1988–89 Santosh Trophy

1988–89 Santosh Trophy
National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Venue(s)	Assam
Dates	5–31 March 1988
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Bengal (23rd title)
Runner-up	Kerala
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 1988–89 Santosh Trophy was the 45th edition of the Santosh Trophy, the main State competition for football in India. It was held in Jorhat, Silchar and Guwahati, in Assam. Bengal defeated Kerala 5–4 in the tie-breaker in the final to win the competition for the 23rd time.

24 teams were divided in six clusters. The top team in each cluster qualified to the quarter final league along with Kerala, Maharastra, Punjab and Karnataka who had qualified for the semifinals the previous year.^[1]

Final[edit]

31 March 1989

Bengal	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Kerala

Penalties
	5–4

Guwahati

References[edit]

^ Bengal gunning for revenge, Indian Express, 5 March 1989
^ RSSSF

External links[edit]

India 1989 at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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