1999–2000 Santosh Trophy

1999–2000 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	9 – 23 April 2000
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Maharashtra (4th title)
Runner-up	Kerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	48 (4.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammed Najeeb; (9 goals)
Best player	Aqueel Ansari
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The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy was the 56th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held from 9 to 23 April 2000 in Thrissur and Chalakudy, Kerala. Twenty-eight teams from all over the country were supposed to take part in the national state championships, but six pulled out. Maharashtra beat the home team of Kerala 1–0 in the final.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.

Group stage

Group X

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Bengal	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Karnataka	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Services	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

10 April 2000 (2000-04-10)	Bengal	2–2	Karnataka	Thrissur
	Dipankar Roy 1' Raman Vijayan 73'	Report	Sunil Kumar 79' RC Prakash 88'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)	Kerala	5–2	Services	Thrissur
	Sylvester Ignatius 6' Saheer 43', 60', 62', 69'	Report^{[dead link]}	Preetam Bahadur 20' Johnny Gangmei 54'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)	Bengal	4–0	Services	Thrissur
18:00 IST	Raman Vijayan 51', 74' James Singh 57', 81'	Report^{[dead link]}		Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

14 April 2000 (2000-04-14)	Kerala	2–1	Karnataka	Thrissur
	K. Naushad 5' I. M. Vijayan 41' (pen.)	Report^{[dead link]}	RC Prakash 67'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

16 April 2000 (2000-04-16)	Services	1–1	Karnataka	Thrissur
	Preetam Bahadur 44'	Report^{[dead link]}	Murali 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

16 April 2000 (2000-04-16)	Kerala	1–1	Bengal	Thrissur
	B. Edison 82'	Report^{[dead link]}	RP Singh 36'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

Group Y

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Maharashtra	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Goa	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to Semi-finals
3	Punjab	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
4	Tamil Nadu	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

9 April 2000 (2000-04-09)	Tamil Nadu	1–1	Punjab	Thrissur
	Pasha 79'	Report^{[dead link]}	Sukhjit Singh 90'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

11 April 2000 (2000-04-11)	Tamil Nadu	0–4	Maharashtra	Thrissur
		Report^{[dead link]}	Mohammed Najeeb 2' Jamil 8' Khalid Siddique 17' Moosa 68' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

12 April 2000 (2000-04-12)	Goa	2–2	Punjab	Thrissur
	Francis Silveira 33' D'Cunha 71'	Report^{[dead link]}	Sukhjit Singh 45', 89'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

14 April 2000 (2000-04-14)	Punjab	0–2	Maharashtra	Thrissur
		Report^{[dead link]}	Mohammed Najeeb 75', 87'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

15 April 2000 (2000-04-15)	Tamil Nadu	0–3	Goa	Thrissur
18:00 IST		Report^{[dead link]}	D'Cunha 24', 26' Coutinho 88'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium

17 April 2000 (2000-04-17)	Goa	1–1	Maharashtra	Thrissur
18:00 IST	Soares 58'	Report^{[dead link]}	Bungo Singh 75'	Stadium: Municipal Corporation Stadium Referee: S. Sujauddin

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

19 April 2000

Kerala	2
		23 April 2000
Goa	0
		Kerala	0
20 April 2000
		Maharashtra	1
Maharashtra	3

Bengal	1

Semi-finals

19 April 2000

18:00 IST

Kerala	2–0	Goa
Sylvester Ignatius 40', 66'	Report

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Referee: Udayan Halder (West Bengal)

20 April 2000

18:00 IST

Maharashtra	3–1	Bengal
Manjit Singh 32' Moosa 45' (pen.) Bungo Singh 87'	Report	Raman Vijayan 36'

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Referee: Michael Andrews (Kerala)

Third place play-off

22 April 2000

Bengal	2–0	Goa
Dharamjit Singh 20' (o.g.) James Singh 20'	Report^{[dead link]}

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Final

23 April 2000

18:00 IST

Kerala	0–1	Maharashtra
	Report	Mohammed Najeeb 20'

Municipal Corporation Stadium, Thrissur

Referee: Udayan Halder (West Bengal)

Statistics

Goalscorers

9 goals

Mohammed Najeeb (Maharashtra)

Awards

Source: ^[1]

Fair Play Trophy: Kerala
Man of Tournament: Aqueel Ansari (Maharashtra)
Best Goalkeeper: Virender Singh (Maharashtra)
Best Defender: Jo Paul Ancheri (Kerala)
Best Midfielder: Khalid Jamil (Maharashtra)
Best Striker: Sylvester Ignatius (Kerala)

References

^ Vinod, A (24 April 2000). "Maharashtra snares Kerala in its den". thehindu.com. Thrissur: The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

External links

"56th Santosh Trophy 2000". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 16 March 2002. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[1] Vinod, A (24 April 2000). "Maharashtra snares Kerala in its den". thehindu.com. Thrissur: The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

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