Defending champions Goa failed to make it to the semi-finals of the National Football championship, pipped by Punjab on goal difference.
They beat Bengal 2-0 in the final to win the title for the ninth time.
They beat Karnataka and Railways in their opening quarter-final league matches in the National Football Championship.
But they missed a flurry of chances with the striking line-up of Manvir Singh, Ashique Kuruniyan and Liston Colaco showing little coordination upfront, underlining the lack of firepower in the absence of Roy Krishna and David Williams.
Anthony Pereira scored four goals as Goa routed Assam 6-0 in the quarter-final league of the National Football Championship, for the Santosh Trophy.
The last year's runner-up were held to a 2-2 draw by Karnataka in a quarter-final league match of the Santosh Trophy football tournament.
Last year's semi-finalists played out a 1-1 draw in a quarter-final league match of the Natiiional Football Championship.
A battle royal is expected when the two teams clash in the final of the National Football Championship on Sunday.
Karnataka, propelled by a hat-trick from S K Dayananda thumped Sikkim, while Railways beat beat Delhi in inconsequential quarter-final league matches in the Santosh Trophy.
Railways and Sikkim advanced to the quarter-finals in the Santosh Trophy national football championship.
Sunil Chetri struck four goals as the hosts routed Gujarat 6-0 in the opening match of the Santosh Trophy.
Goa and Punjab edged out Manipur and Karnataka respectively on goal difference to make the grade in the National Football Championship.
Nicholas Rodrigues also scored a hat-trick as Goa overwhelmed Tripura 15-0 in a cluster league match in the National football championship.
Defending champions Manipur were beaten 3-4 via the tie-breaker in the semi-finals of the National Football Championship.
Manipur thrashed Sikkim 5-1, while Kerala beat Delhi 2-1 to progress to the semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy National Football tournament.
The former struggled to beat Tamil Nadu while Services routed UP in quarter-final league matches in the Santosh Trophy.
The 2-1 victory gave UP a berth in the quarter-final league in the National Football Championship.
Sonu Razak's 17th minute strike helped Madhya Pradesh beat Delhi 1-0 in the Santosh Trophy football tournament.
Sikkim scored a superb 4-3 win over Orissa, while Punjab thrashed Chhattisgarh 5-0 in the preliminary league match of the Santosh Trophy.
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