# 2024–25 Santosh Trophy

The 2024–25 Santosh Trophy was the 78th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the premier competition in India for senior men's football teams representing their respective states/union territories and government institutions.

## Venues

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced in October 2024 that the group stage matches would begin the following month and would be played in six venues. The venues and the corresponding groups that would play there were named. Hosts Telangana and last year's finalists, Services and Goa were exempted from playing the group stage fixtures. Hyderabad is hosting the event for the first time in 57 years.
| Group | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| A | Amritsar | GNDU Sports Complex | – |
| B | Phagwara | Bibi Ratni Sports Stadium | – |
| C | Kalyani | Kalyani Stadium | 20,000 |
| D | Agartala | Umakanta Mini Stadium | 5,000 |
| E | Nalbari | Deshbhakta Maidan | – |
| F | Amritsar | GNDU Sports Complex | – |
| G | Anantapur | RDT Stadium | 5,000 |
| H | Kozhikode | EMS Corporation Stadium | 50,000 |
| I | Jaipur | Royal FC Stadium | – |
| Final round, QFs | Hyderabad | Deccan Arena | 1,500 |
| SFs, Final | Hyderabad | GMC Balayogi Athletic Stadium | 18,000 |

## Draws

38 teams entered the competition; Service and Goa, the finalists of the previous edition, and Telangana, the hosts received direct entry to the final round. The remaining 35 teams were divided into one group of three teams and eight groups of four teams each. It was announced that the winners of each group would make the final round.
The draw for the final round was held on 30 November 2024.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JK | PB | LD | HP |
| 1 | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Final round | | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Punjab (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 4 | | | | 1–1 | |
| 3 | Ladakh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | | | | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | | 1–4 | 0–7 | | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DL | UK | HR | CH |
| 1 | Delhi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Final round | | 4–1 | | |
| 2 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | | | | 4–1 | |
| 3 | Haryana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | | 0–2 | | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Chandigarh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | | 0–6 | 0–4 | | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WB | BR | UP | JH |
| 1 | West Bengal (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 7 | Final round | | 0–0 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Bihar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | | | | | 3–5 |
| 3 | Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | | | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| 4 | Jharkhand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | | 0–4 | | | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Uttar Pradesh 3; Jharkhand 0.

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MN | TR | MZ | SK |
| 1 | Manipur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Final round | | | | 6–1 |
| 2 | Tripura (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | | 0–2 | | 4–1 | |
| 3 | Mizoram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | | 1–2 | | | |
| 4 | Sikkim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 1 | | | 0–0 | 0–7 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ML | AS | AR | NL |
| 1 | Meghalaya | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Final round | | | 4–3 | |
| 2 | Assam (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | | 1–1 | | | 1–2 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | | | 0–4 | | 4–3 |
| 4 | Nagaland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | | 0–3 | | | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Arunachal Pradesh 3; Nagaland 0.

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OD | CG | MP |
| 1 | Odisha | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Final round | | | 6–1 |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | | 1–4 | | |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | | | 1–4 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TN | KA | AN | AP |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 9 | Final round | | | 7–0 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Karnataka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 6 | | 1–2 | | 11–0 | |
| 3 | Andaman and Nicobar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 3 | | | | | 1–0 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | | | 0–5 | | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KL | RL | PY | LD |
| 1 | Kerala (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Final round | | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Railways | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | | | | 10–1 | |
| 3 | Pondicherry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 | | | | | 3–2 |
| 4 | Lakshadweep | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | | 0–10 | 0–1 | | |

### Group I

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RJ | GJ | MH | DD |
| 1 | Rajasthan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Final round | | 0–0 | | |
| 2 | Gujarat | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | | | | | 3–0 |
| 3 | Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | | |
| 4 | DNHDD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | | 0–4 | | 0–3 | |

## Final round
### Qualified teams

Direct entrants (3) :
| Hosts | Telangana |
| Defending champions | Services |
| Previous runners-up | Goa |
| Group | Group winners (9) |
| A | Jammu and Kashmir |
| B | Delhi |
| C | West Bengal |
| D | Manipur |
| E | Meghalaya |
| F | Odisha |
| G | Tamil Nadu |
| H | Kerala |
| I | Rajasthan |

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WB | MN | SE | JK | RJ | TG |
| 1 | West Bengal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals | | 0–0 | | 3–1 | | 3–0 |
| 2 | Manipur | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Advance to quarter-finals | | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Services | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–1 | | | 4–0 | | 3–1 |
| 4 | Jammu and Kashmir | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals | | 1–1 | | | 1–0 | |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | | 0–2 | | 0–2 | | | |
| 6 | Telangana (H) | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | | | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KL | ML | DL | OD | GA | TN |
| 1 | Kerala | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Advance to quarter-finals | | 1–0 | | | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Meghalaya | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | |
| 3 | Delhi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–3 | | | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| 4 | Odisha | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 5 | Advance to quarter-finals | 0–2 | 0–0 | | | | |
| 5 | Goa | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | | | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Tamil Nadu | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | | | 2–2 | | 1–1 | | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 26 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 26 – Hyderabad (DA) | | | |
| West Bengal | 3 | | | |
| West Bengal | 3 | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | | |
| Odisha | 1 | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | |
| Odisha | 1 | West Bengal | 4 | |
| December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | | West Bengal | 4 | |
| December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | Services | 2 | |
| Meghalaya | 1 | Services | 2 | |
| Meghalaya | 1 | | | | December 31 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | December 31 – Hyderabad (GBAS) |
| Services | 2 | | | | December 31 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | December 31 – Hyderabad (GBAS) |
| Services | 2 | | | | West Bengal | 1 |
| December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | | | | | West Bengal | 1 |
| December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 27 – Hyderabad (DA) | | | | Kerala | 0 |
| Kerala | 1 | | | | Kerala | 0 |
| Kerala | 1 | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | | | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 0 | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | December 29 – Hyderabad (GBAS) | | | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 0 | Kerala | 5 | | | |
| December 26 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 26 – Hyderabad (DA) | | Kerala | 5 | | | |
| December 26 – Hyderabad (DA) | December 26 – Hyderabad (DA) | Manipur | 1 | |
| Manipur (a.e.t.) | 5 | Manipur | 1 | |
| Delhi | 2 | | | |

### Final
## Statistics

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Robi Hansda | West Bengal | 12 |
| 2 | Naseeb Rahman | Kerala | 8 |
| 3 | Muhammad Ajsal | Kerala | 8 |
| 4 | Naro Hari Shrestha | West Bengal | 7 |
| 5 | Lijo K | Tamil Nadu | 7 |
| 6 | Aakif Javaid | Jammu and Kashmir | 6 |
| 7 | Nikhil Raj | Karnataka | 5 |
| 8 | Sajeesh E | Kerala | 5 |
| 9 | Kartik Hantal | Odisha | 5 |
| Source: AIFF ||||

## Awards

The following awards were given out at the end of the tournament: the top scorer, best goalkeeper, player of the tournament and fair play award.
| Award | Player | Team |
| Top scorer | Robi Hansda | West Bengal |
| Tulsidas Balaram player of the final match | Robi Hansda | West Bengal |
| Peter Thangaraj player of the championship | Robi Hansda | West Bengal |

## Broadcasting

| Round | Broadcaster(s) |
| Group stage | YouTube |
| Group stage | ssen.co, Prasar Bharati |
| Final round, knockouts | ssen.co, Prasar Bharati |