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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox football tournament season<br />
| title = Santosh Trophy<br />
| year = 1981–82<br />
| other_titles = National Football Championship<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = <br />
| country = India<br />
| dates = 1–31 January 1982<br />
| num_teams = <br />
| winners = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
| count = 20<br />
| second = [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
| matches = <br />
| goals = <br />
| attendance = <br />
| scoring_leader = [[Biswajit Bhattacharya]] (Bengal) & Appukuttan (Kerala) (9 goals)<br />
| award = <br />
| prev_season = [[1979–80 Santosh Trophy|1979–80]]<br />
| next_season = [[1982–83 Santosh Trophy|1982–83]]<br />
| extra_information = <br />
}}<br />
The '''1981–82 Santosh Trophy''' was the 38th edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the main [[States and union territories of India|State]] competition for [[football in India]]. It was held in [[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium|Corporation Stadium]], [[Thrissur|Trichur]] (now Thrissur), [[Kerala]]. [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] beat [[Railways football team|Railways]] 2–0 in the final.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html#82 RSSSF 1982]</ref><ref>Sportstar</ref><br />
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==Quarter-finals==<br />
This is an incomplete list of matches reconstructed from articles about the tournament.<ref>[http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/RHdOYUpkb2QxTFBwbDd6Umlia05CZHcyQnlCNm9GNzlKVHNSUGFsYlFtRT0 National Soccer : A taxing schedule], ''Sportsweek'', 31 January 1982</ref><br />
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===Group A===<br />
<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]<br />
|team2= [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
|score= 2–0<br />
|goals1= <br />
* Appukuttan {{goal}}<br />
* Jacob {{goal}}<br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|team2= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]<br />
|score= 1–0<br />
|goals1= [[Biswajit Bhattacharya]] {{goal|63}}<br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]<br />
|team2= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]<br />
|score= 2–0<br />
|goals1= Vijayakumar {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />
|date= 22 January 1982<br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|team2= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]<br />
|score= 3–0<br />
|goals1= <br />
*[[Biswajit Bhattacharya]] {{goal}}{{goal}}<br />
*[[Prasanta Banerjee]] {{goal}}<br />
|attendance=60,000<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===Group B===<br />
<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka ]]<br />
|team2= [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]<br />
|score= 3–0<br />
|goals1= <br />
*Ravikumar {{goal}}<br />
*Mani {{goal}} {{goal|49}}<br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka ]]<br />
|team2= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]<br />
|score= 2–2<br />
|goals1= <br />
*Mani {{goal}} {{goal}}<br />
|goals2=<br />
*Kultar {{goal}} <br />
*Balwinder {{goal}} <br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
|team2= [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]<br />
|score= 2–1<br />
|goals1= <br />
*Inbanathan {{goal}}<br />
*Sekhar Chakraborty {{goal}}<br />
|goals2=<br />
* Murmu {{goal|67}}<br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
|team2= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]<br />
|score= 2–1<br />
|goals1= <br />
*Monojit Das {{goal}}<br />
*Ravi Kumar {{goal}} ([[Own goal|o.g.]])<br />
|goals2=<br />
*Balwinder {{goal}}<br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka ]]<br />
|team2= [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
|score= 0–0<br />
|goals1= <br />
|attendance=<br />
}}<br />
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== Semi-finals ==<br />
<br />
<section begin=SF /><br />
{{TwoLegStart}}<br />
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]'''||3–0|[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]||0–0|3–0}}<br />
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Railways football team|Railways]]'''||2–1|[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]||1–0|1–1}}<br />
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|}<section end=SF /><br />
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===Matches===<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|team2= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]<br />
|score= 0–0<br />
|attendance=<br />
|date= 26 January 1982<br />
|stadium=[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]], Thrissur<br />
}}<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|goals1= <br />
*[[Prasanta Banerjee]] {{goal}}<br />
|team2= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]<br />
|score= 3–0<br />
|attendance=<br />
|stadium=[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]], Thrissur<br />
}}<br />
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''Bengal won 3–0 on aggregate.''<br />
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{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
|team2= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]<br />
|score= 1–0<br />
|attendance=<br />
|stadium=[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]], Thrissur<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{football box<br />
|team1= [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
|team2= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]<br />
|score= 1–1<br />
|attendance=<br />
|stadium=[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]], Thrissur<br />
}}<br />
<br />
''Railways won 2–1 on aggregate.''<br />
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==Final== <br />
{{football box<br />
|date=31 January 1982 <ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12162/page/n657/mode/1up Competition Success Review], September, 1982</ref><br />
|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]<br />
|team2= [[Railways football team|Railways]]<br />
|score= 2–0<br />
|goals1= [[Biswajit Bhattacharya]] {{goal}}{{goal}}<br />
|attendance=<br />
|stadium=[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium]], Thrissur<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Santosh Trophy}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:1981-82 Santosh Trophy}}<br />
[[Category:Santosh Trophy seasons]]<br />
[[Category:1981–82 in Indian football]]<br />
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