The 1993–94 Santosh Trophy was the 50th edition of the

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), th ...

, the main

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competition for

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. It was held in Orissa with the final in Cuttack.

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defeated

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5–3 penalties in the final. It was the 24th title for Bengal. For Kerala who were the defending champions, it was their seventh consecutive final. For sponsorship reasons, the tournament was titled Bharat Petroleum Golden Jubilee National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy. Bharat Petroleum sponsored Santosh Trophy for six seasons till 1999.Rodrigues, Mario, ''The Corporates and the Game: Football in India and the Conflicts of the 1990s'', Soccer in South Asia : Empire, Nation, Diaspora, Ed. Paul Dimeo, James Mills, Routledge, 2001, p.116

Semifinal

Final

References

External links

Santosh Trophy seasons 1993–94 in Indian football {{India-footy-competition-stub