2002–03 Santosh Trophy

2002–03 Santosh Trophy
LG Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	17 October – 5 November 2002
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Manipur (1st title)
Runner-up	Kerala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Bijen Singh (9 goals)
Best player	James Lukram Singh (Manipur)
Best goalkeeper	Noren Singh (Manipur)
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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[edit]

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

Cluster I[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bengal	2	2	0	12	0	+12	6
2	Jammu & Kashmir	2	1	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Rajasthan	2	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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Maharashtra	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
2	Meghalaya	2	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Chandigarh	2	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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Punjab	2	2	0	1	0	+1	6
2	Mizoram	2	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	Madhya Pradesh	2	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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manipur	2	2	0	17	0	+17	6
2	Himachal Pradesh	2	1	1	1	8	−7	3
3	Pondicherry	2	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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Assam	2	2	0	6	0	+6	6
2	Bihar	2	1	1	1	3	−2	3
3	Andhra Pradesh	2	0	2	0	4	−4	0
3	Daman & Diu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ *

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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Services	2	2	0	8	0	+8	6
2	Sikkim	2	1	1	3	3	0	3
3	Uttar Pradesh	2	0	2	0	8	−8	0
4	Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ *

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[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Karnataka	3	3	0	12	1	+11	9
2	Tripura	3	2	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Gujarat	3	1	2	2	10	−8	3
3	Haryana	3	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[edit]

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:

^ *

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[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kerala	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	West Bengal	2	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Assam	2	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 6' (pen.) Amar Pyne 38'	Report^{[dead link]}	Sanjiva Rongpi 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 31', 58' T. Usman 87'	Report^{[dead link]}	Chandan Das 30' Sandip Das 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. 71' Sylvester Ignatius 77' Abdul Naushad 90'	Report^{[dead link]}	Sanjiba Rongpi 37'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Group B[edit]

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 2'	Report^{[dead link]}	Pradeep Debnath 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 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 13', 58'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 2,000^[5] Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Goa	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Karnataka	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Punjab	2	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 22' Sunil S. Kumar 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 42' D'Cunha 44'	Report	Sher Singh 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 3' Sukhdev Arwade 38'	Report^{[dead link]}	S. Paramesh 56'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: ≈23,000^[7] Referee: Rizwan-ul-Haq (Delhi)

Group D[edit]

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 9', 82' Tiken Singh 38' To. Singh 60'	Report^{[dead link]}	Premchand Singh 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 24', 28'	Report	Saroj Kanta Pattnaik 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 24' Tiken Singh 69'	Report^{[dead link]}	Kulothungan 6' A. Kumaravel 90+'	Stadium: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium Attendance: 29,000^[10] Referee: M. K. Roy (Assam)

Semi-finals[edit]

1 November 2002

13:00 IST

Kerala	3–2	Services
Saheer 12', 22' Ajayan 78'	Report	JF Gangmei 9' Pritam Bahadur 69'

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal

Attendance: ≈7,000^[11]

Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

3 November 2002

13:00 IST

Manipur	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Goa
	Report
Penalties
Ratan Singh Re. Singh Bijen Singh Bungo Singh JL Singh	4–3	Jules Alberto Lawrence Menino Fernandes B. Fernandes Lawrence

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal

Attendance: ≈26,000^[12]

Referee: S. Suresh (Tamil Nadu)

Final[edit]

5 November 2002

13:00 IST

Manipur	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Kerala
Tiken Singh 6' To. Singh 94'	Report	Abdul Noushad 87'

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal

Attendance: 25,000^[13]–29,000^[14]

Referee: S. M. Balu (Karnataka)

Awards[edit]

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[edit]

^ "IFA Bengal vs Assam match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Kerala vs IFA Bengal Match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Maharsatra vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Railways vs Maharastra Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Railways vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Punjab vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Goa vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Manipur vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Tamil Nadu vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Manipur vs Tamil Nadu Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Kerala vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Manipur vs Goa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 5 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "In Manipur, the football revolution gets a title". Press Trust of India. The Indian Express. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ "Manipur vs Kerala Match Report". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 December 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
^ Amitabha Das, Sharma (6 November 2002). "Manipur is champion". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

External links[edit]

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

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[4] "IFA Bengal vs Assam match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[5] "Kerala vs IFA Bengal Match Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[6] "Maharsatra vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[7] "Railways vs Maharastra Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[8] "Railways vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[9] "Punjab vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[10] "Goa vs Karnataka Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[11] "Manipur vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[12] "Tamil Nadu vs Orissa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[13] "Manipur vs Tamil Nadu Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

[14] "Kerala vs Services Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 1 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[15] "Manipur vs Goa Match Data Sheet". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 5 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[16] "In Manipur, the football revolution gets a title". Press Trust of India. The Indian Express. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[17] "Manipur vs Kerala Match Report". santoshtrophy2002.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 December 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

[18] Amitabha Das, Sharma (6 November 2002). "Manipur is champion". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

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