Punjab football team

Not to be confused with Panjab football team, the UK based football team.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Punjab women's football team.

Punjab

Full name	Punjab football team
Ground	Various
Owner	Punjab Football Association
Head coach	Hardeep Singh
League	Santosh Trophy
2024–25	Group stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Punjab football team is an Indian football team representing Punjab in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.^[1]

They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 16 times and won the trophy 8 times. Punjab first participated in the Santosh Trophy in the 1941–42 Santosh Trophy season under North-West India FA.

Honours

State

State (senior)

• Santosh Trophy^[2]
  • Winners (8): 1970–71, 1974–75, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 2006–07, 2007–08
  • Runners-up (8): 1977–78, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1994–95, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2018–19

• National Games
  • Gold medal (3): 1985, 2001, 2002
  • Silver medal (3): 1997, 2011, 2015

State (youth)

• B.C. Roy Trophy
  • Winners (5): 1985–86, 1992–93, 2001–02, 2015–16, 2016–17
  • Runners-up (4): 1982–83, 1994–95, 2018–19, 2019–20^[3]

• Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
  • Runners-up (4): 1989–90, 1990–91, 1995–96, 2009–10

• M. Dutta Ray Trophy
  • Winners (2): 2003, 2008
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2006

Others

• Bordoloi Trophy
  • Runners-up (1): 1975

Performance in AFC competitions

Further information: Indian football clubs in Asian competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

1971: Group stage^[4][5]

Tournament record

All results list Punjab Police's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Result	Position	Scorers	Source
1971	Asian Club Championship	Group B[nb 1]	Bangkok Bank	0–2	4th	Surjeet Singh (2 goals); Sukhwinder Singh (1 goal)	[4][5]
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–4
			Aliyat Al-Shorta	1–6

Footnotes

1. In preliminary round (group allocation matches), Punjab played against 1969–70 Kuwaiti Premier League champions Al-Arabi on 22 March 1971, lost 1–8, and was included in Group B.

References

1. "Punjab Football Association".
2. RSSSF - List of Santosh Trophy Finals
3. "HERO Junior NFC For Dr. B.C.Roy Trophy 2019-20".
4. Mulcahy, Enda (26 December 2000). "Asian Club Competitions 1971". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
5. Maccabi to the semi-finals in Bangkok; beat Punjab 4:1 Davar, 28 March 1971, Page 12, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

External links

• Punjab Football Association website