The 1944–45 Santosh Trophy was the second edition of the

Santosh Trophy 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 main

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competition for

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. It was resumed in 1944 after a break of two years. Delhi defeated the defending champions Bengal in the final. Like the previous tournament, the regional matches were played across India.

Preliminary Matches

Raman scored the winning goal in the extra time. This was the South Zone final and Mysore qualified to meet Bengal in the national semifinal. The match was attended by a crowd of twenty thousand.

Semi-final

According to the original schedule, the Mysore-Bengal semifinal was scheduled to be held in Calcutta on November 16 and final at Delhi on September 21. Mysore failed to turn up and the semifinal was postponed to September 28 and final to October 1. Mysore again to appear on the new date and asked for a postponement for 10 days. Bengal was given a walk-over.

Final

Squads

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

: Ferayya; Fruvall (captain) and Sher Khan;

Muhammad Noor Muhammad Noor (1925 – 9 June 2000) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Playing career In club football, Noor appeared with Hyderabad City Police FC, then one of the strongest sides ...

, Sheikjamal and Hadi; Mohammadali, Syed Hafizali, Shamsheed Khan, Sussay and Khaja Moin *

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

: Hussain; Rammohan Rao and Ranga Rao; Murugesan, Kothandan and Paul; Appalmurthi, Jayaraman, John Joseph, Narayana and Ayyadurai *

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

: Basha, Rodgers, Jayaram, Henderson, Mohiuddin, Shanmugam, Karim, Tomkins, Somanna, Duncan, Raman, Nanjunda, Antony, Basheer, ChinnaswamyInter-Provincial football tourney
Indian Express, 25 August 1944 The name of the Hyderabad goal keeper appears as ''Eeriah'' in the reports of 1945-46. The spellings ''Sussay'', ''Susay'' and ''Susai'' are used for the Hyderabad forward.

References

Santosh Trophy seasons 1944–45 in Indian football {{India-footy-competition-stub