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Sait Nagjee Football Tournament

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The Sait Nagjee All India Football Tournament is one of the most prestigious football Tournaments held in Kozhikode, Kerala, India.[1] The tournament was very popular from the beginning & attracted large crowd since 1952. The tournament played until 1995 regularly though with stoppages a couple of times. In 1995, the tournament was won by JCT Mills. Since 1995, there was a gap of 21 years during which the tournament was not held. Due to various reasons including the predominance gained by cricket, lack of support from the government and the escalation of real estate costs made football less popular.

The tournament was revived again in 2016 with clubs from different parts of the world and Argentina U-23 national team. Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho is the brand ambassador for the tournament.[2][3] FC Dnipro Reserves won the trophy beating Atlético Paranaense Reserves in the final.[4]

StadiumEdit

Main article: EMS Stadium
 
EMS Stadium on a matchday

All the matches of the tournament are being played in the EMS Stadium which was located in the heart of the Calicut city. The West stand was the largest and could accommodate the maximum 1,00,000 of people.1,00,000 people watch on stadium

ResultsEdit

List of winners and runners-ups:[5]

Years Winners Runners-Up Score Note
1952   HAL   Lucky Star, Kannur -
1953   HAL   Mysore Muslims -
1954   HAL   Dianomos, Bombay -
1955   Karachi Kickers   Gymkhana, Kannur -
1956   Karachi Kickers   Southern Railway Institute -
1957   MRC, Wellington   515, Command Work Shop -
1958   Andhra Police   Eastern Railway SC -
1959   Andhra Assn. XI   State Transport, Trivandrum -
1960   MEG, Bangalore   Indian Airforce, Bangalore -
1961 Tournament not held
1962   Punjab Police   Andhra Assn. XI -
1963 Tournament not held
1964   MRC, Wellington   EME, Secunderabad -
1965   EME, Secunderabad   MRC, Wellington -
1966   EME, Secunderabad   Leaders Club, Jalandhar -
1967   Alind Kundara, Kerala   Andhra Assn. XI -
1968   East Bengal F.C.   MEG, Bangalore -
1969   Vasco S.C.   Border Security Force SC 1–0
1970   Border Security Force SC   Sesa Sports Club 3–1
1971   Mohammedan SC   Dempo SC 2–0
1972   RAC, Bikaner   Tata Sports Club -
1973   Tata Sports Club   Titanium -
1974   Indian XI   RAC, Bikaner -
1975   Rajasthan Police, Jaipur   Mahindra & Mahindra -
1976   JCT   Andhra Assn. XI -
1977   MRC, Wellington   Andhra Assn. XI -
1978   Mohun Bagan A.C.   Titanium -
1979   JCT   Mohammedan SC -
1980 Tournament not held
1981   Mohun Bagan A.C.   Tata Sports Club -
1982 Tournament not held
1983 Tournament not held
1984   Mohammedan SC   Mohun Bagan A.C. -
1985   JCT   Salgaocar F.C. 4–2
1986   East Bengal F.C.   Kerala XI -
1987 Tournament not held
1988   Salgaocar F.C.   Mohammedan SC 1–0
1989   Abahani Krira Chakra   Salgaocar F.C. 1–0
1990 Tournament not held
1991   Mohammedan SC   Indian XI -
1992   Mohammedan SC   Titanium 2–1
1993 Tournament not held
1994 Tournament not held
1995   JCT   Dempo SC -
Tournament not held between 1996-2015
2016   FC Dnipro Reserves   Atlético Paranaense Reserves 3–0 [4]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Sait Nagjee Trophy". www.indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sait Nagjee Trophy Football Tournament 2016 Kozhikode".
  3. ↑ "Ronaldinho visiting India for Sait Nagjee football tournament". 13 January 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sait Nagjee: FC Dnipro 3-0 Atletico Paranaense: The Ukrainian club dismiss the Brazilian challenge". 22 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sait Nagjee Trophy". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

External linksEdit

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