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| Full name | Services football team | |||
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| Ground | Various | |||
| Owner | Services Sports Control Board Indian Army | |||
| Head coach | Mileswamy Govindaraju Ramachandran | |||
| League | Santosh Trophy | |||
| 2024–25 | Semi-finals | |||
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The Services football team is a football section of the Indian Armed Forces, representing them in various regional competitions. It is operated by the Services Sports Control Board,[1] and competes in Santosh Trophy.[2]
Santosh Trophy
[edit]Services have appeared in the final of the Santosh Trophy ten times, and have won it seven 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 2023–24 Santosh Trophy Golden Jubilee Stadium in Yupia, where they beat Goa 1–0 in the final.
Honours
[edit]State
[edit]State (senior)
[edit]- Santosh Trophy[3]
- Winners (7): 1960–61, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2023–24
- Runners-up (5): 1954–55, 1958–59, 1966–67, 1969–70, 2007–08
- Third place (1): 2022–23
- National Games
- Gold medal (1): 2023
- Bronze medal (1): 2022
State (youth)
[edit]- M. Dutta Ray Trophy
- Runners-up (1): 2002
Others
[edit]- IFA Shield
- Runners-up (1): 1950
See also
[edit]- Army Red
- Army Green
- Indian Air Force
- Indian Navy
- Railways football team
- Assam Rifles
- Central Reserve Police Force SC
- National Games of India
- Indian Army Service Corps
References
[edit]- ^ 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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