Santosh Trophy 2009 Fixtures out

The fixtures for Santosh Trophy 2009 has been announced.  Kerala will play Nagaland on 24th May 2009 in the opening game of Cluster 1  at Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore.Kerala being grouped with  Chhattisgarh , Chandigarh & Nagaland will have it easy to qualify for the next round of matches.

Detailed fixtures below :

Qualifying Round :

Cluster I: Kerala , Chhattisgarh , Chandigarh & Nagaland. Cluster II : Maharashtra ,Meghalaya , Uttar Pradesh.
Cluster III : Jammu and Kashmir ,Mizoram , Madhya Pradesh & Pondicherry.
Cluster IV : Goa , Orissa , Jharkhand .
Cluster V : Railways , Delhi , Assam .
Cluster VI : Manipur, Uttarakhand & Sikkim .
Cluster VII : Haryana ,Gujarat , Bihar .
Cluster VIII: Tamilnadu , Tripura ,Himachal Pradesh ,Rajasthan.

Venue : Coimbatore (Nehru Stadium) Cluster I & II :

24.05.09 – Kerala Vs Nagaland - Cluster I

24.05.09 – Chhattisgarh Vs Chandigarh - Cluster I
25.05.09 – Maharashtra Vs Uttar Pradesh - Cluster II
26.05.09 - Chandigarh Vs Kerala - Cluster I 26.05.09 – Nagaland Vs Chhattisgarh - Cluster I
27.05.09 - Uttar Pradesh Vs Meghalaya - Cluster II
28.05.09 - Chandigarh Vs Nagaland - Cluster I
**28.05.09 - Kerala Vs Chhattisgarh - Cluster I ** 29.05.09 – Meghalaya Vs Maharashtra - Cluster II

The winner of Cluster I & Cluster II will play in the Pre Quarter Final knock out match on 31st May 2009 at the same venue. PQF Match 1.

Venue : Tiruchirappalli (St Joseph College) Cluster III & IV :

24.05.09 – Jammu and Kashmir Vs Madhya Pradesh- Cluster III
24.05.09 – Mizoram Vs Pondicherry - Cluster III
25.05.09 – Goa Vs Jharkhand - Cluster IV
26.05.09 - Madhya Pradesh Vs Mizoram - Cluster III
26.05.09 - Pondicherry Vs Jammu and Kashmir - Cluster III
27.05.09 – Jharkhand Vs Orissa - Cluster IV
28.05.09 - Pondicherry Vs Madhya Pradesh - Cluster III
28.05.09 – Mizoram Vs Jammu and Kashmir - Cluster III
29.05.09 – Orissa Vs Goa - Cluster IV

The winner of Cluster III & Cluster IV will play in the Pre Quarter Final knock out match on 31st May 2009 at the same venue. PQF Match -2.

Venue : Thiruvallore (DBYC/Wisdom town Stadium, Redhills) Cluster V & VI.

24.05.09 – Railways Vs Delhi - Cluster V
25.05.09 – Manipur Vs Uttarakhand- Cluster VI
26.05.09 – Delhi Vs Assam - Cluster V
27.05.09 – Uttarakhand Vs Sikkim - Cluster VI
28.05.09 – Assam Vs Railways - Cluster V
29.05.09 – Sikkim Vs Manipur- Cluster VI

The winner of Cluster V & Cluster VI will play in the Pre Quarter Final knock out match on 31st May 2009 at the same venue. PQF Match -3.

Venue : Chennai (JN Stadium) Cluster VII & VIII :

24.05.09 – Tamilnadu Vs Rajasthan - Cluster VIII
24.05.09 – Tripura Vs Himachal Pradesh -Cluster VIII
25.05.09 – Haryana Vs Gujarat - Cluster VII
26.05.09 - Rajasthan Vs Tripura -Cluster VIII
26.05.09 - Himachal Pradesh Vs Tamilnadu -Cluster VIII
27.05.09 – Gujarat Vs Bihar -Cluster VII.
28.05.09 - Rajasthan Vs Himachal Pradesh -Cluster VIII
28.05.09 – Tamilnadu Vs Tripura - Cluster VIII
29.05.09 – Bihar Vs Haryana - Cluster VII

The winner of Cluster VII & Cluster VIII will play in the Pre Quarter Final knock out match on 31st May 2009 at the same venue. PQF Match -4

Winners of Pre Quarter Final Knock out match will qualify for the Quarter Finals.

**Quarter Final League Round
** Group A: Punjab ,West Bengal ,Winner PQF 3,Winner PQF 4.
Group B: Services ,Karnataka , Winner PQF 1,Winner PQF 2

**Quarter Final League Round :Venue :Chennai ( JN Stadium )
**

02.06.09 – Punjab Vs Winner PQF 3 - Group A
02.06.09 – West Bengal Vs Winner PQF 4 -  Group A
03.06.09 – Services Vs Winner PQF 1- Group B
03.06.09 – Karnataka Vs Winner PQF 2 - Group B
04.06.09 – Winner PQF 3 Vs West Bengal- Group A
04.06.09 – Winner PQF 4 Vs Punjab - Group A
05.06.09 – Winner PQF 1 Vs Karnataka - Group B
05.06.09 – Winner PQF 2 Vs Services- Group B
06.06.09 – Winner PQF 3 Vs Winner PQF 4 -  Group A
06.06.09 – Punjab Vs West Bengal- Group A
07.06.09 – Winner PQF 1 Vs Winner PQF 2- Group B
07.06.09 – Karnataka Vs Services- Group B

The winners and runners up team from both groups will qualify for the semi finals.

Semi Finals:
10 .06.09 : Winner QF “A” Vs Runner Up QF ” B” X
11 .06.09 : Winner QF ” B” Vs Runner Up QF “A” Y
Finals :14.06.09 :Winner X Vs Winner Y.

From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Saturday 25 April 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.