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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1968–69
| other_titles =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country = India
| dates = 23 February – 29 March 1969
| num_teams =
| winners = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
| count = 4
| second = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| award =
| prev_season = 1967–68
| next_season = [[1969–70 Santosh Trophy|1969–70]]
| extra_information = 90 minute matches
}}

The '''1968–69 Santosh Trophy''' was the 25th edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the main [[States and union territories of India|State]] competition for [[football in India]]. It was held from 23 February to 29 March 1969 in [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]. The home team [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]] beat [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] 1–0 in the final.

== Group stage ==
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|date = 23 February 1969
|team1 = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|score = 3–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala pay dearly for poor finish |work=The Indian Express |date=24 February 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|goals1 =
* Sri Prasad {{goal|10}}
* Bhandari {{goal|?||82}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = Moin-ud-din Hasan
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 24 February 1969
|team1 = [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|score = 6–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Farooq hat-trick's in J&K's big win |work=The Indian Express |date=26 February 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|goals1 =
* Farooq Ahmed {{goal|7||?||?||?}}
* Ghulam Rasool {{goal|14||50}}
|goals2 = Peter Paul {{goal}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 25 February 1969
|team1 = [[Services football team|Services]]
|score = 2–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Services strike form in second half |work=The Indian Express |date=26 February 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|goals1 =
* [[Shyam Thapa]] {{goal|62}}
* Bir Bahadur {{goal|78}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = C. R. Dasgupta ([[Indian Football Association|Bengal]])
}}
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|date = 26 February 1969
|team1 = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score = 3–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Mysore unimpressive |work=The Indian Express |date=27 February 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|goals1 =
* K. Abdul Azeez {{goal|25}}
* Doraiswamy Nataraj {{goal|44}}
* Nagendra {{goal}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = C. J. Vaz ([[Western India Football Association|Bombay]])
}}
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|date = 27 February 1969
|team1 = [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|score = 2–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh rally to oust Haryana |work=The Indian Express |date=28 February 1969 |page=14}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Haryana football team|Haryana]]
|goals1 =
* Somnath Chanda {{goal|55||67}}
|goals2 = Ramesh Sharma {{goal|25}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = C. R. Dasgupta ([[Indian Football Association|Bengal]])
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 28 February 1969
|team1 = [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|score = 2–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Andhra avenge a defeat |work=The Indian Express |date=1 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|goals1 =
* Chakravarthy {{goal|3}}
* Jaffar {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = Ramakrishnan {{goal|70}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = S. K. Bhattacharjee ([[Football Delhi|Delhi]])
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 1 March 1969
|team1 = [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|score = 3–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra strike in second half |work=The Indian Express |date=2 March 1969 |page=14}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|goals1 =
* [[Derek D'Souza|D'Souza]] {{goal|48}}
* Rawat {{goal|55||60}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 2 March 1969
|team1 = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score = 1–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Mysore, Services in thrilling draw |work=The Indian Express |date=3 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Services football team|Services]]
|goals1 = Muniyappa {{goal|28}}
|goals2 = Williams {{goal}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 3 March 1969
|team1 = [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|score = 1–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajasthan prevail over Goa |work=The Indian Express |date=4 March 1969 |page=11}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|goals1 = Chain Singh {{goal|47}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 4 March 1969
|team1 = [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|score = 3–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra edge out Andhra |work=The Indian Express |date=5 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|goals1 =
* [[Derek D'Souza|D'Souza]] {{goal|3||88}}
* Ranjit Thapa {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = Chakravarthy {{goal|17}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 6 March 1969
|team1 = [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|score = 6–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajasthan blitz Rlys: a-in-a-row by Maghan |work=The Indian Express |date=7 March 1969 |page=7}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Services football team|Services]]
|goals1 =
* [[Magan Singh Rajvi]] {{goal|3||8||13||28}}
* Sathyaprakash {{goal|53}}
|goals2 = Bose {{goal}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = Mohammed Azam ([[Andhra Pradesh Football Association|Andhra Pradesh]])
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 7 March 1969
|team1 = [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]
|score = 6–1<ref name="Madras8">{{cite news |title=Facile 6-1 win takes Madras into last 8 |work=The Indian Express |date=8 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|goals1 =
* Johnson {{goal|18||67}}
* Palaniswamy {{goal|28||55}}
* Victor {{goal|53||?}}
|goals2 = Basanta Kabui {{goal|60}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 9 March 1969
|team1 = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score = 2–2<ref>{{cite news |title=Services hold Mysore |work=The Indian Express |date=10 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Services football team|Services]]
|goals1 = Nagendra {{goal|15|pen.}}
|goals2 = Bir Bahadur {{goal|19}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 11 March 1969
|team1 = [[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|score = 0–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Madhya Pradesh held by Tripura |work=The Indian Express |date=12 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = D. W. Dunn ([[Assam Football Association|Assam]])
}}
{{Football box collapsible
|date = 12 March 1969
|team1 = [[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|score = 1–2<ref>{{cite news |title=Tripura Win Replay |work=The Indian Express |date=13 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|goals1 = Bimal Roy Chowdhury {{goal|?}}
|goals2 =
* Ranjit Thapa {{goal|?|pen.}}
* Chinta Bahadur {{goal|?}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = Varadachari ([[Tamil Nadu Football Association|Madras]])
}}

== Knockout stage ==
[[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]] entered the quarter-finals after its victory against [[Assam football team|Assam]] in the group stage.<ref name="Madras8"/> However, [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] and [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]] made the quarter-finals after their wins over [[Tripura football team|Tripura]] and [[Bihar football team|Bihar]] respectively in the pre-quarter-finals.

=== Pre-quarter-finals ===
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|date = 13 March 1969
|team1 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|score = 3–0
|team2 = [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DGJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HZQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=678%2C1129127 Report]
|goals1 =
* Pranab Ganguly {{goal|40}}
* [[Subhash Bhowmick|Bhowmick]] {{goal|55||73}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = Moin-ud-din Hasan
}}
{{Football box
|date = 15 March 1969
|team1 = [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|score = 4–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Big win for Punjab over Bihar |work=The Indian Express |date=16 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
|goals1 =
* Arjan Singh {{goal|11||89||90}}
* Joginder Singh {{goal|48}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
{{Football box
|date = 10 March 1969
|team1 = [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]
|score = 4–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Madras whip Rajasthan 4-1 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|goals1 =
* Victor {{goal|?||55||?}}
* Johnson {{goal|?}}
|goals2 = Bhagirath {{goal|76}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = S. K. Bhattacharjee ([[Football Delhi|Delhi]])
}}
{{Football box
|date = 14 March 1969
|team1 = [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score = 2–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Mysore stage fine rally to beat Services 2-1 |work=The Indian Express |date=15 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[Services football team|Services]]
|goals1 =
* Prabhakar {{goal|73}}
* Muniyappa {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = Bir Bahadur {{goal|15}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = C. J. Vaz ([[Western India Football Association|Bombay]])
}}
{{Football box
|date = 17 March 1969
|team1 = [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|score = 1–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab hold Bengal in drab encounter |work=The Indian Express |date=18 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|goals1 = [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] {{goal|?|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Parimal Dey]] {{goal|?|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}
Replay
{{Football box
|date = 19 March 1969
|team1 = [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|score = 2–2<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal, Punjab share 2 goals in Santosh Trophy |work=The Indian Express |date=20 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee = Ikram-ul-Haq ([[Football Delhi|Delhi]])
}}
Second replay
{{Football box
|date = 20 March 1969
|team1 = [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|score = 1–4<ref>{{cite news |title=Convincing win for Bengal over Punjab |work=The Indian Express |date=21 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2 = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|goals1 = [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2 =
* [[Parimal Dey]] {{goal|10||67}}
* [[Mohammed Habib (footballer)|Habib]] {{goal|17}}
* Pranab Ganguly {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|referee =
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
The semi-finals were played in two legs; all games including the final were played at the [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]] in [[Bangalore]]. The first semi-final was played between [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]] and [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]. After the two legs ended with the teams level at a 3–3 aggregate, a coin toss was held to decide the team that would progress to the Final. A confusion followed with both captains claiming to have won the toss, before the tournament committee of the [[Karnataka State Football Association|Mysore State Football Association]] and officials of the [[All India Football Federation]] decided that another match be played to decide the victor.<ref name="Mysore1">{{cite news |title=Mysore draw level with Madras, force replay |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=12 |date=24 March 1969}}</ref> Madras withdrew protesting their decision for the replay which meant Mysore went through to the Final. The [[Tamil Nadu Football Association|Madras Football Association]] stated that the "replay is against the rules of the championship and in spite of the fact that the Madras captain called correctly during the toss of the coin..." It further added, "It may be mentioned that the rules of the championship do not provide for a toss but only for a draw of lots."<ref>{{cite news |title=Madras withdraw |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F2JlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HZQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=479%2C1782499 |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=14 |date=25 March 1969}}</ref> The second semi-final was played between [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] and [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]. Both legs ended in 1–1 draws, and Bengal proceeded to the Final after a lot was drawn in their favour.<ref name="Bengal2">{{cite news |title=Bengal to meet Mysore in final |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=14 |date=25 March 1969}}</ref>

==== First leg ====
{{football box
|date= 16 March 1969
|time=
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score= 2–3<ref>{{cite news |title=Thrilling win for Madras over Mysore |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=D2JlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HZQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1372%2C1312199 |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=12 |date=17 March 1969}}</ref>
|team2= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]
|goals1= K. Abdul Azeez {{goal|77||87}}
|goals2= Victor {{goal|26||70}}<br />Johnson {{goal|72}}
|stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee= C. J. Vaz ([[Western India Football Association|Bombay]])
}}
{{football box
|date= 22 March 1969
|time=
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|score= 1–1<ref>{{cite news |title=Maharashtra lucky to hold Bengal |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=23 March 1969 |page=12}}</ref>
|team2= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|goals1= [[Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar|Dastidar]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2= [[Derek D'Souza|D'Souza]] {{goal|1}}
|stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}

==== Second leg ====
{{football box
|date= 23 March 1969
|time=
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score= 1–0<ref name="Mysore1"/>
|team2= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Madras]]
|goals1= A. D. Nagendra {{goal|60|p}}
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
{{football box
|date= 24 March 1969
|time=
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|score= 1–1<ref name="Bengal2"/><br />([[Extra-time|a.e.t.]])
|team2= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|goals1= [[Subhash Bhowmick|Bhowmick]] {{goal|}}
|goals2= [[Derek D'Souza|D'Souza]] {{goal|}}
|stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee= Ikram-ul-Haq ([[Football Delhi|Delhi]])
}}

===Final===
The Final was contested by Mysore and Bengal on 26 March 1969. The match ended in a goalless draw and was replayed on 29 March. The replay which was announced to be played on 30 March was later brought back by a day.<ref>{{cite news |title=Santosh final on Saturday |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=14 |date=28 March 1969}}</ref> Mysore won the replay 1–0 with Doraiswamy Nataraj scoring for them in the 67th minute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Indian footballer Nataraj passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/former-indian-footballer-nataraj-passes-away/article27084026.ece |website=The Hindu |access-date=19 April 2022 |language=en-IN |date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="final">{{cite news |title=Mysore retain Santosh trophy |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=18 |date=30 March 1969}}</ref>

{{football box
|date= 26 March 1969
|time=
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score= 0–0<ref>{{cite news |title=Stalemate in Santosh trophy final: replay on Sunday |newspaper=The Indian Express |page=12 |date=27 March 1969}}</ref>
|team2= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee= C. J. Vaz ([[Western India Football Association|Bombay]])
}}

==== Replay ====
{{football box
|date= 29 March 1969
|time=
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|score= 1–0<ref name="final"/>
|team2= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|goals1= Doraiswamy Nataraj {{goal|67}}
|goals2=
|stadium= [[Sree Kanteerava Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
|attendance=
|referee= Ikram-ul-Haq ([[Football Delhi|Delhi]])
}}

== References==
{{reflist}}

{{Santosh Trophy|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santosh Trophy 1968-1969}}
[[Category:1968–69 in Indian football]]
[[Category:Santosh Trophy seasons]]

1968 69 Santosh Trophy - Revision history

MaxieMorales00 at 10:28, 1 May 2026