Bordoloi Trophy

Bordoloi Trophy
Organising body	Guwahati Sports Association (GSA)
Founded	1952; 72 years ago
Region	India
Number of teams	8 (in 2023)
Current champions	Oil India (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Mohun Bagan (7 titles)

The Bharat Ratna Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy, commonly known as Bordoloi Trophy, is a premier annual Indian football tournament held in Guwahati and organized by Guwahati Sports Association (GSA).^[1]^[2] The tournament was established in 1952 by Gauhati Town Club.^[3] It is named after Assam's first chief minister Gopinath Bordoloi. The prestigious tournament comprises some top clubs from the northeast and rest of India. Clubs from Bangladesh, Nepal,^[4] Thailand, Iran and Uzbekistan have also participated in this major championship. Abahani Limited of Bangladesh lifted the 2010 edition trophy.^[5]

Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan AC has won the Bordoloi Trophy title for record seven times.^[6]

Guwahati Sports Association had announced that the 69th edition of the Bordoloi Trophy is going to be held from March 25, 2023. Oil India FC won their 5th title of the tournament by defeating United Chirang Duar FC in the final clash.^[7]^[8]

Venues

The matches of the tournament are usually played at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati. From the last few seasons, Judges Field and some other nearby venues have also hosted the matches along with Nehru Stadium.^[9]^[10]

Results

List of Bordoloi Trophy Finals^[11]^[12]
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Ref.
1952	Railway Sports Club, Pandu	–	Union Sporting Club, Nagaon
1953	Maharana AC, Guwahati	–	Shillong Garrison
1954	Gauhati Town Club	–	India Club, Silchar
1955	State Transport Asso, Shillong	–	Thengalbari Club, Jorhat
1956	Gauhati Town Club and State Transport Asso, Shillong (joint winners)
1957	Jalpaiguri TC, West Bengal	–	Gauhati Town Club
1958	Southern Railway Institute	–	Maharana AC, Guwahati
1959	Sporting Union Club, Guwahati	–	City College Old Boys FC
1960	Assam Police AC, Dergaon	–	Assam Rifles
1961	Mysore District Committee	–	Assam Rifles
1962	Leaders FC, Jalandhar	–	Howrah Union
1963	Gauhati Town Club and Leaders FC, Jalandhar (joint winners) – 0–0
1964	Assam Rifles	–	Jalpaiguri TC, West Bengal
1965	Aryan FC	–	Mohammedan SC
1966	Aryan FC	–	Mohammedan SC
1967	Eastern Railway SC	–	Ichapur Rifle Factory
1968	East Bengal Club	1–0	Eastern Railway SC	^[13]
1969	Mohammedan SC	1–0	East Bengal Club	^[14]
1970	Mohammedan SC	–	Khidderpore Sporting Union
1971	Assam Police AC, Dergaon	–	Mohammedan SC
1972	East Bengal Club	2–2, 5–0	Dhaka XI	^[13]
1973	East Bengal Club	0–0, 1–0	Leaders FC, Jalandhar	^[13]
1974	Mohun Bagan AC	2–2, 5–0	Vasco Sports Club
1975	Mohun Bagan AC	–	Punjab XI
1976	Mohun Bagan AC	3–0	Goa XI
1977	Mohun Bagan AC	4–0	Mohammedan SC
1978	East Bengal Club	4–2	Bangkok Port Authority	^[13]
1979	Bangkok Port Authority	–	Oil India Limited
1980	The tournament was not held
1981	Assam Police AC	–	Dempo SC
1982	Dempo SC	1–0	Assam Rifles
1983	Dempo SC	1–0	Mohammedan SC
1984	Mohun Bagan AC	–	Mafatlal SC, Bombay
1985	Mohammedan SC	1–0	Salgaocar FC
1986	Mohammedan SC	3–0	Punjab State Electricity Board
1987	Khidderpore Sporting Union	–	Assam Rifles
1988	Assam State Electricity Board	–	Assam Police
1989	Esteghlal	1–0	Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)
1990	Oil India Limited	–	Shillong XI
1991	Mohammedan SC	1–0	East Bengal Club
1992	East Bengal Club	1–0	Abahani Krira Chakra	^[13]
1993	Bangkok Port Authority	1–0	Mohun Bagan AC
1994	Punjab Police	–	Mizoram XI
1995	Assam Police AC	–	Williamson Magor Academy
1996	Mohun Bagan AC	2–1	East Bengal Club	^[15]
1997	Assam Police AC	1–1 (5–4 p)	Mizoram Aizawl XI
1998	Narbakhar Club	10–1	TRAU FC
1999	Assam Regimental Centre	2–1	ASEB Sports Club
2000	Tata Football Academy	1–1 (4–3 p)	2nd Assam Special Reserve Force
2001	Mohun Bagan AC	4–0	Rajpracha FC
2002	Assam Regimental Centre	1–0	ASEB Sports Club
2003	Assam Regimental Centre	3–0	Oil India FC
2004	Brothers Union	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Shillong XI
2005	Assam Regimental Centre	2–2 (5–3 p)	SAIL
2006	ASEB Sports Club	1–0	Assam Regimental Centre
2007	Port Authority of Thailand	3–0	ONGC FC, Mumbai
2008	Oil India FC	3–0 (a.e.t.)	ASEB Sports Club
2009	ASEB Sports Club	3–2	Nagaland Police
2010	Abahani Limited	3–0	Three Star Club
2011	Royal Wahingdoh FC	2–1	Langsning FC
2012	Oil India FC	4–1	Assam Rifles
2013	Bhawanipore FC	1–0	Aizawl FC	^[16]
2014	ASEB Sports Club	2–2 (4–2 p)	Green Valley FC
2015	The tournament was not held
2016	Three Star Club	2–1	East Bengal Club	^[17]
2018	Mohammedan Sporting Club	3–1	Oil India FC	^[18]
2019	Oil India FC	2–2 (5–2 p)	ASEB Sports Club	^[19]
2020	The tournament was not held
2021	ASEB Sports Club	2–1	Oil India FC
2022	Delhi FC	1–0	Nagaland Police	^[20]
2023	Oil India FC	3–1	United Chirang Duar FC	^[21]