2002–03 Santosh Trophy

2002–03 Santosh Trophy
LG Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates17 October – 5 November 2002
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsManipur (1st title)
Runner-upKerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Bijen Singh (9 goals)
Best playerJames Lukram Singh (Manipur)
Best goalkeeperNoren Singh (Manipur)

The 2002–03 Santosh Trophy was the 58th Santosh Trophy. It was held from 17 October up to 5 November 2002 in Imphal, Manipur.

32 teams from all over India were supposed to participate in the national state championship but three states pulled out. The final was held between hosts Manipur and defending champions Kerala, which Manipur won through a golden goal by Indian international Tomba Singh.

Qualifying rounds

Venues: Mapal Kangjeibung Stadium Main Stadium Kuman Lampak Eastern Sporting Union Ground Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground

Cluster I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bengal 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6
2 Jammu & Kashmir 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3 Rajasthan 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]

18-Oct-02: Jammu & Kashmir 4-0 Rajasthan [3,83 Deepak Sangral, 62 Rakhesh, 87 Manat Kumar]

20-Oct-02: Bengal 7-0 Rajasthan [14,40,73,80 Dipendu Biswas, 37 Sandip Das, 41,51 Amar Pyne]

22-Oct-02: Bengal 5-0 Jammu & Kashmir [3,24,67 Dipendu Biswas, 64 Surya Bikash Chakraborty, 83 Anupam Sarkar]

Cluster II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maharashtra 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
2 Meghalaya 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Chandigarh 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

18-Oct-02: Chandigarh 1-2 Meghalaya [C: 58 Munish Kumar; M: 17 Richard Nongneng, 43 Soki Lamara]

20-Oct-02: Maharashtra 2-0 Chandigarh [70 Naushad Moosa, 77 Aziz Quereshi]

22-Oct-02: Maharashtra 3-2 Meghalaya [Ma: 51 Aziz Quereshi, 71 Anthony Fernandes, 78 Altafuddin Ahmed; Me: 72 Sam Kharbhi, 77 Freddy Kharpran]

Cluster III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Punjab 2 2 0 0 1 0 +1 6
2 Mizoram 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Madhya Pradesh 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source: [citation needed]

18-Oct-02: Mizoram 2-1 Madhya Pradesh [Mi: 10 Joseph Lalnunzira, 48 Benjamin Zonunsiama; MP: 67 Rahamat Baig]

21-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Madhya Pradesh [33 Gurjit Singh Atwal]

23-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Mizoram [88 Sher Singh]

Cluster IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manipur 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 6
2 Himachal Pradesh 2 1 0 1 1 8 −7 3
3 Pondicherry 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]

17-Oct-02: Manipur 8-0 Himachal Pradesh [36,51,70,83 Bijen Singh, 43 Kanta Singh, 55 Helen Singh, 62 Tomba Singh, 86 Tiken Singh]

20-Oct-02: Pondicherry 0-1 Himachal Pradesh [90 Rahul Sharma]

22-Oct-02: Manipur 9-0 Pondicherry [1 Sanaton Singh, 3,44,70,87 Tiken Singh, 40,41 Bijen Singh, 50 James Singh, 72 Nilakumar Singh]

Cluster V

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Assam 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
2 Bihar 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
3 Andhra Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
3 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Daman & Diu has pulled out

18-Oct-02: Assam 3-0 Andhra Pradesh [36 Utpal Basumatary, 44 Kamal Chetry, 90 Padum Brpha]

21-Oct-02: Bihar 1-0 Andhra Pradesh [58 Suresh Kalandi]

23-Oct-02: Bihar 0-3 Assam [6 Utpal Basumatary, 58 Saran Sonar, 79 Sanjiva Rongpi]

Cluster VI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Services 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
2 Sikkim 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Uttar Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
4 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Arunachal Pradesh has pulled out

19-Oct-02: Services 5-0 Uttar Pradesh [26,40,45 Pritam Bahadur, 49 Bikash Gurung, 60 Thiruna Vakarsu]

21-Oct-02: Sikkim 3-0 Uttar Pradesh [34 Milan Lepcha, 44 Kamal Bagdas, 89 Ram Rai]

23-Oct-02: Services 3-0 Sikkim [39 Jhoney P Gangmei, 56 Pritam Bahadur, 57 Raghu Kumar]

Cluster VII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Karnataka 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9
2 Tripura 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 Gujarat 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
3 Haryana 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

19-Oct-02: Haryana 0-1 Gujarat [68 Mukesh Kumar]

19-Oct-02: Karnataka 4-1 Tripura [K: 11 SK Dayanand, 68 Jagadish Kumar, 76 Sunil S Kumar, 90 BV Pradeep; T: 21 Sambhu Saha]

21-Oct-02: Tripura 4-1 Gujarat [T: 10 Swapan Rai, 48 Sambhu Saha, 53,64 Premjit Singh Barua; G: 56 Ranjit Sisodiya]

21-Oct-02: Haryana 0-2 Karnataka [29 SK Dayanand, 75 Gregory Clarke]

23-Oct-02: Karnataka 6-0 Gujarat [34 Sunil S Kumar, 52,72 BV Pradeep, 62,79 SK Dayanand, 60 Kanika Raj]

23-Oct-02: Tripura 2-1 Haryana [T: 37,77 Swapan Rai; H: 30 Satya Singh]

Cluster VIII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Orissa 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
2 Delhi 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Nagaland 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
4 Andaman Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Andaman Nicobar has pulled out

19-Oct-02: Orissa 0-0 Delhi

21-Oct-02: Nagaland 1-1 Delhi [N: 90 Vizo Peseyie; D: 45 Rajesh Arya]

23-Oct-02: Orissa 3-0 Nagaland [38,86 Gyanaranjan, 66 Bhabani Prasad Mohanty]

Quarterfinal League

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 West Bengal 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Assam 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) West Bengal 2–1 Assam Imphal
12:00 IST Biswas 6' (pen.)
Amar Pyne 38'		 Report[dead link‍] Sanjiva Rongpi 65' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) Kerala 3–2 West Bengal Imphal
12:00 IST Sylvester Ignatius 31', 58'
T. Usman 87'		 Report[dead link‍] Chandan Das 30'
Sandip Das 79'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[2]
Referee: Rizwah-ul-Haq (Delhi)
29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) Kerala 3–1 Assam Imphal
12:00 IST Dineesh K. 71'
Sylvester Ignatius 77'
Abdul Naushad 90'		 Report[dead link‍] Sanjiba Rongpi 37' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Services 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Maharashtra 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 Railways 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) Maharashtra 1–1 Services Imphal
14:00 IST Ahmed 2' Report[dead link‍] Pradeep Debnath 48' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[3]
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) Railways 0–1 Maharashtra Imphal
14:00 IST Report[dead link‍] Moosa 37' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: ≈6,000[4]
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva (Goa)
29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) Railways 0–2 Services Imphal
14:00 IST Report[dead link‍] Pritam Bahadur 13', 58' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,000[5]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Goa 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Karnataka 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 Punjab 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Punjab 0–2 Karnataka Imphal
12:00 IST Report[dead link‍] Mahendra Mani 22'
Sunil S. Kumar 30'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 15,000[6]
Referee: S. Sarkar (West Bengal)
28 October 2002 (2002-10-28) Goa 2–1 Punjab Imphal
12:00 IST Lawrence 42'
D'Cunha 44'		 Report Sher Singh 17' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan (Services)
30 October 2002 (2002-10-30) Goa 2–1 Karnataka Imphal
12:00 IST Jules Alberto 3'
Sukhdev Arwade 38'		 Report[dead link‍] S. Paramesh 56' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: ≈23,000[7]
Referee: Rizwan-ul-Haq (Delhi)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manipur 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Tamil Nadu 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
3 Odisha 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Manipur 4–1 Odisha Imphal
14:00 IST Bijen Singh 9', 82'
Tiken Singh 38'
To. Singh 60'		 Report[dead link‍] Premchand Singh 36' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 27,000[8]
Referee: Walter Pereira (Maharashtra)
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Tamil Nadu 2–1 Odisha Imphal
14:00 IST P. Muthu 24', 28' Report Saroj Kanta Pattnaik 19' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,000[9]
Referee: Kisan Avtar (Delhi)
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Manipur 2–2 Tamil Nadu Imphal
14:00 IST Uttam Singh 24'
Tiken Singh 69'		 Report[dead link‍] Kulothungan 6'
A. Kumaravel 90+'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 29,000[10]
Referee: M. K. Roy (Assam)

Semi-finals

Kerala3–2Services
Saheer 12', 22'
Ajayan 78'		 Report JF Gangmei 9'
Pritam Bahadur 69'
Attendance: ≈7,000[11]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
Manipur0–0 (a.e.t.)Goa
Report
Penalties
Ratan Singh soccer ball with check mark
Re. Singh soccer ball with check mark
Bijen Singh soccer ball with check mark
Bungo Singh soccer ball with red X
JL Singh soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 Jules Alberto soccer ball with red X
Lawrence soccer ball with check mark
Menino Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
B. Fernandes soccer ball with check mark
Lawrence soccer ball with red X
Attendance: ≈26,000[12]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Final

Manipur2–1 (a.e.t.)Kerala
Tiken Singh 6'
To. Singh gold-colored soccer ball 94'		 Report Abdul Noushad 87'
Attendance: 25,000[13]–29,000[14]
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Awards

Award[15] Recipient
Most Valuable Player of the Tournament James Lukram Singh (Manipur)
Most Valuable Player of the Final Tomba Singh (Manipur)
Best Goalkeeper Noren Singh (Manipur)
Top goalscorer Bijen Singh (9 goals)

References

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