Sait Nagjee Football Tournament

Nagjee International Club Football
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)
Abolished2016
RegionIndia
Number of teams16
Last championsDnipro 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 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.

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]

  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".
  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. ^ "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.