The 2022/23 Santosh Trophy is the 76th edition of the competition kicking off on Friday, 23 December 2022. Kerala are the defending champions having beaten 32 times record winners West Bengal in May this year. This time, the tournament's final round will be held in Saudi Arabia and will be contested by 12 teams divided into two groups. That is after the conclusion of the zonal qualifiers in India.
The Senior National Football Championships will be played in a new format that will see the 36 states fight it out across six groups to make it to the final Round. The six group toppers and three best second-placed teams will qualify for the final Rounds. Railways and Services will get direct entry along with the hosts. The Group A games will be played in Delhi (December 23, 2022 – December 31, 2022), the Group B and E games in Kozhikode, Kerala (December 26, 2022 – January 8, 2023) and in Bhubaneswar, Odisha (December 24, 2022 – January 1, 2023), respectively.
Groups
A: Karnataka, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Ladakh.
B: Kerala, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
C: Goa, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland.
D: West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Dadra, Haryana.
E: Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Telangana, Pondicherry, Andaman & Nicobar.
F: Punjab, Manipur, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep.
Results
23 December 2022
Ladakh 2-2 Uttarakhand – Group A
Tripura 0-0 Delhi – Group A
Gujarat 1-5 Karnataka – Group A
Fixtures
24 December 2022
Telangana vs Pondicherry – Group E (10:00 AM)
Meghalaya vs Sikkim – Group E (2:45 PM)
Odisha vs Andaman & Nicobar – Group E (2:45 PM)
25 December 2022
Uttarakhand vs Karnataka – Group A (11:30 AM)
Ladakh vs Delhi – Group A (12:30 PM)
Tripura vs Gujarat – Group A (2:30 PM)
26 December 2022
Bihar vs Jammu & Kashmir – Group B (TBD)
Rajasthan vs Kerala – Group B (TBD)
Andaman & Nicobar vs Sikkim – Group E (10:00 AM)
Meghalaya vs Telangana – Group E (10:00 AM)
Odisha FC vs Pondicherry – Group E (2:45 PM)
27 December 2022
Andhra Pradesh vs Mizoram – Group B (TBD)
Ladakh vs Karnataka – Group A (11:00 AM)
Delhi vs Gujarat – Group A (12:30 PM)
Uttarakhand vs Tripura – Group A (2:30 PM)
28 December 2022
Assam vs Goa – Group C (TBD)
Arunachal Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu – Group C (TBD)
Uttar Pradesh vs Nagaland – Group C (TBD)
Andaman & Nicobar vs Meghalaya – Group E (10:00 AM)
Telangana vs Odisha FC – Group E (10:00 AM)
29 December 2022
Bihar vs Kerala – Group B (TBD)
Jammu & Kashmir vs Mizoram – Group B (TBD)
Karnataka vs Tripura – Group A (11:00 AM)
Delhi vs Uttarakhand – Group A (12:30 PM)
Ladakh vs Gujarat – Group A (2:30 PM)
30 December 2022
Rajasthan vs Andhra Pradesh – Group B (TBD)
Assam vs Arunachal Pradesh – Group C (TBD)
Uttar Pradesh vs Goa – Group C (TBD)
Nagaland vs Tamil Nadu – Group C (TBD)
Pondicherry vs Meghalaya – Group E (10:00 AM)
Odisha vs Sikkim – Group E (10:00 AM)
Andaman & Nicobar vs Meghalaya – Group E (2:45 PM)
31 December 2022
Ladakh vs Tripura – Group A (11:30 AM)
Karnataka vs Delhi – Group A (12:30 PM)
Gujarat vs Uttarakhand – Group A (2:30 PM)
1 January 2023
Pondicherry vs Andaman & Nicobar – Group E (10:00 AM)
Goa vs Arunachal Pradesh – Group C (TBD)
Kerala vs Andhra Pradesh – Group B (TBD)
Nagaland vs Assam – Group C (TBD)
Bihar vs Mizoram – Group B (TBD)
Uttar Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu – Group C (TBD)
Sikkim vs Telangana – Group E (10:00 AM)
Meghalaya vs Odisha – Group E (2:45 PM)
2 January 2023
Jammu & Kashmir vs Rajasthan – Group B (TBD)
3 January 2023
Tamil Nadu vs Assam – Group C (TBD)
Goa vs Nagaland – Group C (TBD)
Uttar Pradesh vs Arunachal Pradesh – Group C (TBD)
4 January 2023
Mizoram vs Rajasthan – Group B (TBD)
Bihar vs Andhra Pradesh – Group B (TBD)
5 December 2023
Kerala vs Jammu & Kashmir – Group B (TBD)
Uttar Pradesh vs Assam – Group C (TBD)
Tamil Nadu vs Goa – Group C (TBD)
Arunachal Pradesh vs Nagaland – Group C (TBD)
7 December 2023
Haryana vs West Bengal – Group D (TBD)
Madhya Pradesh vs Maharashtra – Group D (TBD)
Daman & Dadra vs Chhattisgarh – Group D (TBD)
Bihar vs Rajasthan – Group B (TBD)
Andhra Pradesh vs Arunachal Pradesh – Group C (TBD)
8 January 2023
Mizoram vs Kerala – Group B (TBD)
9 January 2023
Haryana vs Madhya Pradesh – Group D (TBD)
Daman & Dadra vs West Bengal – Group D (TBD)
Chhattisgarh vs Maharashtra – Group D (TBD)
11 January 2023
Daman & Dadra vs Maharashtra – Group D (TBD)
West Bengal vs Madhya Pradesh – Group D (TBD)
Chhattisgarh vs Haryana – Group D (TBD)
13 January 2023
Daman & Dadra vs Madhya Pradesh – Group D (TBD)
West Bengal vs Chhattisgarh – Group D (TBD)
Maharashtra vs Haryana – Group D (TBD)
15 January 2023
Daman & Dadra vs Haryana – Group D (TBD)
Madhya Pradesh vs Chhattisgarh – Group D (TBD)
Maharashtra vs West Bengal – Group D (TBD)
22 January 2023
Lakshadweep vs Himachal Pradesh – Group F (TBD)
Jharkhand vs Punjab – Group F (TBD)
Chandigarh vs Manipur – Group F (TBD)
24 January 2023
Himachal Pradesh vs Manipur – Group F (TBD)
Lakshadweep vs Punjab – Group F (TBD)
Jharkhand vs Chandigarh – Group F (TBD)
27 January 2023
Himachal Pradesh vs Jharkhand – Group F (TBD)
Lakshadweep vs Manipur – Group F (TBD)
Punjab vs Chandigarh – Group F (TBD)
29 January 2023
Punjab vs Himachal Pradesh – Group F (TBD)
Lakshadweep vs Chandigarh – Group F (TBD)
Manipur vs Jharkhand – Group F (TBD)
31 January 2023
Chandigarh vs Himachal Pradesh – Group F (TBD)
Lakshadweep vs Jharkhand – Group F (TBD)
Manipur vs Punjab – Group F (TBD)
