1987–88 Santosh Trophy

1987–88 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Final positions
Champions	Punjab (6th title)
Runner-up	Kerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	145 (2.59 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Darbara Singh (7 goals)
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

The 1987–88 Santosh Trophy was the 44th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Kollam, Kerala. Punjab defeated Kerala 5–4 in sudden death in the final to win the competition for the sixth time.

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	3	3	0	10	0	+10	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Uttar Pradesh	3	2	1	5	5	0	4
3	Delhi	3	1	2	2	4	−2	2
4	Himachal Pradesh	3	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: [1]

1987

Delhi	2-1	Himachal Pradesh

1987

Punjab	4-0	Uttar Pradesh

1987

Uttar Pradesh	2-0	Delhi

1987

Punjab	5-0	Himachal Pradesh

1987

Uttar Pradesh	3-1	Himachal Pradesh

1987

Punjab	1-0	Delhi

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tamil Nadu	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Services	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	4
3	Nagaland	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
4	Tripura	3	0	1	2	0	12	−12	1

Source: [2]

1987

Tamil Nadu	3-0	Tripura

1987

Services	1-0	Nagaland

1987

Services	9-0	Tripura

1987

Tamil Nadu	2-0	Nagaland

1987

Tamil Nadu	1-0	Services

1987

Nagaland	0-0	Tripura

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karnataka	3	3	0	9	2	+7	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Madhya Pradesh	3	2	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Meghalaya	3	1	2	5	8	−3	2
4	Gujarat	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: [3]

1987

Madhya Pradesh	3-1	Meghalaya

1987

Karnataka	4-0	Gujarat

1987

Madhya Pradesh	3-1	Gujarat

1987

Karnataka	4-2	Meghalaya

1987

Meghalaya	2-1	Gujarat

1987

Karnataka	1-0	Madhya Pradesh

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Haryana	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	3
3	Rajasthann	3	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
4	Pondicherry	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: [4]

1987

Goa	1-0	Haryana

1987

Rajasthann	1-0	Pondicherry

1987

Goa	3-0	Rajasthann

1987

Haryana	3-0	Pondicherry

1987

Haryana	0-0	Rajasthann

1987

Goa	5-0	Pondicherry

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jammu-Kashmir	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Qualified for Final Round
2	Andhra Pradesh	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3
3	Sikkim	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: [5]

1987

Andhra Pradesh	1-0	Sikkim

1987

Andhra Pradesh	0-0	Jammu-Kashmir

1987

Jammu-Kashmir	1-0	Sikkim

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	3	3	0	8	1	+7	6	Qualified for Final Round
2	Orissa	3	1	2	3	3	0	2
3	Assam	3	1	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Manipur	3	1	2	4	9	−5	2

Source: [6]

1987

Manipur	3-1	Assam

1987

Maharashtra	1-0	Orissa

1987

Assam	1-0	Orissa

1987

Maharashtra	5-0	Manipur

1987

Orissa	3-1	Manipur

1987

Maharashtra	2-1	Assam

Final round

Santhosh trophy 1986-87 semi finalists - Bengal, Bihar, Kerala and Railways - got direct entry to the final round.

Group A

Karnataka had 0-0 draws in their first three matches. They needed to beat Bihar 5–0 in the last match of the league to displace Bengal from the second place and qualify for the semifinal. Bihar lost 6–0. The Bengal players attempted to stage a "black flag demonstration" to protest the result. This led to police action where nine Bengal players including captain Sudip Chatterjee, the manager Montu Ghosh and assistant Pradip Dutta were injured.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Punjab	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Karnataka	4	1	3	0	6	0	+6	5	Qualified for Semifinals
3	Bengal	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4	5
4	Bihar	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2
5	Tamil Nadu	4	0	2	2	3	9	−6	2

Source: [7]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	4	3	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Qualified for Semifinals
2	Maharashtra	4	2	1	1	6	1	+5	5	Qualified for Semifinals
3	Railways	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Goa	4	1	2	1	3	2	+1	4
5	Jammu-Kashmir	4	0	0	4	0	16	−16	0

Source: [8]

Semifinals

18 April 1988 ^[2]

Kerala	1–0	Karnataka
Pappachan 11'	Report

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam

19 April 1988 ^[3]

Punjab	1–0	Maharashtra
Kuljit Singh 61'	Report

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam

Final

21 April 1988 ^[4]

Punjab	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kerala
	Report
Penalties
Parminder Singh G. S. Parmar Jagmohan Singh Deepak Kumar Avtar Singh Dhanwant Kumar	5–4	Cletus Cherian Perumali V. P. Sathyan N. Ganesh Sharaf Ali Kurikesh Mathew

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Kollam

References

^ Nine Bengal players injured, Indian Express, 19 April 1988, p.14
^ Indian Express, 19 April 1988
^ Indian Express, 20 April 1988
^ Indian Express, 22 April 1988

External links

Santosh Trophy 1988 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
145 goals in all, Indian Express, 23 April 1988, p. 16

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[1] Nine Bengal players injured, Indian Express, 19 April 1988, p.14

[2] Indian Express, 19 April 1988

[3] Indian Express, 20 April 1988

[4] Indian Express, 22 April 1988

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