The Sikkim football team is an Indian

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team represents

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

in Indian state football competitions including the

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. They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 4 times.

History

The Sikkim football team represents

, a former protectorate and now state of

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. When a protectorate, they were not affiliated with

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or the

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, and therefore did not compete for the

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or Asian Cup. They compete in the

as they did when independent, but they have never won the trophy.

Squad

The following 22 players were called for the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy.

Honours

* B.C. Roy Trophy ** Runners-up (1): 1998–99

References

External links

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