1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualification

The 1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualifiers began on 19 March and ended on 8 April 2000. A total of 22 teams completed the qualifying phase and play-off round to decide four of the eight places in the final round.

A total of 28 teams entered the competition and were divided into eight 'clusters' with three or four teams in each cluster. Six teams — Sikkim, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya — pulled before the start of the competition reducing the number to 22. Following the round-robin stages, eight teams played the play-offs, and Services, Punjab, Karnataka and Maharashtra made it to the final round.[1]

Qualification

Cluster I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Services 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Advance to Final Round
2 Gujarat 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3 Rajasthan 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
19 March 2000 Services 3–0 Gujarat Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
X. Fernandes 5'
Sajith Kumar 56'
R. Das 76'		 Report[dead link‍]
21 March 2000 Rajasthan 0–5 Gujarat Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍] Rajiv Karir 9', 85'
Ranjit Sisodiya 30'
Anil Tomar 73'
AK Mondal 79'
23 March 2000 Rajasthan 0–3 Services Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍] Preetam Bahadur 2', 41'
Johnny Gangmei 53'

Cluster II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manipur 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Advance to Final Round
2 Bihar 2 1 0 1 7 2 +5 3
3 Himachal Pradesh 2 0 0 2 0 14 −14 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
26 March 2000 Bihar 6–0 Himachal Pradesh Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Deepak Kumar Sinha 20'
Shamim Khan 23'
Amjad Hussain 44', 54'
Bablu Thapa 60'
Saluka Kalundia 72'		 Report[dead link‍]
27 March 2000 Manipur 8–0 Himachal Pradesh Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Mangelm Jao Singh 28', 84' (pen.), 90'
Shyamchand 40'
Guneshwor 75'
Bantu Golmei 79'
Stephen Hmar 83'
Nilakumar 86'		 Report[dead link‍]
28 March 2000 Manipur 2–1 Bihar Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
T. Narendra Singh 49', 87' Report[dead link‍] Saluka Kalundia 10'

Cluster III

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Railways 2 2 0 0 19 2 +17 6 Advance to Final Round
2 Andhra Pradesh 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 3
3 Daman and Diu 2 0 0 2 0 21 −21 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
22 March 2000 Railways 16–0 Daman and Diu Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Balai Mondal 5', 38', 44', 55', 77'
Manjinder Singh 13', 21', 30', 59'
Kamal Ghosh 25', 33', 52', 67'
Moin-ul-Haq 75'
Nazeem Riyazi 88'
Manjit Singh 89'		 Report[dead link‍]
24 March 2000 Andhra Pradesh 5–0 Daman and Diu Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Syed Abdul Saleel 2'
Prasana Kumar 69'
Sriram 76'
Johnson 78'
Nagarjuna 79' (pen.)		 Report[dead link‍]
25 March 2000 Andhra Pradesh 2–3 Railways Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Johnson 65', 87' Report[dead link‍] Balai Mondal 25', 39'
Majinder Singh 40'

Cluster IV

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Punjab 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to Final Round
2 Tripura 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
3 Pondicherry 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
2 April 2000 Pondicherry 0–2 Tripura Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍] Sujith Ghosh 6'
Arindam Ghosh 53'
3 April 2000 Punjab 1–0 Tripura Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Kuldeep Singh 70' Report[dead link‍]
4 April 2000 Pondicherry 0–2 Punjab Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍] Jaswinder Singh 11', 69'

Cluster V

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Uttar Pradesh 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to Final Round
2 Madhya Pradesh 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Assam 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

The first game of Cluster V was played between Uttar Pradesh and Assam on 1 April. However, at 30 minutes into the first half, play had to stopped due to rain. Assam were up 1–0 after a 20th minute penalty kick conversion by Akom Ao. The match was replayed the next day.[2]

2 April 2000 Uttar Pradesh 3–2 Assam Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Nandan Singh 42'
Ajay Singh Rawat 51'
Jatin Singh Bisht 86'		 Report[dead link‍] Akum Ao 79', 84' (pen.)
3 April 2000 Madhya Pradesh 1–1 Assam Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Mustak Ali Khan 19' Report[dead link‍] Akum Ao 73' (pen.)
5 April 2000 Madhya Pradesh 0–0 Uttar Pradesh Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍]

Cluster VI

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Karnataka 1 1 0 0 10 2 +8 3 Advance to Final Round
2 Jammu and Kashmir 1 0 0 1 2 10 −8 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
5 April 2000 Karnataka 10–2 Jammu and Kashmir Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
RC Prakash 2', 31'
J. Murali 22'
Sunil 25', 27'
Peter 26', 47', 62', 81'
Vijay Kumar 28'		 Report[dead link‍] Ranjeet Singh 32'
Gurmeet Singh 65' (pen.)

Cluster VII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orissa 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to Final Round
2 Delhi 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 Chandigarh 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
29 March 2000 Chandigarh 1–2 Odisha Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Rajeev Rattan 61' Report Meghrai Tudu 59'
Kapur Chand Yadav 78'
31 March 2000 Delhi 0–0 Orissa Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍]
2 April 2000 Delhi 2–1 Chandigarh Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Vimal Thapa 34'
Hitender Rawat 83'		 Report[dead link‍] Viney Kanwar 8'

Cluster VIII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maharashtra 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 3 Advance to Final Round
2 Haryana 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7 0
Source: indianfootball.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
7 April 2000 Maharashtra 7–0 Haryana Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Mohammed Najeeb 24', 62'
Manjith Singh 28', 50'
Khalid Siddique 42'
Aqueel Ansari 64'
Asit Jamal 77'		 Report[dead link‍]

Play-offs

The winner of each 'cluster' played a play-off game each and the final two qualification spots were determined.

30 March 2000 Services 4–0 Manipur Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
VK Mishra 15'
Amar Bahadur Thapa 35'
Johnny Gangmei 44'
Sajith Kumar 75' (pen.)		 Report[dead link‍]
7 April 2000 Railways 0–2 Punjab Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍] Jaswinder Singh 65'
Ram Pal 80'
7 April 2000 Uttar Pradesh 0–2 Karnataka Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report[dead link‍] Peter 53'
Sunil 57'
8 April 2000 Orissa 1–5 Maharashtra Carmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Nipendra Das 32' Report[dead link‍] Mohammed Najeeb 22', 35', 79'
Manjith Singh 30'
Ali Abbas Rizvi 75'

References

  1. ^ "Santosh Trophy final round from today". The Hindu. 9 April 2000. Retrieved 24 March 2017.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ Chandran, M. R. Praveen (2 April 2000). "Match abandoned due to rain". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 March 2017.