The 1959–60 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the Danish: Fodboldturneringen Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or Greenlandic: Angutit Inersimasut GM) was the 3rd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. Played on a knock-out basis, the final round was held at Gamle Sandbane in Nuuk. It was won by Nanok who defeated Kissaviarsuk-33 in the final.
| Season | 1959–60 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Nanok (1st title) |
| Biggest home win | Siuteroq 20–5 Eqaluq (Tasiusaq) |
| Biggest away win | Qalaq 0–21 Siuteroq |
| Highest scoring | Siuteroq 20–5 Eqaluq (Tasiusaq) |
← 1958 1963–64 → | |
Background edit
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 edit
Disko Bay teams; 
Kujalleq teams; 
Nuuk area teamsA total of thirty four teams registered for the 1959–60 season of competition.
- Aassik-43, Narsaq
- Akunnaaq-51, Akunnaaq
- Arssak, Alluitsup Paa
- E-56, Ikerasak
- E-54, Tasiusaq
- GSS, Nuuk
- Iliarssuq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat
- Ipernaq, Ilimanaq
- Isungaq, Illorsuit
- K-33, Qaqortoq
- Kagssagssuk, Maniitsoq
- Kapisillit, Kapisillit
- Kigtorak, Narsaq
- KSP, Qeqertarsuaq
- Kugsak-45, Qasigiannguit
- Malamuk, Uummannaq
- Mingok, Kitsissuarsuit
- Nagdlunguaq-48, Ilulissat
- Nagtoraliq, Paamiut
- Nanok, Qullissat
- Narssarmiutaq, Ammassivik
- Nuuk IL, Nuuk
- Qalaq, Narsarmijit
- Qalaleq, Niaqornat
- Qasuq, Kangaamiut
- Qingmek, Upernavik
- Qingmiarak, Kullorsuaq
- Qoornoq, Qoornoq
- SAK, Sisimiut
- Sapitsoq, Napasoq
- Siuteroq, Nanortalik
- T-41, Aasiaat
- Tusilartoq, Kangeq
- Uiloq, Nivaaq
Format edit
The tournament was played on a knock-out basis, with the teams divided into regional pools for the draw. As a result of this, the timing of matches was such that teams in certain areas were able to play their matches significantly more quickly than those in others.[2] As a consequence of this, by the end of 1959, the various rounds of the competition do not tie to any overarching time frame and, by the end of 1959, Malamuk and K-33 had qualified for the semi-finals whilst the remaining quarter finals were still to be played.[2]
Recorded results edit
First preliminary round
Kagssagssuk  | 12–3 | Qasuq |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Second preliminary round
| Sapitsoq | 3–12 | Kagssagssuk |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Qoornoq  | def. | Kapisillit |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Tusilartoq | 18–0 |  Kigtorak |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Competition proper
| 1/16 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
 Mingok
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Akunnaaq-51
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||
| Akunnaaq-51
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| T-41
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uiloq
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| T-41
| 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| T-41
| L | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanok
| W | |||||||||||||||||
| KSP
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanok
| 4[3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanok
| W | |||||||||||||||||
| Nagdlunguaq-48
| L[4] | |||||||||||||||||
| Kugsak-45
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nagdlunguaq-48
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanok
| W | |||||||||||||||||
| Malamuk
| L | |||||||||||||||||
| Malamuk
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| E-56
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malamuk
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Isungaq
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qalaleq
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Isungaq
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malamuk
| W | |||||||||||||||||
| Qingmek
| L[4] | |||||||||||||||||
| Qingmek
| Bye | |||||||||||||||||
| Qingmek
| 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qingmiarak
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qingmiarak
| Bye | |||||||||||||||||
| Nanok
| W | |||||||||||||||||
| K-33
| L | |||||||||||||||||
| Kagssagssuk
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| SAK
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| SAK
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| GSS
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qoornoq
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| GSS
| 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| GSS
| Unk | |||||||||||||||||
| Nuuk IL
| Unk | |||||||||||||||||
| Nagtoraliq
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iliarssuq
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iliarssuq
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nuuk IL
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nuuk IL
| 11 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tusilartoq
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nuuk IL / GSS
| L | |||||||||||||||||
| K-33
| W | |||||||||||||||||
| Siuteroq
| 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| E-54
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Siuteroq
| 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qalaq
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qalaq
| Bye | |||||||||||||||||
| Siuteroq
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| K-33
| 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Narssarmiutaq
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arssak
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Narssarmiutaq
| 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| K-33
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| K-33
| 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| Aassik-43
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ a b c d Stokkermans, Karel; Pierrend, José Luis; Schöggl, Hans; Kubusch, Lars; Medaer, Jan; Outlaw, Brian; Rota, Davide (20 Aug 2015). "Greenland – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ a b Stokkermans, Karel (26 February 2015). "Greenland 1959/60". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ Replay — first match finished 4–3 but was annulled due to ineligible players fielded by KSP
- ^ a b Result decided following the drawing of lots