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Maharashtra Football Team
The Maharashtra football team, also earlier the Bombay football team, is an Indian football team representing Maharashtra in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 15 times, and have won the trophy 4 times. Prior to 1962, the team competed as ''Bombay''. Honours State (senior) * Santosh Trophy ** Winners (4): 1954–55, 1963–64, 1990–91, 1999–2000 ** Runners-up (12): 1945–46, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1976–77, 1984–85, 1992–93, 2005–06, 2015–16 * National Games ** Gold medal (1): 1999 ** Bronze medal (2): 2001, 2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ... State (youth) * B.C. Roy Trophy ** Runners-up (1): 1966–67 * M. Dutta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western India Football Association
The Western India Football Association, abbreviated as WIFA, is the governing body for association football, football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. The WIFA sends state teams for Santosh Trophy and Senior Women's National Football Championship. History The Bombay Football Association was established in the Bombay province of 1902. It was amalgamated with the older Rovers Football Cup Committee to form the Western India Football Association on 12 July 1911. Justice Russel became president of the WIFA while P. R. Cadell became vice-president, and the objective of was to improve the sport of football in the Bombay state, and in the present-day Maharashtra. Before that, football games were organised for the Rovers Cup, which is India's second oldest football tournament started in 1890. Then in 2011, after the sudden rise in the popularity of football in India, WIFA decided to revamp t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Dias
Steven Benedic Dias (born 25 December 1983) is an Indian former professional footballer who is currently the head coach of Jamshedpur B. An attacking midfielder who played on the wings, he was known for his long range shooting, crosses and passing. Dias made his debut for India in 2006. In his playing days, he was known as the "David Beckham of India". Club career Dias played for one of India's leading clubs Mahindra United (before the club withdrew from Indian football on 30 April 2010 and was disbanded) and played in their NFL winning team, as well as in the AFC Cup. He later played for clubs in the I-League such as Churchill Brothers where he made 25 appearances and scored 4 goals. He also played for Mumbai Tigers, Rangdajied United, Delhi Dynamos FC in the inaugural season of the ISL and Bharat FC where he made 17 appearances. He signed for Mumbai FC in 2016 after Bharat FC withdrew from the I-league. Dias has started a club named Ambitious Football Academy in Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santosh Trophy
The National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, or simply Santosh Trophy, is an inter-state national football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the sport's governing body in India. Before the launch of the first national club league, the National Football League in 1996, the Santosh Trophy was considered the top domestic tournament in India. Many players who have represented India internationally, played in the Santosh Trophy. The tournament is held every year with eligible teams divided into zones, play in the qualifying round and can progress into the tournament proper. The tournament was started in 1941 by the Indian Football Association (IFA), which was the then '' de facto'' governing body of football in India. It was named after the former president of the IFA, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury, the Maharaja of Santosh who had died aged 61 in 1939. The IFA later donated the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Santosh Trophy
The 2024–25 Santosh Trophy was the 78th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for senior men's football teams representing their respective states/union territories and government institutions. Venues The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced in October 2024 that the group stage matches would begin the following month and would be played in six venues. The venues and the corresponding groups that would play there were named. Hosts Telangana and last year's finalists, Services and Goa were exempted from playing the group stage fixtures. Hyderabad is hosting the event for the first time in 57 years. Draws 38 teams entered the competition; Service and Goa, the finalists of the previous edition, and Telangana, the hosts received direct entry to the final round. The remaining 35 teams were divided into one group of three teams and eight groups of four teams each. It was announced that the winners of each group would make the final round. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to the north, and the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the northwest. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India, the third most populous country subdivision in South Asia and the fourth-most populous in the world. The state is divided into 6 divisions and 36 districts. Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra due to its historical significance as a major trading port and its status as India's financial hub, housing key institutions and a diverse economy. Additionally, Mumbai's well-developed infrastructure and cultural diversity make it a suitable administrative center for the state, and the most populous urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999–2000 Santosh Trophy
The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy was the 56th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main States and union territories of India, State competition for football in India. It was held from 9 to 23 April 2000 in Thrissur and Chalakudy, Kerala. Twenty-eight teams from all over the country were supposed to take part in the national state championships, but six pulled out. Maharashtra beat the home team of Kerala 1–0 in the final. Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper. * Goa football team, Goa * Kerala football team, Kerala * Karnataka football team, Karnataka * Maharashtra football team, Maharashtra * Punjab football team, Punjab * Services football team, Services * Tamil Nadu football team, Tamil Nadu * West Bengal football team, Bengal Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Bracket Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final Statistics Goalscorers ;9 goals * Mohammed Najeeb (Maharashtra) Awards Source: * Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. Except for a period of around two years, when Siddharth Varadarajan, S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, senior editorial positions of the paper have always been held by members of the original Iyengar family or by those appointed by them under their direction. In June 2023, the former chairperson of the group, Malini Parthasarathy, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945–46 Santosh Trophy
The 1945–46 Santosh Trophy was the third edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Bombay. Bengal defeated Bombay 2–0 in the final. Indian Express, 12 OCtober, 1945 Fred Pugsley, an Anglo-Burmese footballer who had moved to India temporarily during the , scored seven goals in Bengal's win over Rajputana. This is a record in Santosh Trophy that was later equalled by Inder Singh in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984–85 Santosh Trophy
The 1984–85 Santosh Trophy was the 41st edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Uttar Pradesh. Punjab defeated Maharashtra 3–0 in the final to win the competition for their fourth time. Preliminary Round Robin Cluster A Cluster B Cluster C Cluster D Cluster E Cluster F Cluster G Cluster H Quarter Finals Quarter Final Group A Quarter Final Group B Semi-finals ---- Final References External links Santosh Trophy 1985at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around ... {{DEFAULTSORT:1984-85 Santosh Trophy Santosh Trophy seasons 1984–85 in Indian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005–06 Santosh Trophy
The 2005–06 Santosh Trophy (known as the 60th Air India Express Santosh Trophy 2005–06 for sponsorship reasons) was the 60th edition of the Santosh Trophy. The tournament was held from 4 to 21 November 2005 in Kerala. Goa won the Santosh Trophy 2005–06 for the fourth time after defeating Maharashtra in the 2005 final at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi after 15 years. Host Kerala claimed third spot after defeating Punjab. Teams Automatically qualified to the group stage 30 States / UT teams of India along with Services and Railways with total of 32 teams participated in the tournament The defending champions Kerala, runners-up Punjab along with last year's losing semi-finalists Services and Manipur receive automatic qualification into the Quarter-final stage. Qualification round entry Stadiums and locations Qualifying rounds Qualifying round held from 4 to 10 November at the venues Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram and Municipal Corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Round and dates Qualified Teams 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 Fixtures and Results Group B Fixtures and Results Knockout stage Semi-finals Final 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) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
