1985–86 Santosh Trophy

Santosh Trophy 1985–86 National Football Championship India 28 Punjab 5 Bengal 26 February 1986 - 18 March 1986 1984–85 1986–87 The 1985–86 Santosh Trophy was the 42nd edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Jabalpur, Bilaspur and Bhilai in Madhya Pradesh.Sportsworld, 1-7 January, 1986 Punjab defeated Bengal in tie-breaker to retain the title.RSSSF - 1986 Santosh Trophy 28 teams took part. Ten teams were seeded to the quarter final league. The other 18 teams were divided into six clusters from which one team each qualified to the quarter final. Two clusters each were played in Jabalpur, Bilaspur and Bhilai. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups for the quarter final. Quarter-final Group A main WDL RSSF, Sportsworld complete PU KA GU MP KO 3 0 0 12 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 4 12 0 1 2 3 7 Punjab Karnataka Gujarat Madhya Pradesh 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Semi-finals Punjab Madhya Pradesh 3 1 Punjab Gujarat 8 1 Kashmira Singh Punjab Karnataka 1 0 Satish Kumar 75 Group B main WDL RSSF complete BE TN SE ME KO 3 0 0 7 0 2 0 1 5 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 1 9 Bengal Tamil Nadu Services Meghalaya 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Semi-finals Bengal Tamil Nadu 2 0 Bengal Services 1 0 Bengal Meghalaya Prasanta Banerjee 4 0 Tamil Nadu Services 1 0 Tamil Nadu Meghalaya 4 1 Services Meghalaya 1 0 Group C main WDL RSSF complete MA GO BI AS 2 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 1 2 2 6 Maharashtra Goa Bihar Assam 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Semi-finals Goa Maharashtra 0 0 Goa Maharashtra 4 2 replay After Maharashtra and Goa finished the group with 5 points, their match was replayed to decide the semifinalist. Goa won 4–2. Group C matches were played in Bhilai. Goa had to take an 11-hour bus ride to play Punjab in the semifinal at Jabalpur two days later. Group D main WDL RSSF complete KE AP SI RA KO 2 0 1 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 1 4 Kerala Andhra Pradesh Sikkim Railways 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Semi-finals Semifinals Bengal Kerala 2 0 Subir Sarkar Punjab Goa 1 0 Ravishankar Shukla Stadium, Wright Town, Jabalpur Final Punjab Bengal 0 0 4–2 Ravishankar Shukla Stadium, Wright Town, Jabalpur 18 March 1986 Punjab basks in glory, Sportsworld, April 2–8, 1986 Notes The RSSSF pages used as reference give the tie-breaker score as 4-1 and 4–2 in two places.RSSSF - List of Santosh Trophy Finals References Category:Santosh Trophy seasons Category:1985–86 in Indian football