Bandodkar Gold Trophy

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Bandodkar Gold Trophy
Organising body Goa Football Association
Founded1970;54 years ago (1970)
RegionIndia (Goa)
Number of teamsVarious
Current champions FC Pune City (R)
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Dempo SC (8 titles)

The Bandodkar Gold Trophy is an Indian football tournament held in Goa and organized by Goa Football Association. [1] The tournament was first started in 1970 and to showcase the Goans' capabilities to organise an All-India football tournament. [2]

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In 2024, the GFA announced that the tournament is scheduled to be revived in the 2024 season with backing from the Government of Goa. [3]

History

The Bandodkar Gold Trophy was the first major cup tournament hosted by GFA, which was aided by the then Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar, who being a sports aficionado donated the trophy. This enabled the GFA to showcase its organisational skills. Apart from some top clubs from Goa, clubs from other Indian states, also have participated in this competition. Dempo SC has won the tournament for a record eight times, [4] while Salgaocar FC won the last major edition held in 1992. [5] [6]

In 2016, the historic tournament was revived as an invitational u-21 Men's football tournament [7] [8] and was held at Duler Stadium in Goa. [5] [9] The edition was won by FC Pune City (R) defeating the local side Dempo SC. [10]

Results

List of Bandodkar Gold Trophy finals
YearChampionsScoreRunners-upRef.
1970Leaders Club, Jalandhar1–1, 1–0 Salgaocar [6]
1971 Vasco 1–0 Dempo [6]
1972 South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad1–1, 5–4Coal India (CIL), Bangalore
1973Orkay Mills3–2 Dempo
1974Panvel SC2–0 Sesa [11] [12]
1975 Vasco 3–1 Dempo
1976 Dempo 3–0Leaders Club, Jalandhar
1977Tata SC0–0, 4–2Central Bank of India
1978Orkay Mills and Dempo (joint winners) – 1–1, 0–0
1979 Sesa 2–2, 1–0 Salgaocar
1980 Mahindra and Mahindra and Sesa (joint winners) – 2–2, 1–1 [13]
1981 Salgaocar 3–0 Vasco
1982 Dempo 3–0 Salgaocar
1983 Dempo 5–1 Indian Telephone Industries
1984 Dempo 2–0 Salgaocar
1986 Dempo 4–1 Border Security Force
1988 Salgaocar 4–0 Mahindra and Mahindra
1990 Dempo 1–0 Salgaocar
1991 Dempo 4–0Salcete FC
1992 Salgaocar 1–0Marmugao Port Trust
Tournament not held between 1993–2015
2016 Pune City (R) 2–1 Dempo [10]
Tournament not held between 2017–2023
2024TBC

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