2017 Santosh Trophy Final
# 2017 Santosh Trophy Final

The 2017 Santosh Trophy Final was the 71st final of Santosh Trophy, the football competition contested by regional State associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation. It was contested between Goa and West Bengal on 26 March 2017 at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim. Bengal beat Goa 1–0 in extra time, with the only goal being scored by Manvir Singh.

## Background

West Bengal went into the final with a record of 31 wins from 41 Santosh Trophy finals and Goa with five out of eleven, with the two teams sharing the trophy in 1982–83. They met six time previously in the final, and Bengal had won five. Goa, however, won their last meeting, in 2008–09. Bengal had defeated Goa the last time the latter hosted the competition, in 1995–96.

## Details

| Goa | West Bengal |
| - | - |
| GK | 30 | Bruno Colaço |
| DF | 4 | Melvin Lobo | 101' |
| MF | 17 | Glan Martins | | 117' |
| | 13 | Assumption Soares |
| DF | 14 | Nicolau Colaco | | 71' |
| MF | 6 | Peter Carvalho (c) |
| MF | 15 | Cajetan Fernandes |
| | 16 | Leander D'Cunha |
| MF | 17 | Brian Mascarenhas |
| CF | 10 | Liston Colaco |
| FW | 11 | Aaren D'Silva | | 63' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Melroy Fernandes | | 117' |
| | 2 | George D'Souza | | 71' |
| DF | 3 | Lenny Pereira |
| FW | 7 | Marcus Masceranhas |
| | 8 | Akeraj Martins | | 63' |
| | 12 | Francis Fernandes |
| DF | 20 | Jessel Carneiro |
| GK | 22 | Agnelo Gomes |
| Coach: ||
| Mateus Costa ||
| GK | 1 | Shankar Roy |
| DF | 4 | Provat Lakra |
| DF | 13 | Samad Ali Mallick |
| DF | 16 | Rana Gharami (c) | 55' |
| DF | 18 | Santu Singh |
| MF | 11 | Bishal Pradhan | | 81' |
| MF | 22 | Mumtaz Akhtar |
| | 23 | Shaikhom Singh |
| | 24 | Basanta Singh | 24' |
| CF | 20 | Manvir Singh |
| FW | 10 | SK. Faiaz |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 21 | Ranjit Majumdar |
| GK | 31 | Ankur Das |
| DF | 19 | Ankit Mukherjee |
| DF | 2 | Suman Hazra |
| DF | 3 | Sourav Dasgupta |
| MF | 5 | Debasis Pradhan | | 81' | 113' |
| MF | 6 | Sannik Murmu | | 113' | 120+1' |
| MF | 14 | Monotosh Chakladar | | 120+1' |
| MF | 15 | Prohlad Roy |
| Coach: ||
| Mridul Banerjee ||

### Statistics

| Overall | Goa | West Bengal |
| - | - | - |
| Goals scored | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 12 | 15 |
| Shots on target | 3 | 8 |
| Ball possession | 48% | 52% |
| Corner kicks | 3 | 7 |
| Fouls committed | 15 | 15 |
| Offsides | 1 | 7 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 2 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
