2018–19 Santosh Trophy

The 2018–19 Santosh Trophy was the 73rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations.

2018–19 Santosh Trophy

Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Ludhiana, Punjab
Dates	Qualifiers: 2–16 February 2019 Main: 8–21 April 2019
Teams	Qualifiers: 35 Main: 10
Final positions
Champions	Services (6th title)
Runners-up	Punjab
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	78 (3.39 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ayush Adhikari (Delhi) Arif Shaikh (Maharashtra) (6 Goals)
← 2017–18 2021–22 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 21 April 2019.

Kerala were the defending champions, having defeated West Bengal in the final during the 2017–18 season,^[1] but both teams failed to qualify for the main round.

Qualifiers

Main article: 2018–19 Santosh Trophy qualification

Following Ten teams have qualified :

• Assam
• Delhi
• Goa
• Karnataka
• Maharashtra
• Meghalaya
• Odisha
• Punjab
• Services
• Sikkim

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Services	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Goa	4	3	1	0	9	5	+4	10
3	Delhi	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1	6
4	Meghalaya	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3
5	Odisha	4	0	0	4	4	9	−5	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

Goa v Services

8 April 2019	Goa	1–1	Services	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Lalawmpuia Ralte 51'		Lallawmkima PC 54'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ashwin

Delhi v Meghalaya

8 April 2019	Delhi	1–0	Meghalaya	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Adhikari 18'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Meghalaya v Odisha

10 April 2019	Meghalaya	3–2	Odisha	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Raikutshisha Buam 40', 73' Enester Malngiang 45+2'		Chandra Muduli 7' Prasanta Srihari 54'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Delhi v Services

10 April 2019	Delhi	1–2	Services	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Adhikari 28'		8' Bikash Thapa 68' (pen.) Suresh Meitei	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Delhi v Goa

12 April 2019	Delhi	2–4	Goa	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Adhikari 78' (pen.), 87' (pen.)		Chaitan Komarpant 31' Glan Martins 54' Lalawmpuia Ralte 68' Stendly Fernandes 90+4'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Odisha v Services

12 April 2019	Odisha	0–2	Services	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST			72' (pen.) Suresh Meitei 87' Harikrishna	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Meghalaya v Services

14 April 2019	Meghalaya	0–5	Services	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST			28', 44', 45+1' Lallawmkima PC 73' Sabir Khan 80'Sushil Shah	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Goa v Odisha

14 April 2019	Goa	2–1	Odisha	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Jessel Carneiro 14' Sarineo Fernandes 17'		Arbin Lakra 54'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Delhi v Odisha

16 April 2019	Delhi	2–1	Odisha	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Adhikari 25', 66' (pen.)		10' Chandra Muduli	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Goa v Meghalaya

16 April 2019	Goa	2–1	Meghalaya	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Chaitan Komarpant 40' Victorino Fernandes 58'		30' (pen.) Donborlang Nongkynrih	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	4	3	0	1	8	5	+3	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Karnataka	4	2	1	1	12	7	+5	7
3	Maharashtra	4	2	1	1	11	6	+5	7
4	Assam	4	2	0	2	7	10	−3	6
5	Sikkim	4	0	0	4	1	11	−10	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 Punjab

9 April 2019	Assam	0–2	Punjab	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST			46' (o.g.) Subhakshan Rabha 87' Rajbir Singh	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Karnataka v Maharashtra

9 April 2019	Karnataka	2–2	Maharashtra	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Manvir Singh 30' M Nikhil Raj 90+1'		18' Rohan Harish Shukla 56' Sanket Salokhe	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Karnataka v Sikkim

11 April 2019	Karnataka	2–0	Sikkim	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Gunashekar Vignesh 66' Namgyal Bhutia 84'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Assam v Maharashtra

11 April 2019	Assam	3–2	Maharashtra	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Bishnu Bordoloi 12' Milan Basumatary 78' Akrang Narzary 90+4'		54', 76' Arif Shaikh	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Sikkim v Assam

13 April 2019	Sikkim	1–3	Assam	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Sonam Zangpo Bhutia 33' (pen.)		3' Milan Basumatary 85' Sirandeep Moran 90+2' Bishnu Bordoloi	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Punjab v Maharashtra

13 April 2019	Punjab	1–2	Maharashtra	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Sukhpreet Singh 39'		78' (pen.), 90+4' Arif Shaikh	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Karnataka v Assam

15 April 2019	Karnataka	5–1	Assam	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Biswa Kr Darjee 16' Naorem Roshan Singh 18', 23' Gunashekar Vignesh 25' Mahesh Selva 31'		37' Bishnu Bordoloi	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Punjab v Sikkim

15 April 2019	Punjab	1–0	Sikkim	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Taranjit Singh 20'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Maharashtra v Sikkim

17 April 2019	Maharashtra	5–0	Sikkim	Ludhiana
8:30 AM IST	Aman Gaikwad 15' Vinodkumar Chandrakishor Pandey 26' Leander Dharmai 45' Arif Shaikh 52', 54'			Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Karnataka v Punjab

17 April 2019	Karnataka	3–4	Punjab	Ludhiana
4:00 PM IST	Magnesh Silva 13' Johan Peter 33' Nikhil Raj 60'		Sukhpreet Singh 16' Vikrant Singh 31', 43' Amandeep Singh 73'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 April 2019
	Services	1(4)
					21 April 2019
	Karnataka	1(3)
					Services	1
	19 April 2019
					Punjab	0
	Punjab	2
	Goa	1

Semi-finals

Services	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Karnataka
Lallawmkima PC 7'		Nikhil Raj 84'
Penalties
	4–3

19 April 2019

15:45 IST

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Attendance: 500

Referee: Williams Joy Koshy

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Punjab	2–1	Goa
Jaspreet Singh 13' Harjinder Singh 90+1'	Report	89' Ronaldo Oliveira

19 April 2019

08:30 IST

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Attendance: 500

Referee: M Sugandar

Final

Main article: 2019 Santosh Trophy Final

Services	1–0	Punjab
Bikash Thapa 61'	Report

21 April 2019

15:30 IST

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana

Attendance: 3,262

Referee: Harish Kundu

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Ayush Adhikari (Delhi)
• Arif Shaikh (Maharashtra)

5 goals

• Lallawkima PC (Services)

3 goals

• Bishnu Bordoloi (Assam)
• M Nikhil Raj (Karnataka)

2 goals

• Raikut Shisha Buam (Meghalaya)
• Milan Basumatary (Assam)
• Lalawmpuia Ralte (Goa)
• Chaitan Komarpant (Goa)
• Suresh Meitei (Services)
• Gunashekar Vignesh (Karnataka)
• Mahesh Selva (Karnataka)
• Naorem Roshan Singh (Karnataka)
• Chandra Muduli (Odisha)
• Sukhpreet Singh (Punjab)
• Vikrant Singh (Punjab)
• Bikash Thapa (Services)

1 Goal

• Glan Martins (Goa)
• Stendly Fernandes (Goa)
• Jessel Carneiro (Goa)
• Sarineo Fernandes (Goa)
• Victorino Fernandes (Goa)
• Ronaldo Oliveira (Goa)
• Prasanta Srihari (Odisha)
• Arvin Lakra (Odisha)
• Enestar Malngiang (Meghalaya)
• Donborlang Nongkynrih (Meghalaya)
• Manvir Singh (Karnataka)
• Namgyal Bhutia (Karnataka)
• Biswa Kr Darjee (Karnataka)
• Johan Peter (Karnataka)
• Rohan Shukla (Maharashtra)
• Sanket Salokhe (Maharashtra)
• Aman Gaikwad (Maharashtra)
• Vinodkumar Chandrakishor Pandey (Maharashtra)
• Lenader Dharmai (Maharashtra)
• Rajbir Singh (Punjab)
• Taranjit Singh (Punjab)
• Amandeep Singh (Punjab)
• Jaspreet Singh (Punjab)
• Harjinder Singh (Punjab)
• Harikrishna (Services)
• Sabir Khan (Services)
• Sushil Shah (Services)
• Bikash Thapa (Services)
• Akrang Narzary (Assam)
• Sirandeep Moran (Assam)
• Sonam Zangpo Bhutia (Sikkim)