The Railways football team is an Indian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

team representing the

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

in Indian state football competitions including 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 ...

. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals nine times, and have won the trophy thrice.

Honours

** Winners (3): 1961–62, 1964–65, 1966–67 ** Runners-up (6): 1971–72, 1973–74, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1986–87, 2013–14 * M. Dutta Ray Trophy ** Winners (2): 1997, 1998

References

Santosh Trophy teams Sport in Indian Railways Railway association football clubs in India {{India-footyclub-stub