1958–59 Santosh Trophy
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1958–59
| other_titles = National Football Championship
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country = India
| num_teams =
| winners = Bengal
| count = 9
| second = Services
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| prev_season = 1957–58
| next_season = 1959–60
| extra_information = 70 minute matches
}}
The 1958–59 Santosh Trophy was the fifteenth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main territorial competition in India. It was held in Madras, Tamil Nadu.
Bengal defeated Services 1–0 in the final. The trophy was presented by C. Subramaniam, the finance minister of the Madras state, to the Bengal captain and goalkeeper R. Guha. The two time defending champions Hyderabad lost to Services in the semifinals.
This was the first tournament that had a league stage.
Semifinals
{{football box
|date=6 March 1959 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590307&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 7 March 1959]
|team1= Services
|team2= Hyderabad
|goals1=
- Jayaraman {{goal|23||69}}
- Lahiri {{goal|27||30||35}}
|goals2=
- Yousuf {{goal|18}}
- Hameed {{goal|44}}
|score= 5-2
|stadium= Corporation Stadium, Madras
|referee=Moinuddin
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590307&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
}}
{{football box
|date=7 March 1959 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590308&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 8 March 1959]
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Bombay
|goals1= Balaram {{goal|18}}
|goals2=
- Jaffar {{goal|53}}
|score= 1–1
|stadium= Corporation Stadium, Madras
|referee=Bhattacharjee (Delhi)
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590308&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
}}
{{football box
|date=8 March 1959 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590309&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 9 March 1959]
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Bombay
|goals1=
- Damodaran {{goal|27}}
- Goswami {{goal|50}}
|goals2=
- Balan {{goal|40}}
- Devdas {{goal|70}}
|score= 2–2
|stadium= Corporation Stadium, Madras
|referee=Bhattacharjee (Delhi)
|aet=yes
|scorenote=replay
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590309&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
}}
{{football box
|date=10 March 1959 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590311&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 11 March 1959]
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Bombay
|goals1=
|goals2=
- Mustaq {{goal|40}}
|score= 2–1
|stadium= Corporation Stadium, Madras
|referee=Moinuddin
|scorenote=replay
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590311&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
}}
Final
{{football box
|team2= Services
|team1= Bengal
|goals1= Balaram {{goal|5}}
|goals2=
|score= 1–0
|stadium= Corporation Stadium, Madras
|attendance=20,000
|date=12 March 1959[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590313&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 13 March 1959]
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19590313&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|referee=Basheer Ahmed (Madras)
}}
References
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