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was played from 1 November 2001 till 17 November 2001 in

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, Maharashtra. The

is an annual Indian football tournament which is contested by states and government institutions. The first winners were

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, who also lead the all-time winners list with 31 titles till date. The 58th Santosh Trophy was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Thirty-two teams from all over the country, representing numerous states intended to take part in the national state championships but six teams pulled out. At the final

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won 3–2, on a

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scored by Abdul Hakkim during

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against

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Qualifying rounds

Cluster I

* Meghalaya & Sikkim have pulled out 01-Nov-01: Services 11–0 Rajasthan 6,? Saroj Gurung, 19,?,? VK Mishra">Saroj_Gurung.html" ;"title="6,? Saroj Gurung">6,? Saroj Gurung, 19,?,? VK Mishra, 21,?,? Sajith Kumar, Amit Aich, Irudaya Raj, Semingthang]
03-Nov-01: Rajasthan 2–5 Services [R: 27 Dilip Singh, 81 Ashfaq Qureshi; S: 46 Amar Thapa, 48 Preetam Bahadur, 60 Irudaya Raj, 67,69 Sajith Kumar]

Cluster II

01-Nov-01: Manipur 7–0 Himachal Pradesh 6 F Stephen Hamar, 19,46,71 Nilakumar Singh">Stephen_Hamar.html" ;"title="6 F Stephen Hamar">6 F Stephen Hamar, 19,46,71 Nilakumar Singh, 29 Manglemjao Singh, 66 Tiken Singh, 70 Rohen Singh]
03-Nov-01: Haryana 7–1 Himachal Pradesh [H: 7 Virender Singh (footballer), Virender Singh (own goal), 34,80 Manish Sharma (cricketer, born 1981), Manish Sharma, 20,38,61 Ranbir Singh (football), Ranbir Singh, ? Sate Singh; HP: 42

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05-Nov-01: Manipur 3–0 Haryana 4 Mangalem Jao, 19 L Tiken Singh, 82 F Stephen Hamar">Mangalem_Jao.html" ;"title="4 Mangalem Jao">4 Mangalem Jao, 19 L Tiken Singh, 82 F Stephen Hamar

Cluster III

* Mizoram & Nagaland have pulled out 04-Nov-01: Andhra Pradesh 0–4 Indian Railways [30 Partha Mitra, 39 Manjinder Singh, 51,57 Asif Jamal]
06-Nov-01: Andhra Pradesh 1–0 Indian Railways [45 Prakash Rao]

Cluster IV

02-Nov-01: Punjab 4–0 Tripura [10 Sukhjit Singh (footballer), Sukhjit Singh, 26 J Joseph, 66,89 Jaswinder Singh]
04-Nov-01: Uttar Pradesh 5–2 Tripura : 38,44,63 Afroz Ahmed, 87,91 Manmeet Singh">Afroz_Ahmed.html" ;"title=": 38,44,63 Afroz Ahmed">: 38,44,63 Afroz Ahmed, 87,91 Manmeet Singh; T: 25,? Kiran Chetri]
06-Nov-01: Uttar Pradesh 0–4 Punjab [24 Sukhjit Singh, 32,89 Gurjit Singh (footballer), Gurjit Singh, 70 Hardip Singh Saini]

Cluster V

* Andaman&Nicobar Islands has pulled out 01-Nov-01: Madhya Pradesh 4–1 Pondicherry : Dharmendra Khare, 2xV Shibu, Rahamat Baig">Dharmendra_Khare.html" ;"title=": Dharmendra Khare">: Dharmendra Khare, 2xV Shibu, Rahamat Baig; P: S Newton]
03-Nov-01: Madhya Pradesh 0–2 Assam [64 Subir Goswami, 77 Birjab Moshahary]
05-Nov-01: Pondicherry 0–4 Assam [20 Tiaakum Ao, 32 Sandipan Chakravorty, 76 Pabitra Langsung, 85 Kamakhya Basumatary]

Cluster VI

01-Nov-01: Karnataka 7–1 Jammu&Kashmir : 6,43,63 Xavier Vijaykumar, 23 Sheikh Sanjib">Xavier_Vijaykumar.html" ;"title=": 6,43,63 Xavier Vijaykumar">: 6,43,63 Xavier Vijaykumar, 23 Sheikh Sanjib, 27 Dayanand, 45 Rajendra Prasad, 80 S Sunil; J: 48 Deepak Sagral]
03-Nov-01: Daman&Diu 1–5 Jammu&Kashmir [D: Dinesh Dhano; J: 14 Shabbir Ahmed (cricketer), Shabbir Ahmed, Irshad Ahmed, Deepak Sangram, Rajesh Kumar, Ijaz Ahmed]
05-Nov-01: Karnataka 10–0 Daman&Diu 1,45,61 S Sunil, 66 Sheikh Sanjib, 70,78,80 Gopi, Dayanand, Xavier Vijaykumar, 89 Saravana Lokesh">Gopi.html" ;"title="1,45,61 S Sunil, 66 Sheikh Sanjib, 70,78,80 Gopi">1,45,61 S Sunil, 66 Sheikh Sanjib, 70,78,80 Gopi, Dayanand, Xavier Vijaykumar, 89 Saravana Lokesh]

Cluster VII

* Arunachal Pradesh has pulled out 02-Nov-01: Delhi 1–2 Orissa [D: 90 Ravinder Singh (footballer), Ravinder Singh; O: 44 Saroj Kantha Patnaik, 50 Ranjit Kaudi]
04-Nov-01: Orissa 1–1 Chandigarh : 67 Saroj Kantha Patnaik; C: 5 Gurminder Singh">Gurminder_Singh.html" ;"title=": 67 Saroj Kantha Patnaik; C: 5 Gurminder Singh">: 67 Saroj Kantha Patnaik; C: 5 Gurminder Singhbr> 06-Nov-01: Delhi 5–0 Chandigarh [?,54,61 Praveen Arora, 74 Manish Kumar, 90 Aziz Santra]

Cluster VIII

* Tamil Nadu move on by a toss of a coin 02-Nov-01: Tamil Nadu 1–1 Gujarat [T: 89 Syed Shabir Pasha: G: 67 Ranjit Sisodia]
04-Nov-01: Bihar 1–2 Gujarat Naveen_Kumar.html" ;"title=": 10 Naveen Kumar (footballer), Naveen Kumar">: 10 Naveen Kumar; G: 1 Rajeev Karir, 59 Rajesh Tadvibr> 06-Nov-01: Tamil Nadu 2–1 Bihar [T: 21 Kulothungan">Rajesh_Tadvi<_a>.html" ;"title="Rajeev Karir, 59 Rajesh Tadvi">Rajeev Karir, 59 Mohammed Islam; B: 15 Naveen Kumar">Rajesh Tadvibr> 06-Nov-01: Tamil Nadu 2–1 Bihar [T: 21 Kulothungan, 58 Mohammed Islam (football)">Mohammed Islam; B: 15 Naveen Kumar

Quarterfinal League

Group A

07-Nov-01: Kerala 5–2 Assam [K: 2,89 Sylvester Ignatius, 20 Abdul Hakkim, 50,90 Asif Saheer; A: 60 Subir Goswami, 72 Tiakkum Ao]
09-Nov-01: Orissa 0–3 Assam 3 Tiaakum Ao, 37,53 Birjab Moshahary">Birjab_Moshahary.html" ;"title="3 Tiaakum Ao, 37,53 Birjab Moshahary">3 Tiaakum Ao, 37,53 Birjab Moshaharybr> 11-Nov-01: Kerala 3–1 Orissa [K: 23 Abdul Naushad, 78,90 Asif Saheer; O: 51 Saroj Das]

Group B

07-Nov-01: Karnataka 0–0 Bengal
09-Nov-01: Tamil Nadu 2–2 Karnataka [T: 8 Sureshkumar, 36 Syed Sabir Pasha; K: 48 Sheikh Sanjeeb, 90 AS Firoze]
11-Nov-01: Tamil Nadu 1–0 Bengal 0 P Muthu

Group C

08-Nov-01: Maharashtra 3–1 Services 4,77 Narender Meetei, 82 Nitin Shetty">Narender_Meetei.html" ;"title="4,77 Narender Meetei">4,77 Narender Meetei, 82 Nitin Shetty; S: 41 Saroj Gurung]
10-Nov-01: Services 0–3 Indian Railways [31,85 Kasif Jamal, 87 Adil Ansari]
12-Nov-01: Maharashtra 1–1 Indian Railways [M: 3 S Venkatesh; I: 6 Manjinder Singh]

Group D

08-Nov-01: Manipur 0–1 Goa 0 Levy Coelho">Levy_Coelho.html" ;"title="0 Levy Coelho">0 Levy Coelhobr> 10-Nov-01: Manipur 0–4 Punjab [37,56 Ram Pal, 70 Hardip Singh Saini, 82 Gurjit Singh]
12-Nov-01: Punjab 0–1 Goa [51 Jose Colaco]

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

A STATISTICAL WINDOW FOR THE 2001 TOURNAMENT:
Leading scorer: 1. Abdul Hakkim (Kerala) – 7 goals, 2. Asif Saheer (Kerala) List of Awardees:
Fair Play Trophy: Railways & Tamil Nadu

References

*http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/2001-02st.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Santosh Trophy 2001-02 2001–02 in Indian football 2001–02