2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy

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2016 Sait Nagjee International Club Football
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates5–21 February 2016
Teams8
Final positions
Champions FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (1st title)
Runner-up Atlético Paranaense
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored33 (2.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Vladyslav Kocherhin
(3 goals)
2020  →

The 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy was the 36th edition of the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament and the first edition of the tournament since 1995. This tournament was organized by the Kozhikode District Football Association (KDFA) under the patronage of Dr. Siddeek Ahmed, President KDFA, and was held in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, from 5 to 21 February 2016. Along with clubs from different parts of the world, the Argentina U-23 national team also took part in the tournament. [1] [2] [3] Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho is the brand ambassador for the tournament. [4] [5]

Contents

FC Dnipro Reserves won the trophy beating Atlético Paranaense Reserves in the final. [6]

Teams

TeamLocationConfederation
FC Dnipro Reserves Ukraine UEFA
1860 München II Munich UEFA
Argentina U23 Argentina CONMEBOL
Atlético Paranaense Reserves Curitiba CONMEBOL
Volyn Lutsk Ukraine UEFA
Rapid București Bucharest UEFA
Shamrock Rovers Dublin UEFA
Watford Reserves Watford UEFA

Venue

Kozhikode
EMS Corporation Stadium
Capacity: 50,000

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Paranaense Reserves 321052+37Advance to Semi-finals
2 Flag of England.svg Watford Reserves 31113304
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg Volyn Lutsk 30304403
4 Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București 301214−31
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Atlético Paranaense 2–0 Watford
Luisinho Soccerball shade.svg60'
João Pedro Soccerball shade.svg62'		 Report
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Attendance: approx. 35,000
Rapid București 1–1 Volyn Lutsk
Tudoran Soccerball shade.svg13' Report Memeshev Soccerball shade.svg59'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Attendance: approx. 22,500
Watford 2–0 Rapid București
Jakubiak Soccerball shade.svg23'
Mensah Soccerball shade.svg57'		 Report
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Volyn Lutsk 2–2 Atlético Paranaense Reserves
Lohinov Soccerball shade.svg29'
Memeshev Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Report Wesley Silva Soccerball shade.svg21'
Yago Silva Soccerball shade.svg90'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Atlético Paranaense Reserves 1–0 Rapid București
Mauricio Pedro Soccerball shade.svg65' Report
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Watford 1–1 Volyn Lutsk
Jakubiak Soccerball shade.svg90' (p) Report Kravchenko Soccerball shade.svg10'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg FC Dnipro Reserves 321040+47Advance to Semi-finals
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Shamrock Rovers 32014406
3 Flag of Germany.svg 1860 München II 311153+24
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina U23 300306−60
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
Argentina U23  Flag of Argentina.svg0–3 1860 München II
Report Bachschmid Soccerball shade.svg18'
Seferings Soccerball shade.svg25'
Köppel Soccerball shade.svg78'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Attendance: approx. 20,000
Shamrock Rovers 0–2 FC Dnipro Reserves
Report Kocherhin Soccerball shade.svg32'
Kireyev Soccerball shade.svg76'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Attendance: approx. 20,000
1860 München II 2–3 Shamrock Rovers
Kokocinski Soccerball shade.svg14' (p)Soccerball shade.svg42' (p) Report McCabe Soccerball shade.svg32' (p)
North Soccerball shade.svg45'
G. Brennan Soccerball shade.svg52'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
FC Dnipro Reserves 2–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina U23
Vakulko Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Kireyev Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Argentina U23  Flag of Argentina.svg0–1 Shamrock Rovers
U Report K. Brennan Soccerball shade.svg67'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Knock-out phase

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 Paranaense Reserves 1
B2 Shamrock Rovers 0
Paranaense Reserves 0
FC Dnipro Reserves 3
A2 FC Dnipro Reserves 3
B1 Watford Reserves 0

Semi-finals

Atlético Paranaense Reserves 1–0 Shamrock Rovers
Yago Silva Soccerball shade.svg62' Report
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Final

Atlético Paranaense Reserves 0–3 FC Dnipro Reserves
Report Kohut Soccerball shade.svg41'
Balanyuk Soccerball shade.svg62'
Vakulko Soccerball shade.svg86'
EMS Stadium, Kozhikode
Attendance: 48,900

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