The 78th National Men’s Football Championship for Santosh Trophy is up and running from 15th November 2024 with 36 teams participating in the First Round. Host of the Final Round Telangana has been given the bye to the next round being the hosts with last season’s finalists - champions Service and runners-up Goa. The sides are divided into nine groups with each group, except F with three, containing four teams. The winners from each group will move into the Final Round hosted in Hyderabad next month. The First Round will go on till the end of the month.
Group A consists of Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab while Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Delhi form Group B. Group C contains Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and record champions Bengal. Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim and Mizoram are drawn into Group D whereas Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland are placed in Group E. Group F is the only group with three teams containing Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Andaman & Nicobar form G with Kerala, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry and Railways in Group H and Maharashtra Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Rajasthan in I.
Here is the Squad List of Teams for the First Round in Santosh Trophy 2024-25
Group A
Jammu & Kashmir
Goalkeepers: Nirdosh Sagotra, Majid Ahmad, Nadeem Ali Bhat
Defenders: Rishi, Musaib Ahmed, Dimple Bhagat, Ather Irshad, Farhan Ganai, Arun Nagial, Rishab Mehra
Midfielders: Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, Shahmeer Tariq, Huzafah Dhar, Aakif Javaid, Ishan Gupta, Kamran Hameed
Forwards: Sahil Rashid Dar, Moomin Bhat, Hayat Bashir, Adnan Ayub, Aditya Mahajan, Talib Nazir
Head Coach: Mehraj Uddin Wadoo
Ladakh
Squad: Tsewang Norbu, Stanzin Nyantak, Tsering Namgial, Tsewang Rahula, Stanzin Wangdan, Tsewang Sangdup, Stanzin Jigmet, Delex Namgyal, Abid Ali, Padma Wangchok, Mohmad Hassanain, Stanzin Stanpa, Mohmad Illyas, Kashief Hussain Zakiri, Jigmet Stanzin, Stanzin Gacho, Tondup Wangldan, Stanzin Mutup, Iftikhar Hussain, Yountan Wangbo, Asif Ali, Tsewang Gyatso
Head Coach: Ali Mohammad Wani
Himachal Pradesh
Squad: Abhinav Guleria, Lucky, Anirvan Sarkar, Rohan, Mohammed Aamir, Yogesh, Nikhil Manas, Ankit Sharma, Vivek, Sarthak Thakur, Sahil, Vishal Dogra, Kartik Jaita, Chetan Choudhary, Abhishek Choudhary, Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Patania, Shivam Thakur, Mohit Sharma, Harsh Kumar
Head Coach: Nikhilesh Naudiyal
Punjab
Goalkeepers: Harpreet Singh, Satbir Singh Dhaliwal
Defenders: Sangamdeep Singh, Karamjeet Singh, Sukhandeep Singh, Deepak Kumar, Gurjit Singh, Akashmaan Chaudhary, Yagya Kapoor, Harpreet Singh, Gurmeet Chand, Gaurab
Midfielders: Bipul Kala, Harjot Singh, Abhishek Rattu, Jaginder Singh, Jang Bahadur Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Mohammed Asif Khan, Kishori
Forwards: Tanveer Singh, Kamaldeep
Head Coach: Harjinder Singh
Group B
Chandigarh (TBD)
Uttarakhand (TBD)
Haryana (TBD)
Delhi (TBD)
Group C
Uttar Pradesh
Squad: Anuj Yadav, Abhishek Rawat, Himanshu Rai, Mustafa Khan, Nitish Shyam, Mohammad Tarique, Sarfaraz Alam, Tejas Pathak, Mohammad Tauseef, Yashraj Thapa, Satish Pandit, Aditya Yadav, Tejeet Singh, Amit Yadav, Abuzar, Aditya Singh, Roshan Patel, Mohammad Ahad, Salman Khan, Ayush Singh, Aman Kumar Sahni
Head Coach: Irfan Zama Khan
Jharkhand
Squad: Mohammad Anan, Sandeep Oran, Baset Hansdah, Manjeet Karmali, Rangalal Murmu, Thakur Das, Bidesh Tirkey, Sanjay Murmu, Rohit Tigga, Upendra Hazam, Ranjit Mardi, Oswin Purty, Pankaj Baskey, Krishna Hembrom, Govinda Kalundia, Sikur Deogam, Chandra Mohan Soy, Jaypal Singh Sirka, Faisal Hussain, Rohit Tigga, Jay Toppo, Harish Bedia, Budh Dev Oraon
Head Coach: Sudipto Kumar Majumdar
Bengal
Goalkeepers: Sourav Samanta, Sankar Roy, Aditya Patra
Defenders: Tarak Hembram, Jewel Mazumder, Ayon Mondol, Madan Mandi, Ranibal Mandi, Bikram Pradhan, Rahul Purkait
Midfielders: Chaku Mandi, Aditya Thapa, Suprodip Hazra, Basudeb Mandi, Israfil Dewan, Sufian SK, Amarnath Baskey, Supriya Pandits
Forwards: Robi Hansda, Narohari Shrestha, Manotos Maji, Aritra Ghosh
Head Coach: Sanjay Sen
Bihar
Squad: Sunny Raj, Omnarayan Kumar, Arif Khan, Sujeet Kumar, Shankar Kumar, Syed Owais Uddin, Alishad Ali, Piyush Sikarwar, Irfan Alam, Anil Yadav, Mohammad Arbaz, Saif Khan, Abhijeet Hembram, Kishan Patel, Karan Prajapati, Tanveer Khan, Yuvraj Kumar, Shahanwaj Rain, Ankit Kumar, Tauhid Ahmad, Arif Siddiki, Dilip Kumar
Head Coach: Sanjoy Kumar Dey
Group D
Tripura
Squad: Buddha Debbarma, Manish Debbarma, Bishal Jamatia, Sanjib Shil, Chukthar Jamatia, Pohar Debbarma, Samarjit Debbarma, Imran Hossen, Bilash Debbarma, Rajib Singha, Alak Jamatia, Biru Debbarma, Suraj Singh, Ajmal Riyaz, Moinuddin, Bhakti Jamatia, Suraj Meitei, Joykisan Ghashi, Raj Jamatia, Lalvenga Darlong, Rajani Tripura, Bikan Chakma, Hayung Jamatia
Head Coach: Dinesh Kumar Pradhan
Manipur
Goalkeepers: Salam Singh, Thomas Shagolsem
Defenders: Shunjanthan Ragui, Kabiraj Sharma, Dhananjoy Singh, Kabiraj Singh, Bungson Singh, Romen Singh, Yarchhan Kasar, Shongsir Monsang, Avinash Singh
Midfielders: Meitei Akoijam, Rajdhan Singh, Meitei Yumnam, Prabin Khangembam, Lanngamba Singh, Sangkar Singh, Lalrellakpam Langamba
Forwards: Amarjit Singh, LT Loly, Zahir Khan, Ronald Singh
Head Coach: Kamei Joy Rongmei
Sikkim
Anith Subba, Aita Bir Limbu, Sameer Pradhan, Eric Sanman Yonzone, Deepjay Sharma, Phung Hang Subba, Senchung Bhutia, Rohit Bishwakarma , Karan Tamang, Karma Bhutia, Pranub Limboo, Inchen Tamang, Rohit Chettri, Raj Pradhan, Chandra Tamang, Tendon Lepcha, Sailesh Pradhan, Nima Lepcha, Pratapkumar Tamang, John Lepcha, Taten Lepcha, Kunjaman Thapa
Head Coach: Stephan Tawnthansanga
Mizoram
Goalkeepers: Lalhmangaihsanga, Zothanmawia
Defenders: F Malsawmtlunga, Lalthanpuia, Vanlalremruata, Zohmingsanga, Lalmuanawma
Midfielders: Michael Lalbiaksanga, KC Malsawmsanga, F Lallawmkima, Malsawmzuala, R Malsawmkima, Lalthankima, Lalbiakthanga Hmar, Crespo Vanlalhriatpuia, Lalngaihsaka
Forwards: HK Lalhruaitluanga, Lalramnunmawia, Laltluangliana, Lalruatpuia, Lalkhawpuimawia, Moses Lalrinzuala
Head Coach: Malsawmzuala
Group E
Assam (TBD)
Meghalaya (TBD)
Arunachal Pradesh (TBD)
Nagaland (TBD)
Group F
Madhya Pradesh (TBD)
Chhattisgarh (TBD)
Odisha (TBD)
Group G
Tamil Nadu
Goalkeepers: Murugan, Muthu T
Defenders: Rakshith D, Rojar J Venjilas, Deepak Baktan, Ajith Kumar, K Dhansuraj, Henry Joseph
Midfielders: V John Alex, Sriram Boopathi, A Regan, Romario Jesuraj, Pandiyian Sinivasan, Saravanakumar G, Nandha Kumar Ananthraj, Lijo Francis
Forwards: Aravindhan Rajendran, Lijo K, Vikram Venkatachalam, S Sharon, A Dhivakar
Others: Francis Vincent D
Head Coach: Mohanraj Nallappan
Andhra Pradesh
Squad: Surya Teja, Parameshwar Reddy, Mahaboob Basha, Sirvisetti Chaitaniya, Boya Maruthi, Thuppakula Pradeep, Addakula Mahesh, Yagati Teja, Yendrathi Kumar, Kumar Saurav, S Chakri, Praveen Kumar, Shaik Irfan, Surya Teja, Talari Vivekananda, Penukonda Sivaprasad, Siripurapu Premnadh, Mani Kanta, Jacob Herald, Thuppakula Pradeep, Sudhakar K, Patharapalli Jashuva, Raj Kumar, Sai Krishna Guduri, Addakula Mahesh, Sunil Kumar
Head Coach: Shyam Ellimishetty
Karnataka
Goalkeepers: Deepak S, Sujay S
Defenders: Ashik Adhikari, Andrew Gurung, Kiran Saravanan, Ahmed Khan, Rudra Ved, Deepak Kumar,
Midfielders: Edwin Rossario, Karthik Govind, Ryan Wilfred S, Nivrutti Sunil Pavanoji, Vijay T, Akshay S
Forwards: Nikhil Raj, Abhishek Shankar, Godwin Johnson, Crispin Cleetus, Surya U K, Ashwin Chakravarthy
Others: Syed Ahmed
Head Coach: Irudaya Raj Singh
Andaman & Nicobar
Squad: Rohit Boro, Avinash Bara, Vikas Payal, N J Sansani, Jeet Tirkey, Atif Khan, Sujal Meena, Shafique Arju, K Micah, Githin Raj, Vitus, Saurab Kumar, Faiz Khan, Abhisek Barla, Abdul Aslam, Mukesh Kumar Gurjar, Vazid Ali, Libnus Lakra, K Sadique Mohammed, Subhas Ram, Sagar Barla, Abdul Yasir
Head Coach: Sunny Kumar
Group H
Kerala
Goalkeepers: Muhammad Niyas, Hajmal S, Muhammed Azhar
Defenders: Manoj M, Sanju G, Muhammed Aslam, Adil Amal, Muhammed Riyas, Joseph Justine
Midfielders: Arjun V, Christy Davis, Mohammed Arshaf, Naseeb Rahman, Salman Kalliyath, Nijo Gilbert, Rishad Gafoor, Muhammed Roshal, Muhammed Mushraf
Forwards: Gani Nigam, Muhammed Ajsal, Sajeesh, Shijin T
Head Coach: Biby Thomas
Pondicherry (TBD)
Lakshadweep (TBD)
Railways (TBD)
Group I
Maharashtra
Squad: Pruthviraj Salokhe, Rohit Jadhav, Yashraj Kamble, Adithyan Prithviraj, Sumeet Bhanudas, Tyson Patel, Shanon Pereira, Zaid Ansari, Mohammed Ansari, Kaustubh Panchal, Nishant Shetty, Abhijit Taware, Deepesh Purshottam, Fahad Latifurr, Mohd Huzaif, Aryan Banarjee, Yash Shukla, Owais Khan, Rajendra Singh, Jagadish Pawar, Sudhir Patil, Chinmay Shirke
Head Coach: Khaja Raziuddin Ansari
Gujarat (TBD)
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (TBD)
Rajasthan (TBD)
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