# 2022–23 Santosh Trophy group stage

The 2022–23 Santosh Trophy group stage was contested by a total of 36 teams from 23 December 2022 to 31 January 2023, to decide the remaining 9 places in the Final round of the tournament.

## Schedule

| Matchday | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates | Dates |
| Matchday | Group I | Group II | Group III | Group IV | Group V | Group VI |
| Matchday 1 | 23 December 2022 | 26, 27 December 2022 | 28 December 2022 | 7 January 2023 | 24 December 2022 | 22 January 2023 |
| Matchday 2 | 25 December 2022 | 29, 30 December 2022 | 30 December 2022 | 9 January 2023 | 26 December 2022 | 24 January 2023 |
| Matchday 3 | 27 December 2022 | 1, 2 January 2023 | 1 January 2023 | 11 January 2023 | 28 December 2022 | 27 January 2023 |
| Matchday 4 | 29 December 2022 | 4, 5 January 2023 | 3 January 2023 | 13 January 2023 | 30 December 2022 | 29 January 2023 |
| Matchday 5 | 31 December 2022 | 7, 8 January 2023 | 5 January 2023 | 15 January 2023 | 1 January 2023 | 31 January 2023 |

### Centralised venues

On 25 November 2022, the AIFF announced the venues for Groups I, II and V. The venue for Group III and IV was confirmed on 28 and 29 November respectively. The final group venue was confirmed on 7 December.
* Group I → New Delhi, Delhi (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ambedkar Stadium)
* Group II → Kozhikode, Kerala (EMS Stadium)
* Group III → Kokrajhar, Assam (SAI Special Area Games Centre, KDSA Playground)
* Group IV → Kohlapur, Maharashtra (Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium)
* Group V → Bhubaneswar, Odisha (Capital Football Arena, OSAP 7th Battalion Ground)
* Group VI → Imphal, Manipur (Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Eastern Sporting Union Ground)

## Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DL | KA | GJ | UT | TR | LA |
| 1 | Delhi (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 13 | Final round | — | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Karnataka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Final round | 0–1 | — | — | — | 10–0 | — |
| 3 | Gujarat | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | | — | 1–5 | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Uttarakhand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | | — | 1–3 | — | — | 1–0 | — |
| 5 | Tripura | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 4 | | 0–0 | — | 0–6 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Ladakh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 1 | | 0–7 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Group II

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KL | MZ | JK | BR | RJ | AP |
| 1 | Kerala (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 15 | Final round | — | — | 3–0 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Mizoram | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 | | 1–5 | — | — | — | 4–0 | — |
| 3 | Jammu and Kashmir | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | | — | 2–3 | — | — | 0–0 | — |
| 4 | Bihar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 4 | | 0–7 | — | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 1 | | — | 0–3 | 2–4 | — | — | — |

## Group III

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | GA | NL | AS | UP | AR | TN |
| 1 | Goa | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Final round | — | 0–0 | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Nagaland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 11 | | — | — | 3–1 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 3 | Assam (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | | 0–1 | — | — | — | 4–1 | — |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 5 | Arunachal Pradesh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 1–5 | — | — | — |

## Group IV

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WB | MH | HR | CT | MP | DH |
| 1 | West Bengal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 15 | Final round | — | — | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | — |
| 2 | Maharashtra (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Final round | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Haryana | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | | 0–3 | — | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Madhya Pradesh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 4 | | — | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | — | — |
| 6 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |

## Group V

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ML | OD | SK | TG | PY | AN |
| 1 | Meghalaya | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 11 | Final round | — | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Odisha (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 10 | Final round | — | — | 3–0 | — | 5–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | Sikkim | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | | — | — | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | — |
| 4 | Telangana | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | | — | 1–0 | — | — | 5–1 | — |
| 5 | Pondicherry | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 1 | | 0–5 | — | — | — | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | Andaman and Nicobar | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 1 | | 0–9 | — | 1–3 | 0–5 | — | — |

## Group VI

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PB | MN | CH | JH | LD | HP |
| 1 | Punjab | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 13 | Final round | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | 5–0 |
| 2 | Manipur (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 12 | Final round | 0–1 | — | — | 5–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | | — | 1–3 | — | — | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Jharkhand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Lakshadweep | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 4–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 6 | Himachal Pradesh | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 | | — | 2–5 | — | 2–1 | — | — |

## Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | I | Karnataka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Final round |
| 2 | VI | Manipur | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 12 | Final round |
| 3 | IV | Maharashtra | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Final round |
| 4 | II | Mizoram | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 | |
| 5 | III | Nagaland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 11 | |
| 6 | V | Odisha | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 10 | Final round |
* ↑ Odisha directly qualified for the Final round after being declared as the host of the round.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 14 January 2023
| Rank | Player | State | Goals |
| 1 | Naro Hari Shrestha | West Bengal | 6 |
| 1 | Arif Shaikh | Maharashtra | 6 |
| 1 | Nijo Gilbert | Kerala | 6 |
| 2 | Rasiq Ahmed Khan | Telangana | 5 |
| 2 | Robi Hansda | West Bengal | 5 |
| 2 | Jay Kanani | Gujarat | 5 |
| 3 | Everbrightson Sana Mylliempdah | Meghalaya | 4 |
| 3 | Naresh Bagyanathan | Kerala | 4 |
| 3 | Mahip Adhikari | Delhi | 4 |
| 3 | Jaideep Singh | Delhi | 4 |
| 3 | Mohammed Shareef P | Lakshadweep | 4 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 30 January 2023
| Rank | Player | State | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Suraj Mallick | Delhi | 4 |
| 1 | Rajat Paul Lyngdoh | Meghalaya | 4 |
| 2 | Neithovilie Chalieu | Nagaland | 3 |
| 2 | Harpreet Singh | Punjab | 3 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 12 January 2023
| Rank | Player | State | Hat-tricks |
| 1 | Rasiq Ahmed Khan | Telangana | 1 (vs Pondicherry) |
| 1 | Jaideep Singh | Delhi | 1 (vs Ladakh) |
| 1 | Jay Kanani | Gujarat | 1 (vs Tripura) |
| 1 | Mahip Adhikari | Delhi | 1 (vs Gujarat) |
| 1 | Everbrighton Sana Mylliempdah | Meghalaya | 1 (vs Andaman and Nicobar) |