1959–60 Santosh Trophy
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1959–60
| other_titles = National Football Championship
| image =
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| country = India
| num_teams =
| winners = Bengal
| count = 10
| second = Bombay
| matches =
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| prev_season = 1958–59
| next_season = 1960–61
| extra_information = 70 minute matches
}}
The 1959–60 Santosh Trophy was the sixteenth edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main territorial competition in India. It was held in Nowgong, Assam. Bengal defeated Bombay 3–1 in the final to retain the title.
Hyderabad team competed under the name Andhra Pradesh from this season.
Final Round
=Section I=
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|source=rsssf
|team1=BE |team2=AP |team3=BI |team4=UP
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|win_BE=3 |draw_BE=0 |loss_BE=0 |gf_BE=13 |ga_BE=0
|win_AP=2 |draw_AP=0 |loss_AP=1 |gf_AP=10 |ga_AP=4
|win_BI=1 |draw_BI=0 |loss_BI=2 |gf_BI=5 |ga_BI=10
|win_UP=0 |draw_UP=0 |loss_UP=3 |gf_UP=2 |ga_UP=16
|name_BI=Bihar
|name_BE=Bengal
|name_AP=Andhra Pradesh
|name_UP=Uttar Pradesh
|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to semifinals
}}
{{football box
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Bihar
|goals1=
- Rahmatullah {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|date=16 October 1959
|report=
|referee=
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{{football box
|team1= Andhra Pradesh
|team2= Uttar Pradesh
|goals1=
- Hamid {{goal}}
- Gulzar {{goal}} {{goal}}
- Kankidas {{goal}}
|goals2=
- Kaiser {{goal}}
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|date=17 October 1959
|report=
|referee=
}}
{{football box
|team1= Andhra Pradesh
|team2= Bihar
|goals1=
- Gulzar {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
- Zulfikar{{goal}}
- Jaffar {{goal}}
|goals2=
- Kaiser {{goal}}
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|date=20 October 1959
|report=
|referee=
}}
{{football box
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Uttar Pradesh
|goals1=
- Damodaran {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
- Goswami {{goal}}
- Rahmatullah {{goal}}
- Balaram {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|date=21 October 1959
|report=
|referee=
}}
{{football box
|team1= Bihar
|team2= Uttar Pradesh
|goals1=
- Bidhan {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
- P. Chatterjee {{goal||p}}
- Ganesh {{goal}}
|goals2=
- Kaiser {{goal}}
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|date=23 October 1959
|report=
|referee=
}}
{{football box
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Andhra Pradesh
|goals1=
- Rahmatullah {{goal}}
- Varhalu {{goal}}
- Damodaran {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|date=25 October 1959
|report=
|referee=
}}
Semifinal
{{football box
|team1= Bombay
|team2= Andhra Pradesh
|goals1=
- Derek D'Souza {{goal}}
- Joe D'sa {{goal}}
|goals2=
|score= 2–0
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|attendance=
|report=
|referee=
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{{football box
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Services
|goals1=
- P. K. Banerjee {{goal}}
- Damodaran {{goal|}}
|goals2=
- Puran Bahadur Thapa {{goal}}
|score= 2–1
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|attendance=
|report=
|referee=
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Third place match
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|team1= Services
|team2= Andhra Pradesh
|goals1=
- Kazipmi {{goal}}
|goals2=
|score= 1–0
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|attendance=
|report=
|referee=
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Final
{{football box
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Bombay
|goals1=
- Balaram {{goal|30}}
- P. K. Banerjee {{goal|31}}
- Chandrasekhar {{goal|70}} (o.g.)
|goals2=
- Jaffar {{goal|1}}
|score= 3–1
|stadium= Nowgong Stadium
|attendance=22,000
|date=31 October 1959[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html#59 RSSSF]
|report=
|referee=C.P. Mathur (Rajasthan)
}}
References
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{{Santosh Trophy}}
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