The 2016 Santosh Trophy was the 70th 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 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. *

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* Jammu & Kashmir *

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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 *

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

Francis Fernandes Francisco Fernandes (born 25 November 1985), also known as Francis Fernandes, is an Indian professional footballer playing primarily as a winger for Dempo S.C. in the Goa Professional League. Club career Fernandes spent his childhood in Bog ...

(Goa) * Francis Zoununtluanga (Services) * Kali Alaudeen (Tamil Nadu) * K Lal Thanthanga (Mizoram) * Lalkhapuimawia (Mizoram) * Laldingngheta (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 trave ...

(Goa) * MS Dawngliana (Mizoram) * Pawan Kumar Tiwari (Punjab) * P Jain (Services) * Pradeep Mohanraj (Tamil Nadu) * Raynier Fernandes (Maharashtra) * Rowilson Rodrigues (Goa) * Shahnwaz Bashir (Jammu & Kashmir) * Soosairaj (Tamil Nadu) * Syed Shoaib (Jammu & Kashmir) *

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

Notable players

References

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