1997–98 Santosh Trophy

August 2022 August 2022 Santosh Trophy 1997–98 National Football Championship India 16–27 April 1998 8 Bengal 28 Goa Srikanta Dutta (4)Francis Silveira (4) Rajesh Kumar (Punjab) Prasanta Dora (Bengal) 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Santosh Trophy was the 54th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held between 16 and 27 April 1998 in Guwahati, Assam. In the final, Bengal beat Goa 1–0 in a repeat of the previous edition's final. It was their fifth consecutive win and 28th overall.Bose Saibal Dutta heads Bengal's record win http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980428/11850304.html 27 April 2022 The Indian Express 28 April 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20040716145221/http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980428/11850304.html 16 July 2004 Group stage Group A main WDL indianfootball.de PB GO AS SE KO KO 2 1 0 8 5 1 2 0 5 4 1 1 1 5 4 0 0 3 2 7 Punjab Goa Assam Services Q #ccffcc Advance to Semi-finals 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. 17 April 1998 Punjab 2–1 Assam Report Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Services 2–4 Punjab Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Services 0–2 Assam Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Services 0–1 Goa Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Assam 2–2 Goa Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Punjab 2–2 Goa Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Group B main WDL indianfootball.de MH BE KL RL KO KO 2 0 1 7 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 3 Maharashtra Bengal Kerala Railways Q #ccffcc Advance to Semi-finals 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. 16 April 1998 Railways 0–0 Kerala Report Nehru Stadium, Guwahati 100 April 1998 Maharashtra 3–0 Railways Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Maharashtra 3–0 Kerala Nehru Stadium, Guwahati 17 April 1998 Maharashtra 1–2 Bengal Report Subir Sinha 20 pen. Srikanta Dutta 12 ? Nehru Stadium, Guwahati M. Sridharan April 1998 Bengal 0–0 Kerala Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Railways 0–0 Bengal Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Knockout stage Semi-finals April 1998 Bengal 2–1 Punjab Report Bhutia 2 Srikanta Dutta 55 H. Singh 87 Nehru Stadium, Guwahati April 1998 Goa 1–0 yes Maharashtra Report Francis Silveira 115 Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Final Bengal and Goa headed into their fifth Santosh Trophy final with the former winning every previous encounter, except the 1982–83 edition when the two were declared joint winners.Bose Saibal Goa hold edge over Bengal http://expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980427/11750414.html The Indian Express 27 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20060617233512/http://expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980427/11750414.html 17 June 2006 27 April 1998 Bengal 1–0 Goa Report Srikanta Dutta 40 Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Awards Winners Bengal won a cash prize of 2.5 lakh, while runners-up Goa received 1.5 lakh. The losing semi-finalists Maharashtra and Punjab received 1 lakh each. The awards included: Top-scorers: Srikanta Dutta (Bengal), Francis Silveira (Goa); four goals each Best goalkeeper: Prasanta Dora (Bengal) Best player: Rajesh Kumar (Punjab) Fairplay Trophy: Punjab References External links 54th Santosh Trophy 1998 http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1997-98st.html indianfootball.de 27 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20170718221923/http://www.indianfootball.de/seasons/1997-98st.html 18 July 2017 Category:1997–98 in Indian football Category:Santosh Trophy seasons