The 2024–25 Santosh Trophy was the 78th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for senior men's football teams representing their respective states/union territories and government institutions.
Venues The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced in October 2024 that the group stage matches would begin the following month and would be played in six venues. The venues and the corresponding groups that would play there were named. Hosts Telangana and last year's finalists, Services and Goa were exempted from playing the group stage fixtures. Hyderabad is hosting the event for the first time in 57 years. GroupCityStadiumCapacityAAmritsarGNDU Sports Complex–BPhagwaraBibi Ratni Sports Stadium–CKalyaniKalyani Stadium20,000DAgartalaUmakanta Mini Stadium5,000ENalbariDeshbhakta Maidan–FAmritsarGNDU Sports Complex–GAnantapurRDT Stadium5,000HKozhikodeEMS Corporation Stadium50,000IJaipurRoyal FC Stadium–Final round, QFsHyderabadDeccan Arena1,500SFs, FinalGMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium18,000
Draws 38 teams entered the competition; Service and Goa, the finalists of the previous edition, and Telangana, the hosts received direct entry to the final round. The remaining 35 teams were divided into one group of three teams and eight groups of four teams each. It was announced that the winners of each group would make the final round.
The draw for the final round was held on 30 November 2024.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Final round Qualified teams Direct entrants (3)HostsTelanganaDefending champions ServicesPrevious runners-upGoa GroupGroup winners (9)AJammu and KashmirB DelhiC West BengalD ManipurE MeghalayaF OdishaG Tamil NaduH KeralaI Rajasthan
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics RankPlayerTeamGoals1Robi Hansda West Bengal122Naseeb RahmanKerala83Muhammad AjsalKerala84Naro Hari ShresthaWest Bengal75Lijo KTamil Nadu76Aakif JavaidJammu and Kashmir67Nikhil RajKarnataka58Sajeesh EKerala59Kartik HantalOdisha5Source: AIFF
Awards The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament: the top scorer, best goalkeeper, player of the tournament and fair play award. AwardPlayerTeamTop scorerRobi Hansda West BengalTulsidas Balaram player of the final matchRobi HansdaWest BengalPeter Thangaraj player of the championshipRobi HansdaWest Bengal
Broadcasting RoundBroadcaster(s)Ref.Group stageYouTube , Prasar BharatiFinal round, knockouts
See also 2024–25 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
References
External links
Tournament results – home at FootyStats