76th Hero Santosh Trophy’s semifinal and final will be held at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in between March 1 to 4, 2023, was announced by AIFF Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran, along with Mr Avijit Paul, Executive Committee Member, AIFF, and Joint Secretary, Football Association of Odisha.
Dr Prabhakaran informed the gathering that it was decided in a meeting between the AIFF and the Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF) earlier in the day that the iconic King Fahd International Stadium will play host to semi-finals and finals of the Hero Santosh Trophy.
The Final Rounds of the Hero Santosh Trophy are set to get underway in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from February 10-20. Twelve teams have been divided into two groups of six each in the Final Rounds, and will play each other in a round robin format; the top two teams from each group will have the honour of being the first teams in the Hero Santosh Trophy to play on foreign soil, once they move to Riyadh for the semifinals and final.
