1986–87 Santosh Trophy
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1986–87
| other_titles = National Football Championship
| image =
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| caption =
| country = India
| num_teams =
| winners = Bengal
| count = 22
| second = Railways
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| prev_season = 1985–86
| next_season = 1987–88
| extra_information =
}}
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 =
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|source=Indian Express
|update=complete
|team1=BI |team2=PU |team3=AN
|result1=KO
|win_BI=1 |draw_BI=1 |loss_BI=0 |gf_BI=2 |ga_BI=1
|win_PU=0 |draw_PU=2 |loss_PU=0 |gf_PU=0 |ga_PU=0
|win_AN=0 |draw_AN=1 |loss_AN=1 |gf_AN=1 |ga_AN=2
|name_PU=Punjab
|name_BI=Bihar
|name_AN=Andhra Pradesh
|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Semi-finals
}}
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|team1= Bihar
|team2= Punjab
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
|goals2 =
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870413&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=12 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870413&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 13 April 1987]
}}
{{football box
|team1= Bihar
|team2= Andhra Pradesh
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 1
|goals1=
- Aich {{goal}}
- Hazre {{goal|32}}
|goals2 =
- Nazir Ali {{goal|67}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870417&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=16 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870417&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 17 April 1987]
}}
{{football box
|team1= Andhra Pradesh
|team2= Punjab
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
|goals2 =
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|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=18 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870419&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 19 April 1987]
}}
= Group Two =
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=Indian Express
|update=complete
|team1=KE |team2=KA |team3=SE
|result1=KO
|win_KE=1 |draw_KE=1 |loss_KE=0 |gf_KE=2 |ga_KE=1
|win_KA=1 |draw_KA=0 |loss_KA=1 |gf_KA=1 |ga_KA=1
|win_SE=0 |draw_SE=1 |loss_SE=1 |gf_SE=1 |ga_SE=2
|name_KE=Kerala
|name_KA=Karnataka
|name_SE=Services
|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Semi-finals
}}
{{football box
|team1= Kerala
|team2= Services
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 1
|goals1=
- Ganesan {{goal}}
|goals2 =
- Suresh Mukhia {{goal|42}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870412&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=11 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870412&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 12 April 1987]
}}
{{football box
|team1= Karnataka
|team2= Services
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
- ? {{goal}}
|goals2 =
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|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=11 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870412&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 12 April 1987]
}}
Karnataka goal-keeper Basheer saved a penalty from Brooks in the 57th minute.
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|team1= Kerala
|team2= Karnataka
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
- Ganesan {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870418&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=17 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870418&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 18 April 1987]
}}
= Group Three =
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|source=Indian Express
|update=complete
|team1=RA |team2=GO |team3=TN
|result1=KO
|win_RA=1 |draw_RA=1 |loss_RA=0 |gf_RA=2 |ga_RA=1
|win_GO=0 |draw_GO=2 |loss_GO=0 |gf_GO=1 |ga_GO=1
|win_TN=0 |draw_TN=1 |loss_TN=1 |gf_TN=0 |ga_TN=1
|name_RA=Railways
|name_GO=Goa
|name_TN=Tamil Nadu
|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Semi-finals
}}
{{football box
|team1= Railways
|team2= Goa
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 1
|goals1=
- Sanjib Dutt {{goal}}
|goals2 =
- Anthony D'Souza {{goal|28}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870412&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=11 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870412&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 12 April 1987]
}}
{{football box
|team1= Railways
|team2= Tamil Nadu
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
- Pronob Mondal {{goal|14}}
|goals2 =
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870414&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=S. S. Sailan (Maharashtra)
|date=13 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870414&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 14 April 1987]
}}
{{football box
|team1= Goa
|team2= Tamil Nadu
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
|goals2 =
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870417&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=16 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870417&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 17 April 1987]
}}
= Group Four =
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=Indian Express
|update=complete
|team1=BE |team2=MA |team3=HA
|result1=KO
|win_BE=2 |draw_BE=0 |loss_BE=0 |gf_BE=6 |ga_BE=1
|win_MA=1 |draw_MA=0 |loss_MA=1 |gf_MA=8 |ga_MA=4
|win_HA=0 |draw_HA=0 |loss_HA=2 |gf_HA=2 |ga_HA=11
|name_BE=Bengal
|name_MA=Maharashtra
|name_HA=Haryana
|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0
|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Semi-finals
}}
{{football box
|team1= Bengal
|team2= Haryana
|score1 = 3
|score2 = 1
|goals1=
- Prasanta Banerjee {{goal|15}}
- Babu Mani {{goal|52}}
- Sisir Ghosh {{goal|70}}
|goals2 =
- Sumesh Bagga {{goal|14}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870411&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=10 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870411&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 11 April 1987], p.16
}}
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.
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|team1= Maharashtra
|team2= Haryana
|score1 = 8
|score2 = 1
|goals1=
- Mustaq Ali {{goal|5||47}}
- Umer {{goal|15}}
- Jaswant Singh {{goal|16||?||?||45}}
- ? {{goal}}
|goals2 =
- Sumesh Bagga {{goal|?|pen}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870413&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=
|date=12 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870413&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 13 April 1987]
}}
Maharashtra led 7–1 in the first half, four goals scored by Jaswant Singh.
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|team1= Bengal
|team2= Maharashtra
|score1 = 3
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
- Sisir Ghosh {{goal|17}}
- Prasanta Banerjee {{goal|35}}
- Krishnendu Roy {{goal|87|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870415&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=M . S. Krishnamurthy (Karnataka)
|date=14 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870415&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 15 April 1987]
}}
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
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|team1= Bengal
|team2= Kerala
|score1 = 1
|score2 = 1
|goals1 = Debashis Roy {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = Ganesan {{goal|35}}
|penaltyscore = 4–2
|penalties1 =
- Sudeep Chatterjee {{pengoal}}
- Krishnendu Roy {{pengoal}}
- Krishanu Dey {{pengoal}}
- Sisir Ghosh {{pengoal}}
|penalties2 =
- {{pengoal}} Thobias
- {{pengoal}} Harris Rehuman
- {{penmiss}} V. P. Sathyan
- {{penmiss}} Jayachandran
|attendance = 15000
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870421&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=Badal Chakrabarty (Tripura), S. S. Salian (Maharashtra), P.K. Basu (Bengal)
|aet=yes
|date=20 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870421&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 21 April 1987]
}}
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.
{{football box
|team2= Bihar
|team1= Railways
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
- Uttam Ghosh {{goal|?|pen.}}
- Sanjeeb Dutta {{goal}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=S. S. Salien (Maharashtra)
|date=21 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870422&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Indian Express, 22 April 1987]
}}
Final
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|team1= Bengal
|team2= Railways
|score1 = 2
|score2 = 0
|goals1=
- Amit Bhadra {{goal|64}}
- Sisir Ghosh {{goal|89}}
|report=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1oplAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1573%2C3584699
|stadium= Mohun Bagan Ground, Calcutta
|referee=P.K. Basu (Madhya Pradesh)
|attendance=60,000 Ghosh, Arnab, No fan support for Bengal, Sportstar, May 9, 1987, pp. 46-51
|date=23 April 1987 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1oplAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f54NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1573%2C3584699 Indian Express, 24 April 1987]
}}
Railways were coached by P. K. Banerjee. Bengal's coach was Arun Sinha and manager Subhash Bhowmick.
Review
The tournament was widely criticised for the lack of quality. Jarnail Singh who gave away the prizes said that he had never seen such a poor nationals. "I didn't see a single team playing methodical and organised football .. I'm really pained to see such a fall in the standard of Indian football". Sailen Manna, a former captain of Indian football team, said it was one of the worst nationals that he had ever seen. It didn't help that Punjab and Goa, two of the strongest team, could not make it to the semifinal.
The refeering was also of low quality. In the Bengal-Kerala semifinal, the referee Badal Chakrabarty and a linesman P.K. Basu were Bengalis. India had seven referees in the international panel. None of them were used in the tournament because of the possibility that they would be required for the pre-Olympic matches. Eventually, they stood in neither set of matches.
References
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