The match began perfectly for Maharashtra, who took the lead in the 15th minute through a stunning free-kick from captain Aysha Sartape. Positioned just outside the box, she curled the ball beautifully into the top corner, giving her side an early boost.

Uttar Pradesh responded well and equalised in the 25th minute. A smart through ball from Shbana found Divya, who finished calmly into the bottom corner to bring the game level at 1–1.

The second half, however, belonged entirely to Maharashtra. In the 56th minute, Aarnaa Sindhav made it 2–1 by tapping in a well-placed cross from Sharvari Mane. As Uttar Pradesh pushed forward in search of another equaliser, Maharashtra began finding more space and took full control of the match.

Sharvari turned scorer in the 83rd minute, driving forward from deep before unleashing a powerful strike into the top corner to extend the lead. Maharashtra sealed their win just four minutes later when Ipshita Gawari dribbled past three defenders and placed the ball into the net for a brilliant individual goal in the 87th minute.

The final whistle confirmed a memorable day for Maharashtra — a strong performance, four well-crafted goals, and a fully deserved championship title. Uttar Pradesh, despite the defeat, also earned promotion to Tier 1 after an impressive run to the final.

For Maharashtra, the triumph reflects teamwork, discipline and attacking flair, marking a significant step forward for their junior girls’ football program.

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After scoring a hat-trick in the previous game against Lakshadeep, striker Ranjeet Singh continued his goal scoring exploits in to the last game. Coming up with another impressive showing, Ranjeet scored both the goals in Maharashtra’s 2-0 win over Madhya Pradesh during their final Group-B qualifying round league match. The win meant Maharashtra qualifies for the final rounds of 72^nd National Football Championship (Santosh Trophy) with an all win record.

This was the third straight win for Maharashtra who finished on top in the Group B of West Zone and qualified for the final round of the National championship. Maharashtra had earlier defeated Daman & Diu 7-0 in the opening group match and scored a 5-0 win against Lakshadweep in the second game.

Ranjit Singh Pandre currently tops the leading goal scorer’s chart for Maharashtra with five goals in three games. The Union Bank of India player looks to be in good form with an hat-trick and brace to his name in the last two game and the club would love to see this youngster continuing his goal scoring exploits in to the MDFA Elite Division.

Results: Maharashtra 2 (Ranjit Singh Pandre) – 0 Madhya Pradesh

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The feature of Maharashtra’s victory was the fine efforts from striker Ranjeet Singh who netted a hat-trick scoring three of the first four goals, scored in the first half. Sahil Bhokare and Aaron D’Costa scored the other two goals.

Maharashtra captain and goalkeeper Owais Khan unnecessarily came out of his area and handled the ball which prompted the referee to immediately flash the red card at the offending custodian in the 45th minute.

Playing with a man down, Maharashtra slowed the game down in the second period and they were more intent of keeping ball possession and managed to add one more goal to the four that they had scored in the first session.

Ranjeet found success in the opening moments of the match scoring from Maharashtra first raid on the rival goal. He scored two more in the 26th minute (penalty) and 35th minute while Bhokare scored one in the 27th minute. D’Costa fired home the fifth in the 49th minute.

Hat-trick hero Ranjeet Singh, who plays for Elite Division side Union Bank of India (UBI), belongs from Chattisgarh and has recently moved to UBI after the club spotted the young and lanky striker. Union Bank of India is itself known for producing emerging players and has been following the same philosophy for over the years. It is quite fascinating that a player from other state has found his feet so quickly in different conditions.

Results: Maharashtra 5 (Ranjeet Singh 1st min, 26th min-Pen, 35th min, Sahil Bhokare 26th min, Aaron D’Costa 49th min) beat Lakshadweep 0.

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Interested players are requested to come at MSSA ground at 04:00 pm on 11th January. The trials will last for 2 days only.

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The match started on a bitter note for Maharashtra when striker Mervin Stephen failed to convert from the penalty spot in the 7th minute. But the determined Maharashtra side didn’t look back and responded brilliantly when Aaron D’Costa scored the opening goal through Mervin’s delicate ball in the 10th minute.

Aaron was in some hot-form today as he doubled Maharashtra’s lead in the 33rd minute with a sublime goal. Advait Shinde made it 3-0 in the 39th minute as Maharashtra went into the break with a three-goal advantage.

The second-half was much better and clinical from Maharashtra’s perspective. The team scored four times after the break, courtesy of Aniket Doshi (76th minute), a 30-yard screamer from Lineker Machado in the 82nd minute, Mervin (86th minute) and Dion Menezes in the 90th minute which completed a resounding win for Team Maharashtra.

Maharashtra will play Lakshadweep on 11th January in their second Santosh Trophy game.

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The Maharashtra team is drawn to face hosts Goa, Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep.

The team was selected after grueling weeks of trials and training at The Cooperage ground. The team boasts of many exciting talents who have the potential to take the tournament by storm.

The Team: Nathan Murzello, Rony Chowdhry, Joel Barnes, Arya Kumar, Shane Aranha, Shubham Chafe, Nihal Dudwadkar, Sunil Maurya, Anirudh Ruke, Athar Ansari Ahmed, Zeeyan Nevrekar (all Mumbai); Anish Gaware, Neerav Pillai, Abhishek Pardeshi (all Pune); Pratham Pendam, Ayush Yadav, Anurag Solankee (all Nagpur); Rishabh Singh (Thane); Mohamad Shahbaz (Hingoli); Shreyas Bosekar (Solapur).

The Head Coach of the team is AFC ‘C’ License holder, Siddheshwar Shinde, who is being accompanied by Manager Prashant Jadhav (AIFF ‘D’ License Certificate Holder), Asst. Coach Samrat Rana (AFC ‘C’ License Certificate Holder) and Physio Neeraj Churi.

The top team will qualify from each group for the Final Round.

Match Schedule:

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This was Maharashtra’s third win in a row after their 6-2 and 8-0 victory over Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh respectively. Maharashtra’s goal tally has been increased to a mammoth 23 goals in just three matches.

Striker Mervin Stephen spearheading the Maharashtra attack notched up a fine hat-trick, which also is his 6th goal of the Championships. Mervin currently has scored in each of the Maharashtra’s matches and will be further looking to add to his tally when they face Goa on 18th February. Whereas Harlod Fernandes registered a brace of goals while Abhishek Ambekar, Wayne Vaz, Shrikant Veeramallu and Raynier Fernandes chipped in with one each to seal the big win.

Abhishek Ambekar, Shrikant Veermallu, Harold Fernandes and Raynier Fernandes has been also Maharashtra’s best performers who are showing no sign of mercy in each of their matches. In their very first match Abhishek Ambekar was on the score sheet too with two goals against Gujarat, whereas Ex Air India’s attacker Shrikant is contributing his part in scoring and as well as by providing goals for Maharashtra.

Their next opponent Goa will be surely planning something big in hope to overcome Maharashtra where a win will help Goa topping the West Zone group. Goa defeated Daman & Diu, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat 11-1, 1-0 and 6-0 respectively to stay in the contention to top the group.

Meanwhile on the other hand, Maharashtra just need a draw to top the table but surely the players and management will be aiming to go for all three points on Thursday.

Result – Maharashtra 9 (Mervin Stephen 10^th, 23^rd, 63^rd, Abhishek Ambekar 26^th, Wayne Vaz 40^th, Shrikant Veeramallu 50^th, Harold Fernandes 70^th, 75^th, Raynier Fernandes 89^th) beat Daman & Diu 0.

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