Bihar football team

Bihar
Full name	Bihar football team
Ground	Various
Owner	Bihar Football Association
Head coach	Nipendra Kumar Das
League	Santosh Trophy
2024–25	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

The Bihar football team is an Indian football team representing Bihar in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.^[1] They have failed to qualify for the final rounds of most Santosh Trophy editions.^[2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	MD Faimey
2	DF	IND	Vivek Kumar Singh
3	DF	IND	Saurabh Kumar
4	DF	IND	Salauddin Middya
5	DF	IND	Jiran Ali Ansari
6	MF	IND	Ankit Kumar
7	MF	IND	Shubhankar Dey
8	FW	IND	Raphael Soren
9	FW	IND	Roushan Kumar
10	FW	IND	MD Sarfaraz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	IND	Arif Khan
12	DF	IND	MD Musharraf Perwez
14	MF	IND	Abuzar Mohamed
15	MF	IND	Guman Shrestha
—	MF	IND	Avinash Paswan
—		IND	Guddu Kumar
—		IND	Rajan Kumar
—		IND	Jawed Ali Khan
—		IND	Raj Gupta
—		IND	Nuneshwar Murmu
—	ST	IND	Saryu kumar

^[3]^[4]

Honours

State (senior)

National Games
- Bronze medal (1): 1987

State (youth)

B.C. Roy Trophy
- Winners (2): 1996–97, 2000–01

Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
- Winners (4): 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99

References

^ "Bihar Football Association". www.the-aiff.com.
^ KolkataFootball.Com. "Santosh trophy football 2015, 69th santosh trophy 2015, 2015 santosh trophy score update, Kolkatafootball.com,". www.kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
^ "Hero National Football Championshp for Santosh Trophy 2019 - 20". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
^ "Odisha 6-1 Bihar". AIFF. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[1] "Bihar Football Association". www.the-aiff.com.

[2] KolkataFootball.Com. "Santosh trophy football 2015, 69th santosh trophy 2015, 2015 santosh trophy score update, Kolkatafootball.com,". www.kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[3] "Hero National Football Championshp for Santosh Trophy 2019 - 20". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

[4] "Odisha 6-1 Bihar". AIFF. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

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Santosh Trophy
Seasons	1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Qualifiers	1999–00 2008–09 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
Group stage	2021–22 2022–23
Finals	2017 2018 2019
Teams	Andaman and Nicobar Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chandigarh Chhattisgarh Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Ladakh Lakshadweep Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Pondicherry Punjab Railways Rajasthan Services Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal