Independence Day Cup (Assam)

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Independence Day Cup
Organiser(s)Nowgong Sports Association
Founded1947;79 years ago (1947)
RegionIndia
TeamsVarious
Current championsAsufii Football Academy (1st title)
Most championships Oil India (8th title) [1]

The All India Independence Day Cup, commonly known as the Independence Day Cup, is an Indian football tournament held in Nagaon, Assam and organised by Nowgong Sports Association. [2] Teams from across the country compete here in what is the oldest football tournament of Assam, first held in 1947, days after the Indian independence. Initially the tournament was hosted by the Nagaon Marwari Yubak Sangha. [3] [4]

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Venues

Most of the matches are played at the Nurul Amin Stadium, Nagaon, which has the capacity of 5,000 spectators. [5]

Results

List of Independence Day Cup finals [3]
EditionYearWinnersScoreRunners-upRef.
1969 Mohammedan Sporting – [6]
1971 Mohammedan Sporting –
1972 Mohammedan Sporting –
1976 Oil India –
1977 Oil India –
1979 Border Security Force – Oil India
1981 Assam Rifles –
1988 Mohammedan Sporting 1–0 Punjab Police
1993 Border Security Force 3–0 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Abahani Krira Chakra
1994 Oil India –
1996 Mohun Bagan – Border Security Force [7]
1997 Mohun Bagan – [7]
1998 Border Security Force 2–0 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Muktijoddha Sangsad
1999 Border Security Force 1–1 (7–6 p) Tata Football Academy
2000 Indian National 1–1 (3–1 p) Assam Regimental Centre
2001 NF Railway 5–0 ASEB
2002 East Bengal 2–0 Oil India
2003 SAIL, Kolkata3–0 Oil India
2004 Oil India 2–0 Khidderpore Sporting Union
2005 Oil India 1–0 Nagaland Police [8]
2006 Border Security Force 4–1 Assam Police Blues
2007 Mohammedan 0–0 (3–2 p) Border Security Force
2008–09 Border Security Force 0–0 (6–5 p) Oil India
2010 Assam Rifles –
2011 SSB Ranidanga– Langsning
64th2012 Langsning 2–1 Assam Rifles [9]
65th2013 Assam Rifles 4–0 Oil India [10]
68th2016 Oil India 2–1 ASEB
69th2017 Assam Rifles 2–0 Border Security Force
70th2018 Border Security Force 1–1 (4–3 p) Mohammedan
71st2019 Gokulam Kerala 1–0 Border Security Force [11]
73rd2021 ASEB 1–1 (4–3 p) Kerala United [12] [13]
74th2022 Oil India 1–0 Assam Rifles [14]
75th2023 Oil India 2–0 ASEB [1]
76th2024Asufii FA, Manipur2–1 Oil India [15]
77th2025 ASEB 2–2 (15–14 p)Sadar Hills FA, Manipur [16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "OIL India FC lift Independence Day Cup title at Nagaon". sentinelassam.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Sarkar, Dhiman (25 March 2018). "India's football past gasping for survival". hindustantimes.com. Kolkata: Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Independence Day Cup". www.indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Abhishek Ganguly (5 October 2018). "Mohammedan Sporting to open campaign in All India Independence Cup". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Sports Venues". assam.gov.in. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Hoque, Elis (19 July 2019). "হারিয়ে যাওয়া মোহামেডানীদের সালতামামি…" [Diary of the lost stars of Mohammedan...]. onnodristy.com (in Bengali). Dhaka: Onno Dristi Bangla. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Mohun Bagan Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Chaudhuri, Arunava. "2005/06 Season in Indian Football:". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Langshiling of Shillong lifts ID Cup". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 16 October 2012. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Riflemen lift ID Cup". assamtribune.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Gokulam Kerala lift 71st Independence Day Cup". assamtribune.com. Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "ASEBSC win Independence Cup title defeating Kerala United Football Club". sentinelassam.com. Sentinel Assam. 11 December 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Kerala United FC finishes as runners-up of the 2021 Independence Day Cup". Twitter (Kerala United FC official). Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Oil India Football Club, Duliajan lift Independence Day Cup Trophy". sentinelassam.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "Asufii Football Academy win 76th All India Independence Day Cup 2024 in Assam". e-pao.net. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  16. ↑ "77th All India Independence Day Cup Football Tournament 2025-2026". NSA Nagaon. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
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