Services football team
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| Full name | Services football team | ||
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| Owner | Services Sports Control Board | ||
| Head coach | Mileswamy Govindaraju Ramachandran | ||
| League | Santosh Trophy | ||
| 2022–23 | Third place | ||
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The Services football team is an Indian football team representing the Indian Armed Forces in Indian state football competitions. It is operated by the Services Sports Control Board,[1] and competes in Santosh Trophy.[2]
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.
Honours
State
- Santosh Trophy[3]
- National Games
- Bronze medal (1): 2022
- M. Dutta Ray Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 2002
Others
- IFA Shield
- Runners-up (1): 1950
See also
References
- ^ Basu, Jaydeep (13 August 2022). "Indian Football: Balai Dey, the Mohun Bagan legend who played for both India and Pakistan". scroll.in. Scroll. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ Sengupta, Somnath (14 May 2018). "Legends of Indian Football : Peter Thangaraj". thehardtackle.com. Mumbai: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ List of Santosh Trophy Finals
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