Greenlandic Football Championship

Greenlandic Football Championship
Founded1954 (1954)
CountryGreenland
Number of clubs8 (final round)
Level on pyramid1
Current championsBoldklubben af 1967 (15th title)
(2024)
Most championshipsBoldklubben af 1967 (15 titles)
Broadcaster(s)KNR TV
Websitehttps://www.kak.gl/
Current: 2025 Greenlandic Football Championship

The Greenlandic Football Championship (Greenlandic: Isikkamik Arsaalluni Pissartanngorniunneq, GM, Danish: Grønlandsmesterskab i fodbold) is the premier men's football competition in Greenland.[1] It was established in 1954, and since 1971 it has been organised by the Football Association of Greenland.[2] This association is not affiliated to FIFA or to any continental confederation.

B-67 is the most successful football team to have won the championship.[1]

Format

The championship is often called an unusual and unique tournament as the finals last only one week.[3] This is because football clubs in the large country are so far apart.[2] Greenland has no roads between cities, so expensive air or lengthy sea travel is needed. Therefore the competition has several regional qualifiers, hosted at a single location, before the finals of 8 teams (as of 2022) are hosted at a single location, which changes year-on-year. These locations have included Ammassalik, Nanortalik and Kangaatsiaq.[4]

Previous winners

List of Greenlandic Champions[5]
Season Champions
(number of titles) 		Host City
GIF Championships
1954–55 Nuuk IL (1) Ilulissat
1958 Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (1) Qaqortoq
1959–60 Nanok-50 (1) Nuuk
1963–64 Kissaviarsuk-33 (1) Nuuk
1966–67 Kissaviarsuk-33 (2) Nuuk
1967–68 Tupilak-41 (1) Nuuk
1969 Kissaviarsuk-33 (3) Nuuk
1970 Tupilak-41 (2) Sisimiut
GBU Championships
1971 Tupilak-41 (3) Nuuk
1972 Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (2) Nuuk
1973 Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (3) Nuuk
1974 Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk (1) Sisimiut
1975 Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (4) Aasiaat
1976 Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (5) Nuuk
1977 Nagdlunguaq-48 (1) Sisimiut
1978 Nagdlunguaq-48 (2) Nuuk
1979 CIF-70 Qasigiannguit (1) Aasiaat
1980 Nagdlunguaq-48 (3) Qaqortoq
1981 Nuuk IL (2) Sisimiut
Season Champions
(number of titles) 		Host City
1982 Nagdlunguaq-48 (4) Nuuk
1983 Nagdlunguaq-48 (5) Paamiut
1984 Nagdlunguaq-48 (6) Ilulissat
1985 Nuuk IL (3) Nuuk
1986 Nuuk IL (4) Nuuk
1987 Kissaviarsuk-33 (4) Maniitsoq
1988 Kissaviarsuk-33 (5) Aasiaat
1989 Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq (1) Qaqortoq
1990 Nuuk IL (5) Nuuk
1991 Kissaviarsuk-33 (6) Sisimiut
1992 Aqigssiaq Maniitsoq (1) Ilulissat
1993 B-67 Nuuk (1) Qaqortoq
1994 B-67 Nuuk (2) Nuuk
1995 Kugsak-45 (1) Sisimiut
1996 B-67 Nuuk (3) Nuuk
1997 Nuuk IL (6) Maniitsoq
1998 Kissaviarsuk-33 (7) Qaqortoq
1999 B-67 Nuuk (4) Nuuk
2000 Nagdlunguaq-48 (7) Qasigiannguit
2001 Nagdlunguaq-48 (8) Sisimiut
2002 Kugsak-45 (2) Ilulissat
Season Champions
(number of titles) 		Host City
2003 Kissaviarsuk-33 (8) Qaqortoq
2004 FC Malamuk (1) Nuuk
2005 B-67 Nuuk (5) Uummannaq
2006 Nagdlunguaq-48 (9) Sisimiut
2007 Nagdlunguaq-48 (10) Nuuk
2008 B-67 Nuuk (6) Qaqortoq
2009 Godhavn-44 (1) Qeqertarsuaq
2010 B-67 Nuuk (7) Nuuk
2011 Godhavn-44 (2) Sisimiut
2012 B-67 Nuuk (8) Ilulissat
2013 B-67 Nuuk (9) Qaqortoq
2014 B-67 Nuuk (10) Nuuk
2015 B-67 Nuuk (11) Qasigiannguit
2016 B-67 Nuuk (12) Nuuk
2017 Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-79 (1) Qeqertarsuaq
2018 B-67 Nuuk (13) Nuuk
2019 Nagdlunguaq-48 (11) Sisimiut
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 Nagdlunguaq-48 (12) Ilulissat
2023 B-67 Nuuk (14) Qaqortoq
2024 B-67 Nuuk (15) Qeqertarsuaq

Champions

Teams in bold compete in the Greenlandic Football Championship as of the 2024 season

Club Wins Winning years
Boldklubben af 1967 15 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024
Nagdlunguaq-48 12 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2019, 2022
Kissaviarsuk-33 8 1964, 1967, 1969, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1998, 2003
Nuuk IL 6 1955, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1997
Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub 5 1958, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
Tupilak-41 3 1968, 1970, 1971
Kugsak-45 2 1995, 2002
G-44 Qeqertarsuaq 2009, 2011
Nanok-50[a] 1 1960
Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk 1974
CIF-70 Qasigiannguit 1979
Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq 1989
Aqigssiaq Maniitsoq 1992
FC Malamuk 2004
Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-79 2017
  1. ^ Disbanded club.

See also

  • Association football in Greenland
  • ConIFA
  • Greenland Cup

References

  1. ^ a b Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson (28 June 2022). "Spila grænlensku Ísbjarnarbangsarnir á Íslandi?". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Knox, Tomos (2014-10-22). "The unlikely success story of football on the massive island of Greenland". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  3. ^ Chris Scott (18 August 2017). "Greenland: The football season where you can glimpse whales and icebergs". CNN. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  4. ^ DigitalFC. "Greenlandic Football Championship (Host Location Changes Each Year) Football Grounds in Greenland | Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. ^ "Greenland – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.