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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1974–75
| other_titles =
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country = India
| dates = November 1974
| num_teams =
| winners = [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
| count = 2
| second = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] (23 goals)
| award =
| prev_season = [[1973–74 Santosh Trophy|1973–74]]
| next_season = 1975–76
}}
The '''1974–75 Santosh Trophy''' was the 31st edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the main [[States and union territories of India|State]] competition for [[football in India]]. It was held in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]] won the title for the second time, beating [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] 6–0 in the most one-sided Santosh Trophy final.

[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]], the captain of Punjab, scored 23 goals, the record for a single tournament. [[Surajit Sengupta]] and Mohammad Akbar of Bengal scored eleven goals each. Punjab's previous title had also come at Jalandhar in the 1970-71 tournament.

==Preliminary round==

=== Cluster A ===
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|source=Sportsweek <ref name=sw1>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98099/page/n730/mode/1up National Soccer : Preliminary round standings], Sportsweek, 1 December 1974, p.28 (p.730)</ref>
|update=complete
|team1=PU |team2=UP |team3=GU
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|win_UP=0 |draw_UP=1 |loss_UP=1 |gf_UP=2 |ga_UP=7
|win_GU=0 |draw_GU=1 |loss_GU=1 |gf_GU=2 |ga_GU=19
|name_PU=[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|name_UP=[[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|name_GU=[[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|goals1=
*[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
|goals2=
|score= 17–0
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
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|score= 5–0
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|referee=
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|team1= [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
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|goals1=
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|score= 2–2
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
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|referee=
}}

Punjab's seventeen goals against Gujarat is the second most scored in a Santosh Trophy match, after Bengal's 18–0 against Tripura in this season. Inder Singh's seven goals equalled the record of [[Fred Pugsley]] in [[1945–46 Santosh Trophy|1945-46]]. Punjab was managed by [[Jarnail Singh (footballer)|Jarnail Singh]].

=== Cluster B ===
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|team1=RA |team2=TN |team3=DE
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|win_TN=1 |draw_TN=0 |loss_TN=1 |gf_TN=1 |ga_TN=3
|win_DE=0 |draw_DE=1 |loss_DE=1 |gf_DE=0 |ga_DE=1

|name_RA=[[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|name_TN=[[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|name_DE=[[Delhi football team|Delhi]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|team1= [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
|team2= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|goals1=
*[[Magan Singh Rajvi]] {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
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Magan Singh, who scored the first hat-trick of this high-scoring tournament, was the Rajasthan captain.

=== Cluster C ===
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|team1=GO |team2=SE |team3=DE
|result1=KO
|win_GO=1 |draw_GO=1 |loss_GO=0 |gf_GO=6 |ga_GO=1
|win_SE=0 |draw_SE=2 |loss_SE=0 |gf_SE=1 |ga_SE=1
|win_DE=0 |draw_DE=1 |loss_DE=1 |gf_DE=0 |ga_DE=5

|name_GO=[[Goa football team|Goa]]
|name_SE=[[Services football team|Services]]
|name_DE=[[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|score= 5–0
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Goa was managed by [[Peter Thangaraj]]. This tournament was the debut of the Goa goal-keeper [[Brahmanand Sankhwalkar|Brahmanand]] who would later captain India. Henry Britto captained Goa.

=== Cluster D ===
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|team1=MA |team2=OR |team3=HA
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|win_MA=2 |draw_MA=0 |loss_MA=0 |gf_MA=7 |ga_MA=1
|win_OR=0 |draw_OR=1 |loss_OR=1 |gf_OR=2 |ga_OR=5
|win_HA=0 |draw_HA=1 |loss_HA=1 |gf_HA=1 |ga_HA=4

|name_MA=[[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|name_OR=[[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|name_HA=[[Haryana football team|Haryana]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|team2= [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
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=== Cluster E ===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=Sportsweek <ref name=sw0>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98099/page/n718/mode/1up National Soccer : Champions Kerala, Railways fall], Sportsweek, 1 December 1974, p.16 (p.718)</ref>
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|team1=BE |team2=MP |team3=TR
|result1=KO
|win_BE=2 |draw_BE=0 |loss_BE=0 |gf_BE=26 |ga_BE=0
|win_MP=1 |draw_MP=0 |loss_MP=1 |gf_MP=3 |ga_MP=9
|win_TR=0 |draw_TR=0 |loss_TR=2 |gf_TR=1 |ga_TR=21

|name_BE=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|name_MP=[[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|name_TR=[[Tripura football team|Tripura]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team2= [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|goals1=
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|score= 18–0
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
}}
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|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
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|score= 8–0
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
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}}
{{football box
|team1= [[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|team2= [[Tripura football team|Tripura]]
|goals1=
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|score= 3–1
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
}}
Bengal had a forward line of Mohammad Akbar, [[Surajit Sengupta]], Latifuddin and Pradeep Dutt. Bengal were without the prominent players [[Gautam Sarkar]], [[Subhash Bhowmick]], [[Sudhir Karmakar]] and Samaresh Chowdhury who were not selected as they failed to report for training before the team selection. Ashoklal Banerjee captained the team.

Bengal's 18–0 win against Tripura is a record in Santosh Trophy.

=== Cluster F ===
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|source=Sportsweek <ref name=sw0/>
|update=complete
|team1=AS |team2=KE |team3=HP
|result1=KO
|win_AS=2 |draw_AS=0 |loss_AS=0 |gf_AS=5 |ga_AS=1
|win_KE=1 |draw_KE=0 |loss_KE=1 |gf_KE=6 |ga_KE=2
|win_HP=0 |draw_HP=0 |loss_HP=2 |gf_HP=2 |ga_HP=10

|name_AS=[[Assam football team|Assam]]
|name_KE=[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|name_HP=[[Himachal Pradesh football team|Himachal Pradesh]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|team1= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
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|team1= [[Assam football team|Assam]]
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|goals1= [[Gilbertson Sangma]]
|goals2=
|score= 1–0
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
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|referee=
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The defending champions Kerala needed a draw in the last game but lost to Assam. This was the first appearance of Himachal Pradesh in the Santosh Trophy.

=== Cluster G ===
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|source=Sportsweek <ref name=sw0/>
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|team1=NA |team2=RA |team3=AP
|result1=KO
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|win_RA=1 |draw_RA=0 |loss_RA=1 |gf_RA=3 |ga_RA=3
|win_AP=0 |draw_AP=1 |loss_AP=1 |gf_AP=3 |ga_AP=4

|name_NA=[[Nagaland football team|Nagaland]]
|name_RA=[[Railways football team|Railways]]
|name_AP=[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}
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|team1= [[Railways football team|Railways]]
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|score= 2–1
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
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|team1= [[Nagaland football team|Nagaland]]
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|goals1=
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|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
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Nagaland were making their debut in Santosh Trophy. They were coached by the former Olympian [[Sarangapani Raman|S. Raman]]. Railways were the finalists in the previous season but lost their second match.

=== Cluster H ===
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|source=Sportsweek
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|team1=KA |team2=MA |team3=BI
|result1=KO
|win_KA=2 |draw_KA=0 |loss_KA=0 |gf_KA=7 |ga_KA=1
|win_MA=1 |draw_MA=0 |loss_MA=1 |gf_MA=4 |ga_MA=3
|win_BI=0 |draw_BI=0 |loss_BI=2 |gf_BI=2 |ga_BI=6

|name_KA=[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|name_MA=[[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|name_BI=[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Quarter-finals
}}

== Quarter-final league ==
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|source=Sportsweek <ref name=sw2/>
|update=complete
|team1=PU |team2=GO |team3=MA | team4=RA
|result1=KO |result2=KO
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|win_GO=2 |draw_GO=1 |loss_GO=0 |gf_GO= |ga_GO=
|win_MA=1 |draw_MA=0 |loss_MA=2 |gf_MA= |ga_MA=
|win_RA=0 |draw_RA=0 |loss_RA=3 |gf_RA=|ga_RA=

|name_PU=[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|name_GO=[[Goa football team|Goa]]
|name_MA=[[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|name_RA=[[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Semi-finals
}}
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|score= 0–0
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]
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* [[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
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|team1= [[Goa football team|Goa]]
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|score= 4–1
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
}}
{{football box
|team1= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
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|goals1=
|goals2=
|score= 4–1
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
}}
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|source=Sportsweek <ref name=sw2/>
|update=complete
|team1=BE |team2=KA |team3=NA | team4=AS
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|win_BE=3 |draw_BE=0 |loss_BE=0 |gf_BE= |ga_BE=
|win_KA=2 |draw_KA=0 |loss_KA=1 |gf_KA= |ga_KA=
|win_NA=0 |draw_NA=0 |loss_NA=0 |gf_NA= |ga_NA=
|win_AS=0 |draw_AS=0 |loss_AS=0 |gf_AS= |ga_AS=

|name_BE=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|name_KA=[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|name_NA=[[Nagaland football team|Nagaland]]
|name_AS=[[Assam football team|Assam]]

|winpoints=2
|drawpoints=1
|losspoints=0

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to Semi-finals
}}
{{football box
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
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|score= 2–1
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|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team2= [[Nagaland football team|Nagaland]]
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|score= 4–0
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|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|team2= [[Nagaland football team|Nagaland]]
|goals1=
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|score= 4–1
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
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|referee=
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==Semi-final==
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|goals1=
*[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] {{goal}}
|goals2=
|score= 2–0 <ref name=sw2/>
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
}}

{{football box
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team2= [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|score= 2–1 <ref name=sw2/>
|stadium= [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=
}}

==Final==
{{football box
|team2= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|goals1=
*[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder Singh]] {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
|goals2=
|score= 6–0 <ref name=sw2>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98099/page/n758/mode/1up Inder steers Punjab to their second triumph], Sportsweek, 8 December 1974, p.18 (p.758)</ref><ref>[https://thehardtackle.com/2013/indian-football-inder-singh-jct-punjab-legends/ Legends Of Indian Football : Inder Singh], thehardtackle.com</ref>
|stadium= [[Guru Gobind Singh Stadium]], [[Jalandhar]], Punjab
|date=
|report=
|referee=J. P. Coutinho
}}

== References==
{{reflist}}

{{Santosh Trophy|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santosh Trophy 1974-1975}}
[[Category:1974–75 in Indian football]]
[[Category:Santosh Trophy seasons]]

1974 75 Santosh Trophy - Revision history

Nikhil009 at 15:52, 27 April 2026