2015 16 Santosh Trophy

Template:Infobox football tournament season The 2016 Santosh Trophy was the 70th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main state competition in Indian football. The qualifiers for the tournament took place from 6 February and the final of the tournament proper was held in Nagpur from 13 March 2016.

Round and dates

Round	Match dates	Teams
Qualifiers	6 February 2016 – 23 February 2016	33
Group stage	29 February 2016 – 9 March 2016	10
Semi-finals	11 March 2016	4
Final	13 March 2016	2

Qualified Teams

The following 10 teams have qualified for the Santosh Trophy proper.

• Assam
• Goa
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Maharashtra
• Mizoram

• Punjab
• Railways
• Services
• Tamil Nadu
• West Bengal

Goalscorers

4 Goals

• Narohari Shreshta (West Bengal)

3 Goals

• A Raegan (Tamil Nadu)
• Arjun Tudu (Services)
• Mohammed Shabaz Pathan (Maharashtra)

2 Goals

• Jagtar Singh (Railways)
• Malsawmfela (Mizoram)
• Sheikh Faiz (West Bengal)
• Shrikant Veramullu (Maharashtra)

1 Goal

• Aaron D'costa (Maharashtra)
• Altamash Syed (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Angelo Colaco (Goa)
• Appuruba Phukan (Assam)
• Anil Kisku (Railways)
• Beevan D'Mello (Goa)
• Dipendu Dowary (West Bengal)
• Edwin Sydney (Tamil Nadu)
• Farukh Chowdhary (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Francis Fernandes (Goa)
• Francis Zoununtluanga (Services)
• Kali Alaudeen (Tamil Nadu)
• K Lal Thanthanga (Mizoram)
• Lalkhapuimawia (Mizoram)
• Laldingngheta (Mizoram)
• Lalmunsanga (Mizoram)
• Milagres Gonsalves (Goa)
• MS Dawngliana (Mizoram)
• Pawan Kumar Tiwari (Punjab)
• P Jain (Services)
• Pradeep Mohanraj (Tamil Nadu)
• Raynier Fernandes (Maharashtra)
• Rowilson Rodrigues (Goa)
• Shahnwaz Bashir (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Soosairaj (Tamil Nadu)
• Syed Shoaib (Jammu & Kashmir)
• Vijith Shetty (Maharashtra)
• Vipin (Services)
• Vijay Kumar (Punjab)
• Vivek Kumar (Services)

Notable players

Position	Player	Team
GK	Laxmikant Kattimani	Goa
DF	Rowilson Rodrigues	Goa
DF	Shallum Pires	Goa
MF	Francis Fernandes	Goa
MF	Peter Carvalho	Goa
MF	Richard Costa	Goa
MF	Velito Cruz	Goa
FW	Angelo Colaco	Goa
FW	Beevan D'Mello	Goa
FW	Milagres Gonsalves	Goa
GK	Harshad Meher	Maharashtra
MF	Vijith Shetty	Maharashtra
FW	Abhishek Ambedkar	Maharashtra
DF	Lalrinchhana Tochhawng	Mizoram
DF	Lalrinzuala Khiangte	Mizoram
DF	Lalrozama Fanai	Mizoram
DF	Ricky Lallawmawma	Mizoram
MF	Laldingngheta	Mizoram
FW	Malsawmfela	Mizoram
DF	Gurwinder Singh	Punjab
DF	Vishal Kumar	Punjab
MF	Gurtej Singh	Punjab
FW	Ajay Singh	Punjab
GK	Jagroop Singh	Railways
DF	Phoolchand Hembram	Railways
DF	Rajib Boro	Railways
DF	Satish Kumar Jr.	Railways
MF	Keniston C	Railways
FW	Jagtar Singh	Railways
DF	Kali Alaudeen	Tamil Nadu
DF	Prem Kumar	Tamil Nadu
MF	Pradeep Mohanraj	Tamil Nadu
GK	Priyant Singh	West Bengal
MF	Anthony Soren	West Bengal
MF	Imran Khan	West Bengal
MF	Manish Maithani	West Bengal
MF	Mumtaz Akhtar	West Bengal
FW	Ashim Biswas	West Bengal
FW	Dipendu Dowary	West Bengal