The 2010 Santosh Trophy was the 64th edition of the tournament. All matches of the tournament from the quarter-finals stage were played at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake Stadium) in Kolkata. The tournament began on 16 July 2010 and ended on 8 August 2010 when the final match was played between Bengal and Punjab.

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2010 Santosh Trophy

64th Senior National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Teams	31
Final positions
Champions	West Bengal (30th title)
Runner-up	Punjab
Tournament statistics
Matches played	58
Goals scored	244 (4.21 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Akum Ao (Assam) - 9 goals Balwant Singh (Punjab) - 8 goals
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Bengal defeated Punjab 2–1 to lift the trophy for a record 30th time.^[1][2][3]

31 States / UT teams of India along with Services and Railways will participate in the tournament.

The defending champions Goa, runners-up West Bengal along with last year's losing semi-finalists Tamil Nadu and Services receive automatic qualification into the quarter-final stage.

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Denson Devadas' brace was enough for West Bengal to claim their record 30th Santosh Trophy title, edging past Punjab 2–1 in the grand finale played at the Salt Lake Stadium at Kolkata. The hosts came back strongly after trailing by a goal to outclass the Jaagir Singh-coached side. Chirag United midfielder scored a goal in each half to seal the match. Bengal looked the better side right from the word go^{[citation needed]} and took an attacking approach, but were missing their two key strikers and it was clearly making things difficult for Coach Shabbir Ali. Tarif Ahmed struggled and was substituted at the half-hour mark. Bengal could have scored in the 19th minute, but to their despair, a Gouranga Dutta right footer hit the woodwork. It was Punjab who, in spite of a cautious start, took the lead in the 31st minute through Balwant Singh, before his right footer was saved by Abhra Mondal two minutes back. Bengal was not to throw in the towel and pulled one back at the stroke of half-time, with Denson heading in a Snehasish Chakraborty corner kick in the near post. The half-time score was 1–1 with both teams leaving the match wide open. Bengal continued their good run and their hard work was finally paid, when Denson once again scored, with his 25-yard scorcher, leaving the Punjab goalkeeper Paramjit Singh stranded before hitting the woodwork and rolling inside in the 76th minute. Punjab tried hard in search of the equaliser, but Bengal successfully held their one-goal advantage to mark their 30th Santosh Trophy title.

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West Bengal	2–1	Punjab
Devadas 45+2', 76'	Report	Balw. Singh 31'

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West Bengal

Punjab

WEST BENGAL GK 24 Abhra Mondal DF 6 Sheikh Azim DF 24 Arnab Mondal MF 5 R Dhanarajan MF 7 Jayanta Sen MF 13 Denson Devadas  90+3' MF 15 Snehasish Chakraborty (c) MF 23 Rajiv Ghosh  90+2' FW 10 Tarif Ahmed  35' FW 27 Robin Singh FW 30 Gouranga Dutta  90+4' Substitutions: GK 1 Somnath Khara DF 3 Habibur Rehman Mondal FW 9 Nilendra Dewan MF 12 Anupam Sarkar FW 14 Souvik Chakraborty  35' GK 21 Sandip Nandy DF 22 Safar Sardar  90+4' Coach: Shabbir Ali

PUNJAB GK 1 Paramjit Singh DF 3 Ravinder Singh DF 4 Mandeep Singh DF 5 Harpreet Singh (c) DF 6 Maninder Singh MF 8 Rahul Kumar MF 16 Gurwinder Singh  23'  46' MF 17 Amandeep Singh MF 19 Randeep Singh FW 9 Balwant Singh  80' FW 12 Balraj Singh  81' Substitutions: DF 2 Amandeep MF 7 Harshdeep Singh FW 10 Rohit Kumar  81' MF 11 Amandeep Batra FW 14 Parveen Kumar  46' DF 15 Warundeep Singh  80' DF 21 Bhupinder Singh GK 22 Deepak Hazarika Coach: Jaagir Singh