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2008–09 Santosh Trophy

Field	Value
title	Santosh Trophy
year	2009
other_titles	63rd Senior National Football Championship
imagesize	220px
dates	4–14 June 2009
country	India
num_teams	31
champions	Goa
count	5
runner-up	West Bengal
prevseason	2007–08
nextseason	2009–10

| runner-up = West Bengal The 2008–09 Santosh Trophy was the 63rd edition of Santosh Trophy, a football tournament in India. In the final, held in Chennai, Goa beat West Bengal by 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw.

Background

The tournament was held in Tamil Nadu for the tenth time; first time in 1955 and last in 1999. The latter edition saw West Bengal winning its 29th and last title before entering the 2008–09 tournament. Punjab entered the tournament on the back of two wins and were looking for a hat-trick of titles. The qualification round of the tournament was held in for venues: Chennai, Tiruvallur, Coimbatore and Tiruchirappalli.

Qualification

Main article: 2008–09 Santosh Trophy qualification

Knockout stage

Quarter-final Group A

Sarabjeet Singh
Su. Singh
Chakraborty
Pachuau

Quarter-final Group B

Sanath Kumar
Nabeel
D'Mello
Masceranhas

Semi-finals

Final

The match was a repeat of the final of the 1998–99 edition. Bengal made the final for the 40th time and Goa for their 12th time. It was the sixth meeting of the two teams in the final, with Bengal winning on five occasions and once the trophy shared. Goa entered the final having kept a clean sheet throughout the tournament.

Lawrence
D'Mello
Rodrigues
Dias
Cardozo
Chakraborty
Safar Sarkar
Bhowmick
Pachuau

References

(14 June 2009). "Goa lifts Santosh trophy". [[All India Football Federation]].
(22 May 2009). "Santosh Trophy is back … will the spectators?".
(23 May 2009). "Will Bengal be able to end its long drought in the Santosh Trophy?".
(11 June 2009). "Injury-time penalty sees Goa through". The Hindu.
(10 June 2009). "Bengal enters summit clash in style". The Hindu.
(13 June 2009). "Interesting encounter on the cards".

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