Calcutta: The 66th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy will be begin in Orissa on Friday. The final is slated for May 28.

Twenty-five teams have been divided into seven clusters with defending champions Bengal, Punjab, Manipur, Goa, Services, Chhattisgarh, Railways, Tamil Nadu and hosts Orissa directly finding their place in the quarter final group leagues.

The preliminary round matches will be held till May 16, while the quarter final round matches will take place from May 18 to 23rd. Both the semi-finals will be held simultaneously at Cuttack on May 25. The final would be held on May 28.

Cluster I matches will be played in Sambhalpur, Cluster II, IV & VI will be played at Cuttack, Cluster III will be played in Baragarh, Cluster V & VII will be played at Bhubaneswar.