West Bengal have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 47 times, having won 33 titles,[3] the most by any team.

Managed by Balaidas Chatterjee, the team won six Santosh Trophy titles between 1949 and 1959.

[4] In 1962, former Indian captain Samar Banerjee guided Bengal winning the trophy.

[8] In October 2022, West Bengal managed by Biswajit Bhattacharya clinched gold at the 36th National Games of India, defeating Kerala 5–0 in final.

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It is situated approximately 10 km to the east of the Kolkata downtown and is elliptical in shape.

The salient features of the stadium are unique synthetic track for athletic meets, electronic scoreboard, main football arena measuring 105m x 70m, elevators, VIP enclosures, peripheral floodlighting arrangement from the roof-top, air conditioned VIP rest room and Conference Hall.

games in 1987, U.S.S.R. Festival in 1988, Charminar Challenger Trophy in 1992, Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup in 1995.