Indian Football is a fast-growing landscape. The 2021-22 season saw the inaugural edition of the Futsal Club Championship held in New Delhi. The turn of the New Year 2023 will further see the introduction of the National Beach Soccer Championship in Surat. In this ever-changing footballing scenario, the players toiling …
Read More »Shuffling between futsal & football, Fahad Temuri hopes to make Delhi proud!
Indian Football is a fast-growing landscape. The 2021-22 season saw the inaugural edition of the Futsal Club Championship held in New Delhi. The turn of the New Year 2023 will further see the introduction of the National Beach Soccer Championship in Surat. In this ever-changing footballing scenario, the players toiling …
Read More »The Hero of Santosh Trophy who broke boundaries!
There is hardly a top player in the country who hasn’t gone through the grind of the Santosh Trophy at some stage of his career in the last eight decades. Starting from Talimeren Ao, the first captain of Independent India to present day icon Sunil Chhetri, all had made their …
Read More »AIFF’s Shaji Prabhakaran: Santosh Trophy essential for grassroots growth of Indian Football!
The 76th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy has gotten underway, and it aims to spread the game to all corners of the country. Much like how it started in the pre-independence era, this season the state teams will get to play more number of matches against teams from …
Read More »Of trophies, goals and logbooks – Inder Singh recalls his glorious Santosh Trophy days
“It was so long ago,” Inder Singh recalls softly and then falls silent. A few moments pass before he continues, or tries to. “It is difficult to remember,” he adds, pausing, taking time. “But…” another long pause. “It was never about one goal, or one player. Football is not like …
Read More »Santosh Trophy: A pan-Indian meet from it’s inception!
In July 1941, India was a vastly different country. The horror of partition was still six years away, an undivided India was reeling under the British rule, Mahatma Gandhi’s call for “Quit India” movement would come a year later, and the nation was yet to realise the impact of Netaji …
Read More »VIDEO: AIFF Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran speaks Santosh Trophy!
The Santosh Trophy group stage matches have started today and AIFF Secretary General Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran shares his thoughts on the season and much more.
Read More »VIDEO: 2022/23 Santosh Trophy promo!
Watch the promo for the upcoming 2022/23 National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, which kicks off on December 23.
Read More »Manipur to host Group VI matches for Santosh Trophy 2022/23 group stage!
The All India Football Federation confirms Manipur as the venue for the Group VI matches for the upcoming 76th Men’s National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy. The matches will be played from January 18 – 26, 2023. Earlier, five other venues were finalised. While Group I will be played …
Read More »Maharashtra to host Group IV matches for Santosh Trophy 2022/23 group stage!
The All India Football Federation confirms Kolhapur, Maharashtra, as the venue for the Group IV matches for the upcoming 76th Men’s National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy. The matches will be played from January 7, 2023 – January 15, 2023. Earlier, four venues were finalised. While Group I will …
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