Bandodkar Trophy

Bandodkar Trophy

Organising body	Goa Football Association
Founded	1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Region	Goa, India
Number of teams	Various
Current champions	Goa (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Dempo (8 titles)
Television broadcasters	SportsCast India (YouTube) FIFA+
2024

The Bandodkar Trophy, currently known as the Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held in Goa and organized by the Goa Football Association.^[1][2] It was also known the Bandodkar Gold Trophy till the 2016 edition,^[3] when the tournament was revamped in a new format. The tournament was first started in 1970.^[4]

History

The Bandodkar Gold Trophy was the first major cup tournament hosted by the GFA, aided by the then Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar who donated the trophy. Apart from some top clubs from Goa, clubs from other Indian states and abroad, also have participated in this competition. Dempo SC has won the tournament for a record eight times,^[5] while Salgaocar FC won the last major edition held in 1992.^[6][7]

In 2016, the historic tournament was revived as an invitational u-21 Men's football tournament^[8][9] and was held at Duler Stadium in Goa.^[6][10] The edition was won by FC Pune City (R) defeating the local side Dempo SC.^[11]

In 2024, the GFA announced that the tournament is scheduled to be revived in the 2024 season with backing from the Government of Goa.^[12]

Results

List of Bandodkar Trophy finals

Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Ref.
1970	Leaders Club, Jalandhar	1–1, 1–0	Salgaocar	[7]
1971	Vasco	1–0	Dempo	[7]
1972	South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad	1–1, 5–4	Coal India (CIL), Bangalore
1973	Orkay Mills	3–2	Dempo
1974	Panvel SC	2–0	Sesa	[13][14]
1975	Vasco	3–1	Dempo
1976	Dempo	3–0	Leaders Club, Jalandhar
1977	Tata SC	0–0, 4–2	Central Bank of India
1978	Orkay Mills and Dempo (joint winners) – 1–1, 0–0
1979	Sesa	2–2, 1–0	Salgaocar
1980	Mahindra and Mahindra and Sesa (joint winners) – 2–2, 1–1			[15]
1981	Salgaocar	3–0	Vasco
1982	Dempo	3–0	Salgaocar
1983	Dempo	5–1	Indian Telephone Industries
1984	Dempo	2–0	Salgaocar
1986	Dempo	4–1	Border Security Force
1988	Salgaocar	4–0	Mahindra and Mahindra
1990	Dempo	1–0	Salgaocar
1991	Dempo	4–0	Salcete FC
1992	Salgaocar	1–0	Marmugao Port Trust
	Tournament not held between 1993–2015
2016	Pune City (R)	2–1	Dempo	[11]
	Tournament not held between 2017–2023
2023–24	Goa (R)	0–0 (4–3 p)	Kerala Blasters (R)	[16]
2024	Goa	3–3 (3–1 p)	Odisha

Broadcasting

After the Santosh Trophy and Gujarat Super League, the Bandodkar Trophy became the third Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+.^[17]

Territory	Broadcaster(s)	Ref.
India	SportsCast India (YouTube)	[17]
Global	FIFA+	[17]

References

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11. "Pune Football Club wins Bandodkar Gold Trophy Football Tourney". www.freepressjournal.in. Panaji, Goa: The Free Press Journal. Press Trust of India. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
12. Mergulhao, Marcus (19 March 2024). "Govt revives Bandodkar Trophy, sanctions 1.3cr grant to GFA". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
13. Sengupta, Somnath (27 April 2014). "Legends Of Indian Football : Brahmanand Sankhwalkar". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 30 April 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
14. Mergulhao, Marcus (21 March 2023). "Tough-tackling former Salgaocar defender Anthony Rebello no more". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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16. "Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy 2023-24 launched". www.gfagoa.com. Goa Football Association. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
17. "Bhausaheb Bandodkar Memorial Trophy streaming on FIFA+". The Goan. 10 May 2024.