The 65th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2010–11 was held in Assam, India, 6–30 May 2011.
31 teams were divided into eight clusters with last year's semi-finalists (West Bengal, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Goa) directly finding their place in the Groups Quarterfinal round.
The Preliminary Round matches were held from 6 to 16 May, while the quarter final round matches took place from 17 to 24 May.
All together seven venues held the matches of the Santosh Trophy in Assam.
Cluster I and V matches were played in Guwahati, Cluster II matches were played in Mangaldoi, Cluster III matches will be played in Shiv Sagar, Cluster V matches will take place in Tinsukia, while Cluster VI, VIII and VIII matches will be held in Nagaon, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar respectively.