1954–55 Greenlandic Football Championship

The 1954–55 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the Danish: Fodboldturneringen Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or Greenlandic: Angutit Inersimasut GM) was the 1st 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.

Greenlandic Football Championship
Season1954–55
ChampionsNuuk Idraetslag (1st title)
Biggest home winNuuk Idraetslag 15–4 Aassik-43
Biggest away winNagdlunguaq-48 1–17 Nuuk Idraetslag
Highest scoringNuuk Idraetslag 15–4 Aassik-43
1958 →

Background

The first federation to organise a national football championship in Greenland was the GIF (Danish: 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.[1] 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.[1] For the first decade of its existence, the tournament was held sporadically, with iterations often taking more than a year to complete.[1] In 1971 a football specific federation, the Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat; Danish: Grønlands Boldspil-Union), was founded, and took over the organisation of the tournament.[1]

Competing teams
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.

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.[2] Known participants are listed below:[2]

Possible participants:

N.B.: On 19 April 1954, Akavsak, from the town of Aamaruutissat, which was abandoned in 1965 played KSP from Qeqertarsuatsiaat. 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 (Danish: Nordkredsen), known to have been played as a single group and a southern section (Danish: Sydkredsen), known to have been divided into two groups.[2] 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 finalsSemi finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Nanok-502
 
 
 
 Nagdlunguaq-483
 
 Nagdlunguaq-487
 
 
 
 T-410
 
 T-41W
 
 
 
 UnknownL
 
 Nagdlunguaq-481
 
 
 
 Nuuk IL17
 
 SAK2
 
 
 
 Nuuk IL3
 
 Nuuk IL15
 
 
 
 Aassik-434
 
 Aassik-433
 
 
 Kissaviarsuk-332
 

Pulje I/II (Sydkredsen)
Pulje I Final
Aassik-433–2Kissaviarsuk-33
Report
Pulje II Final
Nuuk Idraetslag3–2Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk
Report
Sydkredsen Final
Nuuk Idraetslag15–4Aassik-43
Report

Pulje III (Nordkredsen)
Nordkredsen semi-final
Nanok2–3Nagdlunguaq-48
Report
Nordkredsen final
Nagdlunguaq-487–0Tupilak-41
Report

N.B.: The Nanok / Nagdlunguaq-48 was a replay after the initial game was annulled following a 3–2 win for Nanok.

Final
Pulje II Final
Nagdlunguaq-481–17Nuuk Idraetslag
Report
1954–55 Greenlandic Football Championship

Nuuk Idraetslag
First Title

References
  1. Stokkermans, Karel; Pierrend, José Luis; Schöggl, Hans; Kubusch, Lars; Medaer, Jan; Outlaw, Brian; Rota, Davide (20 Aug 2015). "Greenland – List of Champions". www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. Stokkermans, Karel (11 September 2014). "Greenland 1954/55". www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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