The 2017–18 Santosh Trophy was the 72nd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations. The competition began with qualifiers on 8 January 2018 and concluded with the final on 1 April 2018. Kerala won the competition, their sixth championship, by defeating West Bengal during the final in penalties 4–2.
West Bengal were the defending champions, having defeated Goa in the final during the 2016–17 season. The entire tournament took place in Kolkata.
Qualifiers
The following ten teams had qualified for the 2017–18 Santosh Trophy:
Chandigarh Goa Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Manipur Mizoram Odisha Punjab West Bengal
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
Goalscorers 5 goals
Jithin MS (Kerala) Victorino Fernandes (Goa)
4 goals
S. Rajesh (Karnataka) Lalromawia (Mizoram) Bidyashagar Singh (West Bengal)
3 goals
Rahul KP (Kerala) Afdal VK (Kerala) Ranjeet Singh (Maharashtra) Jiten Murmu (West Bengal)
2 goals
Vishal Sharma (Chandigarh) Mackroy Peixote (Goa) Shubert Jonas Perriera (Goa) Leon Augustine (Karnataka) Jithin Gopalan (Kerala) F Lalrinpuia (Mizoram) Lalremruata (Mizoram) Jitender Rawat (Punjab) Sumit Das (West Bengal) Tirthankar Sarkar (West Bengal)
1 goal
Vivek Rana (Chandigarh) Kapil Hoble (Goa) Marcus Masceranhas (Goa) Nestor Dias (Goa) Gunashekar Vignesh (Karnataka) Sajith Poulose (Kerala) Sreekuttan V.S. (Kerala) Rahul Raj (Kerala) Vibin Thomas (Kerala) Leander Dharmai (Maharashtra) Shubham Khanvilkar (Maharashtra) Dion Menezes (Maharashtra) Sahil Bhokare (Maharashtra) Nikhil Prabhu (Maharashtra) Kiran Pandhare (Maharashtra) Naqiur Ansari (Maharashtra) Ngangbam Naocha (Manipur) Chanso Horam (Manipur) Dhananjoy Singh (Manipur) Zomuanpuia C (Mizoram) Malsawmdawngliana (Mizoram) Arpan Lakra (Odisha) Arjun Nayak (Odisha) Sunil Sardar (Odisha) Sarbjit Singh (Punjab) Baltej Singh (Punjab) Gurtej Singh (Punjab) Manotosh Chakladar (West Bengal) Rajon Barman (West Bengal)
Own goals
Matthew Gonsalves (Goa) Roshan Singh (Manipur) Rudra Pradhan (Odisha)
References
External links Santosh Trophy on the All India Football Federation website .