna

Jharkhand v West Bengal

2 February 2018

Jharkhand

0–2

West Bengal

Patna

North-East Zone

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mizoram	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Assam	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
3	Arunachal Pradesh	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Assam v Arunachal Pradesh

8 January 2018	Assam	1–0	Arunachal Pradesh	Lammual, Mizoram
	Ete 73' (o.g.)	Report

Arunachal Pradesh v Mizoram

10 January 2018	Arunachal Pradesh	0–2	Mizoram	Lammual, Mizoram
		Report	Malsawmtluanga Lalrinchhana

Mizoram v Assam

12 January 2018	Mizoram	3–0	Assam	Lammual, Mizoram
	Lalromawia (2 goals) R Malsawmtluanga	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manipur	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Meghalaya	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3	3
3	Tripura	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Tripura v Manipur

9 January 2018	Tripura	0–3	Manipur	Lammual, Mizoram
		Report	Pulamte 10' Sharma 20' Naocha 62'

Meghalaya v Tripura

11 January 2018	Meghalaya	5–0	Tripura	Lammual, Mizoram
	Pale 18', 19' Diengdoh 44', 58' Nongkhlaw 74'	Report

Manipur v Meghalaya

13 January 2018	Manipur	3–1	Meghalaya	Lammual, Mizoram
	Naocha 38', 60' Pulamte 45'	Report	Diengdoh 65'

West Zone

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	2	2	0	0	22	1	+21	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Gujarat	2	0	1	1	6	13	−7	1
3	Rajasthan	2	0	1	1	5	19	−14	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Gujarat v Rajasthan

8 January 2018	Gujarat	5–5	Rajasthan	The Arena, Ahmedabad
	Mall 11', 64', 68' Abbasi 38' Krushnapal 90'	Report	I. Khan 3', 52' Kaushik 12', 42' Chundawat 56'

Rajasthan v Goa

10 January 2018	Rajasthan	0–14	Goa	The Arena, Ahmedabad
		Report	D'Mello 7' Carvalho 19' Peixote 23', 50' Fernandes 28', 43', 64', 79' Pereira 76' Hoble 84' Carneiro 86' Niasso 88', 90' Castanha 90+3'

Goa v Gujarat

12 January 2018

Goa

8–1

Gujarat

The Arena, Ahmedabad

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Lakshadweep	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Daman and Diu	3	1	0	2	2	13	−11	3
4	Madhya Pradesh	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Madhya Pradesh v Lakshadweep

9 January 2018	Madhya Pradesh	0–5	Lakshadweep	The Arena, Ahmedabad
		Report	Shafeeq Jr 31', 39' Shafeeq TD 42', 78', 82'

Maharashtra v Daman and Diu

9 January 2018	Maharashtra	7–0	Daman and Diu	The Arena, Ahmedabad
	D'Costa 12' Mangela (o.g.) Shinde 40' Joshi 77' Machado 81' Stephen 86' Menezes 90'	Report

Lakshadweep v Maharashtra

11 January 2018	Lakshadweep	0–5	Maharashtra	The Arena, Ahmedabad
		Report	R. Singh 1', 26' (pen.) Bhokare 27' D'Costa 49'

Daman and Diu v Madhya Pradesh

11 January 2018

Daman and Diu

2–1

Madhya Pradesh

The Arena, Ahmedabad

Maharashtra v Madhya Pradesh

13 January 2018	Maharashtra	2–0	Madhya Pradesh	The Arena, Ahmedabad
	R. Singh (2 goals)	Report

Daman and Diu v Lakshadweep

13 January 2018

Daman and Diu

0–5

Lakshadweep

The Arena, Ahmedabad

South Zone

The South Zone qualifiers consisted of eight teams divided into two groups of four.^[4] Matches were held at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Bangalore, Karnataka from 16 January to 22 January 2018.^[5]

In Group B, Andaman and Nicobar withdrew just before the qualifiers due to lack of funds to travel to Bangalore.^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karnataka	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Services	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Telangana	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Pondicherry	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Karnataka v Telangana

17 January 2018	Karnataka	5–0	Telangana	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
	S. Rajesh 7', 69' Shil 18', 68' Khan 83'	Report

Services v Pondicherry

17 January 2018	Services	4–1	Pondicherry	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
	Tudu 20' N. Singh 59' G. Singh 72' Saji 86' (o.g.)	Report	Karthikeyan 9'

Pondicherry v Karnataka

19 January 2018	Pondicherry	0–2	Karnataka	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
		Report	Khan 84' Amoes Do 89'

Telangana v Services

19 January 2018	Telangana	1–2	Services	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
	Dhanala 59'	Report	N. Singh 25' L. Singh 89'

Karnataka v Services

21 January 2018	Karnataka	4–1	Services	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
	S.K. Azaruddin 10' S. Rajesh 49', 72' Solaimalai 89'	Report	Herojit 86'

Telangana v Pondicherry

21 January 2018	Telangana	4–0	Pondicherry	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
	Kumar 14', 64' Abid 18', 60'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	2	1	1	0	7	0	+7	4	Advance to Final Round
2	Andhra Pradesh	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0
3	Tamil Nadu	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Kerala v Andhra Pradesh

17 January 2018	Kerala	7–0	Andhra Pradesh	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
	Poulose 3' Rahul KP 13', 49' S. Vinod 16' (o.g.) Thomas 53' Afdal VK 63', 75'	Report

Andhra Pradesh v Tamil Nadu

19 January 2018	Andhra Pradesh	0–1	Tamil Nadu	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
		Report	Nagappan 57'

Tamil Nadu v Kerala

22 January 2018	Tamil Nadu	0–0	Kerala	Bangalore Football Stadium, Karnataka
		Report