The 2016 Santosh Trophy was the 70th edition of the

Santosh Trophy The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state football leagues in India, state-level association football, football competition contested by the L ...

, 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

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from 13 March 2016.

Round and dates

Qualified Teams

The following 10 teams have qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper. *

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to th ...

* Jammu & Kashmir * Maharashtra *

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Railways Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...

Services Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil languag ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

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 Jagtar Singh Diyalpura is an Indian politician and the MLA representing the Samrala Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He was elected as the MLA in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Asse ...

(Railways) * Malsawmfela (Mizoram) * Sheikh Faiz (West Bengal) * Shrikant Veramullu (Maharashtra) ;1 Goal * Aaron D'costa (Maharashtra) * Altamash Syed (Jammu & Kashmir) * Angelo Colaco (Goa) * Appuruba Phukan (Assam) * Anil Kisku (Railways) * Beevan D'Mello (Goa) *

Dipendu Dowary Dipendu Dowary is an Indian professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for BSS Sporting Club B.S.S. Sporting Club is a professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 2015, the club competes in CFL P ...

(West Bengal) * Edwin Sydney (Tamil Nadu) * Farukh Chowdhary (Jammu & Kashmir) *

Francis Fernandes Francisco Fernandes also known as Francis Fernandes (born 25 November 1985 in Vasco da Gama, Goa) is an Indian professional footballer playing primarily as a winger for the Indian club Dempo S.C. in the Goa Professional League. Career Fern ...

(Goa) * Francis Zoununtluanga (Services) *

Kali Alaudeen Kali Alaudeen (born 13 January 1984) is a former Indian football player and is the current head coach of Chennaiyin B, the reserve side of Chennaiyin of the Indian Super League. Playing career Born in Kayalpatnam, Tamil Nadu, Alaudeen spent t ...

(Tamil Nadu) * K Lal Thanthanga (Mizoram) * Lalkhapuimawia (Mizoram) *

Laldingngheta Laldingngheta (born 12 February 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rangdajied United in the I-League. Career Laldingngheta made his professional debut for Rangdajied United F.C. in the I-League against Pr ...

(Mizoram) * Lalmunsanga (Mizoram) *

Milagres Gonsalves Milagres Gonsalves (born 24 January 1987) is an Indian footballer who last played for Dempo in the I-League 2nd Division. Career Growing up in the then quiet village of Agassim, Milagres had to go through a lot of hardship spending hours trav ...

(Goa) * MS Dawngliana (Mizoram) * Pawan Kumar Tiwari (Punjab) * P Jain (Services) *

Pradeep Mohanraj Pradeep Mohanraj (born 11 November 1990) is an Indian footballer who currently plays for Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League. Career Chirag United Kerala The 2011-12 football year got off to a good start for Pradeep as he made his debut ...

(Tamil Nadu) * Raynier Fernandes (Maharashtra) *

Rowilson Rodrigues Rowilson Rodrigues (born 26 March 1987) is an Indian football player who plays as a centre back for Gokulam Kerala FC in the I-League. Career Rodrigues started his footballing career at SESA FA before joining Goan club Churchill Brothers a ...

(Goa) * Shahnwaz Bashir (Jammu & Kashmir) * Soosairaj (Tamil Nadu) * Syed Shoaib (Jammu & Kashmir) *

Vijith Shetty Vijith Shetty (born 1981) is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Air India FC in the I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional footbal ...

(Maharashtra) * Vipin (Services) * Vijay Kumar (Punjab) * Vivek Kumar (Services)

Notable players

References

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