1986–87 Santosh Trophy

1986–87 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (22nd title)
Runner-up	Railways
	← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The 1986–87 Santosh Trophy was the 43rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Tamluk, and Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Mohun Bagan Ground in Calcutta, West Bengal. Bengal defeated Railways 2–0 in the final to win the competition for the 22nd time.

Quarter-final League

Bihar, Services, Railways and Haryana qualified from Cluster one to four. The eight teams that finished in the top two positions in each group in the quarter-final league in 1985–86 were seeded directly to the quarter-final.

Group One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bihar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Punjab	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	Andhra Pradesh	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: Indian Express

12 April 1987 ^[1]

Bihar	0–0	Punjab
	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

16 April 1987 ^[2]

Bihar	2–1	Andhra Pradesh
Aich Hazre 32'	Report	Nazir Ali 67'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

18 April 1987 ^[3]

Andhra Pradesh	0–0	Punjab
	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Group Two

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

Source: Indian Express

11 April 1987 ^[4]

Kerala	1–1	Services
Ganesan	Report	Suresh Mukhia 42'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

11 April 1987 ^[5]

Karnataka	1–0	Services
?	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Karnataka goal-keeper Basheer saved a penalty from Brooks in the 57th minute.

17 April 1987 ^[6]

Kerala	1–0	Karnataka
Ganesan	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Group Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Railways	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Goa	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Tamil Nadu	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: Indian Express

11 April 1987 ^[7]

Railways	1–1	Goa
Sanjib Dutt	Report	Anthony D'Souza 28'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

13 April 1987 ^[8]

Railways	1–0	Tamil Nadu
Pronob Mondal 14'	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Referee: S. S. Sailan (Maharashtra)

16 April 1987 ^[9]

Goa	0–0	Tamil Nadu
	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Group Four

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bengal	2	2	0	6	1	+5	4	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Maharashtra	2	1	1	8	4	+4	2
3	Haryana	2	0	2	2	11	−9	0

Source: Indian Express

10 April 1987 ^[10]

Bengal	3–1	Haryana
Prasanta Banerjee 15' Babu Mani 52' Sisir Ghosh 70'	Report	Sumesh Bagga 14'

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Bengal captain Biswajit Bhattacharya was replaced by Sisir Ghosh in the 30th minute of the first half. He played no further part in the tournament.

12 April 1987 ^[11]

Maharashtra	8–1	Haryana
Mustaq Ali 5', 47' Umer 15' Jaswant Singh 16', ?', ?', 45' ?	Report	Sumesh Bagga ?' (pen)

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Maharashtra led 7–1 in the first half, four goals scored by Jaswant Singh.

14 April 1987 ^[12]

Bengal	3–0	Maharashtra
Sisir Ghosh 17' Prasanta Banerjee 35' Krishnendu Roy 87' (pen.)	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Referee: M . S. Krishnamurthy (Karnataka)

Prasanta Banerjee's goal went through the net and was awarded by the referee after consultation with the linesman B. S. Bisht. Maharashtra refused to play and there was a delay of seven minutes.

Semifinal

20 April 1987 ^[13]

Bengal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kerala
Debashis Roy 70'	Report	Ganesan 35'
Penalties
Sudeep Chatterjee Krishnendu Roy Krishanu Dey Sisir Ghosh	4–2	Thobias Harris Rehuman V. P. Sathyan Jayachandran

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Attendance: 15000

Referee: Badal Chakrabarty (Tripura), S. S. Salian (Maharashtra)

After the match ended at 1–1 after 90 minutes, the crowd threw stones at the Kerala players. Thomas Sebastian was hit by a stone and needed medical attention. Debashis Roy's header appeared to have been saved on the goal line but was given as a goal.

21 April 1987 ^[14]

Railways	2–0	Bihar
Uttam Ghosh ?' (pen.) Sanjeeb Dutta	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Referee: S. S. Salien (Maharashtra)

Final

23 April 1987 ^[15]

Bengal	2–0	Railways
Amit Bhadra 64' Sisir Ghosh 89'	Report

Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta

Railways were coached by P. K. Banerjee. Bengal's coach was Arun Sinha and manager Subhash Bhowmick.

References

[1] Indian Express, 13 April 1987

[2] Indian Express, 17 April 1987

[3] Indian Express, 19 April 1987

[4] Indian Express, 12 April 1987

[5] Indian Express, 12 April 1987

[6] Indian Express, 18 April 1987

[7] Indian Express, 12 April 1987

[8] Indian Express, 14 April 1987

[9] Indian Express, 17 April 1987

[10] Indian Express, 11 April 1987, p.16

[11] Indian Express, 13 April 1987

[12] Indian Express, 15 April 1987

[13] Indian Express, 21 April 1987

[14] Indian Express, 22 April 1987

[15] Indian Express, 24 April 1987

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