2014 Santosh Trophy

2014 Santosh Trophy
Country  India
Teams 34
Champions Mizoram
Runners-up Railways
Matches played 23
Goals scored 63 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Zico Zoremsanga (Mizoram )
R.Reagan(Tamil Nadu)
(5 goals each)
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The 2014 Santosh Trophy was the 68th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition in Indian football. The tournament this season will be held in two phases. The final phase would be held in Siliguri, West Bengal between 24 February – 9 March 2014 .The zonals were held between January26 – February 4, 2014.[1] In the finals, played at Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, debutant Mizoram beat the Railways 3–0 to clinch the trophy, and the Rs 500,000 prize money, while the runners up Railways received Rs. 300,000.[2][3]

Qualified Teams

Defending champions Services and former champions West Bengal won their respective groups to qualify from East Zone.Railways overcame an unexpected reverse against Assam to clinch their berth in the final round alongside Mizoram from North East Zonal qualifiers.Last year's finalists and 2012 Champion Kerala netted two goals in added time to overhaul Karnataka and qualify behind Tamil Nadu from the South Zone.Maharashtra and Goa were utterly dominant in qualifying from their respective groups in the West Zone. Uttarakhand and Punjab were the last of the teams to seal their final place from North Zone qualifiers.These 10 teams will now be drawn into two groups for the Final stage to be held in Siliguri from 24 February – 9 March 2014.

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Knockout Stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Mizoram 4400113+812A1
Maharashtra 430154+19 A2
Kerala 420264+26
Services 410346−23
Uttarakhand 4004312−90

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Railways 422062+48B1
Tamil Nadu 42027706B2
West Bengal 41213305
Goa 411258−34
Punjab 403145−13

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
7 March
 Mizoram 3  
 Tamil Nadu 1  
 
9 March
     Mizoram 3
   Railways 0
7 March
 Railways 1 (5)
 Maharashtra 1 (3)  

Semi-finals

7 March 2014
Mizoram 3–1 (a.e.t.) Tamil Nadu
David Lalrinmuana  62'
Zico Zoremsanga 94'
F Lalrinpuia 119' 		Report Reagan  45+1'

7 March 2014
Railways 1–1 Maharashtra
Susil Kisku  72' Report Mohammed Shafique  24'
  Penalties  
PC Riju
Raju Singh
Dipankar Das
Susil Kisku		 4–2 Praneel Mendon
Vijith Shetty
Paresh Shivalkar
Linekar Machado

Final

9 March 2014
Mizoram 3–0 Railways
Zico Zoremsanga  44', 61'
F Lalrinpuia 90+1' 		Report

References

  1. ↑ Live, IBN. "Siliguri to host Santosh Trophy 2013–14". IBN Live. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mizoram Thrash Railways 3–0 to Win Santosh Trophy". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Clinical Mizoram clinch 68th Santosh Trophy in style". Samay Live. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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