2005–06 Santosh Trophy
Football tournament season
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The 2005–06 Santosh Trophy (known as the 60th Air India Express Santosh Trophy 2005–06 for sponsorship reasons)[4][5] was the 60th edition of the Santosh Trophy. The tournament was held from 4 to 21 November 2005 in Kerala.[6][7]
| 60th Senior National Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | India |
| Teams | 32 [1] |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Goa (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Maharashtra |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 198 (3.81 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Fredy Mascarenhas (9)[2] |
| Awards | |
| Best player | Nicholas Rodrigues[3] |
Goa won the Santosh Trophy 2005–06 for the fourth time after defeating Maharashtra in the 2005 final at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi[8][9][10] after 15 years.[3] Host Kerala claimed third spot after defeating Punjab.[11]
Teams
Automatically qualified to the group stage
30 States / UT teams of India along with Services and Railways with total of 32 teams participated in the tournament The defending champions Kerala, runners-up Punjab along with last year's losing semi-finalists Services and Manipur receive automatic qualification into the Quarter-final stage.[8][12]
Qualification round entry
| Cluster I | Cluster II | Cluster III | Cluster IV | Cluster V | Cluster VI | Cluster VII | Cluster VIII |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | Delhi | Maharashtra | Assam | Tamil Nadu | Karnataka | Goa | West Bengal |
| Uttarakhand | Bihar | Orissa | Railways | Jharkhand | Chandigar | Tripura | Mizoram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | Jammu and Kashmir | Chhattisgarh | Gujarat | Haryana | Rajasthan | Nagaland |
| Meghalaya | Pondicherry | Rajasthan | Andhra Pradesh |
| Legend |
|---|
| Team that qualified for the pre-quarters |
| Teams that are eliminated |
Stadiums and locations
| Stadium | Location | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi | Kochi | 60,000[13][14] | Final, semi-finals and quarter-finals |
| Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode | Kozhikode | 53,000 [15][16] | Qualifying rounds |
| Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium | Thiruvananthapuram | 25,000[17] | Qualifying rounds |
| Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ground | Udyogamandalam | Quarter-finals |
Qualifying rounds
Qualifying round held from 4 to 10 November at the venues Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram and Municipal Corporation Stadium, Kozhikode.[4][8][18] 28 teams participated in qualifying rounds for Quarter final berth.[19]
Cluster I - Calicut
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1–2 | Uttarakhand |
|---|---|---|
Praveen Nair  27' |
Report | Siddharth Thapa 13' Kundan Kanwal Singh 15' |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2–0 | Uttarakhand |
|---|---|---|
| Shamshi Raza 31' Amit Singh 62' |
Report |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1–2 | Uttar Pradesh |
|---|---|---|
| Anuj Pratap Singh 90+' |
Report | Bhuvan Krishna Joshi 67', 84' |
Cluster II - Thiruvananthapuram
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 6 |
| Bihar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
| Delhi | 7–0 | Himachal Pradesh |
|---|---|---|
| Praveen Rawat Singh 10', 59', 87', 89' Sumit Thapa 62', 88' Ricky Chakchanak 85' |
Report |
| Bihar | 3–0 | Himachal Pradesh |
|---|---|---|
| Upendra Kumar 32' Manoj Raman 81' Awdhes Kumar 89' |
Report |
| Delhi | 2–0 | Uttar Pradesh |
|---|---|---|
| Sumit Thapa 32', 52' |
Report |
Cluster III - Thiruvananthapuram
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| Orissa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| Meghalaya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 |
| Maharashtra | 2–0 | Meghalaya |
|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Yadav 57' Sumit Thapa 61' |
Report |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1–2 | Orissa |
|---|---|---|
| JK Ishfaq Ahmed 70' |
Report | Bijay Ray 28' Antu Murmu 84' |
| Maharashtra | 1–1 | Jammu and Kashmir |
|---|---|---|
| Mehraj Din Wadoo (own Goal) 70' |
Report | Bilal Ahmed Wani 11' |
| Meghalaya | 1–4 | Orissa |
|---|---|---|
| Rogesterwell Basaiawmdit 46' |
Report | Gyan Ranjan Samal 2', 33', 59' Rajendra Prasad Singh 24' |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 2–2 | Meghalaya |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Maharashtra | 4–0 | Orissa |
|---|---|---|
| Paresh Shivalkar 46' Soccor Velho 55'Abhishek Yadav 66', 71' |
Report |
Cluster IV - Calicut
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 |
| Railways | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 6 |
| Chhattisgarh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 |
| Pondicherry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
| Railways | 4–0 | Chhattisgarh |
|---|---|---|
| Kasif Jamal 32', 90+3' PV Vinoy 40'S Suresh Kumar 78' |
Report |
| Pondicherry | 0–5 | Assam |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nitu Narzary 17' Rahajuddin Ahmed 31', 35' Manikanta Brahma 61' Thomson Langthasa 86' |
| Railways | 8–0 | Pondicherry |
|---|---|---|
| Ashim Biswas 2', 4', 17', 37' Kasif Jamal 14', 57', 84 'PV Vinoy 28' |
Report |
| Assam | 10–1 | Chhattisgarh |
|---|---|---|
| Manikanta Brahma 14', 33', 90+1' Sanjiva Rongpi 31', 37', 74' Khirod Das 57' Rahajuddin Ahmed 59'Nitu Narzary 68'Thong Tham Kom 87' |
Report | Laxmendra Kumar 52' |
| Pondicherry | 1–3 | Chhattisgarh |
|---|---|---|
| Anas 24' |
Report | Kulwant Singh 40', 43' Krishna Naidu 90' |
| Railways | 1–2 | Assam |
|---|---|---|
| Kasif Jamal 54' |
Report | Sanjiva Rongpi 40', 61' |
Cluster V - Thiruvananthapuram
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Jharkhand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Gujarat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2–0 | Gujarat |
|---|---|---|
| Kalia Kulothungan 44', 64' |
Report |
| Jharkhand | 2–2 | Gujarat |
|---|---|---|
| Vimal Pariyar 44', 64' |
Report | Vishnu Chauhan 5' Mehul Rana 86' |
| Tamil Nadu | 1–1 | Jharkhand |
|---|---|---|
| Jegan 88' |
Report | Mirja Besra 38' |
Cluster VI - Calicut
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Chandigarh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Haryana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| Karnataka | 1–0 | Chandigarh |
|---|---|---|
| Shanmugam Venkatesh 30' |
Report |
| Chandigarh | 1–0 | Haryana |
|---|---|---|
| Sameer Singh 15' |
Report |
| Karnataka | 1–1 | Haryana |
|---|---|---|
| Xavier Vijayakumar 17' |
Report | Praveen Arora] 36' |
Cluster VII - Calicut
| Goa | 8–0 | Rajasthan |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Pereira 27' Freddy Mascarenhas 37', 59', 79'Climax Lawrence 51' Mahesh Gawli 61' Joaquim Abranches 90+2' |
Report |
| Tripura | 1–1 | Sikkim |
|---|---|---|
| Amarjit Singh 12' |
Report | Bigen Tamang 72' |
| Sikkim | 4–1 | Rajasthan |
|---|---|---|
| Birbahadur Pradhan 4', 32', 72' Milan Lepcha 83' |
Report | Rajesh Shyam 56' |
| Tripura | 3–0 | Rajasthan |
|---|---|---|
| Sathyajit Dev Roy 34', 52' Shyamal Bhowmick 51' |
Report |
Cluster VIII -Thiruvananthapuram
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 |
| Mizoram | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 |
| Nagaland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
| West Bengal | 2–2 | Nagaland |
|---|---|---|
| Dipendu Biswas 12' Syed Rahim Nabi 45+1' |
Report | Temjen Kibang 44' Vizorü Peseyie 76' |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2–2 | Mizoram |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Quizar 14' MD Fareed 73' |
Report | Shylo Malswam Tulunga 25' Pachau Lalam Puia 67' |
| West Bengal | 3–0 | Andhra Pradesh |
|---|---|---|
| Dipendu Biswas 8' Sasthi Duley 64'Syed Rahim Nabi 89' |
Report |
| Nagaland | 1–3 | Mizoram |
|---|---|---|
| Yapong 18' |
Report | Jerry Zirsanga 32' Vanlal Rovay 59'Shylo Malswam Tulunga 60' |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1–2 | Nagaland |
|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Fareed 67' |
Report | Leipakchao 81' |
Quarterfinal League
Quarterfinal rounds held from 11 to 17 November at the venue Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi. Cheer girls, helicopter fly, sky diving, cultural programmes and mass drill was held to the kick-off of the main leg of the 60th Air India Express-Santosh Trophy national football tournament at Kochi on 11 November 2005.[20] 4500 students from 25 schools and three colleges in the City lined up for mass drills, folk dances, traditional art forms while another 1000 students conducted special balloon display.[20]
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| Delhi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
| 11 November 2005 | Kerala | 1–0 | Uttar Pradesh | Kochi |
| MA Abdul Hakkim 71' |
Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 15 November 2005 | Uttar Pradesh | 2–0 | Delhi | Udyogamandalam |
| 15:00 IST | Bhuvan Joshi Prahlad Rawat |
Report | Stadium: Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ground |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| 13 November 2005 | Punjab | 2–2 | Karnataka | Kochi |
| 08:00 IST | Taranjit Singh 27' Yadwinder Singh 71' |
Report | Venkatesh 62' Rajendra Prasad 84' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 15 November 2005 | Tamil Nadu | 0–1 | Karnataka | Kochi |
| 19:00 IST | Amrutharaja 48' (o.g.) |
Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 17 November 2005 | Punjab | 2–0 | Tamil Nadu | Kochi |
| 17:00 IST | Gyan Moyon Thapa 51' Charanjit Singh 83' |
Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| Services | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 0 |
| 11 November 2005 | Services | 3–5 | Maharashtra | Kochi |
| L Danny 33', 70' A Thirunavukarasu 67' |
Report | Abhishek Yadav 28', 37', 77' Soccor Velho 41', 49' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 15 November 2005 | Maharashtra | 2–0 | West Bengal | Kochi |
| 17:00 IST | Reuben D'Souza 58' Shivalkar 64' |
Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| 16 November 2005 | Services | 2–3 | West Bengal | Kochi |
| 19:00 IST | L Danny 71' Shaji D'Silva 73' |
Report[dead link] | Jayanta Sen 26' Raman Vijayan 51'S. Ramesh 85' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
Group D
| 12 November 2005 | Manipur | 3–1 | Assam | Kochi |
| Sushil Kumar 23' Samson Singh 70'Dharamjit Singh 90+1' |
Report[dead link] | Sanjiva Rongpi 83' |
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 300 |
Semi-finals
| Kerala | 0–1 | Maharashtra |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Reuben D'Souza 49' |
Third place play-off
Final
Awards
Best Player: Nicholas Rodrigues[3]
Statistics
| Maharashtra | Match Statistics | Goa |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 3 |
| 9 | Total shots | 12 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 6 | Shots off target | 8 |
| 12 | Corner kicks | 7 |
| 21 | Fouls committed | 13 |
| 3 | Offsides | 8 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Second yellow card & red card | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Prizes
The Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy gave away the trophies. Besides the top prize and a cheque of Rs. 5 lakhs, the winning team also received Rs. 1 lakh announced by the Goa Sports Minister, Pandurang Madkikar .[24]
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | State | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fredy Mascarenhas | Goa | 9 |
| 2 | Kasif Jamal | Railways | 6 |
| 3 | Sanjiv Rongpi | Assam | 5 |
| 4 | Ashim Biswas | Railways | 4 |
| Anthony Pereira | Goa | 4 | |
| Nicholas Rodrigues | Goa | 4 | |
| Climax Lawrence | Goa | 4 | |
| Praveen Rawat | Delhi | 4 | |
| Sumit Thapa | Delhi | 4 |
Controversy
In a Group D match between Goa and Manipur on 17 November 2005, the referee Shaji C. Kurian allowed Goa to restart the game even as most of the Manipur players were celebrating Tomba Singh's goal in the 87th minute from a free kick.[25] With the Manipur players unsettled for restart, Climax Lawrence rode on a break from the right and scored past Manipur goalkeeper Ingobi Singh.[26][27] The Manipuri players argued with referee Kurian, disputing the restart. Police was called in due to be some shoving and pushing between players and there was some argument between the Manipur players and the local police.[27] Game has only resumed after Manipur's coach Ekendra Singh and manager Dinamani Singh entered the ground and asked Manipur players to finish off the game.[27] Even though the match ended in a tie, Goa advanced to the semifinals with their superior goal difference in Group D.[27] Immediately after the incident, the Manipur team manager lodged a complaint contending violation of Rule No. 8 of the Laws of the Game, and Article No. 15 of the Regulation of the Championship.[26][28][29]
The All Manipur Football Association decided to boycott the national Under-19 and Under-14 football tournaments organized by the All India Football Federation in protest against a referee's decision[28] People of Manipur gave a rousing welcome to the players and officials of the State team which participated in the 60th Air India Express Santosh trophy football Tournament on their arrival at Imphal.[30][31] To protest the biased decision of the referee, Manipur Students Federation had organised only sit-in-protest demonstration and imposed a 22-hour general strike on the day the final match.[31] The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on 18 December 2005 decided to retain Goa as the champions of the Santosh Trophy rejecting Manipur's appeal, which had asked the AIFF to strip the champions of the title.[32]
Telecast
Zee Sports telecasted the 16 matches from the quarterfinals onwards live.[33] John Helm and Russell Osman have been hired as commentators.[1] The telecast packages included preview and review shows, half time match analysis.[1] Music and dance performances by renowned bands during the half time and in between the two matches. Special performance by Zebra's was there to entertain the crowds before the start of each match.[1][34][35] Zee provided soccer fans with the latest team news, match scores, statistics and player profiles, as well as exclusive player interviews and photo galleries.[1][35]