Sait Nagjee Football Tournament

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Nagjee International Club Football
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Founded1952;73 years ago (1952)
Abolished2016
RegionIndia
Number of teams16
Last champions Dnipro Reserves (1st title)
Most successful club(s) Mohammedan
JCT
(4 titles each)
Television broadcasters

The Sait Nagjee All India Football Tournament was an invitational football tournament held in Kozhikode, Kerala. [1] [2] The tournament was very popular from the beginning and attracted large crowd since 1952. The tournament was played until 1995, though with stoppages a couple of times. In 1995, the tournament was won by JCT Mills. Since then, there was a gap of 21 year during which the tournament was not held.

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The tournament was revived again in 2016 with clubs from different parts of the world and Argentina national under-23 football team. Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho was the brand ambassador for the tournament. [3] [4] FC Dnipro Reserves won the trophy beating Atlético Paranaense Reserves in the final. [5]

Stadium

EMS Stadium on a matchday Kozhikode EMS Stadium.jpg
EMS Stadium on a matchday

All the matches of the tournament are played in the EMS Stadium, which is located in Calicut.

Results

List of winners and runners-ups: [6]

YearsWinnersRunners-upScoreNote
1952 HAL Lucky Star, Kannur-
1953 HAL Mysore Muslims-
1954 HAL Dianomos, Bombay-
1955 Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi Kickers Gymkhana, Kannur-
1956 Flag of Pakistan.svg Karachi Kickers Southern Railway Institute-
1957 MRC, Wellington 515, Command Work Shop-
1958 Andhra Police Eastern Railway -
1959 Andhra Police State Transport, Trivandrum-
1960 MEG, Bangalore Indian Airforce, Bangalore-
1961Tournament not held
1962 Punjab Police Andhra Assn. XI -
1963Tournament not held
1964 MRC, Wellington EME, Secunderabad -
1965 EME, Secunderabad MRC, Wellington -
1966 EME, Secunderabad Leaders Club, Jalandhar-
1967Alind Kundara, Kerala Andhra Assn. XI -
1968 East Bengal MEG, Bangalore 2–0
1969 Vasco Border Security Force 1–0
1970 Border Security Force Sesa 3–1
1971 Mohammedan Sporting Dempo 2–0
1972RAC, BikanerTata Sports Club-
1973Tata Sports Club Titanium -
1974 Indian XI RAC, Bikaner-
1975Rajasthan Police, Jaipur Mahindra & Mahindra -
1976 JCT Andhra Assn. XI -
1977 MRC, Wellington Andhra Assn. XI -
1978 Mohun Bagan Titanium -
1979 JCT Mohammedan Sporting -
1980Tournament not held
1981 Mohun Bagan Tata Sports Club-
1982Tournament not held
1983Tournament not held
1984 Mohammedan Sporting Mohun Bagan -
1985 JCT Salgaocar 4–2
1986 East Bengal Kerala XI 1–0
1987Tournament not held
1988 Salgaocar Mohammedan Sporting 1–0
1989 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Abahani Krira Chakra Salgaocar 1–0
1990Tournament not held
1991 Mohammedan Sporting Indian XI -
1992 Mohammedan Sporting Titanium 2–1
1993Tournament not held
1994Tournament not held
1995 JCT Dempo -
Tournament not held between 1996-2015
2016 Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro Reserves Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Paranaense Reserves 3–0 [5]

References

  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. ↑ 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. ↑ "Sait Nagjee Trophy Football Tournament 2016 Kozhikode: Latin American And European Teams with India U23 | CyberparkToday". www.cyberparktoday.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ronaldinho visiting India for Sait Nagjee football tournament". 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Sait Nagjee: FC Dnipro 3–0 Atletico Paranaense: The Ukrainian club dismiss the Brazilian challenge". 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Sait Nagjee Trophy". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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