
The 66th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy was played from May 11 to 28 across Orissa in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur and Baragarh. In total 34 teams are taking part in the inter-state tournament with Services winning the tournament.
GROUPINGS & FIXTURESPreliminary Round - Cluster StageCluster-I - SambalpurJharkhand, Delhi, Andaman&Nicobar Island, Gujarat
11-May-2012: Jharkhand 9-0 Andaman&Nicobar Island
[30,36,83 Anjan Dey, 34 Subash Majhi, 53,77 Bosen Murmu, 74,81 Gurumati Mukhi, 90+1 Subansh Deogun]
11-May-2012: Delhi 4-0 Gujarat
[7,71 Kamal Singh, 59,83 David Ngaihte]
13-May-2012: Andaman&Nicobar Island 0-13 Delhi
[7,23,50 Deepak Mehra, 41,44,60,81 Monu Choudhary, 56,75 Kamal Sngh, 68 P.S. Rawat, 82 Vikas Rawat, 86,91 David Ngaihte]
13-May-2012: Gujarat 2-1 Jharkhand
[G: 29 Sagar Thapa, 73 I. Sheikh; J: 70 Sachin Jariya]
15-May-2012: Andaman&Nicobar Island 1-12 Gujarat
[A: 60 Manuah; G: 16,67,85,90 Mehul Rana, 37,75 Jahid Pathan, 46 Dipesh Pun, 61,79 Sagar Thapa, 65 Imtiyaz Shaikh, 78 Aamir Pathan, 81 Mandeep Barad]
15-May-2012: Jharkhand 1-3 Delhi
[J: 85 Anjan Dey; D: 44,62 Mahender Singh, 79 Kamal Singh]
Cluster-II - CuttackKerala, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh
11-May-2012: Kerala 4-0 Tripura
[45,69 Usman P., 63 Firos K., 85 V. Antony]
13-May-2012: Tripura 2-3 Himachal Pradesh
[T: 66 Premjit Singh Barua, 74 Arjit Singh Barua; H: 10,38 Chandan Kumar, 72 Pawan Thakur]
15-May-2012: Himachal Pradesh 0-4 Kerala
[46 Rakesh K., 54,59 Vineeth Antony, 75 Mohammed Rasi]
Cluster-III - BaragarhChandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Pondicherry
11-May-2012: Chandigarh 2-1 Madhya Pradesh
[C: 11 Navdeep Singh, 27 Amrit Pal Singh; M: 85 Shiwang Kumar]
11-May-2012: Meghalaya 4-0 Pondicherry
[43 Ronnie McDonald Nongbri, 70 Niwan-O-Gathphoh, 78 Fullmoon Mukhim, 86 Restom Khriam]
13-May-2012: Madhya Pradesh 0-1 Meghalaya
[79 Bansharai Sun]
13-May-2012: Pondicherry 1-2 Chandigarh
[P: 78 Manikanandan; C: 14 Harminder Singh, 35 Gagandeep Singh]
15-May-2012: Madhya Pradesh 1-0 Pondicherry
[72 Prateek Lal]
15-May-2012: Meghalaya 5-1 Chandigarh
[M: 45+1,90 Bansharai Sun, 48 Timmy Ryngkhlem, 81 Regional Shadap, 90+4 Restom Khriam; C: 88 Harminder Singh]
Cluster-IV - CuttackJammu&Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra
11-May-2012: Maharashtra 4-0 Arunachal Pradesh
[5 Reuben D'Souza, 59 Linekar Machando, 88 A. Sheikh, 90+2 Argha Chakraborty]
13-May-2012: Arunachal Pradesh 1-2 Jammu&Kashmir
[A: 30 T.C.Teli; J: 12 Khalid Umer, 69 Asif Majeed]
15-May-2012: Jammu&Kashmir 2-5 Maharashtra
[J: 65 Sandeep Sharma, 78 Aman Thapa; M: 7,63 Reuben D'Souza, 67 Kenistan C., 71 N.Z. Ur-Rehman, 73 Arvind George]
Cluster-V - BhubaneswarKarnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland
11-May-2012: Karnataka 5-0 Nagaland
[31 Ngurneilal Hmar, 56,85 Gopi, 68 Arun Pandian, 81 Prakash]
11-May-2012: Bihar 0-1 Uttar Pradesh
[78 Budhuram Soren]
13-May-2012: Nagaland 1-1 Bihar
[N: 85 K. Kiwe; B: 72 Murari Kumar]
13-May-2012: Uttar Pradesh 2-1 Karnataka
[U: 8 H.H. Khan, 62 Biru Yadav; K: 1 Gopi]
15-May-2012: Nagaland 2-3 Uttar Pradesh
[N: 18,30 Kin Sumi; U: 5 Suresh Patel, 30 Ballu Verma, 90+1 Mohammed Kammaluddin]
15-May-2012: Karnataka 5-0 Bihar
[39 B: Prakash, 48 Lokeshwar Singh, 49 Deepan Thapa, 69 Amoes, 77 S. Rajesh Jr.]
Cluster-VI - CuttackUttarakhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan
12-May-2012: Uttarakhand 2-4 Rajasthan
[U: 5 Sishir Saha, 36 Rahul; R: 13,90+3 Parmaveer Singh, 38,89 Narendra Singh Rathore]
14-May-2012: Rajasthan 0-12 Mizoram
[11,17,41 F.Lalrinpuia, 12,77,79 Zico Zoremsanga, 42 David Lalthansanga, 55, 84 Malsawmdawngliana, 63 Lallawmzuala, 74 H. Malsawmtluanga, 87 David Lalrinmuana]
16-May-2012: Mizoram 6-0 Uttarakhand
[24 Lalchhawnkima, 53,84 F. Lalrinpuia, 71,74 Malsawmdawngliana, 80 Lalrinfela]
Cluster-VII - BhubaneswarHaryana, Sikkim, Assam, Daman&Diu
12-May-2012: Haryana 4-1 Daman&Diu
[H: 31,41 Pankaj Sura, 80,86 Abhisek; D: 35 Rahul Barath]
12-May-2012: Assam 5-2 Sikkim
[A: 12,45 Chayaram Basumatary, 40 Monoj Boro, 73,88 Manaj Manjit Chhetia; S: 20 Shanti Ram, 76 T. Bhutia (pen)]
14-May-2012: Daman&Diu 0-6 Assam
[7,17 Sayaram Basumatary, 12 Jayanta Basumatary, 19,41 Khirod Das, 59 Manas Manjit Chetia]
14-May-2012: Sikkim 1-4 Haryana
[S: ?; H: 14,74,77 Abhisek, 26 Pankaj Sura]
16-May-2012: Daman&Diu 1-4 Sikkim
[D: 21 Rahul Barath; S: 12,29 Bir Bahadur Pradhan, 81 Sanjay Chettri, 88 Bijay Subba]
16-May-2012: Haryana 2-0 Assam
[31 Abhisek, 81 Ajay]
Quarterfinal League - Group Stage:Group-A - CuttackWest Bengal, Punjab, Kerala (Cluster-II winner), Maharashtra (Cluster-IV winner)
18-May-2012: West Bengal 1-2 Maharashtra
[W: 71 Tarif Ahmed; M: 20 Kailash Patel, 70 Linekar Machando]
18-May-2012: Punjab 1-2 Kerala
[P: 38 Rohit Kumar; K: 73 Sajith T., 90+3 Shibinlal]
20-May-2012: Kerala 0-0 West Bengal
20-May-2012: Maharashtra 5-0 Punjab
[7 Vijith Shetty, 29,71,83 Kailash Patil, 88 Reuben D'Souza]
22-May-2012: Maharashtra 1-3 Kerala
[M: 8 Kailash Patil; K: 10 Surjith V.V., 72,81 R. Kannan]
22-May-2012: West Bengal 2-1 Punjab
[W: 17 Mohammed Mukhtar, 87 Tapan Maity; P: 16 Gurmeet Singh]
Group-B - BhubaneswarManipur, Goa, Meghalaya (Cluster-III winner), Uttar Pradesh (Cluster-V winner)
18-May-2012: Manipur 1-0 Meghalaya
[62 L. Chaothoiba Singh]
18-May-2012: Goa 2-0 Uttar Pradesh
[54 Gabriel Fernandes , 61 Agnelo Colaco]
20-May-2012: Meghalaya 1-2 Goa
[M: 70 Bansharai Sun; G: 57 Sachin Gawas, 87 Gabriel Fernandes]
20-May-2012: Uttar Pradesh 0-6 Manipur
[32,53,65,68 L. Chaothoiba Singh, 78 Kh. Thoi Singh, 90+2 Kh. Naoton Singh]
22-May-2012: Meghalaya 3-0 Uttar Pradesh
[7 Ronnie McDonald Nongbri, 18 Bansharai Sun, 82 Timmy Ryngkhlem]
22-May-2012: Manipur 2-2 Goa
[M: 19 Kh. Thoi Singh, 70 M. Govin Singh; G: 26 Gabriel Fernandes, 45 Prathesh Shirodkar]
Group-C - CuttackServices, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Haryana (Cluster-VII winner)
19-May-2012: Services 4-0 Haryana
[8 Z. Horin, 67 Subrata Sarkar, 74,85 Farhad V.V.]
19-May-2012: Orissa 4-0 Chhattisgarh
[45+1,82, 90+1 Gokul Oram, 66 Antu Murmu]
21-May-2012: Haryana 1-1 Orissa
[H: 8 Abhisek; O: 44 Antu Murmu]
21-May-2012: Chhattisgarh 0-6 Services
[4,33,75 Farhad V.V., 44 Z. Horin, 62,90 Thyagarajan]
23-May-2012: Haryana 6-1 Chhattisgarh
[H: 5,67,83 Abhisek, 37 Habib Khan, 45 Ajay, 53 Devender; C: 54 K. Praveen]
23-May-2012: Orissa 1-1 Services
[O: 33 Gokul Oram (pen); S: 55 Gordon Zoramchhana]
Group-D - BhubaneswarRailways, Tamil Nadu, Delhi (Cluster-I winner), Mizoram (Cluster-VI winner)
19-May-2012: Railways 2-2 Mizoram
[R: 15 Gurpreet Singh, 45+2 Rizu; M: 40 V. Lalanpuia, 50 F. Lalrinpuia]
19-May-2012: Tamil Nadu 1-0 Delhi
[76 S. Karthik]
21-May-2012: Delhi 1-2 Railways
[D: 84 Vikash Rawat; R: 82 Lalmohan Hansda, 86 Gurpreet Singh]
21-May-2012: Mizoram 3-4 Tamil Nadu
[M: 2,22 F. Lalrinpuia, 88 Lalbiakhlua; T: 38 Charles Anandraj, 49,78 U. Jayakumar, 90+2 M. Ramesh]
23-May-2012: Mizoram 0-3 Delhi
[53 Mahendra Singh, 78 Dhiraj Singh, 87 Kamson Kabui]
23-May-2012: Railways 0-0 Tamil Nadu
Semifinals25-May-2012: Kerala 1-2 Services
[K: 83 Vineet Anthony (pen); S: 5 Subrata Sarkar, 50 Mohammed Marsook (own Goal)]
26-May-2012: Manipur 0-2 Tamil Nadu
[35 A. Reagan, 85 M. David]
Final28-May-2012: Services 3-2 Tamil Nadu
[S: 45 Sanju Subba, 49 Subrata Sarkar, 67 Farhad V.V.; T: 82 Santa Kumar, 89 M. Ramesh]