1954–55 Greenlandic Football Championship

Greenlandic Football Championship 1954–55 Nuuk Idraetslag (1st title) Nuuk Idraetslag 15–4 Aassik-43 Nagdlunguaq-48 1–17 Nuuk Idraetslag Nuuk Idraetslag 15–4 Aassik-43 1958 The 1954–55 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the da Fodboldturneringen Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or kl Angutit Inersimasut GM) was the first edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Ilulissat. It was won by Nuuk Idraetslag who defeated Nagdlunguaq-48 in the final. Background The first federation to organise a national football championship in Greenland was the GIF (da Grønlands Idrætsforening), a general sports federation that organised more than just football tournaments, founded on 3 September 1953 at a meeting attended by eleven clubs from Upernavik, Uummannaq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq, Nuuk, Paamiut and Qaqortoq.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenlchamp.html Greenland – List of Champions Stokkermans Karel Pierrend José Luis Schöggl Hans Kubusch Lars Medaer Jan Outlaw Brian Rota Davide 20 Aug 2015 RSSSF 12 October 2015 The 1954–55 tournament was the first national football tournament and GIF continued to organise the competition, usually announced as Fodboldturneringen, Grønlandturneringen or Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland, until 1970. For the first decade of its existence, the tournament was held sporadically, with iterations often taking more than a year to complete. In 1971 a football specific federation, the Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat; da Grønlands Boldspil-Union), was founded, and took over the organisation of the tournament. Competing teams Greenland 300 right Location of teams participating in the 1954–55 Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. Red dots indicate confirmed participating team, blue dots indicate possible participating teams. Greenland Aassik-43 left Red_pog.svg 60.91 -46.05 Greenland Kissaviarsuk-33 right Red_pog.svg 60.72 -46.04 Greenland Nagdlunguaq-48 right Red_pog.svg 69.22 -51.10 Greenland Nanok-50 right Red_pog.svg 70.08 -53.01 Greenland Nuuk Idraetslag right Red_pog.svg 64.12 -51.74 Greenland Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk right Red_pog.svg 66.94 -53.67 Greenland Tupilak-41 left Red_pog.svg 68.71 -52.87 Greenland Akavsak left Blue_pog.svg 69.43 -52.44 Greenland KSP right Blue_pog.svg 69.25 -53.53 In total, 22 clubs registered for the tournament who were usually denoted by their home towns in newspaper reports rather than their club name. However, the two finalists were definitely the club sides Nuuk Idraetslag and Nagdlunguaq-48.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenl55.html Greenland 1954/55 Stokkermans Karel 11 September 2014 RSSSF 12 October 2015 Known participants are listed below: Aassik-43, Narsaq Kissaviarsuk-33, Qaqortoq Nagdlunguaq-48, Ilulissat Nanok-50, Qullissat Nuuk Idraetslag, Nuuk Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk, Sisimiut Tupilak-41, Aasiaat Possible participants: Akavsak, Aamaruutissat KSP, Qeqertarsuaq N.B.: On 19 April 1954, Akavsak, from the town of Aamaruutissat, which was abandoned in 1965 played KSP from Qeqertarsuaq. It is not clear whether that match was part of the tournament. Additionally, on 8 April 1955 a team from Qullissat (presumably Nanok) won 4–1 against a team from Aamaruutissat (presumably Âkavsak). Again, it is not clear whether that match was part of the tournament. Format The competitions was divided into two sections, a north section (da Nordkredsen), known to have been played as a single group and a southern section (da Sydkredsen), known to have been divided into two groups. The top two teams in each group in the southern section played each other with the winners qualifying for a regional final to determine the entrant to the grand final. The northern section also featured at least two knockout rounds to determine their entrant. The final was played as a one off match. Recorded results Qualifying finals Semi finals Final 20px Nanok-50 2 20px Nagdlunguaq-48 3 20px T-41 W 20px Unknown L 20px SAK 2 20px Nuuk IL 3 20px Aassik-43 3 20px Kissaviarsuk-33 2 20px Nagdlunguaq-48 7 20px T-41 0 20px Nuuk IL 15 20px Aassik-43 4 20px Nagdlunguaq-48 1 20px Nuuk IL 17 Pulje I/II (Sydkredsen) Aassik-43 3–2 Report Pulje I Final Kissaviarsuk-33 Nuuk Idraetslag 3–2 Report Pulje II Final Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk 11 November 1954 Nuuk Idraetslag 15–4 Report Sydkredsen Final Aassik-43 Nuuk Pulje III (Nordkredsen) Nanok-50 2–3 Report Nordkredsen semi-final Nagdlunguaq-48 Nagdlunguaq-48 7–0 Report Nordkredsen final Tupilak-41 N.B.: The Nanok / Nagdlunguaq-48 was a replay after the initial game was annulled following a 3–2 win for Nanok. Final 8 November 1955 Nagdlunguaq-48 1–17 Report Nuuk Idraetslag Ilulissat 1954–55 Greenlandic Football ChampionshipNuuk IdraetslagFirst Title References Category:Greenlandic Men's Football Championship seasons Green Category:1950s in Greenland Category:1954 in Denmark Category:1954 in North America Category:1955 in Denmark Category:1955 in North America