The 2002–03 Santosh Trophy was the 58th

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. It was held from 17 October up to 5 November 2002 in

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. 32 teams from all over India were supposed to participate in the national state championship but three states pulled out. The final was held between hosts

and defending champions

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, which Manipur won through a golden goal by Indian international

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Qualifying rounds

Venues: Mapal Kangjeibung Stadium Main Stadium Kuman Lampak Eastern Sporting Union Ground Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground

Cluster I

---- 18-Oct-02: Jammu & Kashmir 4-0 Rajasthan ,83 Deepak Sangral, 62 Rakhesh, 87 Manat Kumar 20-Oct-02: Bengal 7-0 Rajasthan 4,40,73,80 Dipendu Biswas, 37 Sandip Das, 41,51 Amar Pyne">Dipendu_Biswas.html" ;"title="4,40,73,80 Dipendu Biswas">4,40,73,80 Dipendu Biswas, 37 Sandip Das, 41,51 Amar Pyne 22-Oct-02: Bengal 5-0 Jammu & Kashmir [3,24,67 Dipendu Biswas, 64 Surya Bikash Chakraborty, 83 Anupam Sarkar]

Cluster II

---- 18-Oct-02: Chandigarh 1-2 Meghalaya [C: 58 Munish Kumar; M: 17 Richard Nongneng, 43 Soki Lamara] 20-Oct-02: Maharashtra 2-0 Chandigarh [70 Naushad Moosa, 77 Aziz Quereshi] 22-Oct-02: Maharashtra 3-2 Meghalaya a: 51 Aziz Quereshi, 71 Anthony Fernandes, 78 Altafuddin Ahmed; Me: 72 Sam Kharbhi, 77 Freddy Kharpran

Cluster III

---- 18-Oct-02: Mizoram 2-1 Madhya Pradesh i: 10 Joseph Lalnunzira, 48 Benjamin Zonunsiama; MP: 67 Rahamat Baig 21-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Madhya Pradesh 3 Gurjit Singh Atwal 23-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Mizoram 8 Sher Singh

Cluster IV

---- 17-Oct-02: Manipur 8-0 Himachal Pradesh 6,51,70,83 Bijen Singh, 43 Kanta Singh, 55 Helen Singh, 62

, 86 Tiken Singh] 20-Oct-02: Pondicherry 0-1 Himachal Pradesh [90 Rahul Sharma] 22-Oct-02: Manipur 9-0 Pondicherry [1 Sanaton Singh, 3,44,70,87 Tiken Singh, 40,41 Bijen Singh, 50 James Lukram Singh, James Singh, 72 Nilakumar Singh]

Cluster V

* Daman & Diu has pulled out ---- 18-Oct-02: Assam 3-0 Andhra Pradesh 6 Utpal Basumatary, 44 Kamal Chetry, 90 Padum Brpha 21-Oct-02: Bihar 1-0 Andhra Pradesh 8 Suresh Kalandi 23-Oct-02: Bihar 0-3 Assam Utpal Basumatary, 58 Saran Sonar, 79 Sanjiva Rongpi

Cluster VI

* Arunachal Pradesh has pulled out ---- 19-Oct-02: Services 5-0 Uttar Pradesh 6,40,45 Pritam Bahadur, 49 Bikash Gurung, 60 Thiruna Vakarsu 21-Oct-02: Sikkim 3-0 Uttar Pradesh 4 Milan Lepcha, 44 Kamal Bagdas, 89 Ram Rai 23-Oct-02: Services 3-0 Sikkim 9 Jhoney P Gangmei, 56 Pritam Bahadur, 57 Raghu Kumar

Cluster VII

---- 19-Oct-02: Haryana 0-1 Gujarat 8 Mukesh Kumar 19-Oct-02: Karnataka 4-1 Tripura : 11 SK Dayanand, 68 Jagadish Kumar, 76 Sunil S Kumar, 90 BV Pradeep; T: 21 Sambhu Saha 21-Oct-02: Tripura 4-1 Gujarat : 10 Swapan Rai, 48 Sambhu Saha, 53,64 Premjit Singh Barua; G: 56 Ranjit Sisodiya 21-Oct-02: Haryana 0-2 Karnataka 9 SK Dayanand, 75 Gregory Clarke 23-Oct-02: Karnataka 6-0 Gujarat 4 Sunil S Kumar, 52,72 BV Pradeep, 62,79 SK Dayanand, 60 Kanika Raj 23-Oct-02: Tripura 2-1 Haryana : 37,77 Swapan Rai; H: 30 Satya Singh

Cluster VIII

* Andaman Nicobar has pulled out ---- 19-Oct-02: Orissa 0-0 Delhi 21-Oct-02: Nagaland 1-1 Delhi : 90 Vizo Peseyie; D: 45 Rajesh Arya 23-Oct-02: Orissa 3-0 Nagaland 8,86 Gyanaranjan, 66 Bhabani Prasad Mohanty

Quarterfinal League

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Semi-finals

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Final

Awards

References

External links

*The official LG Santosh Trophy 2002 website: santoshtrophy2002.nic.in {{DEFAULTSORT:Santosh Trophy 2002-03 2002–03 in Indian football 2002-03