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2002–03 Santosh Trophy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | Santosh Trophy |
| year | 2002–03 |
| other_titles | LG Santosh Trophy |
| country | India |
| dates | 17 October – 5 November 2002 |
| num_teams | 12 |
| champions | Manipur |
| count | 1 |
| runner-up | Kerala |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 45 |
| top goal scorer | Bijen Singh (9 goals) |
| player | James Lukram Singh (Manipur) |
| goalkeeper | Noren Singh (Manipur) |
| prevseason | 2001–02 |
| nextseason | 2004–05 |
| runner-up = Kerala
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
|win_J&K=1|draw_J&K=0|loss_J&K=1|gf_J&K=04|ga_J&K=05
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
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
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
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
|win_D&D=0|draw_D&D=0|loss_D&D=0|gf_D&D=00|ga_D&D=00
|hth_D&D=*
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
Amar Pyne T. Usman Sandip Das Sylvester Ignatius Abdul Naushad
Group B
Group C
Sunil S. Kumar D'Cunha Sukhdev Arwade
Group D
Tiken Singh To. Singh Tiken Singh A. Kumaravel
Semi-finals
Ajayan Pritam Bahadur
Re. Singh Bijen Singh Bungo Singh JL Singh Lawrence Menino Fernandes B. Fernandes Lawrence
Final
To. Singh
Awards
| Award | 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
References
- "IFA Bengal vs Assam match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Kerala vs IFA Bengal Match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Maharsatra vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Railways vs Maharastra Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Railways vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Punjab vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Goa vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Manipur vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Tamil Nadu vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Manipur vs Tamil Nadu Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Kerala vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- "Manipur vs Goa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- (6 November 2002). "In Manipur, the football revolution gets a title". The Indian Express.
- "Manipur vs Kerala Match Report". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in.
- (6 November 2002). "Manipur is champion".
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