1958 Greenlandic Football Championship

The 1958 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the Danish: Fodboldturneringen Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or Greenlandic: Angutit Inersimasut GM) was the 2nd edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. The final round was held in Qaqortoq. It was won by Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub who defeated Kissaviarsuk-33 in the final.

Greenlandic Football Championship
Season1958
ChampionsGrønlands Seminarius Sportklub (1st title)

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]

Results

No results for the season are available, but it is known from reports on their 1972 and 1973 that Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub defeated Kissaviarsuk-33 in the final in Qaqortoq.[2] There does appear to be a degree of confusion surrounding this season however; some reports into the 1966–67 season note that the final contested between Nanok and Kissaviarsuk-33 was the second meeting in the national final between these two clubs and that Nanok had been victorious in their first meeting in 1958.[2] RSSSF suggest that this is an error and in fact refers to the following season which was indeed one by Nanok.[2]

1958 Greenlandic Football Championship

Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub
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 (4 September 2014). "Greenland 1958". www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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