# 2015–16 Santosh Trophy

The 2016 Santosh Trophy was the 70th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition in Indian football. The qualifiers for the tournament took place from 6 February and the final of the tournament proper was held in Nagpur from 13 March 2016.

## Round and dates

| Round | Match dates | Teams |
| Qualifiers | 6 February 2016 – 23 February 2016 | 33 |
| Group stage | 29 February 2016 – 9 March 2016 | 10 |
| Semi-finals | 11 March 2016 | 4 |
| Final | 13 March 2016 | 2 |

## Qualified Teams

The following 10 teams have qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.
* Assam
* Goa
* Jammu & Kashmir
* Maharashtra
* Mizoram
* Punjab
* Railways
* Services
* Tamil Nadu
* West Bengal

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maharashtra | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Services | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 9 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mizoram | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Jammu & Kashmir | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 5 | Railways | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Goa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 10 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | West Bengal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Punjab | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 5 | Assam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |

### Fixtures and Results
## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 11 March 2016 | 11 March 2016 |
| Maharashtra | 1 |
| Maharashtra | 1 | 13 March 2016 | 13 March 2016 |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | 13 March 2016 | 13 March 2016 |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | Maharashtra | 1 |
| 11 March 2016 | 11 March 2016 | | Maharashtra | 1 |
| 11 March 2016 | 11 March 2016 | Services | 2 |
| Goa | 0 | Services | 2 |
| Services | 1 | | |

### Final
## Goalscorers
### 4 Goals

* Narohari Shreshta (West Bengal)

### 3 Goals

* A Raegan (Tamil Nadu)
* Arjun Tudu (Services)
* Mohammed Shabaz Pathan (Maharashtra)

### 2 Goals

* Jagtar Singh (Railways)
* Malsawmfela (Mizoram)
* Sheikh Faiz (West Bengal)
* Shrikant Veramullu (Maharashtra)

### 1 Goal

* Aaron D'costa (Maharashtra)
* Altamash Syed (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Angelo Colaco (Goa)
* Appuruba Phukan (Assam)
* Anil Kisku (Railways)
* Beevan D'Mello (Goa)
* Dipendu Dowary (West Bengal)
* Edwin Sydney (Tamil Nadu)
* Farukh Chowdhary (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Francis Fernandes (Goa)
* Francis Zoununtluanga (Services)
* Kali Alaudeen (Tamil Nadu)
* K Lal Thanthanga (Mizoram)
* Lalkhapuimawia (Mizoram)
* Laldingngheta (Mizoram)
* Lalmunsanga (Mizoram)
* Milagres Gonsalves (Goa)
* MS Dawngliana (Mizoram)
* Pawan Kumar Tiwari (Punjab)
* P Jain (Services)
* Pradeep Mohanraj (Tamil Nadu)
* Raynier Fernandes (Maharashtra)
* Rowilson Rodrigues (Goa)
* Shahnwaz Bashir (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Soosairaj (Tamil Nadu)
* Syed Shoaib (Jammu & Kashmir)
* Vijith Shetty (Maharashtra)
* Vipin (Services)
* Vijay Kumar (Punjab)
* Vivek Kumar (Services)

## Notable players

| Position | Player | Team |
| GK | Laxmikant Kattimani | Goa |
| DF | Rowilson Rodrigues | Goa |
| DF | Shallum Pires | Goa |
| MF | Francis Fernandes | Goa |
| MF | Peter Carvalho | Goa |
| MF | Richard Costa | Goa |
| MF | Velito Cruz | Goa |
| FW | Angelo Colaco | Goa |
| FW | Beevan D'Mello | Goa |
| FW | Milagres Gonsalves | Goa |
| GK | Harshad Meher | Maharashtra |
| MF | Vijith Shetty | Maharashtra |
| FW | Abhishek Ambedkar | Maharashtra |
| DF | Lalrinchhana Tochhawng | Mizoram |
| DF | Lalrinzuala Khiangte | Mizoram |
| DF | Lalrozama Fanai | Mizoram |
| DF | Ricky Lallawmawma | Mizoram |
| MF | Laldingngheta | Mizoram |
| FW | Malsawmfela | Mizoram |
| DF | Gurwinder Singh | Punjab |
| DF | Vishal Kumar | Punjab |
| MF | Gurtej Singh | Punjab |
| FW | Ajay Singh | Punjab |
| GK | Jagroop Singh | Railways |
| DF | Phoolchand Hembram | Railways |
| DF | Rajib Boro | Railways |
| DF | Satish Kumar Jr. | Railways |
| MF | Keniston C | Railways |
| FW | Jagtar Singh | Railways |
| DF | Kali Alaudeen | Tamil Nadu |
| DF | Prem Kumar | Tamil Nadu |
| MF | Pradeep Mohanraj | Tamil Nadu |
| GK | Priyant Singh | West Bengal |
| MF | Anthony Soren | West Bengal |
| MF | Imran Khan | West Bengal |
| MF | Manish Maithani | West Bengal |
| MF | Mumtaz Akhtar | West Bengal |
| FW | Ashim Biswas | West Bengal |
| FW | Dipendu Dowary | West Bengal |