Sait Nagjee Football Tournament
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The Sait Nagjee All India Football Tournament was a 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.
Founded | 1952; 72 years ago (1952) |
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Abolished | 2016 |
Region | India |
Number of teams | 16 |
Last champions | Dnipro Reserves (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Mohammedan JCT (4 titles each) |
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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]