The Sikkim football team is an Indian football team represents

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligu ...

in Indian state football competitions including 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 ...

. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 4 times.

History

The Sikkim football team represents

, a former protectorate and now state of

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

. When a protectorate, they were not affiliated with FIFA or the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...

, and therefore did not compete for the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the ' (FIFA), the ...

Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

. They compete in the

as they did when independent, but they have never won the trophy.

Squad

The following 22 players were called for the

2022–23 Santosh Trophy The 2022–23 Santosh Trophy is the 76th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for senior men's football teams representing their respective states/union territories and government institutions. Contrary to the recent ...

Honours

B.C. Roy Trophy The Junior National Football Championship, also known as BC Roy Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held for players under 19 years of age. The competition is held every year between the teams representing state associations of India und ...

** Runners-up (1): 1998–99

References

External links

List of matches in Roon Ba
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