The 2022–23 Santosh Trophy group stage was contested by a total of 36 teams from 23 December 2022 to 31 January 2023, to decide the remaining 9 places in the Final round of the tournament.
Schedule MatchdayDatesGroup IGroup IIGroup IIIGroup IVGroup VGroup VIMatchday 123 December 202226, 27 December 202228 December 20227 January 202324 December 202222 January 2023Matchday 225 December 202229, 30 December 202230 December 20229 January 202326 December 202224 January 2023Matchday 327 December 20221, 2 January 20231 January 202311 January 202328 December 202227 January 2023Matchday 429 December 20224, 5 January 20233 January 202313 January 202330 December 202229 January 2023Matchday 531 December 20227, 8 January 20235 January 202315 January 20231 January 202331 January 2023
Centralised venues On 25 November 2022, the AIFF announced the venues for Groups I, II and V. The venue for Group III and IV was confirmed on 28 and 29 November respectively. The final group venue was confirmed on 7 December. Group I → New Delhi, Delhi (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ambedkar Stadium) Group II → Kozhikode, Kerala (EMS Stadium) Group III → Kokrajhar, Assam (SAI Special Area Games Centre, KDSA Playground) Group IV → Kohlapur, Maharashtra (Chhatrapati Shahu Stadium) Group V → Bhubaneswar, Odisha (Capital Football Arena, OSAP 7th Battalion Ground) Group VI → Imphal, Manipur (Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Eastern Sporting Union Ground)
Group I
Group II
Group III
Group IV
Group V
Group VI
Ranking of second-placed teams
Statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerStateGoals1Naro Hari ShresthaWest Bengal6Arif ShaikhMaharashtraNijo GilbertKerala2Rasiq Ahmed KhanTelangana5Robi HansdaWest BengalJay Kanani Gujarat3Everbrightson Sana MylliempdahMeghalaya4Naresh BagyanathanKeralaMahip AdhikariDelhiJaideep SinghDelhiMohammed Shareef P Lakshadweep
Clean sheets
RankPlayerStateClean sheets 1Suraj MallickDelhi4Rajat Paul LyngdohMeghalaya2Neithovilie ChalieuNagaland3Harpreet SinghPunjab
Hat-tricks
RankPlayerStateHat-tricks1Rasiq Ahmed KhanTelangana1 (vs Pondicherry)Jaideep Singh Delhi1 (vs Ladakh) Jay KananiGujarat1 (vs Tripura) Mahip AdhikariDelhi1 (vs Gujarat) Everbrighton Sana MylliempdahMeghalaya1 (vs Andaman and Nicobar)
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