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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox football tournament season<br />
| title = Santosh Trophy<br />
| year = 1944–45<br />
| other_titles = National Football Championship<br />
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| country = India<br />
| num_teams = <br />
| winners = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]<br />
| count = 1<br />
| second = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
| matches = <br />
| goals = <br />
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| scoring_leader = <br />
| award = <br />
| prev_season = [[1941–42 Santosh Trophy|1941–42]]<br />
| next_season = [[1945–46 Santosh Trophy|1945–46]]<br />
| extra_information = 60 minute matches<br />
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The '''1944–45 Santosh Trophy''' was the second edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the main [[States and union territories of India|State]] competition for [[football in India]]. It was resumed in 1944 after a break of two years. Delhi defeated the defending champions Bengal in the final.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html#45 RSSSF]</ref><br />
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Like the previous tournament, the regional matches were played across India.<br />
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==Preliminary Matches==<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Uttar Pradesh football team|United Provinces]]<br />
|team2= [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]<br />
|score1 = 5<br />
|score2 = 3<br />
|goals1= <br />
|goals2= <br />
|stadium= Kanpur<br />
|referee= <br />
|date = 21 August 1944 <ref name=exp22aug>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=94s-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4099%2C2655659 U.P. beat Bihar], Indian Express, 22 August 1944</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team2= [[Uttar Pradesh football team|United Provinces]]<br />
|team1= [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]<br />
|score1 = 3<br />
|score2 = 2<br />
|goals1= <br />
|goals2= <br />
|stadium= New Delhi<br />
|referee= <br />
|scorenote=replay<br />
|date = 24 August 1944 <ref name=exp25aug>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-Ys-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4058%2C2748150 Inter-Provincial Football Tournament], Indian Express, 25 August 1944</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Hyderabad football team|Hyderabad]]<br />
|team2= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]<br />
|score1 = 4<br />
|score2 = 2<br />
|goals1= <br />
* [[Syed Moinuddin|Moin]] {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />
* Sussay {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />
|goals2= <br />
* John Joseph {{goal}}<br />
* Jayaraman {{goal}}<br />
|stadium= Sullivan Sports Ground, [[Bengaluru|Bangalore]]<br />
|referee= <br />
|date = 28 August 1944 <ref name=exp1>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_Ys-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2976%2C2974515 Hyderabad beat Madras], Indian Express, 29 August 1944</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]<br />
|team2= [[Hyderabad football team|Hyderabad]]<br />
|score1 = 2<br />
|score2 = 1<br />
|goals1= <br />
* [[Sarangapani Raman|Raman]] {{goal}}<br />
|goals2= <br />
|stadium= Sullivan Sports Ground, [[Bengaluru|Bangalore]]<br />
|referee= <br />
|aet=yes<br />
|date = 30 August 1944 <ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_4s-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5861%2C3105264 Mysore enters semifinal], Indian Express, 31 August 1944</ref><br />
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Raman scored the winning goal in the extra time. This was the South Zone final and Mysore qualified to meet Bengal in the national semifinal. The match was attended by a crowd of twenty thousand.<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|team2= [[Dacca football team|Dacca]]<br />
|score1 = 2<br />
|score2 = 0<br />
|goals1= <br />
* Bimal Kar {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />
|goals2= <br />
|stadium= Dacca Sports Association Ground, [[Dhaka|Dacca]]<br />
|referee= A Das Gupta<br />
|date = 27 August 1944 <ref name=expaug28>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_Is-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5011%2C2922698 Bengal beat Dacca], Indian Express, 28 August 1944</ref><ref name="Dacca">{{Cite news|url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-2-8-241#?open=true&cv=3&xywh=-5156%2C-1%2C15979%2C9620|title=Jugantar. Vol:07 ; Issue: 342; Page: 04 (29 August 1944)|language=bn|access-date=2 January 2026|website=eap.bl.uk|archive-date=2 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260102082718/https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-2-8-241#?open=true&cv=3&xywh=771%2C1000%2C2149%2C1659|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Semi-final==<br />
According to the original schedule, the Mysore-Bengal semifinal was scheduled to be held in Calcutta on November 16 and final at Delhi on September 21.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CYw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6956%2C3637072 Venues for Semi-final And Final], Indian Express, 11 September 1945</ref> Mysore failed to turn up and the semifinal was postponed to September 28 and final to October 1.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E4w-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936%2C4216457 Santosh Memorial Trophy], Indian Express, 23 September 1944</ref> Mysore again failed to appear on the new date and asked for a postponement for 10 days. Bengal was given a walk-over.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GIw-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5793%2C4564118 Mysore team scratched], Indian Express, 29 September 1944</ref><br />
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== Final ==<br />
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|team1= [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]<br />
|team2= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|score1 = 2<br />
|score2 = 0<br />
|goals1= <br />
|stadium= [[Delhi]]<br />
|referee= <br />
|date = <br />
}}<br />
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==Squads==<br />
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* [[Hyderabad football team|Hyderabad]] : Ferayya; [[Norbert Fruvall|Fruvall]] (captain)<ref name=bis>{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2019-20-hyderabad-football-history|first=Sudipto|last=Biswas|title=Hyderabad Football: Retracing the city's rich legacy in the sport|website=khelnow.com|publisher=Khel Now|date=1 November 2019|access-date=21 August 2022|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501003445/https://khelnow.com/football/isl-2019-20-hyderabad-football-history|url-status=live}}</ref> and Sher Khan; [[Muhammad Noor]], Sheikjamal and Hadi; Mohammadali, Syed Hafizali, Shamsheed Khan, Sussay and [[Syed Moinuddin|Khaja Moin]]<ref name=exp1/><br />
* [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]] : Hussain; Rammohan Rao and Ranga Rao; Murugesan, Kothandan and Paul; Appalmurthi, Jayaraman, John Joseph, Narayana and Ayyadurai <ref name=exp1/><br />
* [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]] : Basha, Rodgers, Jayaram, Henderson, Mohiuddin, [[T. Shanmugham|Shanmugam]], Karim, Tomkins, Somanna, Duncan, [[Sarangapani Raman|Raman]], Nanjunda, Antony, Basheer, Chinnaswamy<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-os-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=IUwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5031%2C2805375 Inter-Provincial football tourney], Indian Express, 25 August 1944</ref><br />
* [[Dacca football team|Dacca]]: Marshall; A Mukherjee; [[Sheikh Shaheb Ali|Shaheb Ali]]; Shubal Pal; Reynolds; Onahoy; Horn; Alom; Dutch; A Das; Abbas<ref name="Dacca"/><br />
The name of the Hyderabad goal keeper appears as ''Eeriah'' in the reports of [[1945–46 Santosh Trophy|1945-46]]. The spellings ''Sussay'', ''Susay'' and ''Susai'' are used for the Hyderabad forward.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Santosh Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:1944–45 in Indian football]]<br />
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