Services football team

Football team representing Indian defense

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Football club

Services football team

Full name| Services football team
Ground| Various
Owner| Services Sports Control Board
Indian Army
Head coach| Mileswamy Govindaraju Ramachandran
League| Santosh Trophy
2024–25| Semi-finals

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Together photo prior to 2013 Santosh Trophy final match

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

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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

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### State

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### State (senior)

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* 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)

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* M. Dutta Ray Trophy
* Runners-up (1): 2002

### Others

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* IFA Shield
* Runners-up (1): 1950

## See also

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* 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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ List of Santosh Trophy Finals

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Indian state football teams

States|

* Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* M
* F
* Andhra Pradesh
* M
* F
* Arunachal Pradesh
* M
* F
* Assam
* M
* F
* Bihar
* M
* F
* Chandigarh
* M
* F
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* M
* F
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* M
* F
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* M
* F
* Goa
* M
* F
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* M
* F
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* M
* F
* Himachal Pradesh
* M
* F
* Jammu and Kashmir
* M
* F
* Jharkhand
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* F
* Karnataka
* M
* F
* Kerala
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* Ladakh
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* F
* Lakshadweep
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* F
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* F
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* F

Organisations|

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Football in India

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National teams|

| Men|

* India
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Women|

* India
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Others|

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League system|

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Women|

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Youth|

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| International|

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Club|

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| Leagues|

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