Services football team



The Services football team is a football section of the Indian Armed Forces, representing them in various regional competitions. It is operated by the Services Sports Control Board, and competes in Santosh Trophy.

Santosh Trophy
Services have appeared in the final of the Santosh Trophy ten times, and have won it six times.

The team won their first Santosh Trophy in 1960–61 by beating Bengal 1–0 in the final. Since then, they have won the tournament another four times – 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Their latest win came at the 2018–19 Santosh Trophy in Ludhiana, where they beat Punjab 1–0 in the final.

State

 * Santosh Trophy
 * Winners (7): 1960–61, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2023–24
 * Runners-up (5): 1954–55, 1958–59, 1966–67, 1969–70, 2007–08
 * Third place (1): 2022–23
 * National Games
 * Gold medal (1): 2023
 * Bronze medal (1): 2022
 * M. Dutta Ray Trophy
 * Runners-up (1): 2002

Others

 * IFA Shield
 * Runners-up (1): 1950