# 2018–19 Santosh Trophy qualification

The 2019 Santosh Trophy qualifiers was the qualifying round for the 73rd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for teams representing their regional and state football associations.

## East Zone

The East Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers started on 2 February 2019 in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Odisha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Jharkhand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Bihar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

## South Zone

The South Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers started on 3 February 2019 in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 4 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Services | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Telangana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Kerala | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Pondicherry | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 | |

## West Zone

The West Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers started on 7 February 2019 in Solapur, Maharashtra.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Goa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Daman and Diu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Lakshadweep | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maharashtra | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Gujarat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 6 | |
| 3 | Rajasthan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 | |

## North Zone

The North Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers started on 11 February 2019 in Katra, Jammu and Kashmir.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Punjab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Haryana | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Delhi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |

## North-East Zone

The North-East Zone matches of the Santosh Trophy qualifiers started on 11 February 2019 in Aizawl, Mizoram.
In Group B, Nagaland withdrew just before the qualifiers after they failed to register players in Centralised Registration System.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Meghalaya | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Mizoram | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tripura | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Assam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to Final Round |
| 2 | Manipur | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |

## Goalscorers

    As of 16 February 2019

### 6 Goals

* Pavan Ramanuj (Gujarat)

### 4 Goals

* Sanket Salokhe (Maharashtra)
* Aditya Jha (Gujarat)
* Musamiyan Syed (Gujarat)

### 3 Goals

* Joaquim Abranches (Goa)
* Arif Shaikh (Maharashtra)
* Arbin Lakra (Odisha)

### 2 Goals

* Bishnu Bordoloi (Assam)
* Ravinder Singh (Chandigarh)
* Somnath (Chhattisgarh)
* Lalawmpuia (Goa)
* Baldhir Tigga (Madhya Pradesh)
* Lineker Machado (Maharashtra)
* Mrunal Tandel (Maharashtra)
* Rohan Shukla (Maharashtra)
* Donald Diengdoh (Meghalaya)
* Ramhlunchhunga (Mizoram)
* Arjun Nayak (Odisha)
* Jaspreet Singh (Punjab)
* Himanshu Rao (Rajasthan)

### 1 Goal

* G.Manjunath (Andhra Pradesh)
* Tarh Dolu (Arunachal Pradesh)
* Akrang Narzary (Assam)
* Milan Basumatary (Assam)
* Arif Khan (Bihar)
* Amit Kumar (Chandigarh)
* Gaurav Negi (Chandigarh)
* Kuldip Vatra (Dadra & Nagar Haveli)
* Ayush Adhikari (Delhi)
* Kushant Chauhan (Delhi)
* Nitesh Chikara (Delhi)
* Tushar Chaudhary (Delhi)
* Arjun Chaudhary (Gujarat)
* Nitin Singh (Gujarat)
* Parveen Dhull (Haryana)
* Bhemant (Himachal Pradesh)
* Mohit (Himachal Pradesh)
* Mukesh (Himachal Pradesh)
* Nikhil (Himachal Pradesh)
* Aakif Javed (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Asif Ashraf (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Goutam Mehra (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Shakir Ahmad (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Krishnakant Prapat (Jharkhand)
* Shamim Hussain (Jharkhand)
* A. S. Ashik (Karnataka)
* Leon Augustine (Karnataka)
* Manvir Singh (Karnataka)
* Nikhil Raj (Karnataka)
* P. P. Shafeel (Karnataka)
* Sunil Kumar (Karnataka)
* Akash Bharbar (Madhya Pradesh)
* Dhruwesh Nijap (Maharashtra)
* Vinodkumar Pandey (Maharashtra)
* Ginminthang Hangsing (Manipur)
* Wahengbam Angousana Lupang (Manipur)
* Brolington Warlarpih (Meghalaya)
* MC Malsawmzuala (Mizoram)
* Harpal Singh (Punjab)
* Paramjit Singh (Punjab)
* Sukhpreet Singh (Punjab)
* Karandev (Rajasthan)
* Vishal Goutam (Rajasthan)
* Hari Krishna (Services)
* N. Herojit Singh (Services)
* Mohammed Danish (Services)
* Vikas Thapa (Services)
* Ashish Chettri (Sikkim)
* Bibek Bhutia (Sikkim)
* Kunal Tamang (Sikkim)
* Sanjay Rai (Sikkim)
* Sonam Bhutia (Sikkim)
* N. Solaimalai (Tamil Nadu)
* T. Vijay (Tamil Nadu)
* Shaun Campbell (Telangana)
* Shafique Mohammed (Telangana)
* Chirag Negi (Uttarakhand)
* Vishal Nagarkoti (Uttarakhand)
* Ankur Kumar Sharma (Uttar Pradesh)
* Arijeet Singh (West Bengal)
* Hira Mondal (West Bengal)

## Notable players

| Position | Player | Team |
| MF | Milan Basumatary | Assam |
| MF | Ravinder Singh | Chandigarh |
| DF | Nirmal Chettri | Daman & Diu |
| DF | Sonu Beniwal | Delhi |
| GK | Tyson Caiado | Goa |
| DF | Joseph Clemente | Goa |
| DF | Meldon D'Silva | Goa |
| DF | Peter Carvalho | Goa |
| MF | Glan Martins | Goa |
| MF | Velito Cruz | Goa |
| FW | Joaquim Abranches | Goa |
| DF | Prashanth Kalinga | Karnataka |
| DF | Naorem Roshan Singh | Karnataka |
| MF | Gunashekar Vignesh | Karnataka |
| GK | Midhun V | Kerala |
| MF | Arif Shaikh | Maharashtra |
| MF | Lineker Machado | Maharashtra |
| DF | Naorem James Singh | Manipur |
| DF | Samuel Shadap | Meghalaya |
| GK | Zothanmawia | Mizoram |
| DF | Imanuel Lalthazuala | Mizoram |
| DF | Ashish Chettri | Sikkim |
| MF | Sonam Bhutia | Sikkim |
| DF | Avinabo Bag | West Bengal |
| DF | Koushik Sarkar | West Bengal |
| MF | Dipendu Dowary | West Bengal |
| FW | Naro Hari Shrestha | West Bengal |