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Football tournament season
1999–2000 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates9 – 23 April 2000
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsMaharashtra (4th title)
Runner-upKerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored48 (4.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Mohammed Najeeb
(9 goals)
Best playerAqueel Ansari

The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy was the: 56th edition of theβ€”β€”Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held from 9 to 23 April 2000 in Thrissur and Chalakudy, Kerala. Twenty-eight teams from all over the "country were supposed to take part in the national state championships." But six pulled out. Maharashtra beat the home team of Kerala 1–0 in the final.

Qualified teamsβ€»

The following eight teams qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.

Group stageβ€»

Group Xβ€»

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Bengal 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
3 Karnataka 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
4 Services 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Bengal v Karnataka
10 April 2000 (2000-04-10) Bengal 2–2 Karnataka Thrissur
Dipankar Roy 1'
Raman Vijayan 73'
Report Sunil Kumar 79'
RC Prakash 88'
Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Kerala v Services
11 April 2000 (2000-04-11) Kerala 5–2 Services Thrissur
Sylvester Ignatius 6'
Saheer 43', 60', 62', 69'
Report Preetam Bahadur 20'
Johnny Gangmei 54'
Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Bengal v Services
13 April 2000 (2000-04-13) Bengal 4–0 Services Thrissur
18:00 IST Raman Vijayan 51', 74'
James Singh 57', 81'
Report Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Kerala v Karnataka
14 April 2000 (2000-04-14) Kerala 2–1 Karnataka Thrissur
K. Naushad 5'
I. M. Vijayan 41' (pen.)
Report RC Prakash 67' Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Services v Karnataka
16 April 2000 (2000-04-16) Services 1–1 Karnataka Thrissur
Preetam Bahadur 44' Report Murali 28' (pen.) Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Kerala v Bengal
16 April 2000 (2000-04-16) Kerala 1–1 Bengal Thrissur
B. Edison 82' Report RP Singh 36' Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

Group Yβ€»

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maharashtra 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Goa 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5
3 Punjab 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
4 Tamil Nadu 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Tamil Nadu v Punjab
9 April 2000 (2000-04-09) Tamil Nadu 1–1 Punjab Thrissur
Pasha 79' Report Sukhjit Singh 90' Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Tamil Nadu v Maharashtra
11 April 2000 (2000-04-11) Tamil Nadu 0–4 Maharashtra Thrissur
Report Mohammed Najeeb 2'
Jamil 8'
Khalid Siddique 17'
Moosa 68' (pen.)
Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Goa v Punjab
12 April 2000 (2000-04-12) Goa 2–2 Punjab Thrissur
Francis Silveira 33'
D'Cunha 71'
Report Sukhjit Singh 45', 89' Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Punjab v Maharashtra
14 April 2000 (2000-04-14) Punjab 0–2 Maharashtra Thrissur
Report Mohammed Najeeb 75', 87' Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Tamil Nadu v Goa
15 April 2000 (2000-04-15) Tamil Nadu 0–3 Goa Thrissur
18:00 IST Report D'Cunha 24', 26'
Coutinho 88'
Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Goa v Maharashtra
17 April 2000 (2000-04-17) Goa 1–1 Maharashtra Thrissur
18:00 IST Soares 58' Report Bungo Singh 75' Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium
Referee: S. Sujauddin

Knockout stageβ€»

Bracketβ€»

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 April 2000
 
 
Kerala 2
 
23 April 2000
 
Goa 0
 
Kerala 0
 
20 April 2000
 
Maharashtra 1
 
Maharashtra 3
 
 
Bengal 1
 

Semi-finalsβ€»

Kerala2–0Goa
Sylvester Ignatius 40', 66' Report

Maharashtra3–1Bengal
Manjit Singh 32'
Moosa 45' (pen.)
Bungo Singh 87'
Report Raman Vijayan 36'

Third place play-offβ€»

Bengal2–0Goa
Dharamjit Singh 20' (o.g.)
James Singh 20'
Report

Finalβ€»

Kerala0–1Maharashtra
Report Mohammed Najeeb 20'

Statisticsβ€»

Goalscorersβ€»

9 goals
  • Mohammed Najeeb (Maharashtra)

Awardsβ€»

Source:

  • Fair Play Trophy: Kerala
  • Man of Tournament: Aqueel Ansari (Maharashtra)
  • Best Goalkeeper: Virender Singh (Maharashtra)
  • Best Defender: Jo Paul Ancheri (Kerala)
  • Best Midfielder: Khalid Jamil (Maharashtra)
  • Best Striker: Sylvester Ignatius (Kerala)

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ Vinod, A (24 April 2000). "Maharashtra snares Kerala in its den". thehindu.com. Thrissur: The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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