2002–03 Santosh Trophy

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2002–03 Santosh Trophy
LG Santosh Trophy
Country India
Dates17 October – 5 November 2002
Teams12
ChampionsManipur (1st title)
Runners-upKerala
Matches played15
Goals scored45 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Bijen Singh (9 goals)
Best playerJames Lukram Singh (Manipur)

The 2002–03 Santosh Trophy was the 58th Santosh Trophy. It was held from 17 October up to 5 November 2002 in Imphal, Manipur.

32 teams from all over India were supposed to participate in the national state championship but three states pulled out. The final was held between hosts Manipur and defending champions Kerala, which Manipur won through a golden goal by Indian international Tomba Singh.

Qualifying rounds[]

Venues: Mapal Kangjeibung Stadium Main Stadium Kuman Lampak Eastern Sporting Union Ground Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground

Cluster I[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bengal 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6
2 Jammu & Kashmir 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
3 Rajasthan 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]

18-Oct-02: Jammu & Kashmir 4-0 Rajasthan [3,83 Deepak Sangral, 62 Rakhesh, 87 Manat Kumar]

20-Oct-02: Bengal 7-0 Rajasthan [14,40,73,80 Dipendu Biswas, 37 Sandip Das, 41,51 Amar Pyne]

22-Oct-02: Bengal 5-0 Jammu & Kashmir [3,24,67 Dipendu Biswas, 64 Surya Bikash Chakraborty, 83 Anupam Sarkar]

Cluster II[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Maharashtra 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
2 Meghalaya 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Chandigarh 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source:[citation needed]

18-Oct-02: Chandigarh 1-2 Meghalaya [C: 58 Munish Kumar; M: 17 Richard Nongneng, 43 Soki Lamara]

20-Oct-02: Maharashtra 2-0 Chandigarh [70 Naushad Moosa, 77 Aziz Quereshi]

22-Oct-02: Maharashtra 3-2 Meghalaya [Ma: 51 Aziz Quereshi, 71 Anthony Fernandes, 78 Altafuddin Ahmed; Me: 72 Sam Kharbhi, 77 Freddy Kharpran]

Cluster III[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Punjab 2 2 0 0 1 0 +1 6
2 Mizoram 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Madhya Pradesh 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
Source:[citation needed]

18-Oct-02: Mizoram 2-1 Madhya Pradesh [Mi: 10 Joseph Lalnunzira, 48 Benjamin Zonunsiama; MP: 67 Rahamat Baig]

21-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Madhya Pradesh [33 Gurjit Singh Atwal]

23-Oct-02: Punjab 1-0 Mizoram [88 Sher Singh]

Cluster IV[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Manipur 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 6
2 Himachal Pradesh 2 1 0 1 1 8 −7 3
3 Pondicherry 2 0 0 2 0 10 −10 0
Source:[citation needed]

17-Oct-02: Manipur 8-0 Himachal Pradesh [36,51,70,83 Bijen Singh, 43 Kanta Singh, 55 Helen Singh, 62 Tomba Singh, 86 Tiken Singh]

20-Oct-02: Pondicherry 0-1 Himachal Pradesh [90 Rahul Sharma]

22-Oct-02: Manipur 9-0 Pondicherry [1 Sanaton Singh, 3,44,70,87 Tiken Singh, 40,41 Bijen Singh, 50 James Singh, 72 Nilakumar Singh]

Cluster V[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Assam 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
2 Bihar 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
3 Andhra Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
3 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Daman & Diu has pulled out

18-Oct-02: Assam 3-0 Andhra Pradesh [36 Utpal Basumatary, 44 Kamal Chetry, 90 Padum Brpha]

21-Oct-02: Bihar 1-0 Andhra Pradesh [58 Suresh Kalandi]

23-Oct-02: Bihar 0-3 Assam [6 Utpal Basumatary, 58 Saran Sonar, 79 Sanjiva Rongpi]

Cluster VI[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Services 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 6
2 Sikkim 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 Uttar Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
4 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Arunachal Pradesh has pulled out

19-Oct-02: Services 5-0 Uttar Pradesh [26,40,45 Pritam Bahadur, 49 Bikash Gurung, 60 Thiruna Vakarsu]

21-Oct-02: Sikkim 3-0 Uttar Pradesh [34 Milan Lepcha, 44 Kamal Bagdas, 89 Ram Rai]

23-Oct-02: Services 3-0 Sikkim [39 Jhoney P Gangmei, 56 Pritam Bahadur, 57 Raghu Kumar]

Cluster VII[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Karnataka 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9
2 Tripura 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 Gujarat 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
3 Haryana 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]

19-Oct-02: Haryana 0-1 Gujarat [68 Mukesh Kumar]

19-Oct-02: Karnataka 4-1 Tripura [K: 11 SK Dayanand, 68 Jagadish Kumar, 76 Sunil S Kumar, 90 BV Pradeep; T: 21 Sambhu Saha]

21-Oct-02: Tripura 4-1 Gujarat [T: 10 Swapan Rai, 48 Sambhu Saha, 53,64 Premjit Singh Barua; G: 56 Ranjit Sisodiya]

21-Oct-02: Haryana 0-2 Karnataka [29 SK Dayanand, 75 Gregory Clarke]

23-Oct-02: Karnataka 6-0 Gujarat [34 Sunil S Kumar, 52,72 BV Pradeep, 62,79 SK Dayanand, 60 Kanika Raj]

23-Oct-02: Tripura 2-1 Haryana [T: 37,77 Swapan Rai; H: 30 Satya Singh]

Cluster VIII[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Orissa 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4
2 Delhi 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Nagaland 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
4 Andaman Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a]
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ *
  • Andaman Nicobar has pulled out

19-Oct-02: Orissa 0-0 Delhi

21-Oct-02: Nagaland 1-1 Delhi [N: 90 Vizo Peseyie; D: 45 Rajesh Arya]

23-Oct-02: Orissa 3-0 Nagaland [38,86 Gyanaranjan, 66 Bhabani Prasad Mohanty]

Quarterfinal League[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kerala 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 West Bengal 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Assam 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) West Bengal 2–1 Assam Imphal
12:00 IST Biswas Goal 6' (pen.)
Amar Pyne Goal 38'		 Report[dead link] Sanjiva Rongpi Goal 65' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[1]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) Kerala 3–2 West Bengal Imphal
12:00 IST Sylvester Ignatius Goal 31', 58'
T. Usman Goal 87'		 Report[dead link] Chandan Das Goal 30'
Sandip Das Goal 79'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[2]
Referee: Rizwah-ul-Haq (Delhi)
29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) Kerala 3–1 Assam Imphal
12:00 IST Dineesh K. Goal 71'
Sylvester Ignatius Goal 77'
Abdul Naushad Goal 90'		 Report[dead link] Sanjiba Rongpi Goal 37' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Services 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Maharashtra 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 Railways 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 October 2002 (2002-10-25) Maharashtra 1–1 Services Imphal
14:00 IST Ahmed Goal 2' Report[dead link] Pradeep Debnath Goal 48' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 6,000[3]
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)
27 October 2002 (2002-10-27) Railways 0–1 Maharashtra Imphal
14:00 IST Report[dead link] Moosa Goal 37' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: ≈6,000[4]
Referee: Benjamin D'Silva (Goa)
29 October 2002 (2002-10-29) Railways 0–2 Services Imphal
14:00 IST Report[dead link] Pritam Bahadur Goal 13', 58' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,000[5]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Goa 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Karnataka 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 Punjab 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Punjab 0–2 Karnataka Imphal
12:00 IST Report[dead link] Mahendra Mani Goal 22'
Sunil S. Kumar Goal 30'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 15,000[6]
Referee: S. Sarkar (West Bengal)
28 October 2002 (2002-10-28) Goa 2–1 Punjab Imphal
12:00 IST Lawrence Goal 42'
D'Cunha Goal 44'		 Report Sher Singh Goal 17' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Referee: A. Arjunan (Services)
30 October 2002 (2002-10-30) Goa 2–1 Karnataka Imphal
12:00 IST Jules Alberto Goal 3'
Sukhdev Arwade Goal 38'		 Report[dead link] S. Paramesh Goal 56' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: ≈23,000[7]
Referee: Rizwan-ul-Haq (Delhi)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manipur 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3 4 Advance to Semi-finals
2 Tamil Nadu 2 1 1 0 4 3 +1 4
3 Odisha 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Manipur 4–1 Odisha Imphal
14:00 IST Bijen Singh Goal 9', 82'
Tiken Singh Goal 38'
To. Singh Goal 60'		 Report[dead link] Premchand Singh Goal 36' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 27,000[8]
Referee: Walter Pereira (Maharashtra)
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Tamil Nadu 2–1 Odisha Imphal
14:00 IST P. Muthu Goal 24', 28' Report Saroj Kanta Pattnaik Goal 19' Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 2,000[9]
Referee: Kisan Avtar (Delhi)
26 October 2002 (2002-10-26) Manipur 2–2 Tamil Nadu Imphal
14:00 IST Uttam Singh Goal 24'
Tiken Singh Goal 69'		 Report[dead link] Kulothungan Goal 6'
A. Kumaravel Goal 90+'		 Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium
Attendance: 29,000[10]
Referee: M. K. Roy (Assam)

Semi-finals[]

Kerala3–2Services
Saheer Goal 12', 22'
Ajayan Goal 78'		 Report[dead link] JF Gangmei Goal 9'
Pritam Bahadur Goal 69'
Attendance: ≈7,000[11]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)
Manipur0–0 (a.e.t.)Goa
Report[dead link]
Penalties
Ratan Singh Penalty scored
Re. Singh Penalty scored
Bijen Singh Penalty scored
Bungo Singh Penalty missed
JL Singh Penalty scored		 4–3 Jules Alberto Penalty missed
Lawrence Penalty scored
Menino Fernandes Penalty scored
B. Fernandes Penalty scored
Lawrence Penalty missed
Attendance: ≈26,000[12]
Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Final[]

Manipur2–1 (a.e.t.)Kerala
Tiken Singh Goal 6'
To. Singh Golden goal 94' 		Report[dead link] Abdul Noushad Goal 87'
Attendance: 25,000[13]–29,000[14]
Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Awards[]

Award[15] Recipient
Most Valuable Player of the Tournament James Lukram Singh (Manipur)
Most Valuable Player of the Final Tomba Singh (Manipur)
Best Goalkeeper Noren Singh (Manipur)
Top goalscorer Bijen Singh (9 goals)

References[]

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  3. ^ "Maharsatra vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Railways vs Maharastra Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Railways vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Punjab vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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  8. ^ "Manipur vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Tamil Nadu vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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External links[]

  • The official LG Santosh Trophy 2002 website: santoshtrophy2002.nic.in
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