Kerala, Punjab, Services and Railways enter semifinals of Santosh Trophy
Services defeated Kerala 1-0 in the final of the 79th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy 2025-26, with Abhishek Pawar scoring the decisive goal in extra time.
Defending champions West Bengal beat Nagaland 4-0 in Santosh Trophy
The winners of each group will join hosts Assam, last season's champions West Bengal and runners-up Kerala in the 12-team Final Round that will be hosted in Dhakuakhana and Dhemaji.
Former India defender Ilyas Pasha dead, AIFF, East Bengal condole
West Bengal defeated neighbours Odisha 3-1 to qualify for the semifinals of the 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Kerala continued their perfect run in Group B with a 2-0 win over Odisha, cementing their position at the top of the Group B table with nine points from three matches in the final round of the Santosh Trophy here on Thursday.
Rahul Mukhi (60th minute) and Kartik Hantal (64th) struck in the second half as Odisha bounced back from their previous match defeat against Delhi.
Title holders Services and former champions West Bengal registered dominant victories in Group A matches of the final round of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy on Monday.
Hyderabad will host the final rounds of the 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy for the first time in 57 years, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Jammu & Kashmir kept themselves alive with a 3-0 blanking of Telangana in a do-or-die match.
Jammu and Kashmir sealed their quarter-final spot in the 78th Senior Men's National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy
West Bengal beat Rajasthan 2-0 to secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the 78th Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The NPA office bearers will include a chairperson, treasurer and a secretary. A minimum of one office bearer in the NPA board shall be a woman, as per the AIFF Constitution.
Robi Hansda scored the only goal of the match in the added-time of the second half at the GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium.
Damanbhalang Chyne converted a late penalty as Meghalaya edged Goa 1-0 to secure a quarter-final berth in the 78th Senior Men's National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy in Hyderabad on Sunday.
West Bengal edged past defending champions Services 4-2 to enter the final of the 78th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy
Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi's touchdown in Kolkata in the early hours of Saturday sent the city into a frenzy.
'I'm looking at it as a chance to play international football, to represent India, and to hopefully inspire other players with a similar background to me, to show them that they can come to India and do the same thing.'
Either Jeddah or Riyadh will host Santosh knockouts for 3 years, says AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey
The AIFF said Jamil has signed the contract after parting ways with ISL team Jamshedpur FC.
The technical committee of the AIFF, headed by former captain IM Vijayan, will meet on Wednesday to shortlist the candidates for the appointment of the head coach of the senior men's national team after the federation received 170 applications for the vacant post.
"I have been told by Dasmunshi that as per tournmanet rules, Bhutia can't play," IFA secretary said.
Kerala footballers on Tuesday called on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence and presented him with a football signed by all the team members.
Services lifted the Santosh Trophy after edging out hosts Punjab 5-4 via tie-breaker in a nail-biting summit clash at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana on Sunday.
Hosts Tamil Nadu, former champions Goa and Manipur booked quarter-final berths with easy victories in the 63rd National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy on Sunday. They join four directly seeded teams -- last edition's winners Punjab, runners-up Services and two semi-finalists Karnataka and West Bengal -- in the last eight league round which begins on Tuesday.
Defending champions Punjab took a sweet revenge and stunned favourites Services by a solitary goal to lift the 62nd Santosh Trophy national football championship title at the Bakshi stadium in Srinagar on Sunday. Substitute Balraj Singh scored the solitary goal in the 54 minute when he converted a spot kick after a Services defender handled the ball inside the box.
They defeated Maharashtra 3-1 in extra time in the final.
Rain during the last two days forced the organisers to postpone Monday's matches and reschedule the quarter-final league in the National Football Championship.
The squad announcement also marks the return of East Bengal's dependable central defender Anwar Ali, who had been sidelined since February due to a hamstring injury. He last featured in competitive action against Bengaluru FC in the ISL.
Maharashtra entered the semi-finals of the 67th Santosh Trophy national football tournament, beating Tamil Nadu 2-1 in a group B quarter-final league match in Kollam on Tuesday.
Skipper S Ignatius scored the winner in extra time as Kerala beat Punjab 3-2 in the final of the National Football Championship.
A solitary strike by Thoiba Singh helped Manipur prevail over Services 1-0 in extra time and book a berth in the final of the Santosh Trophy in Guwahati on Thursday.
After a goalless stalemate in regulation time, Karnataka edged past Maharashtra by a solitary goal in the extra time to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 64th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy in Kolkata.
RoundGlass Punjab FC scripted history on Saturday as they clinched the I-League title with a game to spare.
Sporting Clube de Goa Keeper, who led Goa to Victory last year in the Santosh Trophy will lead a 20-member squad that will play for the ongoing Santosh Trophy to be held in Kolkata.
Holders Punjab play Services on June 5 in first round-robin match of the quarter-final league in the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship in Srinagar. The semi-finals will be on June 12 and 13 and the final on June 15.
Reuben D'Souza's goal enabled them beat defending champions Kerala 1-0 in the first semi-final of the National Football Championship.
Kerala fired a late winner to score a 2-1 victory against Karnataka and book a semi-final berth in the Santosh Trophy.
Raman Vijayan's late strike helped Tamil Nadu beat Delhi 1-0 to enter the quarter-finals of the Santosh Trophy.
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