1973–74 Santosh Trophy

Santosh Trophy 1973–74 India 1–27 December 1973 Kerala 1 Railways TKS Mani (Kerala) and Shanmugham (Karnataka) (7 goals) Captain Mani and an unforgettable hat-trick, Indian Express, 28 April 2017 (accessed 2 December 2023) 1972–73 1974–75 The 1973–74 Santosh Trophy was the 30th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. Kerala won the Santosh Trophy for the first time beating Railways 3–2 with their captain Mani scoring all the three goals. The tournament was held in the Maharaja's College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala. The matches were played under newly installed floodlights. On most of the days, there were two matches, played between 5.45 pm and 9.30 pm. The tournament was inaugurated by the home minister K. Karunakaran. The match-ball for the first day was dropped from a helicopter. Stands that could hold 20,000 – 25,000 spectators were built in the ground Santosh Trophy contest begins, Malabar Herald, 1 December 1973 and it had an overall capacity of around 50,000.Kerala’s legendary Santosh Trophy-winning team to celebrate golden jubilee of maiden title, Sportstar, 7 December 2023 Preliminary knockout matches Services Uttar Pradesh 1–0 Santosh Trophy Tournament, Malabar Herald, 8 December 1973 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 1 December 1973 Manipur Madhya Pradesh 2–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 2 December 1973 yes Score 0-0 at full time Assam Haryana 3–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 3 December 1973 League matches Pool A main WDL complete Malabar Herald BE PU RA AS KO KO 2 1 0 11 2 1 2 0 4 3 1 0 2 3 6 0 1 2 2 9 Rajasthan Bengal Punjab Assam 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Quarter-finals Rajasthan Assam 2–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 10 December 1973 Bengal Punjab 1–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 10 December 1973 Bengal Rajasthan 5–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 11 December 1973 Assam Punjab 2–2 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 11 December 1973 Punjab Rajasthan 1–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 14 December 1973 Bengal Assam 5–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 14 December 1973 Pool B main WDL complete Malabar Herald MA AP TN GU KO KO 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 8 1 1 2 0 11 3 0 0 3 2 20 Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Gujarat 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Quarter-finals Tamil Nadu Gujarat 4–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 6 December 1973 Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra 1–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 6 December 1973 Maharashtra Tamil Nadu 1–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 7 December 1973 Andhra Pradesh Gujarat 10–2 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 7 December 1973 Maharashtra Gujarat 6–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 9 December 1973 Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu 0–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 9 December 1973 Pool C main WDL complete Malabar Herald RA SE GO BI KO KO 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 1 2 3 5 0 3 0 2 2 Bihar Railways Services Goa 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Quarter-finals Services Bihar 1–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 4 December 1973 Railways Goa 0–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 4 December 1973 Bihar Goa 1–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 5 December 1973 Railways Services 2–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 5 December 1973 Goa Services 1–1 Santosh Trophy, Malabar Herald, 15 December 1973 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 8 December 1973 Railways Bihar 3–2 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 8 December 1973 Pool D main WDL complete Malabar Herald KE KA DE MA KO KO 2 1 0 8 5 2 0 1 11 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 10 Delhi Karnataka Kerala Manipur 2 1 0 Q #ccffcc Advance to Quarter-finals Karnataka Manipur 7–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 12 December 1973 Kerala Delhi 1–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 12 December 1973 Kerala goal-keeper Victor Manjila fractured his shoulder and missed the rest of the tournament. His replacement Sethumadhavan got injured one match later. Ravindran kept in the rest of the matches and the final. Karnataka Delhi 1–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 13 December 1973 Kerala Manipur 3–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 13 December 1973 Delhi Manipur 0–0 Santosh Trophy, Malabar Herald, 22 December 1973 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 15 December 1973 Kerala Karnataka 4–3 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 15 December 1973 Quarter-finals Bengal Services 2–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 16 December 1973 Maharashtra Karnataka 4–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 18 December 1973 Railways Punjab 2–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 19 December 1973 Kerala Andhra Pradesh 5–0 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 20 December 1973 Semifinal Railways Bengal Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala December 1973 Kerala Maharashtra 2–1 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala December 1973 Final Railways Kerala Mani 38 65 80 3–2 Maharajas College Ground, Ernakulam, Kerala 27 December 1973 Squads Kerala : KP Sethumadhavan, Victor Manjila, C Ravindran (goal keepers); John J John, Ratnakaran, Cheeku, MO Jose, Mitran, Usman, Jacob and Prasannan (backs); TA Jaffar (vice-captain), Poulose, Abdul Hameed and Devanand (half-backs); Blassy George, KP Williams, T.K. Subramaniam "Mani" (captain), Najimuddin, Xavier Pius, R.K. Perumal, Titus Kurian, MR Joseph and Basheer (forwards). Reserve : Babu Nair, Mohandas, Ramachandran, Vijayan, Kunhi Mohamed, Gopalakrishnan, Solaman and Majeed. Coach : Simon Sundararaj Bengal : Goal-keepers : Tarun Bose, Prasanta Mitra (Mohun Bagan) and Gobinda Guha Thakurta (Kalighat); Backs : Sudhir Karmakar, Prabir Mazumder (East Bengal) and Kajal Dhali (Mohun Bagan); Stoppers : Syed Naeemuddin (Mohun Bagan), Ashok Banerjee, Shyamal Ghosh (East Bengal) and Anwar Hussain (Mohammadan Sporting); Halves : Gautam Sarkar, Samaresh Chowdhury (East Bengal), Mohan Singh (Mohun Bagan) and Tapan Bose (Kidderpore); Forwards : Swapan Sengupta, Mohammad Habib, Mohammad Akbar, Subhash Bhowmick (captain) (East Bengal), Surajit Sengupta (Mohun Bagan), Latifuddin (Mohammadan Sporting), Anu Chowdhury (Rajasthan) and Ranjit Mukherjee (Kidderpore) Habib withdrew with an injury. References collapsed Category:1973–74 in Indian football Category:Santosh Trophy seasons