66th Santosh Trophy - Day 5: Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra move ahead

It was the fifth day of the 66th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy across Orissa in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur and Baragarh.

It was match day three, the final round in five of the seven Clusters today. At the end of the day it was clear who would make it to the Quarterfinal League - Delhi made it from Cluster I, Kerala from Cluster II, Meghalaya from Cluster III, Maharashtra in Cluster IV and Uttar Pradesh from Cluster V. All went through on a all win record.

While the favourites made it from Cluster I to IV, it was a major upset that Uttar Pradesh made it to the Quarterfinal League from Cluster V by topping Karnataka, which was possible due to their win on May 13 against the side from south India.


Day Five Results

Cluster-I - Sambalpur
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 - Cuttack
15-May-2012: Himachal Pradesh 0-4 Kerala
[46 Rakesh K., 54,59 Vineeth Antony, 75 Mohammed Rasi]

Cluster-III - Baragarh
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 - Cuttack
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 - Bhubaneswar
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.]