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text-align:left">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1941<span class="noprint">; 83 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1941</span>)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as <i>Bengal football team</i>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Stadium" title="Salt Lake Stadium">Salt Lake Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">68,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Football_Association" title="Indian Football Association">Indian Football Association</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Biswajit_Bhattacharya" title="Biswajit Bhattacharya">Biswajit Bhattacharya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Trophy" title="Santosh Trophy">Santosh Trophy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Santosh_Trophy" title="2023–24 Santosh Trophy">2023–24</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Group stage</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; text-align: center; border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;" colspan="2"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding:0"><div style="width: 100px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: relative; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 100px; height: 135px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0;"> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px; background-color: #F5FDFF;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/31px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/47px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kit_left_arm.svg/62px-Kit_left_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px; background-color: #FFFFFF;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 31px; top: 0px; width: 38px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #DAF2CE"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #FFFFE6"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>West Bengal football team</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ফুটবল দল</span>), also known as <b>IFA Bengal football team</b> or earlier the <b>Bengal football team</b>, is an Indian <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> team representing <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> in Indian state football competitions including the <a href="/wiki/Santosh_Trophy" title="Santosh Trophy">Santosh Trophy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were the second Indian team to participate in the continental top tier tournament – <a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">Asian Champion Club Tournament</a>, by playing in the <a href="/wiki/1970_Asian_Champion_Club_Tournament" title="1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament">1970</a> edition following <a href="/wiki/Mysore_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Mysore football team">Mysore</a> in <a href="/wiki/1969_Asian_Champion_Club_Tournament" title="1969 Asian Champion Club Tournament">1969</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bengal made its debut in the national competitions at the <a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_Santosh_Trophy" title="1941–42 Santosh Trophy">1941–42 Santosh Trophy</a>. West Bengal have appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Santosh_Trophy" title="Santosh Trophy">Santosh Trophy</a> finals 45 times, having won 32 titles,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the most by any team. Managed by <a href="/wiki/Balaidas_Chatterjee" title="Balaidas Chatterjee">Balaidas Chatterjee</a>, the team won six Santosh Trophy titles between 1949 and 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1962, former Indian captain <a href="/wiki/Samar_Banerjee" title="Samar Banerjee">Samar Banerjee</a> guided Bengal winning the trophy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prior to 2003, the team competed as "Bengal football team".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 August 2021, West Bengal played a friendly match against <a href="/wiki/India_national_football_team" title="India national football team">India national team</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Stadium" title="Salt Lake Stadium">Salt Lake Stadium</a> and it was won by India by 1–0.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2022, West Bengal managed by <a href="/wiki/Biswajit_Bhattacharya" title="Biswajit Bhattacharya">Biswajit Bhattacharya</a> clinched gold at the <a href="/wiki/2022_National_Games_of_India" title="2022 National Games of India">36th National Games of India</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Kerala_football_team" title="Kerala football team">Kerala</a> 5–0 in final.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Team">Team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following 22 players were called up prior to the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="2022–23 Santosh Trophy qualification">2022–23 Santosh Trophy qualification</a> round. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Raja Burman</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Susnata Malik</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">41 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Shubham Roy</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Amit Tudu</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Akash Mukherjee</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Amit Chakraborty</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Totan Das</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">25 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Sourish Lodh Chowdhury</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Sandip Patra</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Tarak Hembram</span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)#Vice-captain" title="Captain (association football)">vice-captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">12 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Surojit Seal</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Amar Nath Baskey</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">16 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Rakesh Dhara</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Surajit Hansda</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Vivek Singh</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">29 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Basu Deb Mandi</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Robi Hansda</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Naro_Hari_Shrestha" title="Naro Hari Shrestha">Naro Hari Shrestha</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Dipak Kumar Rajak</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Subrata Murmu</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">15 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Souvik Kar</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Sougata Hansda</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_(senior)"><span id="State_.28senior.29"></span>State (senior)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: State (senior)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Trophy" title="Santosh Trophy">Santosh Trophy</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Winners (32): <a href="/wiki/1941%E2%80%9342_Santosh_Trophy" title="1941–42 Santosh Trophy">1941–42</a>, <a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Santosh_Trophy" title="1945–46 Santosh Trophy">1945–46</a>, 1947–48, 1949–50, <a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Santosh_Trophy" title="1950–51 Santosh Trophy">1950–51</a>, 1951–52, <a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Santosh_Trophy" title="1953–54 Santosh Trophy">1953–54</a>, 1955–56, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, <a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Santosh_Trophy" title="1981–82 Santosh Trophy">1981–82</a>, 1982–83 (Shared with <a href="/wiki/Goa_football_team" title="Goa football team">Goa</a>), 1986–87, 1988–89, <a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Santosh_Trophy" title="1993–94 Santosh Trophy">1993–94</a>, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Santosh_Trophy" title="2009–10 Santosh Trophy">2009–10</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Santosh_Trophy" title="2010–11 Santosh Trophy">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Santosh_Trophy" title="2016–17 Santosh Trophy">2016–17</a></li> <li>Runners-up (14): 1944–45, 1946–47, 1952–53, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68, <a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Santosh_Trophy" title="1968–69 Santosh Trophy">1968–69</a>, 1974–75, <a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Santosh_Trophy" title="1985–86 Santosh Trophy">1985–86</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Santosh_Trophy" title="2006–07 Santosh Trophy">2006–07</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Santosh_Trophy" title="2008–09 Santosh Trophy">2008–09</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Santosh_Trophy" title="2017–18 Santosh Trophy">2017–18</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Santosh_Trophy" title="2021–22 Santosh Trophy">2021–22</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_National_Games_of_India" title="Football at the National Games of India">National Games</a></b> <ul><li>Gold medal (3): 1994, <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Games_of_India" title="2011 National Games of India">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_National_Games_of_India" title="2022 National Games of India">2022</a></li> <li>Silver medal (2): 1985, 2002</li> <li>Bronze medal (1): 1999</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_(youth)"><span id="State_.28youth.29"></span>State (youth)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: State (youth)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/B.C._Roy_Trophy" title="B.C. Roy Trophy">B.C. Roy Trophy</a></b> <ul><li>Winners (18): 1961–62, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2024–25<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Runners-up (9): 1975–76, 1987–88, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2017–18, 2023–24</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Mir_Iqbal_Hussain_Trophy" title="Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy">Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy</a></b> <ul><li>Winners (12): 1965–66, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2015–16</li> <li>Runners-up (7): 1987–88, 1988–89, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/M._Dutta_Ray_Trophy" title="M. Dutta Ray Trophy">M. Dutta Ray Trophy</a></b> <ul><li>Winners (6): 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005</li> <li>Runners-up (7): 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadiums_and_grounds">Stadiums and grounds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Stadiums and grounds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The league and tournaments are generally played at the following Stadiums and Grounds: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Stadium" title="Salt Lake Stadium">Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Salt Lake</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li>capacity of around 85000</li> <li>Important matches of Local League, Shield, I-League and International Matches are played here.</li></ol> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Barasat_Stadium" title="Barasat Stadium">Vidyasagar Krirangan, Barasat</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li>Capacity around 20,000 and Flood Light</li> <li>Matches of Local League, Shield are played here. It is also used for holding I-League matches also.</li></ol> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Sailen_Manna_Stadium" title="Sailen Manna Stadium">Sailen Manna Stadium, Howrah</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li>Present capacity is only around 10,000. But ground condition is extremely good.</li> <li>Some important CFL matches and IFA Shield are played here.</li></ol> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sarobar_Stadium" title="Rabindra Sarobar Stadium">Rabindra Sarobar Stadium</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li>Capacity around 22,000.</li> <li>Important League & Shield matches are played here.</li></ol> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/East_Bengal_Ground" title="East Bengal Ground">East Bengal/Aryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohun_Bagan_Ground" title="Mohun Bagan Ground">Mohun Bagan/CFC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mohammedan_Sporting_Ground" title="Mohammedan Sporting Ground">Mohammedan/Howrah Union Ground</a></b></li></ul> <ol><li>Full capacity of these ground are 23,500, 22,000 and 15,000 respectively. All the grounds have floodlight facilities.</li> <li>Most of the League Matches of Premier League and First Division are played here. But these grounds are available for Football only during the period from 16 May to 10 January every year.</li></ol> <ul><li><b>10 Open Grounds in the Maidan</b></li></ul> <ol><li>Only matches of Junior Division and other ordinary competitions are played here. These grounds are available for football only during the period from 16 May to 30 September every year.</li> <li>Besides the above-mentioned grounds and stadium, infrastructure of SAI i.e. <a href="/wiki/Sports_Authority_of_India" title="Sports Authority of India">Sports Authority of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Bharati_Krirangan" title="Kishore Bharati Krirangan">Kishore Bharati Krirangan</a> are also used.</li> <li>Grounds available at various places in Kolkata and Howrah are used for conducting Nursery League Matches. Besides above, small stadiums are also available in almost all the Districts towns and some Sub Divisions. Most important and mentionable stadium is at Siliguri – Kanchenjunga Stadium, where International Tournament like Jawaharlal Nehru Cup was also played. Khardah, Kalyani, Burdwan, Durgapur, Midnapur, Haldia, Malda, Raigunje, Balurghat and a few other District Towns also have Stadium.</li></ol> <ul><li><b>Indoor Stadium</b></li></ul> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Indoor_Stadium" title="Netaji Indoor Stadium">Netaji Indoor Stadium</a> (AC), Kolkata- Capacity 12,000.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salt_Lake_Stadium">Salt Lake Stadium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Salt Lake Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Stadium" title="Salt Lake Stadium">Salt Lake Stadium</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png/220px-Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png/330px-Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png/440px-Yuva_Bharati_Krirangan.png 2x" data-file-width="4056" data-file-height="3040" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the Salt Lake Stadium</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Yuva Bharati Krirangan</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">যুবভারতী ক্রীড়াঙ্গন</span>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>: <i lang="en">Stadium of the Indian Youth</i>), commonly known as <b>Salt Lake Stadium</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Multi-purpose_stadium" title="Multi-purpose stadium">multi-purpose stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bidhannagar,_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="Bidhannagar, Kolkata">Bidhannagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. It is currently used for <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> matches and athletics. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> people in a three-tier configuration. </p><p>It is situated approximately 10 km to the east of the <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> downtown and is elliptical in shape. The roof is made of metal tubes and <a href="/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminium</a> sheets and <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">concrete</a>. There are two electronic score boards and control rooms. The lighting is uniformly distributed to facilitate nocturnal sports. There are special arrangements for TV broadcasting. </p><p>The stadium covers an area of 76.40 acres (309,200 m<sup>2</sup>). It was inaugurated in January 1984. The salient features of the stadium are unique synthetic track for athletic meets, electronic scoreboard, main football arena measuring 105m x 70m, elevators, VIP enclosures, peripheral floodlighting arrangement from the roof-top, air conditioned VIP rest room and Conference Hall. Other features of the stadium are also commentary boxes for All India Radio and <a href="/wiki/TV" class="mw-redirect" title="TV">TV</a> along with several platforms for TV cameras, press boxes, dormitories and AC. rooms, player's changing rooms, practice grounds for football, <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kho_kho" title="Kho kho">kho kho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> field and an ultra-medium gymnasium. The stadium has its own water arrangements and standby diesel generation sets. </p><p>The floodlights which illuminate the stadium consist of 624 bulbs of 2 kW each and two electronic scoreboards consisting of 36,000 bulbs of 25 watt each. The four underground reservoirs have unique fire-fighting arrangements with a capacity of 10,000 gallons. The architectural and structural design of the stadium was the work of the Joint Consultants viz., M/S. Ballardie, Thompson & Matthews Pvt. Ltd. and M/S. H.K. Sen & Associates – both from Kolkata, West Bengal. The track was prepared by Reckortan Tartan Track, Germany. The electronic scoreboards were supplied by Electro Impex of Hungary. </p><p>After its inauguration in January 1984 with the Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup Soccer Tournament, the Salt Lake Stadium has hosted several important international tournaments or matches such as The Pre-World Cup Tournament in 1985, Super-Soccers in 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1994, 3rd S.A.F. games in 1987, U.S.S.R. Festival in 1988, Charminar Challenger Trophy in 1992, Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup in 1995. The chief engineer of the stadium is Somnath Ghosh. </p><p>The stadium also hosts different kinds of cultural programs such as dance and <a href="/wiki/Concert" title="Concert">music concerts</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Performance_in_AFC_competitions">Performance in AFC competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Performance in AFC competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Asian_Club_Championship_and_AFC_Champions_League_records_and_statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League records and statistics">Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League records and statistics</a></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/AFC_Champions_League" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Champions League">Asian Club Championship</a></b>: 1 appearance</li></ul> <dl><dd><dl><dd>Group Stage: <a href="/wiki/1970_Asian_Champion_Club_Tournament" title="1970 Asian Champion Club Tournament">1970</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_players">Notable players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Below the players, are notable footballers who represented the West Bengal football team.</i> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sailen_Manna" title="Sailen Manna">Sailen Manna</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/P._K._Banerjee" title="P. K. Banerjee">P. K. Banerjee</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chuni_Goswami" title="Chuni Goswami">Chuni Goswami</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/British_rule_in_Burma" title="British rule in Burma"><img alt="British rule in Burma" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Burma_%281939%E2%80%931941%2C_1945%E2%80%931948%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burma_%281939%E2%80%931941%2C_1945%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Burma_%281939%E2%80%931941%2C_1945%E2%80%931948%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burma_%281939%E2%80%931941%2C_1945%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Burma_%281939%E2%80%931941%2C_1945%E2%80%931948%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Burma_%281939%E2%80%931941%2C_1945%E2%80%931948%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Pugsley" title="Fred Pugsley">Fred Pugsley</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rahmatullah" title="Mohammed Rahmatullah">Mohammed Rahmatullah</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Osman_Jan" title="Osman Jan">Osman Jan</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Balai_Dey" title="Balai Dey">Balai Dey</a><sup id="cite_ref-Dey_–_AIFF_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dey_–_AIFF-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shabbir_Ali" title="Shabbir Ali">Shabbir Ali</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Samar_Banerjee" title="Samar Banerjee">Samar Banerjee</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="Peter Thangaraj">Peter Thangaraj</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Krishanu_Dey" title="Krishanu Dey">Krishanu Dey</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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Limited">Cosco</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_West_Bengal" title="Football in West Bengal">Football in West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_India" title="Football in India">History of football in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Kolkata" title="Football in Kolkata">Football in Kolkata</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Bengal_football_team&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Kolkata, West Bengal: <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. <a href="/wiki/Press_Trust_of_India" title="Press Trust of India">Press Trust of India</a>. 20 August 2022. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220820102341/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/indias-star-olympic-football-captain-samar-badru-banerjee-dies/articleshow/93675414.cms">Archived</a> from the original on 20 August 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69">the original</a> on 29 June 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Social+History+Of+Indian+Football%3A+Striving+To+Score&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9780415348355&rft.aulast=Majumdar&rft.aufirst=Boria&rft.au=Bandyopadhyay%2C+Kausik&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DV-sMYjZkpigC%26pg%3DPA69&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWest+Bengal+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBasu2003" class="citation book cs1">Basu, Jaydeep (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221011131939/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Stories_from_Indian_Football.html?id=QeovtKLi-1sC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y"><i>Stories from Indian Football</i></a>. UBS Publishers' Distributors. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788174764546" title="Special:BookSources/9788174764546"><bdi>9788174764546</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QeovtKLi-1sC">the original</a> on 11 October 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Stories+from+Indian+Football&rft.pub=UBS+Publishers%27+Distributors&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9788174764546&rft.aulast=Basu&rft.aufirst=Jaydeep&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQeovtKLi-1sC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWest+Bengal+football+team" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230301202832/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106410?journalCode=fsas20">"Regionalism and club domination: Growth of rival centres of footballing excellence"</a>. <i>Soccer & Society</i>. 6:2–3 (2–3). Taylor & Francis: 227–256. 6 August 2006. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14660970500106410">10.1080/14660970500106410</a>. Archived from <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14660970500106410?journalCode=fsas20">the original</a></span> on 1 March 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Trophy">1944–45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945%E2%80%9346_Santosh_Trophy" title="1945–46 Santosh Trophy">1945–46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946%E2%80%9347_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946–47 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1946–47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947%E2%80%9348_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947–48 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1947–48</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">1948–49</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949%E2%80%9350_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949–50 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1949–50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950%E2%80%9351_Santosh_Trophy" title="1950–51 Santosh Trophy">1950–51</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951%E2%80%9352_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951–52 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1951–52</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952%E2%80%9353_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952–53 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1952–53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953%E2%80%9354_Santosh_Trophy" title="1953–54 Santosh Trophy">1953–54</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954%E2%80%9355_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954–55 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1954–55</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955%E2%80%9356_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955–56 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1955–56</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956%E2%80%9357_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956–57 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1956–57</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957%E2%80%9358_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957–58 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1957–58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958%E2%80%9359_Santosh_Trophy" title="1958–59 Santosh Trophy">1958–59</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959%E2%80%9360_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959–60 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1959–60</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960%E2%80%9361_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960–61 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1960–61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961%E2%80%9362_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961–62 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1961–62</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962%E2%80%9363_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962–63 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1962–63</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963%E2%80%9364_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963–64 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1963–64</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964%E2%80%9365_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964–65 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1964–65</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965%E2%80%9366_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965–66 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1965–66</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966%E2%80%9367_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966–67 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1966–67</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967%E2%80%9368_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967–68 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1967–68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_Santosh_Trophy" title="1968–69 Santosh Trophy">1968–69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_Santosh_Trophy" title="1969–70 Santosh Trophy">1969–70</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970%E2%80%9371_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970–71 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1970–71</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971%E2%80%9372_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971–72 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1971–72</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972%E2%80%9373_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972–73 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1972–73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_Santosh_Trophy" title="1973–74 Santosh Trophy">1973–74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_Santosh_Trophy" title="1974–75 Santosh Trophy">1974–75</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975%E2%80%9376_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975–76 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1975–76</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976%E2%80%9377_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976–77 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1976–77</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977%E2%80%9378_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977–78 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1977–78</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978%E2%80%9379_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978–79 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1978–79</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979%E2%80%9380_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979–80 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980%E2%80%9381_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980–81 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Santosh_Trophy" title="1981–82 Santosh Trophy">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982%E2%80%9383_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982–83 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Santosh_Trophy" title="1983–84 Santosh Trophy">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Santosh_Trophy" title="1984–85 Santosh Trophy">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Santosh_Trophy" title="1985–86 Santosh Trophy">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Santosh_Trophy" title="1986–87 Santosh Trophy">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Santosh_Trophy" title="1987–88 Santosh Trophy">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Santosh_Trophy" title="1988–89 Santosh Trophy">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Santosh_Trophy" title="1989–90 Santosh Trophy">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Santosh_Trophy" title="1990–91 Santosh Trophy">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Santosh_Trophy" title="1991–92 Santosh Trophy">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Santosh_Trophy" title="1992–93 Santosh Trophy">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Santosh_Trophy" title="1993–94 Santosh Trophy">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994%E2%80%9395_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994–95 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995%E2%80%9396_Santosh_Trophy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995–96 Santosh Trophy (page does not exist)">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Santosh_Trophy" title="1996–97 Santosh Trophy">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Santosh_Trophy" title="1997–98 Santosh Trophy">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Santosh_Trophy" title="1998–99 Santosh Trophy">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Santosh_Trophy" title="1999–2000 Santosh Trophy">1999–2000</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2000–01</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Santosh_Trophy" title="2001–02 Santosh Trophy">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Santosh_Trophy" title="2002–03 Santosh Trophy">2002–03</a></li> <li><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2003–04</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Santosh_Trophy" title="2004–05 Santosh Trophy">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Santosh_Trophy" title="2005–06 Santosh Trophy">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Santosh_Trophy" title="2006–07 Santosh Trophy">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Santosh_Trophy" title="2007–08 Santosh Trophy">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Santosh_Trophy" title="2008–09 Santosh Trophy">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Santosh_Trophy" title="2009–10 Santosh Trophy">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Santosh_Trophy" title="2010–11 Santosh Trophy">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Santosh_Trophy" title="2011–12 Santosh Trophy">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Santosh_Trophy" title="2012–13 Santosh Trophy">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Santosh_Trophy" title="2013–14 Santosh Trophy">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Santosh_Trophy" title="2014–15 Santosh Trophy">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Santosh_Trophy" title="2015–16 Santosh Trophy">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Santosh_Trophy" title="2016–17 Santosh Trophy">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Santosh_Trophy" title="2017–18 Santosh Trophy">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Santosh_Trophy" title="2018–19 Santosh Trophy">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Santosh_Trophy" title="2019–20 Santosh Trophy">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Santosh_Trophy" title="2021–22 Santosh Trophy">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Santosh_Trophy" title="2022–23 Santosh Trophy">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Santosh_Trophy" title="2023–24 Santosh Trophy">2023–24</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#B40404; color:white;;width:1%">Qualifiers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="1999–2000 Santosh Trophy qualification">1999–00</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2008–09 Santosh Trophy qualification">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2012–13 Santosh Trophy qualification">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2013–14 Santosh Trophy qualification">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2014–15 Santosh Trophy qualification">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2015–16 Santosh Trophy qualification">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2016–17 Santosh Trophy qualification">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2017–18 Santosh Trophy qualification">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2018–19 Santosh Trophy qualification">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2019–20 Santosh Trophy qualification">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Santosh_Trophy_qualification" title="2021–22 Santosh Trophy qualification">2021–22</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#B40404; color:white;;width:1%">Group stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Santosh_Trophy_group_stage" title="2021–22 Santosh Trophy group stage">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Santosh_Trophy_group_stage" title="2022–23 Santosh Trophy group stage">2022–23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#B40404; color:white;;width:1%">Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Santosh_Trophy_final" title="2017 Santosh Trophy final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Santosh_Trophy_final" title="2018 Santosh Trophy final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Santosh_Trophy_final" title="2019 Santosh Trophy final">2019</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#B40404; color:white;;width:1%">Teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_football_team" title="Andaman and Nicobar football team">Andaman and Nicobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_football_team" title="Andhra Pradesh football team">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_football_team" title="Arunachal Pradesh football team">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_football_team" title="Assam football team">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_football_team" title="Bihar football team">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_football_team" title="Chandigarh football team">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_football_team" title="Chhattisgarh football team">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu_football_team" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu football team">Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_football_team" title="Delhi football team">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_football_team" title="Goa football team">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_football_team" title="Gujarat football team">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryana_football_team" title="Haryana football team">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_football_team" title="Himachal Pradesh football team">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_football_team" title="Jammu and Kashmir football team">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_football_team" title="Jharkhand football team">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_football_team" title="Karnataka football team">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_football_team" title="Kerala football team">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_football_team" title="Ladakh football team">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep_football_team" title="Lakshadweep football team">Lakshadweep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_football_team" title="Madhya Pradesh football team">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_football_team" title="Maharashtra football team">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur_football_team" title="Manipur football team">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_football_team" title="Meghalaya football team">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_football_team" title="Mizoram football team">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_football_team" title="Nagaland football team">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_football_team" title="Odisha football team">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry_football_team" title="Pondicherry football team">Pondicherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_football_team" title="Punjab football team">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Railways_football_team" title="Railways football team">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_football_team" title="Rajasthan football team">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Services_football_team" title="Services football team">Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_football_team" title="Sikkim football team">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_football_team" title="Tamil Nadu football team">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telangana_football_team" title="Telangana football team">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripura_football_team" title="Tripura football team">Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_football_team" title="Uttar Pradesh football team">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_football_team" title="Uttarakhand football team">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Indian_state_football_teams" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Andhra_Pradesh_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andhra Pradesh women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Arunachal Pradesh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_football_team" title="Arunachal Pradesh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_women%27s_football_team" title="Arunachal Pradesh women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Assam <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assam_football_team" title="Assam football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_women%27s_football_team" title="Assam women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Bihar <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_football_team" title="Bihar football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_women%27s_football_team" title="Bihar women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Chandigarh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_football_team" title="Chandigarh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chandigarh_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chandigarh women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Chhattisgarh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_football_team" title="Chhattisgarh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chhattisgarh_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chhattisgarh women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu_football_team" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli_and_Daman_and_Diu_women%27s_football_team" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Delhi <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_football_team" title="Delhi football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_women%27s_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Delhi women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Goa <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goa_football_team" title="Goa football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goa_women%27s_football_team" title="Goa women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Gujarat <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_football_team" title="Gujarat football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gujarat_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gujarat women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Haryana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Haryana_football_team" title="Haryana football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryana_women%27s_football_team" title="Haryana women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Himachal Pradesh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_football_team" title="Himachal Pradesh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_women%27s_football_team" title="Himachal Pradesh women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Jammu and Kashmir <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_football_team" title="Jammu and Kashmir football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jammu_and_Kashmir_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jammu and Kashmir women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Jharkhand <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_football_team" title="Jharkhand football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_women%27s_football_team" title="Jharkhand women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Karnataka <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_football_team" title="Karnataka football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_women%27s_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Karnataka women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kerala <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_football_team" title="Kerala football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_women%27s_football_team" title="Kerala women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ladakh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh_football_team" title="Ladakh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ladakh_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ladakh women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Lakshadweep <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep_football_team" title="Lakshadweep football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lakshadweep_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lakshadweep women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Madhya Pradesh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_football_team" title="Madhya Pradesh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhya_Pradesh_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Madhya Pradesh women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Maharashtra <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_football_team" title="Maharashtra football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_women%27s_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharashtra women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Manipur <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manipur_football_team" title="Manipur football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipur_women%27s_football_team" title="Manipur women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Meghalaya <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_football_team" title="Meghalaya football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_women%27s_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Meghalaya women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Mizoram <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_football_team" title="Mizoram football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_women%27s_football_team" title="Mizoram women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Nagaland <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_football_team" title="Nagaland football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagaland_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nagaland women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Odisha <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_football_team" title="Odisha football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_women%27s_football_team" title="Odisha women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Pondicherry <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry_football_team" title="Pondicherry football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pondicherry_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pondicherry women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Punjab <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_football_team" title="Punjab football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_women%27s_football_team" title="Punjab women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rajasthan <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_football_team" title="Rajasthan football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajasthan_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rajasthan women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Sikkim <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_football_team" title="Sikkim football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_women%27s_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikkim women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tamil Nadu <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_football_team" title="Tamil Nadu football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_women%27s_football_team" title="Tamil Nadu women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Telangana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telangana_football_team" title="Telangana football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Telangana_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telangana women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Tripura <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tripura_football_team" title="Tripura football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tripura_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tripura women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Uttar Pradesh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_football_team" title="Uttar Pradesh football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uttar_Pradesh_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uttar Pradesh women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>Uttarakhand <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_football_team" title="Uttarakhand football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uttarakhand_women%27s_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uttarakhand women's football team (page does not exist)">F</a></li></ul></li> <li>West Bengal <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_women%27s_football_team" title="West Bengal women's football team">F</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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