Senior Men's National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy
(Senior Men's NFC)
Founded: 1941
Current Champions:
Services (2025-26)
Previous Champions:
West Bengal (2024-25), Services (2023-24), Karnataka (2022-23),
Kerala (2021-22), Services (2018-19), Kerala (2017-18)
Most Successful Team(s):
West Bengal (33 titles)
79th Santosh Trophy 2025-26, Final: Services defeat Kerala 1-0 to clinch title for the eighth time
The Away End Media Desk, 8th February 2026
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Santosh Trophy Table
| pos | team | p | w | d | l | pts | gf | ga | gd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROUP A | FINAL ROUND | ||||||||
| 1 | West Bengal (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Tamil Nadu (Q) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Rajasthan (Q) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
| 4 | Assam (Q) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 5 | Uttarakhand | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -2 |
| 6 | Nagaland | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | -8 |
| GROUP B | FINAL ROUND | ||||||||
| 1 | Kerala | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | Railways | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Punjab | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Services | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Meghalaya | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 6 | Odisha | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
| GROUP | GROUP A (Mahilpur) | ||||||||
| 1 | Punjab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Ladakh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -5 |
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| GROUP B (Meerut) | |||||||||
| 1 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Haryana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| 4 | Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 |
| GROUP C (Delhi) | |||||||||
| 1 | Railways | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Delhi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Jharkhand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | -12 |
| 4 | Bihar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -10 |
| GROUP D (Agartala) | |||||||||
| 1 | Nagaland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Manipur | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | Mizoram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 |
| 4 | Tripura | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
| GROUP E (Shillong) | |||||||||
| 1 | Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| GROUP F (Narainpur) | |||||||||
| 1 | Odisha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Telangana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Chhattisgarh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -11 |
| GROUP G (Anantapur) | |||||||||
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Pondicherry | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 |
| 4 | Andaman & Nicobar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -8 |
| GROUP H (Bengaluru) | |||||||||
| 1 | Services | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Goa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -2 |
| 3 | Karnataka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | Lakshadweep | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
| GROUP I (Jaipur) | |||||||||
| 1 | Rajasthan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Gujarat | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| 4 | DNH & DD | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -15 |
Santosh Trophy Fixtures & Results
News & Updates
79th Senior Men’s National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2025-26
The Final Round starts on January 21, 2026. The matches will be live streamed on the FIFA+ platform.
The group stage of the tournament commences December 15, 2025.
All the group winners will join hosts Assam, last season’s champions West Bengal and runners-up Kerala in the 12-team Final Round that will be hosted in Dhakuakhana and Dhemaji, Assam, in January 2026.
Some of the matches are being live streamed on SportsKPI’s YouTube channel.
78th Senior Men’s National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2024-25
The matches will be live streamed on SSEN’s website and app.
The group stage starts on November 15, 2024.Â
The final round will be held between December 1 and 15, 2024.
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