Bandodkar Trophy

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Bandodkar Trophy
Organising body Goa Football Association
Founded1970;54 years ago (1970)
Region Goa, India
Number of teamsVarious
Current champions Goa (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Dempo (8 titles)
Television broadcastersSportsCast India (YouTube)
FIFA+
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The Bandodkar Trophy, currently known as the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held in Goa and organized by the Goa Football Association. [1] [2] It was also known the Bandodkar Gold Trophy till the 2016 edition, [3] when the tournament was revamped in a new format. The tournament was first started in 1970. [4]

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History

The Bandodkar Gold Trophy was the first major cup tournament hosted by the GFA, aided by the then Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar who donated the trophy. Apart from some top clubs from Goa, clubs from other Indian states and abroad, also have participated in this competition. Dempo SC has won the tournament for a record eight times, [5] while Salgaocar FC won the last major edition held in 1992. [6] [7]

In 2016, the historic tournament was revived as an invitational u-21 Men's football tournament [8] [9] and was held at Duler Stadium in Goa. [6] [10] The edition was won by FC Pune City (R) defeating the local side Dempo SC. [11]

In 2024, the GFA announced that the tournament is scheduled to be revived in the 2024 season with backing from the Government of Goa. [12]

Results

List of Bandodkar Trophy finals
YearChampionsScoreRunners-upRef.
1970Leaders Club, Jalandhar1–1, 1–0 Salgaocar [7]
1971 Vasco 1–0 Dempo [7]
1972 South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad1–1, 5–4Coal India (CIL), Bangalore
1973Orkay Mills3–2 Dempo
1974Panvel SC2–0 Sesa [13] [14]
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 [15]
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 [11]
Tournament not held between 2017–2023
2023–24 Goa (R) 0–0 (4–3 p) Kerala Blasters (R) [16]
2024 Goa 3–3 (3–1 p) Odisha

Broadcasting

After the Santosh Trophy and Gujarat Super League, the Bandodkar Trophy became the third Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+. [17]

TerritoryBroadcaster(s)Ref.
Flag of India.svg  India SportsCast India (YouTube) [17]
Flag of the United Nations.svg Global FIFA+ [17]

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