. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Santosh Trophy"@en . . . . . "Trofeo Santosh"@es . . . . . . . . "El Trofeo Santosh es un torneo de f\u00FAtbol indio en el que participan los estados del pa\u00EDs junto con algunas instituciones gubernamentales. Esto se lleva a cabo anualmente desde 1941. Bengal fue el primer ganador del trofeo. El trofeo lleva el nombre del difunto Maharaja Sir Manmatha de Santosh, ahora en Banglad\u00E9s."@es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1124589032"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state-level football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the sport's governing body in India. Before the starting of the first national club league, the National Football League in 1996, the Santosh Trophy was considered the top domestic honour in India. Many players who have represented India internationally, played and gained honour while playing in the Santosh Trophy. The tournament is held every year with 37 teams, who are divided into five zones, must play in the qualifying round and progress into the tournament proper. The current champions are Kerala, who won their seventh title during the 2021\u201322 edition. The tournament was started in 1941 by Indian Football Association (IFA), which was the then de facto governing body of football in India. It was named after the former president of the IFA, Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury, the Maharaja of Santosh who had died at the age of 61 in 1939.The IFA later donated the Santosh Trophy to the AIFF, soon after its formation as the sport's official governing body in India, and since then AIFF has been organising the tournament. The trophy for the runner-up, Kamala Gupta Trophy, was also donated by the then president of IFA, Dr. S.K. Gupta, and it was named in honour of his wife. The third-place trophy, Sampangi Cup, was donated by the Karnataka State Football Association (then Mysore Football Association) and was named so in the memory of a renowned footballer, Sampangi, who was from Mysore. Until 2018, the tournament was organised as an individual competition, but since 2021, the AIFF rebranded it as the men's senior tier of National Football Championship for the regional teams of various age groups. In September 2022, it was announced that the tournament will be organized on zonal basis."@en . . . . "24525"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2022"^^ . . . . "5030522"^^ . . . . . . . "Hero National Football Championship logo"@en . . . . . "SportsCast India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "AIFF"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hero Senior NFC for Santosh Trophy"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Santosh Trophy, officially known as Hero Senior Men's National Football Championship due to sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp, is a state-level football competition contested by the state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the sport's governing body in India. Before the starting of the first national club league, the National Football League in 1996, the Santosh Trophy was considered the top domestic honour in India. Many players who have represented India internationally, played and gained honour while playing in the Santosh Trophy. The tournament is held every year with 37 teams, who are divided into five zones, must play in the qualifying round and progress into the tournament proper. The current champions are Kerala, who won t"@en . . . . . . "El Trofeo Santosh es un torneo de f\u00FAtbol indio en el que participan los estados del pa\u00EDs junto con algunas instituciones gubernamentales. Esto se lleva a cabo anualmente desde 1941. Bengal fue el primer ganador del trofeo. El trofeo lleva el nombre del difunto Maharaja Sir Manmatha de Santosh, ahora en Banglad\u00E9s."@es . . . . . . . "India"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .