1986–87 Santosh Trophy

Football tournament season
1986–87 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country India
Final positions
ChampionsBengal (22nd title)
Runner-upRailways
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The 1986–87 Santosh Trophy was the 43rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Tamluk, and Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Mohun Bagan Ground in Calcutta, West Bengal. Bengal defeated Railways 2–0 in the final to win the competition for the 22nd time.

Quarter-final League

Bihar, Services, Railways and Haryana qualified from Cluster one to four. The eight teams that finished in the top two positions in each group in the quarter-final league in 1985–86 were seeded directly to the quarter-final.

Group One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bihar 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Punjab 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3 Andhra Pradesh 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: Indian Express
Bihar0–0Punjab
Report
Bihar2–1Andhra Pradesh
  • Aich
  • Hazre 32'
 Report
  • Nazir Ali 67'

Group Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Karnataka 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
3 Services 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: Indian Express
Kerala1–1Services
  • Ganesan
Report
  • Suresh Mukhia 42'
Karnataka1–0Services
  • ?
Report

Karnataka goal-keeper Basheer saved a penalty from Brooks in the 57th minute.

Kerala1–0Karnataka
  • Ganesan
Report

Group Three

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Railways 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Goa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Tamil Nadu 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Source: Indian Express
Railways1–1Goa
  • Sanjib Dutt
Report
  • Anthony D'Souza 28'
Railways1–0Tamil Nadu
  • Pronob Mondal 14'
 Report
Referee: S. S. Sailan (Maharashtra)
Goa0–0Tamil Nadu
Report

Group Four

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengal 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Maharashtra 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 2
3 Haryana 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: Indian Express
Bengal2–0Haryana
Report
  • Sumesh Bagga 14'

Bengal captain Biswajit Bhattacharya was replaced by Sisir Ghosh in the 30th minute of the first half. He played no further part in the tournament.

Maharashtra8–1Haryana
  • Mustaq Ali 5', 47'
  • Umer 15'
  • Jaswant Singh 16', ?', ?', 45'
  • ?
Report
  • Sumesh Bagga ?' (pen)

Maharashtra led 7–1 in the first half, four goals scored by Jaswant Singh.

Bengal3–0Maharashtra
Report
Referee: M . S. Krishnamurthy (Karnataka)

Prasanta Banerjee's goal went through the net and was awarded by the referee after consultation with the linesman B. S. Bisht. Maharashtra refused to play and there was a delay of seven minutes.

Semifinal

Bengal1–1 (a.e.t.)Kerala
Debashis Roy 70' Report Ganesan 35'
Penalties
4–2
Attendance: 15000
Referee: Badal Chakrabarty (Tripura), S. S. Salian (Maharashtra)

After the match ended at 1–1 after 90 minutes, the crowd threw stones at the Kerala players. Thomas Sebastian was hit a big stone and needed medical attention. Debashis Roy's header appeared to have been saved on the goal line but was given as a goal.

Railways2–0Bihar
  • Uttam Ghosh ?' (pen.)
  • Sanjeeb Dutta
Report
Referee: S. S. Salien (Maharashtra)

Final

Bengal2–0Railways
 Report

Railways were coached by P. K. Banerjee. Bengal's coach was Arun Sinha and manager Subhash Bhowmick.

References

  1. ^ Indian Express, 13 April 1987
  2. ^ Indian Express, 17 April 1987
  3. ^ Indian Express, 19 April 1987
  4. ^ Indian Express, 12 April 1987
  5. ^ Indian Express, 12 April 1987
  6. ^ Indian Express, 18 April 1987
  7. ^ Indian Express, 12 April 1987
  8. ^ Indian Express, 14 April 1987
  9. ^ Indian Express, 17 April 1987
  10. ^ Indian Express, 11 April 1987
  11. ^ Indian Express, 13 April 1987
  12. ^ Indian Express, 15 April 1987
  13. ^ Indian Express, 21 April 1987
  14. ^ Indian Express, 22 April 1987
  15. ^ Indian Express, 24 April 1987
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