1968–69 Santosh Trophy

1968–69 Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	23 February – 29 March 1969
Final positions
Champions	Bengal
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Santosh Trophy was the 25th edition of the

Bengal

1–0 in the final.

Group stage

23 February 1969	Delhi	3–0^[1]	Kerala	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Sri Prasad 10' Bhandari ?', 82'			Referee: Moin-ud-din Hasan

24 February 1969	Jammu and Kashmir	6–1^[2]	Gujarat	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Farooq Ahmed 7', ?', ?', ?' Ghulam Rasool 14', 50'		Peter Paul

25 February 1969	Services	2–0^[3]	Delhi	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Shyam Thapa 62' Bir Bahadur 78'			Referee: C. R. Dasgupta (Bengal)

26 February 1969	Mysore	3–0^[4]	Jammu and Kashmir	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	K. Abdul Azeez 25' Doraiswamy Nataraj 44' Nagendra			Referee: C. J. Vaz (Bombay)

27 February 1969	Uttar Pradesh	2–1^[5]	Haryana	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Somnath Chanda 55', 67'		Ramesh Sharma 25'	Referee: C. R. Dasgupta (Bengal)

28 February 1969	Andhra Pradesh	2–1^[6]	Orissa	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Chakravarthy 3' Jaffar 63'		Ramakrishnan 70'	Referee: S. K. Bhattacharjee (Delhi)

1 March 1969	Maharashtra	3–0^[7]	Uttar Pradesh	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	D'Souza 48' Rawat 55', 60'

2 March 1969	Mysore	1–1^[8]	Services	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Muniyappa 28'		Williams

3 March 1969	Rajasthan	1–0^[9]	Goa	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Chain Singh 47'

4 March 1969	Maharashtra	3–1^[10]	Andhra Pradesh	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	D'Souza 3', 88' Ranjit Thapa 18'		Chakravarthy 17'

6 March 1969	Rajasthan	6–1^[11]	Services	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Magan Singh Rajvi 3', 8', 13', 28' Sathyaprakash 53'		Bose	Referee: Mohammed Azam (Andhra Pradesh)

7 March 1969	Madras	6–1^[12]	Assam	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Johnson 18', 67' Palaniswamy 28', 55' Victor 53', ?'		Basanta Kabui 60'

9 March 1969	Mysore	2–2^[13]	Services	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Nagendra 15' (pen.)		Bir Bahadur 19'

11 March 1969	Madhya Pradesh	0–0^[14]	Tripura	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
				Referee: D. W. Dunn (Assam)

12 March 1969	Madhya Pradesh	1–2^[15]	Tripura	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore
	Bimal Roy Chowdhury ?'		Ranjit Thapa ?' (pen.) Chinta Bahadur ?'	Referee: Varadachari (Madras)

Knockout stage

Bengal and Punjab made the quarter-finals after their wins over Tripura and Bihar

respectively in the pre-quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

10 March 1969

Madras	4–1^[17]	Rajasthan
Victor ?', 55', ?' Johnson ?'		Bhagirath 76'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: S. K. Bhattacharjee (Delhi)

14 March 1969

Mysore	2–1^[18]	Services
Prabhakar 73' Muniyappa 85'		Bir Bahadur 15'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: C. J. Vaz (Bombay)

17 March 1969

Bengal
Inder Singh ?' (pen.)		Parimal Dey ?' (pen.)

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Replay

19 March 1969

Bengal

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: Ikram-ul-Haq (Delhi)

Second replay

20 March 1969

Bengal
Inder Singh 35'		Parimal Dey 10', 67' Habib 17' Pranab Ganguly 72'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played in two legs; all games including the final were played at the

Bengal and Maharashtra. Both legs ended in 1–1 draws, and Bengal proceeded to the Final after a lot was drawn in their favour.^[24]

Second leg

23 March 1969

Mysore	1–0^[22]	Madras
A. D. Nagendra 60' (p)

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

24 March 1969

a.e.t.)	Maharashtra
Bhowmick		D'Souza

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: Ikram-ul-Haq (Delhi)

Final

The Final was contested by Mysore and Bengal on 26 March 1969. The match ended in a goalless draw and was replayed on 29 March. The replay which was announced to be played on 30 March was later brought back by a day.^[27] Mysore won the replay 1–0 with Doraiswamy Nataraj scoring for them in the 67th minute.^[28]^[29]

26 March 1969

Bengal

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: C. J. Vaz (Bombay)

Replay

29 March 1969

Bengal
Doraiswamy Nataraj 67'

Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore

Referee: Ikram-ul-Haq (Delhi)

References

^ "Kerala pay dearly for poor finish". The Indian Express. 24 February 1969. p. 12.
^ "Farooq hat-trick's in J&K's big win". The Indian Express. 26 February 1969. p. 12.
^ "Services strike form in second half". The Indian Express. 26 February 1969. p. 12.
^ "Mysore unimpressive". The Indian Express. 27 February 1969. p. 12.
^ "Uttar Pradesh rally to oust Haryana". The Indian Express. 28 February 1969. p. 14.
^ "Andhra avenge a defeat". The Indian Express. 1 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Maharashtra strike in second half". The Indian Express. 2 March 1969. p. 14.
^ "Mysore, Services in thrilling draw". The Indian Express. 3 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Rajasthan prevail over Goa". The Indian Express. 4 March 1969. p. 11.
^ "Maharashtra edge out Andhra". The Indian Express. 5 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Rajasthan blitz Rlys: a-in-a-row by Maghan". The Indian Express. 7 March 1969. p. 7.
^ ^a ^b "Facile 6-1 win takes Madras into last 8". The Indian Express. 8 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Services hold Mysore". The Indian Express. 10 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Madhya Pradesh held by Tripura". The Indian Express. 12 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Tripura Win Replay". The Indian Express. 13 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Big win for Punjab over Bihar". The Indian Express. 16 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Madras whip Rajasthan 4-1". The Indian Express. 11 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Mysore stage fine rally to beat Services 2-1". The Indian Express. 15 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Punjab hold Bengal in drab encounter". The Indian Express. 18 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Bengal, Punjab share 2 goals in Santosh Trophy". The Indian Express. 20 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Convincing win for Bengal over Punjab". The Indian Express. 21 March 1969. p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "Mysore draw level with Madras, force replay". The Indian Express. 24 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Madras withdraw". The Indian Express. 25 March 1969. p. 14.
^ ^a ^b "Bengal to meet Mysore in final". The Indian Express. 25 March 1969. p. 14.
^ "Thrilling win for Madras over Mysore". The Indian Express. 17 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Maharashtra lucky to hold Bengal". The Indian Express. 23 March 1969. p. 12.
^ "Santosh final on Saturday". The Indian Express. 28 March 1969. p. 14.
^ "Former Indian footballer Nataraj passes away". The Hindu. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Mysore retain Santosh trophy". The Indian Express. 30 March 1969. p. 18.
^ "Stalemate in Santosh trophy final: replay on Sunday". The Indian Express. 27 March 1969. p. 12.

[1] "Kerala pay dearly for poor finish". The Indian Express. 24 February 1969. p. 12.

[2] "Farooq hat-trick's in J&K's big win". The Indian Express. 26 February 1969. p. 12.

[3] "Services strike form in second half". The Indian Express. 26 February 1969. p. 12.

[4] "Mysore unimpressive". The Indian Express. 27 February 1969. p. 12.

[5] "Uttar Pradesh rally to oust Haryana". The Indian Express. 28 February 1969. p. 14.

[6] "Andhra avenge a defeat". The Indian Express. 1 March 1969. p. 12.

[7] "Maharashtra strike in second half". The Indian Express. 2 March 1969. p. 14.

[8] "Mysore, Services in thrilling draw". The Indian Express. 3 March 1969. p. 12.

[9] "Rajasthan prevail over Goa". The Indian Express. 4 March 1969. p. 11.

[10] "Maharashtra edge out Andhra". The Indian Express. 5 March 1969. p. 12.

[11] "Rajasthan blitz Rlys: a-in-a-row by Maghan". The Indian Express. 7 March 1969. p. 7.

[Madras8-12] "Facile 6-1 win takes Madras into last 8". The Indian Express. 8 March 1969. p. 12.

[13] "Services hold Mysore". The Indian Express. 10 March 1969. p. 12.

[14] "Madhya Pradesh held by Tripura". The Indian Express. 12 March 1969. p. 12.

[15] "Tripura Win Replay". The Indian Express. 13 March 1969. p. 12.

[16] "Big win for Punjab over Bihar". The Indian Express. 16 March 1969. p. 12.

[17] "Madras whip Rajasthan 4-1". The Indian Express. 11 March 1969. p. 12.

[18] "Mysore stage fine rally to beat Services 2-1". The Indian Express. 15 March 1969. p. 12.

[19] "Punjab hold Bengal in drab encounter". The Indian Express. 18 March 1969. p. 12.

[20] "Bengal, Punjab share 2 goals in Santosh Trophy". The Indian Express. 20 March 1969. p. 12.

[21] "Convincing win for Bengal over Punjab". The Indian Express. 21 March 1969. p. 12.

[Mysore1-22] "Mysore draw level with Madras, force replay". The Indian Express. 24 March 1969. p. 12.

[23] "Madras withdraw". The Indian Express. 25 March 1969. p. 14.

[Bengal2-24] "Bengal to meet Mysore in final". The Indian Express. 25 March 1969. p. 14.

[25] "Thrilling win for Madras over Mysore". The Indian Express. 17 March 1969. p. 12.

[26] "Maharashtra lucky to hold Bengal". The Indian Express. 23 March 1969. p. 12.

[27] "Santosh final on Saturday". The Indian Express. 28 March 1969. p. 14.

[28] "Former Indian footballer Nataraj passes away". The Hindu. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[final-29] "Mysore retain Santosh trophy". The Indian Express. 30 March 1969. p. 18.

[30] "Stalemate in Santosh trophy final: replay on Sunday". The Indian Express. 27 March 1969. p. 12.

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1968–69 Santosh Trophy

Group stage

Knockout stage

Pre-quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Replay

References