Punjab football team (India)

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

Last updated September 23, 2025

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

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

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

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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

↑ "Punjab Football Association".
↑ RSSSF - List of Santosh Trophy Finals
↑ "HERO Junior NFC For Dr. B.C.Roy Trophy 2019-20".
1 2 Mulcahy, Enda (26 December 2000). "Asian Club Competitions 1971". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
1 2 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

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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.

[1] "Punjab Football Association".

[2] RSSSF - List of Santosh Trophy Finals

[3] "HERO Junior NFC For Dr. B.C.Roy Trophy 2019-20".

[AFC_1-4] 1 2 Mulcahy, Enda (26 December 2000). "Asian Club Competitions 1971". RSSSF.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[AFC_2-5] 1 2 Maccabi to the semi-finals in Bangkok; beat Punjab 4:1 Davar, 28 March 1971, Page 12, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)

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v t e Santosh Trophy
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Qualifiers	1999–00 2008–09 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
Group stage	2021–22 2022–23
Finals	2017 2018 2019
Teams	Andaman and Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Ladakh Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal