* Santosh Trophy is the only tournament, which involves all the states and union territories of India.

* The name Santosh comes from a place by the same name which is now in Bangladesh.

* The first Santosh Trophy went to Bengal beating Delhi 5-1 in the final.

* Bengal won the Santosh trophy for a whooping 29 times. The Bengal side also has the distinction of becoming the runners up for 10 times.

* In the 1950, many competing countries had pulled out from The Football World Cup. FIFA and the Brazilian Football Federation invited India to take part in this fourth edition of the World Cup held at Brazil. But India could not take their place as India at that time played barefoot and it was compulsory for players in the world cup to wear shoes.

* Chuni Goswami of Bengal was only player to play in the final matches of both the Santosh Trophy & the Ranji Trophy.

* The only Football Coach to receive the Dronacharya award is Syed Nayemuddin in 1992.

* Baiching Bhutia who hails from sikkim is the first Indian to play in the highly professional English professional leagues.

* Indian Football's biggest success in the Olympics was at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where India reached the semi-finals round and finished 4th.

* India won their first gold medal in the 1951 Asian Games Football, held at New Delhi beating Iran 1-0 in the final. Their last gold medal performance came in the year 1962, when they outplayed South Korea in the final by odd goals in three.

* Durand Cup is the oldest football tournament to be played in India being started in the year 1889.

* The All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) was established in the year 1976 Before it's creation football activities in Manipur were looked after by All Manipur Sports Association (AMSA)

* The tiny state of Manipur has produced as many as 200 Internationals till date.

* "Sir Churachand Singh, KCSI, CBE, Memorial Invitation Football Tournament" is one of the most successful and well organised football events in the North Eastern region of India.

* PK Banerjee was the first footballer to be honored with Arjuna Award.

* Manipur made debut in Santosh trophy in 1973.

* So far Manipur team could not enter semi-final stage.

* 83 Manipur state players are being scattered in different football clubs of India.