2006–07 Santosh Trophy

The 61st Santosh Trophy 2006 was held from 14 September to 25 October 2006 in Gurgaon & Faridabad, Haryana.

Qualifying rounds
Venues:
 * Ch. Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 38; Gurgaon
 * HUDA Sports Complex, Sector 12; Faridabad

Cluster I - Gurgaon
14 September 2006: Haryana        3-0 Pondicherry [10 Habeeb Khan, 32 Sunit Mishra, 54 Praveen Arora] 16 September 2006: Bihar          1-0 Pondicherry [70 Niranjan Kumar Patel] 18 September 2006: Haryana        0-0 Bihar

Cluster II - Gurgaon
15 September 2006: Meghalaya      1-0 Mizoram [70 Rocus Lamare] 15 September 2006: Uttar Pradesh  3-0 Andaman&Nicobar Islands [12 Mohammed Hadi Hassan Khan, 63 Peter Siddiqui, 89 Jatin Singh Bisht] 17 September 2006: Uttar Pradesh  3-1 Mizoram [U: ?? Amit Singh, 76 Pralad Singh Rawat, 80 Jatin Singh Bisht; M: 48 Lalsangliana] 17 September 2006: Meghalaya      5-0 Andaman&Nicobar Islands [32 Roland Pyngrope, 56,67 Rocus Lamare, 80,82 Niwamo Gaiphoh] 19 September 2006: Uttar Pradesh  1-5 Meghalaya [U: 76 Amit Singh; M: 13,29 Newan-o-Gathpoh, 22 Marlanki Suting, 61 Romeo Sukhlein, 80 Roland Pyngrope] 19 September 2006: Mizoram        5-0 Andaman&Nicobar Islands [12,58 Sochungmi Releng, 25 Jerry Zirsanga, 29,63 Shylo Malswam Tulunga]

Cluster III - Faridabad
14 September 2006: West Bengal    8-1 Rajasthan [B: 8 Sasthi Duley, 15 Suman Datta, 26,34 Tarif Ahmed, 47,56,66,88 Vimal Pariyar; R: 42 Shakir Ahmed] 16 September 2006: Rajasthan      0-8 Madhya Pradesh [2,71,90+1 Rahmat Beg, 18,50 V. Shibu, 62 Praveen Nair, 73,77 Suresh Rajak] 18 September 2006: West Bengal    5-0 Madhya Pradesh [9 Avinash Thapa, 11,34,66 Vimal Pariyar, 45+1 Lalhmang Zuala]

Cluster IV - Faridabad
15 September 2006: Assam          5-3 Sikkim [A: 5,14 Robijit Jigdung, 30 Abel Sema, 38 Birjab Mushahary, 90 Akum Ao; S: 48 Bir Bahadur Pradhan, 72 Chunku Sherpa, 81 Ruben Rai] 15 September 2006: Chandigarh     1-4 Services [C: 89 Deepak Hooda; S: 42 MG Ramachandran, 53 N Gerneilal, 63 A Thirunavakarasu, 70 Shaji A D'Silva] 17 September 2006: Chandigarh     0-1 Assam [37 Bulu Jindung] 17 September 2006: Services       7-1 Sikkim [Se: 3,21,44 Ngurneilal, 11 Shaji D' Silva, 22 Trvdaya Raj, 39 Vivek Venu Gopal, 67 A Thirunavakarsu; Si: 53 Sanju Pradhan] 19 September 2006: Chandigarh     4-1 Sikkim [C: 16 Sameer Singh, 55 Bhupender Gosain, 71 Harminder Singh, 78 Karthik Bhardwaj; S: 23 Tenzing Chepel] 19 September 2006: Assam          1-1 Services [A: 62 Sanjiva Rongpi; S: 90+3 CT Sajith]

Cluster V - Gurgaon
22 September 2006: Manipur        3-0 Himachal Pradesh [14 T Narender Meetei, 31 Bungo Singh, 90+1 Bijen Singh] 22 September 2006: Chhattisgarh   1-1 Andhra Pradesh [C: 18 Deepangshu Mazumder; A: 43 Mohammed Quizar] 24 September 2006: Manipur        0-0 Andhra Pradesh 24 September 2006: Chhattisgarh   7-0 Himachal Pradesh [24 Abid Khan, 35,88 Kulwant Singh, 40 Subir Maji, 42 Tajuddin, 53,61 Ramchandra Murmu] 26 September 2006: Andhra Pradesh 4-0 Himachal Pradesh [26,34 Ayaz Bin Abdul Haq, 38 Syed Altafuddin Ahmed, 87 Mohammad Fareed] 26 September 2006: Manipur        0-0 Chhattisgarh

Cluster VI - Gurgaon
23 September 2006: Karnataka      0-0 Gujarat 25 September 2006: Gujarat        0-0 Nagaland 27 September 2006: Karnataka      4-0 Nagaland [35,53,74 Sampath Kumar Kuttimani, 57 D Raju]

Cluster VII - Faridabad
22 September 2006: Delhi          1-3 Jammu&Kashmir [D: 41 Trilok Singh Bisht; J: 9,44,90 Ishfaq Ahmed] 23 September 2006: Orissa         0-1 Railways [13 PV Vinoy] 24 September 2006: Delhi          4-2 Orissa [D: 18,52,76 Sunil Chetri, 69 Praveen Rawat; O: 44 Antu Murmu, 65 Manesh Mohanty] 24 September 2006: Jammu&Kashmir  0-0 Railways 26 September 2006: Orissa         0-0 Jammu&Kashmir 26 September 2006: Delhi          3-0 Railways [57,60,78 Sunil Chetri]

Cluster VIII - Faridabad
23 September 2006: Tamil Nadu     4-0 Tripura [22 J Auxiano, 47,67 Raman Vijayan, 63 Kalia Kulothungan] 23 September 2006: Jharkhand      1-1 Uttarakhand [J: 23 Budh Ram Soren; U: 61 Rakesh Shah] 25 September 2006: Tamil Nadu     1-0 Uttarakhand [56 Raman Vijayan] 25 September 2006: Jharkhand      5-1 Tripura [J: 5 CM Soren, 18,88 Lal Mohan Hansda, 37 Sakla Mardi, 51 Dharmendra Deogam; T: 60 Utpal Chowdhary] 27 September 2006: Tripura        2-1 Uttarakhand [T: 65,76 Kiran Chettri; U: 83 Rakesh Shah] 27 September 2006: Tamil Nadu     2-1 Jharkhand [T: 27 Kalia Kulothungan, 72 A Gestaf Antony; J: 90+2 Lal Mohan Hansda]

Pre-quarterfinal playoffs
21 September 2006: Haryana        1-0 Meghalaya [88 Pradeep Kumar] 21 September 2006: West Bengal    1-0 Services [extra time] [120 Vimal Pariyar] 29 September 2006: Chhattisgarh   3-5 Karnataka [penalties] 29 September 2006: Delhi          0-1 Tamil Nadu [extra time]

Quarterfinal League
Group B:

15 October 2006: Kerala         3-1 Tamil Nadu [K: 13 km Abdul Naushad, 50,78 NP Pradeep; T: 25 Kalia Kulothungan] 15 October 2006: Maharashtra    3-0 Karnataka [47 Adil Ansari, 64 Abhishek Yadav, 83 Paresh Shivalkar] 17 October 2006: Tamil Nadu     2-0 Karnataka [66 S Satish Kumar, 68 Jotin Singh] 17 October 2006: Maharashtra    1-1 Kerala [M: 8 Kasif Jamal; K: 29 km Abdul Naushad] 19 October 2006: Kerala         2-1 Karnataka [Ke: 16 KS Joby, 85 NP Pradeep; Ka: 35 Jean Christian (own Goal)] 19 October 2006: Maharashtra    1-0 Tamil Nadu [66 Adil Ansari]

Semi-finals
Punjab made the final of the competition by virtue of a 2–1 win over Maharashtra to regain the trophy for the first time in 20 years.