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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = Santosh Trophy
| year = 1985–86
| other_titles = National Football Championship
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| country = India
| num_teams = 28
| winners = [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
| count = 5
| second = [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance =
| scoring_leader =
| dates = 26 February 1986 - 18 March 1986
| prev_season = [[1984–85 Santosh Trophy|1984–85]]
| next_season = [[1986–87 Santosh Trophy|1986–87]]
| extra_information =
}}

The '''1985–86 Santosh Trophy''' was the 42nd edition of the [[Santosh Trophy]], the main [[States and union territories of India|State]] competition for [[football in India]]. It was held in [[Jabalpur]], [[Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh|Bilaspur]] and [[Bhilai]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name=sw1>[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12143/page/n216/mode/1up Sportsworld, 1-7 January, 1986]</ref> [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]] defeated [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]] in tie-breaker to retain the title.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india86.html RSSSF - 1986 Santosh Trophy]</ref>

28 teams took part. Ten teams were seeded to the quarter final league. The other 18 teams were divided into six clusters from which one team each qualified to the quarter final. Two clusters each were played in Jabalpur, Bilaspur and Bhilai. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups for the quarter final.<ref name=sw1/>

==Quarter-final==

=== Group A ===
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|team1=PU |team2=KA |team3=GU |team4=MP
|result1=KO
|win_PU=3 |draw_PU=0 |loss_PU=0 |gf_PU=12 |ga_PU=1
|win_KA=1 |draw_KA=1 |loss_KA=1 |gf_KA=4 |ga_KA=3
|win_GU=1 |draw_GU=0 |loss_GU=2 |gf_GU=4 |ga_GU=12
|win_MP=0 |draw_MP=1 |loss_MP=2 |gf_MP=3 |ga_MP=7

|name_PU=[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|name_KA=[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|name_GU=[[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|name_MP=[[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]

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

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to [[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
}}

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|team2= [[Madhya Pradesh football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
|score1 = 3
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Gujarat football team|Gujarat]]
|score1 = 8
|score2 = 1
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* Kashmira Singh {{goal}} {{goal}} {{goal}}
|report=
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|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
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*Satish Kumar {{goal|75}}
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===Group B===
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|team1=BE |team2=TN |team3=SE |team4=ME
|result1=KO
|win_BE=3 |draw_BE=0 |loss_BE=0 |gf_BE=7 |ga_BE=0
|win_TN=2 |draw_TN=0 |loss_TN=1 |gf_TN=5 |ga_TN=3
|win_SE=1 |draw_SE=0 |loss_SE=2 |gf_SE=1 |ga_SE=2
|win_ME=0 |draw_ME=0 |loss_ME=3 |gf_ME=1 |ga_ME=9

|name_BE=[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|name_TN=[[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|name_SE=[[Services football team|Services]]
|name_ME=[[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]

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


|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to [[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
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|team2= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|score1 = 2
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|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team2= [[Services football team|Services]]
|score1 = 1
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|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team2= [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
|goals1=
*[[Prasanta Banerjee]] {{goal}}
|score1 = 4
|score2 = 0
|report=
}}
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|team1= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|team2= [[Services football team|Services]]
|score1 = 1
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|team1= [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|team2= [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
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|team1= [[Services football team|Services]]
|team2= [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
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===Group C===
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|team1=MA |team2=GO |team3=BI |team4=AS
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|win_MA=2 |draw_MA=1 |loss_MA=0 |gf_MA=6 |ga_MA=1
|win_GO=2 |draw_GO=1 |loss_GO=0 |gf_GO=3 |ga_GO=1
|win_BI=0 |draw_BI=1 |loss_BI=2 |gf_BI=2 |ga_BI=5
|win_AS=0 |draw_AS=1 |loss_AS=2 |gf_AS=2 |ga_AS=6

|name_MA=[[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|name_GO=[[Goa football team|Goa]]
|name_BI=[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
|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|Semi-finals]]
}}

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|team1= [[Goa football team|Goa]]
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|goals2=
|team2= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|score1=0
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|date =
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|team1= [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|goals1=
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|team2= [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|score1=4
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|scorenote=replay
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After Maharashtra and Goa finished the group with 5 points, their match was replayed to decide the semifinalist. Goa won 4–2. Group C matches were played in Bhilai. Goa had to take an 11-hour bus ride to play Punjab in the semifinal at Jabalpur two days later.

===Group D===
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|source=RSSF
|update=complete
|team1=KE |team2=AP |team3=SI |team4=RA
|result1=KO
|
|win_KE=2 |draw_KE=0 |loss_KE=1 |gf_KE=6 |ga_KE=1
|win_AP=1 |draw_AP=1 |loss_AP=1 |gf_AP=2 |ga_AP=2
|win_SI=1 |draw_SI=1 |loss_SI=1 |gf_SI=2 |ga_SI=4
|win_RA=1 |draw_RA=0 |loss_RA=2 |gf_RA=1 |ga_RA=4

|name_KE=[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|name_AP=[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|name_SI=[[Sikkim football team|Sikkim]]
|name_RA=[[Railways football team|Railways]]

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


|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=#ccffcc |text_KO=Advance to [[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
}}

== Semifinals ==
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|team1= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|team2= [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|score1=2
|score2=0
|goals1=Subir Sarkar {{goal}} {{goal}}
|stadium=
|referee=
|report=
|date=
}}
{{football box
|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|score1=1
|score2=0
|stadium= [[Ravishankar Shukla Stadium]], Wright Town, [[Jabalpur]]
|referee=
|report=
|date=
}}

== Final ==
{{football box
|team1= [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|team2= [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|score1 = 0
|score2 = 0
|penaltyscore = 4–2
|stadium= [[Ravishankar Shukla Stadium]], Wright Town, [[Jabalpur]]
|date = 18 March 1986 <ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12143/page/n420/mode/1up Punjab basks in glory], Sportsworld</ref>
}}

==Notes==
The [[RSSSF]] pages used as reference give the tie-breaker score as 4-1 and 4–2 in two places.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiasantoshhist.html RSSSF - List of Santosh Trophy Finals]</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Santosh Trophy}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1985-86 Santosh Trophy}}
[[Category:Santosh Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:1985–86 in Indian football]]

{{India-footy-competition-stub}}

1985 86 Santosh Trophy - Revision history

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