2011 Santosh Trophy

The 65th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2010-11 was held in Assam, India, May 6–30, 2011. 31 teams were divided into eight clusters with last year's semi-finalists (West Bengal, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Goa) directly finding their place in the Groups Quarterfinal round.

The Preliminary Round matches were held from May 6 to 16, while the quarter final round matches took place from May 17 to 24. The first semi-final was held on May 26, while the second semi-final will be played on May 27 with grand finale being held on May 30.

All together seven venues held the matches of the Santosh Trophy in Assam. Cluster I and V matches were played in Guwahati, Cluster II matches were played in Mangaldoi, Cluster III matches will be played in Shiv Sagar, Cluster V matches will take place in Tinsukia, while Cluster VI, VIII and VIII matches will be held in Nagaon, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar respectively.

Clusters

• Cluster I: Assam, Pondicherry, Rajasthan.
• Cluster II: Chhattisgarh, Daman & Diu, Gujarat & Uttar Pradesh.
• Cluster III: Manipur, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar & Andaman & Nicobar.
• Cluster IV: Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Chandigarh.
• Cluster V: Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Services, Arunachal Pradesh.
• Cluster VI: Delhi, Nagaland, Orissa & Himachal Pradesh.
• Cluster VII: Mizoram, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura.
• Cluster VIII: Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Railways, Sikkim.^[1]

Preliminary level Fixtures and Points

• Note - The first tie-breaker for teams finishing level on points is the head-to-head result between the teams concerned, followed by overall goal difference, and then overall goals scored.

Cluster I

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
06/05/11	Assam	8-1	Pondicherry
08/05/11	Pondicherry	2-2	Rajasthan
10/05/11	Assam	11-0	Rajasthan

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Assam	2	2	0	0	19	1	+18	6
Pondicherry	2	0	1	1	3	10	-7	1
Rajasthan	2	0	1	1	2	13	-11	1

Cluster II

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
06/05/11	Chhattisgarh	9-0	Daman & Diu
06/05/11	Uttar Pradesh	3-1	Gujarat
08/05/11	Chhattisgarh	1-1	Uttar Pradesh
08/05/11	Gujarat	6-2	Daman & Diu
10/05/11	Chhattisgarh	3-0	Gujarat
10/05/11	Uttar Pradesh	8-0	Daman & Diu

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chhattisgarh	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7
Uttar Pradesh	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
Gujarat	3	1	0	2	7	8	-1	3
Daman & Diu	3	0	0	3	2	23	-21	0

Cluster III

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
06/05/11	Manipur	4-1	Bihar
08/05/11	Manipur	12-1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
10/05/11	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	2-1	Bihar

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manipur	2	2	0	0	16	2	+14	6
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	2	1	0	1	3	13	-10	3
Bihar	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0

Cluster IV

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
07/05/11	Jharkhand	2-1	Chandigarh
07/05/11	Kerala	5-1	Jammu & Kashmir
09/05/11	Chandigarh	0-0	Kerala
09/05/11	Jharkhand	2-1	Jammu & Kashmir
11/05/11	Chandigarh	1-0	Jammu & Kashmir
11/05/11	Kerala	3-0	Jharkhand

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kerala	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
Jharkhand	3	2	0	1	4	5	-1	6
Chandigarh	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Jammu & Kashmir	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0

Cluster V

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
12/05/11	Services	4-0	Karnataka
12/05/11	Uttarakhand	1-0	Arunachal Pradesh
14/05/11	Arunachal Pradesh	1-1	Karnataka
14/05/11	Services	3-0	Uttarakhand
16/05/11	Karnataka	Vs	Uttarakhand
16/05/11	Services	3-0	Arunachal Pradesh

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Services	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
Uttarakhand	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2	3
Arunachal Pradesh	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1
Karnataka	2	0	1	1	1	5	-4	1

Cluster VI

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
12/05/11	Delhi	2-0	Nagaland
12/05/11	Orissa	6-0	Himachal Pradesh
14/05/11	Delhi	4-1	Himachal Pradesh
14/05/11	Orissa	4-0	Nagaland
16/05/11	Delhi	6-1	Orissa
16/05/11	Nagaland	4-1	Himachal Pradesh

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Delhi	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9
Orissa	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Nagaland	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
Himachal Pradesh	3	0	0	3	2	14	-12	0

Cluster VII

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
12/05/11	Madhya Pradesh	3-2	Haryana
12/05/11	Tripura	3-1	Mizoram
14/05/11	Haryana	2-0	Tripura
14/05/11	Mizoram	8-0	Madhya Pradesh
16/05/11	Tripura	5-0	Madhya Pradesh
16/05/11	Mizoram	5-0	Haryana

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tripura	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Mizoram	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6
Madhya Pradesh	3	1	0	2	3	15	-12	3
Haryana	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3

Cluster VIII

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
12/05/11	Maharashtra	2-1	Sikkim
12/05/11	Railways	3-0	Meghalaya
14/05/11	Railways	1-0	Maharashtra
14/05/11	Meghalaya	1-1	Sikkim
16/05/11	Maharashtra	5-1	Meghalaya
16/05/11	Railways	2-0	Sikkim

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Railways	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
Maharashtra	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
Sikkim	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1
Meghalaya	3	0	1	2	2	9	-7	1

Second Level Rounds Fixtures and Points

Pre-Quarter-Finals

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Extra-time/Penalties
12/05/11	Assam	2-4	Chhattisgarh
13/05/11	Manipur	0-0	Kerala	After extra-time, Manipur won 7-6 on penalties
18/05/11	Services	Vs	Delhi
18/05/11	Tripura	Vs	Railways

Quarter-Finals

Group A

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
17/05/11	Manipur	2-1	Tamil Nadu
17/05/11	West Bengal	4-1	Chhattisgarh
19/05/11	Tamil Nadu	2-3	Chhattisgarh
19/05/11	West Bengal	2-2	Manipur
21/05/11	Manipur	3-0	Chhattisgarh
21/05/11	West Bengal	1-2	Tamil Nadu

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manipur	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
West Bengal	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Tamil Nadu	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3
Chhattisgarh	3	1	0	2	4	9	-5	3

Group B

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
20/05/11	Goa	0-3	Railways
20/05/11	Punjab	2-2	Services
22/05/11	Goa	3-3	Services
22/05/11	Punjab	1-2	Railways
24/05/11	Goa	0-0	Punjab
24/05/11	Services	2-2	Railways

Points

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Goa	3	0	2	1	5	8	-3	2
Punjab	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2	2
Railways/Tripura	3	2	0	1	7	3	4	7
Services/Delhi	3	0	3	0	7	7	0	3

Semi-Finals

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Extra-time/Penalties
26/05/11	Manipur	1-0	Services
27/05/11	Railways	0-1	West Bengal

Final

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Extra-Time/Penalties
30/05/11	Manipur	1-2	Bengal

Final Result

Manipur v Bengal

May 30 17:30

Manipur	1-2	Bengal
Nabachandra (75mins)		Branco (21mins), Budhiram (48mins)

Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Assam

References

1. http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2350