'Services' win Santosh Trophy title 6th time

'Services' wins the premier domestic football tournament 'Santosh Trophy' title 6th time, beating Punjab 1-nil in the final at Ludhiana.
In the 1st half, both the teams were goal-less. In the 2nd half, Services scored the lone goal and held on till the final whistle.
In the semi-finals earlier, 8-time champions Punjab had defeated 5-time winners Goa 2-1 to enter their 15th final.
Services beat Karnataka 4-3 in the semifinals via a penalty shootout to book a place in the title clash for the 11th time.
The tournament was started in 1941 and is named after the president of the Indian Football Association (West Bengal's football association) at the time, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh.

Published On : 22 Apr 2019