Karnataka through to Santosh Trophy final round

Karnataka scored a convincing 2-0 victory over Telangana to finish with an all-win record and sail into the final round of the 75th Santosh Trophy football championship. In another game in the morning of this group, Tamil Nadu scored a 1-0 win over Andhra Pradesh. 

It was a virtual final between Karnataka and Telangana as both sides had a chance to qualify, though Karnataka only needed a draw. Karnataka scored early in the 10th minute - a marauding run by Vignesh Gunashekar that was illegally halted by two Telengana defenders just inside the box, and referee Mithun Kundu pointed to the spot.

Midfielder Solamalai scored and the hosts were 1-0 up. Telangana fought bravely though Karnataka enjoyed a better share of the exchanges. It took them 74 minutes to get their second goal. Bavu Nishad put home a rebound to help hosts Karnataka finished with 9 points from three games.

Tamil Nadu finish second in the four team group with 6 points. 

Result

• Tamil Nadu 1 (Senthamizhi-39') Vs Andhra Pradesh 0
• Karnataka 2 (Solaimalai N-10'[P], Bavu Nishad TP-74') Vs Telngana 0

Santosh Trophy South Zone qualifiers set for a humdinger when Karnataka play Telangana tomorrow

Apparently, Saturday’s final day’s action in the Hero Santosh Trophy South Zone Group A qualifiers is all set to end on a thrilling note.

At 11.30 am, Tamil Nadu (3 points) clash with Andhra Pradesh (0 Pts) and if the former wins, then they will end up with 6 points. However, Andhra, who yielded a 90th minute goal to Karnataka on Thursday, would like to finish on a winning note, thus promising a keen contest.

The much-awaited final game is between hosts Karnataka (6 points) and Telangana (3 points). The hosts just need a draw to advance to the next round. But Telangana will be looking to scalp Karnataka and join the race.

Any three of the four teams are in with a chance to book the sole berth from this group and it all points to an exciting final day’s action though the team In the driver’s seat are hosts Karnataka.

 

Karnataka eke out a 1-0 win over Andhra Pradesh, move closer to qualifying

Hosts Karnataka were stretched to the limit before they eked out a 1-0 win over Andhra Pradesh in the Group A of Hero Santosh Trophy South Zone league. In another game Tamil Nadu came back from their 0-4 drubbing at the hands of the hosts to beat Telangana 1-0.

Karnataka who were rescued by an 90th minute strike by Kamalesh P kept an unbeaten record with six points from two games. Andhra adopted defensive tactics thus putting the brakes on the flow by the strong Karnataka side and almost pulled it off. However, with just a minute to go Kamalesh scored and ended the fight by the AP side, who now have lost both their matches and are out of contention.

In today’s second game, TN enjoyed the better of exchanges while Telangana were hardly the side that won their opener 4-0 against AP. 

After two efforts came to grief on the post in the first half, TN skipper Vijay Nagappan finally broke the deadlock two minutes after restart. Vijay’s free kick sailed over the wall and went in off the near post beating Telangana custodian Hussain hands down.

With one team qualifying for the final round, Karnataka remain the only unbeaten side and a draw will see them through. Karnataka meet Telangana in the final game on Saturday afternoon and a win for the latter will bring them back into contention.

If TN win against AP in Saturday’s first game and Karnataka lose in the afternoon, then it will be a three-way tie and goal difference and head to head results come into play.

• Karnataka 1 (Kamalesh P-90’) Vs Andhra Pradesh 0  
• Tamil Nadu 1 (Vijay Nagappan48’) Vs Telangana 0 

Last round - Sat, 27-11-2021

• 11.30 AM: Andhra Pradesh Vs Tamil Nadu
• 3.30 PM – Karnataka Vs Telangana

Karnataka take on Andhra in Santosh Trophy qualifiers tomorrow

Thursday will see two interesting encounters as Karnataka and Telangana will look to extend their winning run. Both scored identical 4-0 victories on Tuesday and on Thursday, Karnataka meet Andhra while Telangana take on Tamil Nadu.

Karnataka, who did impress in the opener still have to get their midfield players to string together an effective combination.

Andhra are a young squad while the hosts carry more experience and they meet in the first game at 11.30 am.

Telangana scored some late goals against Andhra and will take Tamil Nadu in the second game at 3.30 pm.

Tamil Nadu did pose a few problems to Karnataka and the 0-4 margin does not reflect their true strength.

Telangana have a task on hand but a win will set up a mouth-watering finale on Saturday against hosts Karnataka.

A win for TN against Telangana May make it easier for the hosts provided they make no mistake against Andhra.

• Thursday, Nov 25, 11.30 AM: Andhra Pradesh Vs Karnataka
• Thursday, Nov 25, 3.30 PM: Tamil Nadu Vs Telangana

 

Sunil to lead the state in 75th Santosh Trophy zonals

Sunil Kumar of Kickstart FC will lead the Karnataka State in the zonal round of 75th Santosh Trophy. Karnataka will start their campaign on Monday, November 23 at the Bangalore Football Stadium. 

A very popular name in Bangalore Football, Sunil has been the deputy to Vignesh Gunashekar in the last few editions of Santosh Trophy. 

Read: Bangalore to host 75th Hero Santosh Trophy South Zone round   

Squad: M Sunil Kumar (Captain), Jayanth Krishnamurthy, Srijith R, Kevin Koshy, Siju S, Robin Yadav, G John Peter, Harpreet Singh, Pavan S, Edwin Rosario, Vignesh Gunashekar, Solaimalai N, Kamalesh P, Crispin C Cleetus, Aditya Mohan, Shelton Paul M, Sudheer Kotikela, Magesh Selva, Ankith P, Mohammed Riyas PT, Bavu Nishad TP, Jagdeep Singh

Biby Thomas (Coach), J L Andrew (Asst Coach), S M Balu (Manager), Shehin Muhammed KV (Physio) 

    

Bangalore to host 75th Hero Santosh Trophy South Zone round

The 75th edition of the Hero Santosh Trophy National Football Championship is just around the corner, as the states from across various parts of the country prepare for their respective zonal groups. 

The teams from across India have been divided into groups across five zones – North Zone, West Zone, South Zone, East Zone, and the North-East Zone. Bengaluru will be hosting the South zone round. All matches will be played at the Bangalore Football Stadium. 

Bengaluru will host South Zone Group ‘A’ of the 75th Hero Santosh Trophy National Football Championship South Zone Qualifiers from November 23-27, 2021 at Bangalore Football Stadium.

Participating teams include hosts Karnataka, semifinalist in the last two editions, have been grouped with Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana All four teams will play the event in a Covid Bio Bubble.

Schedule:

• 23rd Nov, 2021, 11:30 AM: Karnataka 4 (Kamalesh P-11', Sudheer Kotikela-42', 53', 75') Vs Tamil Nadu 0
• 23rd Nov, 2021, 3:30 PM: Telangana 4 (Yousuf Ali-16’, Mohammed Imaduddin-71’, 90’+3’, P Joshua-87’) Vs Andhra Pradesh 0
• 25th Nov, 2021, 11:30 AM: Karnataka Vs Andhra Pradesh 
• 25th Nov, 2021, 3:30 PM: Telangana Vs Tamil Nadu
• 27th Nov, 2021, 11:30 AM: Karnataka Vs Telangana  
• 27th Nov, 2021, 3:30 PM: Andhra Pradesh Vs Tamil Nadu

The team finishing at the top of their group will then progress to the Final Round of the Hero Santosh Trophy, which is set to take place in Kerala, later this year. 

73rd Santosh Trophy final round

Karnataka is in Group B along with Assam, Maharastra, Punkab, and Sikkim. Group A consist of Odisha, Goa, Delhi, Services, and Meghalaya. 

Final round games are played at Guru Nanak Stadium, ludhiana, punjab from 8th to 21st April 2019. Two matches are played each day – one in the morning, 8:30 am and the other one in the evening 4 pm.   

• 8:30 AM, 09/04/19: Karnataka 2 (Manvir Singh-30’, Nikhil Raj-90+2’) Vs Maharashtra 2 (Rohan Shukla-16’, Sanket Salokhe-54’) 
• 8:30 AM, 11/04/19: Karnataka 2 (Vignesh-66', Namgyal Bhutia-84') Vs Sikkim 0 
• 8:30 AM, 15/04/19 Karnataka 5 (Biswa Darjee-16, Naorem Roshan Singh-18, 23', Vignesh Gunashekar-25, Magesh-31') Vs Assam 1 (Bishnu Bordoloi) 
• 8:30 AM, 17/04/19 Karnataka Vs Punjab 

73rd Santosh Trophy zonals from Feb 3 in Neyveli, Vignesh to lead state again

Karnataka team will be travelling to Neyveli, TN to play the South Zone qualifying round of Santosh Trophy, the national football championship for the 2018-19 season. This will be the 73rd edition of the senior national championship. The qualifying matches will be played between February 3 to 8.  

Impressed by their performance in the previous edition, selectors retained faith, and appointed Vignesh Gunashekar captain and Sunil Kumar vice-captain. Karnataka had a remarkable run last year, not before losing to host Bengal in semi final.  

Karnataka is placed in Group A along with Andhra Pradesh and host Tamil Nadu. Group B consists of Kerala, Telengana, Services, and Pondicherry. 


Fixture

• February 5, 2019: Karnataka 5 (Leone Augustine, Sunil Kumar, Manvir Singh, Safeel PP, M Nikhil Raj) Vs Andhra Pradesh 0  
• February 7, 2019: Karnataka Vs Tami Nadu 

Team  
Jayanth Kumar (GK), Mohammed Shahanas, Namgyal Bhutia (U-21), Prasanth Kalinga, Sunil Kumar (Vice Captain), John Peter, Shafeel PP, Ashik AS, Biswa Kr Darjee (U-21), Vignesh Gunashekar (Captain), Shelton Paul D (U-21), Sukesh Leon, Edwin Rossario, Lethaolen Khongsai (U-21), Anirudh Krishna Das, M Nikhil Raj (U-21), Leon Augustine, Manvir Singh, Kaviarsan K, Naorem Roshan Singh

Officials
Head Coach – D Manivannan
Asst. Coach – Gopal 
Goal Keeping Coach - Prem Kumar
Manager - Dr Anthony S L

Fixture - 72nd Santosh Trophy South Zone Qualifiers

Group A	Group B
Karnataka Telangana Services Pondicherry	Kerala Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Andaman Nicobar

* Andaman and Nicobar have withdrawn their team from the competition

Fixture 

Wednesday, 17 January, 2018, 1:15 PM: Karnataka 5 (Rajesh S-7', 69', Liton Shil-18', 68', Shahabaaz Khan-83') vs. Telangana 0

Wednesday, 17 January, 2018, 4 PM: Services 4 (Arjun Tudu-20', Gautam Singh-72', Nanish Singh-59', Saji P-86'[OG]) vs. Pondicherry 1 (Kartikeyan G-9') 

Thursday, 18 January, 2018, 4 PM: Kerala 7 (Sajith Poulose-3', Rahul KP-13', 49', Singampalli Vinod-16[OG], Vibin Thomas-53', Afdal VK-63' 75') vs. Andhra Pradesh 0 

Friday, 19 January, 2018, 1:15 PM: Pondicherry 0 vs. Karnataka 2 (Shahabaaz Khan-64', Amoes-89')

Friday, 19 January, 2018, 4 PM: Telangana 1 (Kumar Dhanala-59') vs. Services 2 (Nanish Singh-25' Laishram Herojit Singh- 89')

Saturday, 20 January, 2018, 4 PM: Andhra Pradesh 0 vs. Tamil Nadu 1 (Vijay Nagappan-57')

Sunday, 21 January, 2018, 1:15 PM: Telangana 4 (Madan Kumar-14' 64', Syed Abid Hussain Rizvi -18', 60') vs. Pondicherry 0 

Sunday, 21 January, 2018, 4 PM: Karnataka 4 (Azaruddin SK-10'[P]), Rajesh S-49', 72', Solaimalai-89') vs. Services 1 (Laishram Herojit Singh-86')

Monday, 22 January, 2018, 4 PM: Tamil Nadu vs. Kerala