1969–70 Santosh Trophy

1969–70 Santosh Trophy
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	October 1969
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (12th title)
Runner-up	Services
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Mohammed Habib (11 goals)
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 Santosh Trophy was the 26th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in 1969 in Nowgong. Bengal beat Services 6–1 in the final; Mohammed Habib scored five of the goals.

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bengal	10–1	Andhra Pradesh	4–1	6–0

Matches[edit]

12 October 1969 ^[1]

Bengal	4–1	Andhra Pradesh
Pranab Ganguly 56', 73' Parimal Dey P Mazumdar 88'		Sebastian 57'

Nowgong Stadium

14 October 1969 ^[2]

Bengal	6–0	Andhra Pradesh
Pranab Ganguly 43', 59' Ghosh Dastidar 55' Biman Lahiri Habib

Nowgong Stadium

Referee: P. Namasivayam (Tamil Nadu)

Bengal won 10–1 on aggregate. Ghosh Dastidar was sent off in the 13th minute of the second half for kicking Habeeb Khan.

Final[edit]

16 October 1969 ^[3]

Bengal	6–1	Services
Habib 16' 54' 81' Biman Lahiri 48'		Bir Bahadur 77'

Nowgong Stadium

Referee: Babul Burmese (Assam)

Habib's five goals is the most scored in a Santosh Trophy final.

Bengal scored the first goal when a freekick by Pranab Ganguly shot up in the air off Ghosh Dastidar's body and Habib deflected it into the empty net. Services missed a chance a minute later when Aziz's shot was saved off the line by Kalyan Saha. Habib provided the assist for Lahiri for the second goal and Lahiri provided the assist for the next. Habib's third goal came from a solo run and the fourth from a pass by substitute Sitesh Das.

Bengal : Balai Dey, Sudhir Karmakar, Kalyan Saha, Ashok Banerjee, Santo Mitra, Kalon Guha, Priyalal Mazumdar, Bimal Lahiri (Sitesh Das), S Ghosh Dastidar, Habib, Pranab Ganguly
Services : Jeet Bahadur, Nelson Bose, Khairuddin, Sajwan (Bir Bahadur), Rajesh Kumar, Narsingh Gurang, AJ Paul, K Williams, Shyam Thapa, Aziz, PB Saha (Harikrishen)

References[edit]

^ Bengal whip Andhra, Indian Express, 13 October 1969, p.12
^ Bengal blaze into final for the 20th time, Indian Express, 15 October 1969, p.12
^ Santosh Trophy for Bengal, Indian Express, 17 October 1969, p.12

[1] Bengal whip Andhra, Indian Express, 13 October 1969, p.12

[2] Bengal blaze into final for the 20th time, Indian Express, 15 October 1969, p.12

[3] Santosh Trophy for Bengal, Indian Express, 17 October 1969, p.12

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