Greenlandic Football Championship
{{short description|Top football division in Greenland}}
{{Infobox football league
| name = Greenlandic Football Championship
| logo =
| pixels =
| country = Greenland
| confed =
| founded = {{start date and age|1954}}
| folded =
| teams = 8 (final round)
| levels = 1
| relegation =
| domest_cup =
| league_cup =
| confed_cup =
| champions = Boldklubben af 1967 (15th title)
| season = 2024
| most successful club = Boldklubben af 1967 (15 titles)
| tv = KNR TV
| website = https://www.kak.gl/
| current = 2025 Greenlandic Football Championship
}}
The Greenlandic Football Championship ({{langx|kl|Isikkamik Arsaalluni Pissartanngorniunneq, GM}}, {{langx|da|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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/these-football-times/2014/oct/22/unlikely-success-story-football-greenland|title=The unlikely success story of football on the massive island of Greenland|last=Knox|first=Tomos|date=2014-10-22|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-05}} 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.{{cite news |author1=Jóhann Páll Ástvaldsson |title=Spila grænlensku Ísbjarnarbangsarnir á Íslandi? |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2022/06/28/spila-graenlensku-isbjarnarbangsarnir-a-islandi |access-date=29 June 2022 |work=RÚV |date=28 June 2022 |language=Icelandic}}
Format
The championship is often called an unusual and unique tournament as the finals last only one week.{{cite news |author1=Chris Scott |title=Greenland: The football season where you can glimpse whales and icebergs |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/18/football/greenland-the-worlds-shortest-football-season/index.html |access-date=29 June 2022 |work=CNN |date=18 August 2017}} This is because football clubs in the large country are so far apart. 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballgroundmap.com/grounds/greenland/greenlandic-football-championship|title=Greenlandic Football Championship (Host Location Changes Each Year) Football Grounds in Greenland {{!}} Football Ground Map|last=DigitalFC|website=www.footballgroundmap.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-05}}
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Previous winners
List of Greenlandic Champions{{cite web|title=Greenland – List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/groenlchamp.html|publisher=RSSSF|access-date=30 September 2011}}
| valign=top
| {| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:65px" |Season
!style="width:265px"|Champions !style="width:100px"|Host City |
|---|
| style="text-align:center" colspan="3" |GIF Championships |
| style="text-align:center"|{{nowrap|1954–55}}
| Nuuk IL (1) |
| style="text-align:center"|1958
| {{nowrap|Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (1)}} | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|1959–60
| Nanok-50 (1) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1963–64
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (1) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1966–67
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (2) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1967–68
| Tupilak-41 (1) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1969
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (3) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1970
| Tupilak-41 (2) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center" colspan="3" |GBU Championships |
| style="text-align:center"|1971
| Tupilak-41 (3) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1972
| Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (2) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1973
| Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (3) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1974
| Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk (1) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|1975
| Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (4) | Aasiaat |
| style="text-align:center"|1976
| Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub (5) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1977
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (1) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|1978
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (2) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1979
| CIF-70 Qasigiannguit (1) | Aasiaat |
| style="text-align:center"|1980
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (3) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|1981
| Nuuk IL (2) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|1982
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (4) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1983
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (5) | Paamiut |
| style="text-align:center"|1984
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (6) | Ilulissat |
| style="text-align:center"|1985
| Nuuk IL (3) | Nuuk |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:65px" |Season
!style="width:265px"|Champions !style="width:100px"|Host City |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1986
| Nuuk IL (4) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1987
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (4) |
| style="text-align:center"|1988
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (5) | Aasiaat |
| style="text-align:center"|1989
| {{nowrap|Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq (1)}} | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|1990
| Nuuk IL (5) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1991
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (6) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|1992
| Aqigssiaq Maniitsoq (1) | Ilulissat |
| style="text-align:center"|1993
| B-67 Nuuk (1) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|1994
| B-67 Nuuk (2) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1995
| Kugsak-45 (1) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|1996
| B-67 Nuuk (3) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|1997
| Nuuk IL (6) | Maniitsoq |
| style="text-align:center"|1998
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (7) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|1999
| B-67 Nuuk (4) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|2000
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (7) |
| style="text-align:center"|2001
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (8) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|2002
| Kugsak-45 (2) | Ilulissat |
| style="text-align:center"|2003
| Kissaviarsuk-33 (8) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|2004
| FC Malamuk (1) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|2005
| B-67 Nuuk (5) |
| style="text-align:center"|2006
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (9) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|2007
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (10) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|2008
| B-67 Nuuk (6) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|2009
| Godhavn-44 (1) |
| style="text-align:center"|2010
| B-67 Nuuk (7) | Nuuk |
|
| class="wikitable" |
| style="width:65px" |Season
!style="width:265px"|Champions !style="width:100px"|Host City |
|---|
| style="text-align:center"|2011
| Godhavn-44 (2) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|2012
| B-67 Nuuk (8) | Ilulissat |
| style="text-align:center"|2013
| B-67 Nuuk (9) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|2014
| B-67 Nuuk (10) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|2015
| B-67 Nuuk (11) | Qasigiannguit |
| style="text-align:center"|2016
| B-67 Nuuk (12) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|2017
| {{nowrap|Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-79 (1)}} | Qeqertarsuaq |
| style="text-align:center"|2018
| B-67 Nuuk (13) | Nuuk |
| style="text-align:center"|2019
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (11) | Sisimiut |
| style="text-align:center"|2020
| rowspan=2 colspan=2 style=background:#efefef align=center| Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| style="text-align:center"|2021 |
| style="text-align:center"|2022
| Nagdlunguaq-48 (12) | Ilulissat |
| style="text-align:center"|2023
| B-67 Nuuk (14) | Qaqortoq |
| style="text-align:center"|2024
| B-67 Nuuk (15) | Qeqertarsuaq |
|}
Champions
Teams in bold compete in the New Zealand National League as of the 2024 season
| class="wikitable"
!Club !Wins !Winning years |
| Boldklubben af 1967
|style="text-align:center;"|15 |1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024 |
| Nagdlunguaq-48
|style="text-align:center"|12 |1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2019, 2022 |
| Kissaviarsuk-33
|style="text-align:center"|8 |
| Nuuk IL
|style="text-align:center"|6 |
| Grønlands Seminarius Sportklub
|style="text-align:center"|5 |
| Tupilak-41
|style="text-align:center"|3 |
| Kugsak-45
|style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|2 |
| G-44 Qeqertarsuaq |
| bgcolor=#DDD|Nanok-50{{efn|Disbanded club.|name=Disbanded}}
|style="text-align:center" rowspan="7"|1 |1960 |
| Siumut Amerdlok Kunuk
|1974 |
| CIF-70 Qasigiannguit
|1979 |
| Kagssagssuk Maniitsoq
|1989 |
| Aqigssiaq Maniitsoq
|1992 |
| FC Malamuk
|2004 |
| Inuit Timersoqatigiiffiat-79
|2017 |
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.kak.gl/ Greenland Football Association official website]
{{Greenlandic Men's Football Championship Seasons}}
{{Football in Greenland}}
{{NFB Leagues}}
Category:Football competitions in Greenland
Category:Greenland-related lists
Category:Top-level association football leagues in North America
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