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 Services3–0GujaratCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
X. Fernandes  5'
Sajith Kumar  56'
R. Das  76'
Report
21 March 2000 Rajasthan0–5GujaratCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report Rajiv Karir  9', 85'
Ranjit Sisodiya  30'
Anil Tomar  73'
AK Mondal  79'
23 March 2000 Rajasthan0–3ServicesCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report 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 Bihar6–0Himachal PradeshCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Deepak Kumar Sinha  20'
Shamim Khan  23'
Amjad Hussain  44', 54'
Bablu Thapa  60'
Saluka Kalundia  72'
Report
27 March 2000 Manipur8–0Himachal PradeshCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Mangelm Jao Singh  28', 84' (pen.), 90'
Shyamchand  40'
Guneshwor  75'
Bantu Golmei  79'
Stephen Hmar  83'
Nilakumar  86'
Report
28 March 2000 Manipur2–1BiharCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
T. Narendra Singh  49', 87' Report 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 Railways16–0Daman and DiuCarmel 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
24 March 2000 Andhra Pradesh5–0Daman and DiuCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Syed Abdul Saleel  2'
Prasana Kumar  69'
Sriram  76'
Johnson  78'
Nagarjuna  79' (pen.)
Report
25 March 2000 Andhra Pradesh2–3RailwaysCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Johnson  65', 87' Report 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 Pondicherry0–2TripuraCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report Sujith Ghosh  6'
Arindam Ghosh  53'
3 April 2000 Punjab1–0TripuraCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Kuldeep Singh  70' Report
4 April 2000 Pondicherry0–2PunjabCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report 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 Pradesh3–2AssamCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Nandan Singh  42'
Ajay Singh Rawat  51'
Jatin Singh Bisht  86'
Report Akum Ao  79', 84' (pen.)
3 April 2000 Madhya Pradesh1–1AssamCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Mustak Ali Khan  19' Report Akum Ao  73' (pen.)
5 April 2000 Madhya Pradesh0–0Uttar PradeshCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report

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 Karnataka10–2Jammu and KashmirCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
RC Prakash  2', 31'
J. Murali  22'
Sunil  25', 27'
Peter  26', 47', 62', 81'
Vijay Kumar  28'
Report Ranjeet Singh  32'
Gurmeet Singh  65' (pen.)

Cluster VII

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Odisha 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 Chandigarh1–2OdishaCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Rajeev Rattan  61' Report Meghrai Tudu  59'
Kapur Chand Yadav  78'
31 March 2000 Delhi0–0OdishaCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report
2 April 2000 Delhi2–1ChandigarhCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Vimal Thapa  34'
Hitender Rawat  83'
Report 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 Maharashtra7–0HaryanaCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Mohammed Najeeb  24', 62'
Manjith Singh  28', 50'
Khalid Siddique  42'
Aqueel Ansari  64'
Asit Jamal  77'
Report

Play-offs

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

30 March 2000 Services4–0ManipurCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
VK Mishra  15'
Amar Bahadur Thapa  35'
Johnny Gangmei  44'
Sajith Kumar  75' (pen.)
Report
7 April 2000 Railways0–2PunjabCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report Jaswinder Singh  65'
Ram Pal  80'
7 April 2000 Uttar Pradesh0–2KarnatakaCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Report Peter  53'
Sunil  57'
8 April 2000 Odisha1–5MaharashtraCarmel School Stadium, Chalakudy
Nipendra Das  32' Report 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.
  2. Chandran, M. R. Praveen (2 April 2000). "Match abandoned due to rain". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
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