Greenlandic Football Championship Explained

Greenlandic Football Championship
Country:Greenland
Teams:8 (final round)
Levels:1
Champions:Boldklubben af 1967 (15th title)
Season:2023
Most Successful Club:Boldklubben af 1967 (14 titles)
Tv:KNR TV
Website:https://www.kak.gl/
Current:2024 Greenlandic Football Championship

The Greenlandic Football Championship (Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Isikkamik Arsaalluni Pissartanngorniunneq, GM, Danish: Grønlandsmesterskab i fodbold) is the premier men's football competition in Greenland. It was established in 1954 and since 1971, it has been organised by the Football Association of Greenland.[1] This association is not a part of FIFA or any other continental confederations. B-67 is the most successful football team to have won the championship.[2]

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.[1] 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]

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

By numbers of wins

ClubWinsWinning years
B-67 Nuuk151993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024
Nagdlunguaq-48121977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2019, 2022
Kissaviarsuk-3381964, 1967, 1969, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1998, 2003
Nuuk IL61955, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1997
Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub51958, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
Tupilak-4131968, 1970, 1971
Kugsak-4521995, 2002
Godhavn-442009, 2011
Nanok-5011960
Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk1974
CIF-70 Qasigiannguit1979
Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq1989
Aqigssiaq Maniitsoq1992
FC Malamuk2004
Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-792017

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The unlikely success story of football on the massive island of Greenland. Times. Tomos Knox for These Football. Network. part of the Guardian Sport. 2014-10-22. the Guardian. en. 2018-10-05.
  2. News: Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson . Spila grænlensku Ísbjarnarbangsarnir á Íslandi? . 29 June 2022 . . 28 June 2022 . Icelandic.
  3. News: Chris Scott . Greenland: The football season where you can glimpse whales and icebergs . 29 June 2022 . . 18 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Greenlandic Football Championship (Host Location Changes Each Year) Football Grounds in Greenland Football Ground Map. DigitalFC. www.footballgroundmap.com. en. 2018-10-05.
  5. Web site: Greenland – List of Champions. RSSSF. 30 September 2011.