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1986–87 Santosh Trophy

The 1986–87 Santosh Trophy was the 43rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Tamluk, and Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Mohun Bagan Ground in Calcutta, West Bengal. Bengal defeated Railways 2–0 in the final to win the competition for the 22nd time.

1986–87 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country India
Final positions
ChampionsBengal (22nd title)
Runner-upRailways

Quarter-final League edit

Bihar, Services, Railways and Haryana qualified from Cluster one to four. The eight teams that finished in the top two positions in each group in the quarter-final league in 1985–86 were seeded directly to the quarter-final.

Group One edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bihar 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Punjab 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3 Andhra Pradesh 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: Indian Express
Bihar0–0Punjab
Report
Bihar2–1Andhra Pradesh
  • Aich  
  • Hazre   32'
 Report
  • Nazir Ali   67'
Andhra Pradesh0–0Punjab
Report

Group Two edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Karnataka 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2
3 Services 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: Indian Express
Kerala1–1Services
  • Ganesan  
 Report
  • Suresh Mukhia   42'
Karnataka1–0Services
  • ?  
 Report

Karnataka goal-keeper Basheer saved a penalty from Brooks in the 57th minute.

Kerala1–0Karnataka
  • Ganesan  
 Report

Group Three edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Railways 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Goa 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Tamil Nadu 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Source: Indian Express
Railways1–1Goa
  • Sanjib Dutt  
 Report
  • Anthony D'Souza   28'
Railways1–0Tamil Nadu
  • Pronob Mondal   14'
 Report
Referee: S. S. Sailan (Maharashtra)
Goa0–0Tamil Nadu
Report

Group Four edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bengal 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Maharashtra 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 2
3 Haryana 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source: Indian Express
Bengal2–0Haryana
 Report
  • Sumesh Bagga   14'

Bengal captain Biswajit Bhattacharya was replaced by Sisir Ghosh in the 30th minute of the first half. He played no further part in the tournament.

Maharashtra8–1Haryana
  • Mustaq Ali   5', 47'
  • Umer   15'
  • Jaswant Singh   16', ?', ?', 45'
  • ?  
 Report
  • Sumesh Bagga   ?' (pen)

Maharashtra led 7–1 in the first half, four goals scored by Jaswant Singh.

Bengal3–0Maharashtra
 Report
Referee: M . S. Krishnamurthy (Karnataka)

Prasanta Banerjee's goal went through the net and was awarded by the referee after consultation with the linesman B. S. Bisht. Maharashtra refused to play and there was a delay of seven minutes.

Semifinal edit

Bengal1–1 (a.e.t.)Kerala
Debashis Roy   70' Report Ganesan   35'
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 15000
Referee: Badal Chakrabarty (Tripura), S. S. Salian (Maharashtra)

After the match ended at 1–1 after 90 minutes, the crowd threw stones at the Kerala players. Thomas Sebastian was hit a big stone and needed medical attention. Debashis Roy's header appeared to have been saved on the goal line but was given as a goal.

Railways2–0Bihar
  • Uttam Ghosh   ?' (pen.)
  • Sanjeeb Dutta  
 Report
Referee: S. S. Salien (Maharashtra)

Final edit

Bengal2–0Railways
 Report

Railways were coached by P. K. Banerjee. Bengal's coach was Arun Sinha and manager Subhash Bhowmick.

References edit

  1. ^ Indian Express, 13 April 1987
  2. ^ Indian Express, 17 April 1987
  3. ^ Indian Express, 19 April 1987
  4. ^ Indian Express, 12 April 1987
  5. ^ Indian Express, 12 April 1987
  6. ^ Indian Express, 18 April 1987
  7. ^ Indian Express, 12 April 1987
  8. ^ Indian Express, 14 April 1987
  9. ^ Indian Express, 17 April 1987
  10. ^ Indian Express, 11 April 1987
  11. ^ Indian Express, 13 April 1987
  12. ^ Indian Express, 15 April 1987
  13. ^ Indian Express, 21 April 1987
  14. ^ Indian Express, 22 April 1987
  15. ^ Indian Express, 24 April 1987
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