The Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round started on February 21 with Services beating Meghalaya 1-0 in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh.

As many as 12 teams competed in the 77th edition of the National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round.

These participating teams were divided into two groups of six teams each. 

Group A comprised Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Goa, Assam, Services, and Kerala.

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Manipur, Mizoram, and Railways were clubbed in Group B.

Hosts Arunachal Pradesh, last season's winner Karnataka and finalist Meghalaya automatically qualified for the Final Round. 

The remaining nine places were secured by the six group stage winners (Goa, Delhi, Manipur, Assam, Services and Maharashtra), and the three best second-placed teams (Kerala, Mizoram and Railways).

As per the Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round format, each team played the other sides in their group once in a single round-robin format.

The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals, followed by two semi-finals and the final.

All matches of Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round were played at the Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia.

Services won the Santosh Trophy 2023-24 after beating Goa 1-0 in the Final.

Karnataka were the champions of the previous edition of Santosh Trophy after beating Meghalaya 3-2 in the 2022-23 final in Riyadh.

Meanwhile, West Bengal are the most successful team in the tournament’s history with 32 titles.

Punjab have clinched it on eight occasions while Kerala have bagged the coveted title seven times.

Get Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round scores, results, points table and standings.

Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round points table and standings

Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round Group A points table and standings

Pos

Team

Matches

Won

Draw

Lost

GD

Points

1

Services

5

3

1

1

6

10

2

Goa

5

2

3

0

3

9

3

Kerala

5

2

2

1

2

8

4

Assam

5

2

1

2

-1

7

5

Meghalaya

5

0

3

2

-2

3

6

Arunachal

5

0

2

3

-8

2

Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round Group B points table and standings

Pos

Team

Matches

Won

Draw

Lost

GD

Points

1

Manipur

5

4

1

0

6

13

2

Mizoram

5

2

1

2

3

7

3

 Delhi

5

2

1

2

0

7

4

Railways

5

2

1

2

-6

7

5

Maharashtra

5

2

0

3

1

6

6

Karnataka

5

0

2

3

-4

2

Santosh Trophy 2023-24 Final Round scores and results

Day and Date

Match

Time

Scores/Results

Wednesday, February 21

Meghalaya vs Services

10:00 AM

Meghalaya 0-1 Services

Wednesday, February 21

Assam vs Kerala

2:30 PM

Assam 1-3 Kerala

Wednesday, February 21

Goa vs Arunachal Pradesh

7:00 PM

Goa 3-3 Arunachal Pradesh

Thursday, February 22

Delhi vs Karnataka

10:00 AM

Delhi 1-1 Karnataka

Thursday, February 22

Manipur vs Railways

2:30 PM

Manipur 1-1 Railways

Thursday, February 22

Maharashtra vs Mizoram

7:00 PM

Maharashtra 3-1 Mizoram

Friday, February 23

Arunachal Pradesh vs Services

10:00 AM

Arunachal Pradesh 0-4 Services

Friday, February 23

Meghalaya vs Assam

2:30 PM

Meghalaya 1-2 Assam

Friday, February 23

Goa vs Kerala

7:00 PM

Goa 2-0 Kerala

Saturday, February 24

Karnataka vs Mizoram

10:00 AM

Karnataka 2-2 Mizoram

Saturday, February 24

Maharashtra vs Manipur

2:30 PM

Maharashtra 1-2 Manipur

Saturday, February 24

Delhi vs Railways

7:00 PM

Delhi 4-0 Railways

Sunday, February 25

Services vs Goa

10:00 AM

Services 1-2 Goa

Sunday, February 25

Kerala vs Meghalaya

2:30 PM

Kerala 1-1 Meghalaya

Sunday, February 25

Arunachal Pradesh vs Assam

7:00 PM

Arunachal Pradesh 0-2 Assam

Monday, February 26

Mizoram vs Delhi 

10:00 AM

Mizoram 5-1 Delhi 

Monday, February 26

Railways vs Maharashtra

2:30 PM

Railways 2-1 Maharashtra

Monday, February 26

Karnataka vs Manipur 

7:00 PM

Karnataka 0-1 Manipur 

Wednesday, February 28

Assam vs Services 

10:00 AM

Assam 0-2 Services 

Wednesday, February 28

Kerala vs Arunachal Pradesh

2:30 PM

Kerala 2-0 Arunachal Pradesh

Wednesday, February 28

Meghalaya vs Goa

7:00 PM

Meghalaya 0-0 Goa

Thursday, February 29

Manipur vs Mizoram

10:00 AM

Manipur 4-1 Mizoram

Thursday, February 29

Railways vs Karnataka

2:30 PM

Railways 1-0 Karnataka

Thursday, February 29

Maharashtra vs Delhi

7:00 PM

Maharashtra 2-3 Delhi

Friday, March 1

Services vs Kerala

10:00 AM

Services 1-1 Kerala

Friday, March 1

Goa vs Assam 

2:30 PM

Goa 3-3 Assam

Friday, March 1

Arunachal Pradesh vs Meghalaya

7:00 PM

Arunachal Pradesh 2-2 Meghalaya

Saturday, March 2

Mizoram vs Railways 

10:00 AM

Mizoram 4-0 Railways 

Saturday, March 2

Delhi vs Manipur 

2:30 PM

Delhi 1-2 Manipur

Saturday, March 2

Karnataka vs Maharashtra

7:00 PM

Karnataka 1-3 Maharashtra

Monday, March 4

Quarter-final 1

2:30 PM

Services 2-0 Railways

Monday, March 4

Quarter-final 2

7:00 PM

Goa 2-1 Delhi

Tuesday, March 5

Quarter-final 3

2:30 PM

Manipur 7-1 Assam

Tuesday, March 5

Quarter-final 4

7:00 PM

Mizoram (7) 0-0 (6) Kerala

Thursday, March 7

Semi-final 1

2:30 PM

Services 2-1 Mizoram

Thursday, March 7

Semi-final 2

7:00 PM

Manipur 1-2 Goa

Saturday, March 9

Santosh Trophy 2023-24 final 

7:00 PM

Services 1-0 Goa

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