2024–25 Santosh Trophy

2024–25 Santosh Trophy
Senior Men's; National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities) Group stage: Various; Finals: Hyderabad, Telangana;
Dates	15 November – 22 December
Teams	38
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	159 (4.3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lijo K (7 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →; All statistics correct as of 22 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Santosh Trophy will be the 78th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for senior men's football teams representing their respective states/union territories and government institutions.^[2]

Venues

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced in October 2024 that the group stage matches would begin the following month and would be played in six venues. The venues and the corresponding groups that would play there were named. Hosts Telangana and last year's finalists, Services and Goa were exempted from playing the group stage fixtures. Hyderabad is hosting the event for the first time in 57 years.^[2]

Group	City	Stadium	Capacity
A	Amritsar	GNDU Sports Complex	–
B	Phagwara	Bibi Ratni Sports Stadium	–
C	Kalyani	Kalyani Stadium	20,000
D	Agartala	Umakanta Mini Stadium	5,000
E	Nalbari	Deshbhakta Maidan	–
F	Amritsar	GNDU Sports Complex	–
G	Anantapur	RDT Stadium	5,000
H	Kozhikode	EMS Corporation Stadium	50,000
I	Jaipur	Royal FC Stadium	–
Final round	Hyderabad	GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium	18,000
Knockouts	Hyderabad	GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium	18,000

Draws

38 teams entered the competition; Service and Goa, the finalists of the previous edition, and Telangana, the hosts received direct entry to the final round. The remaining 35 teams were divided into one group of three teams and eight groups of four teams each. It was announced that the winners of each group would make the final round.^[2]

The draw for the final round will be held on 30 November 2024.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JK	LD	PB	HP
1	Jammu and Kashmir	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Final round		24 Nov	1–0
2	Ladakh	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4					2–1
3	Punjab (H, E)	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1			1–1
4	Himachal Pradesh (E)	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0		1–4		24 Nov

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification	CH	UT	HR	DL
1	Chandigarh	Final round		30 Nov		26 Nov
2	Uttarakhand				26 Nov
3	Haryana		28 Nov			30 Nov
4	Delhi			28 Nov

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WB	BR	JH	UP
1	West Bengal (H, Q)	3	2	1	0	11	0	+11	7	Final round		0–0		7–0
2	Bihar (E)	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4				3–5
3	Jharkhand (E)	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3		0–4
4	Uttar Pradesh (E)	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3			1–2	2–1

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MN	TR	MZ	SK
1	Manipur (Q)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Final round				6–1
2	Tripura (H, E)	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4		0–2		4–1
3	Mizoram (E)	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3		1–2
4	Sikkim (E)	3	0	1	2	1	13	−12	1			0–0	0–7

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ML	NL	AS	AR
1	Meghalaya	2	2	0	7	3	+4	6	Final round				4–3
2	Nagaland (E)	2	1	1	2	4	−2	3^[a]		0–3
3	Assam (H)	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3^[a]		24 Nov	1–2
4	Arunachal Pradesh (E)	2	0	2	3	8	−5	0			24 Nov	0–4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Nagaland 3; Assam 0.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	OD	CT	MP
1	Odisha	1	1	0	6	1	+5	3	Final round			6–1
2	Chhattisgarh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		23 Nov
3	Madhya Pradesh	1	0	1	1	6	−5	0			25 Nov

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TN	KA	AN	AP
1	Tamil Nadu (Q)	3	3	0	17	1	+16	9	Final round			7–0	8–0
2	Karnataka (E)	3	2	1	17	2	+15	6		1–2		11–0
3	Andaman and Nicobar (E)	3	1	2	1	18	−17	3					1–0
4	Andhra Pradesh (H, E)	3	0	3	0	14	−14	0			0–5

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KL	RL	PY	LK
1	Kerala (H)	2	2	0	11	0	+11	6	Final round		1–0	24 Nov
2	Railways (E)	2	1	1	10	2	+8	3^[a]				10–1
3	Pondicherry	2	1	1	4	12	−8	3^[a]					3–2
4	Lakshadweep (E)	2	0	2	2	13	−11	0		0–10	24 Nov

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Railways 3; Pondicherry 0.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RJ	GJ	MH	DD
1	Rajasthan (H, Q)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Final round		0–0
2	Gujarat (E)	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	5					3–0
3	Maharashtra (E)	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4		1–2	0–0
4	DNHDD (E)	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0		0–4		0–3

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Final round

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification	TG	GA	A3	A4	A5	A6
1	Telangana (H)	Advanced to knockout stage		14 Dec		9 Dec	7 Dec
2	Goa				12 Dec	7 Dec	5 Dec
3	A3		5 Dec			14 Dec		7 Dec
4	A4						12 Dec	5 Dec
5	A5				9 Dec			14 Dec
6	A6		12 Dec	9 Dec

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification	SE	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6
1	Services	Advanced to knockout stage		15 Dec		10 Dec	8 Dec
2	B2				13 Dec	8 Dec	6 Dec
3	B3		6 Dec			15 Dec		8 Dec
4	B4						13 Dec	6 Dec
5	B5				10 Dec			15 Dec
6	B6		13 Dec	10 Dec

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

December 17 - Hyderabad

A1
	December 20 - Hyderabad
B4
	Winner QF1
December 18 - Hyderabad
	Winner QF4
B2
		December 22 - Hyderabad
A3
		Winner SF1
December 18 - Hyderabad
		Winner SF2
B1
	December 20 - Hyderabad
A4
	Winner QF3
December 17 - Hyderabad
	Winner QF2
A2

B3

Quarter-finals

17 December 2024

A1	v	B4

17 December 2024

A2	v	B3

18 December 2024

B1	v	A4

18 December 2024

B2	v	A3

Semi-finals

20 December 2024

Winner QF1	v	Winner QF4

20 December 2024

Winner QF3	v	Winner QF2

Final

22 December 2024

Winner SF1	v	Winner SF2

Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	Goal(s)
1	Lijo K	Tamil Nadu	7
2	Robi Hansda	West Bengal	6
3	Nikhil Raj	Karnataka	5
4	Manotos Maji	West Bengal	4
5	F Lallawmkima	Mizoram	4
Source: AIFF

Awards

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament: the top scorer, Best Goalkeeper, Player of the Tournament and Fair Play Award.

Award	Player	Team
Top Scorer
Best Goalkeeper
Player of the Tournament
Fair Play Award

Broadcasting

Territory	Broadcaster(s)	Ref.
India	YouTube	^[3]
India	FIFA+	^[4]
Global	FIFA+	^[4]

References

^ Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "Santosh Trophy 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hyderabad to host Santosh Trophy in December". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ "Santosh Trophy to be streamed live globally on FIFA+ for free". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ "Santosh Trophy to be streamed live globally on FIFA+ for free". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[table_hth_NL0.47421762881531-3] Head-to-head points: Nagaland 3; Assam 0.

[table_hth_RL0.34000220677815-4] Head-to-head points: Railways 3; Pondicherry 0.

[1] Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "Santosh Trophy 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

[:0-2] "Hyderabad to host Santosh Trophy in December". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[5] "Santosh Trophy to be streamed live globally on FIFA+ for free". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[6] "Santosh Trophy to be streamed live globally on FIFA+ for free". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

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