The 1959–60 Greenlandic Football Championship (also known as the Grønlandturneringen, Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland or ) was the third edition of the Greenlandic Men's Football Championship. Played on a knock-out basis, the final round was held at Gamle Sandbane in Nuuk. It was won by Nanok-50 who defeated Kissaviarsuk-33 in the final.
Background The first federation to organise a national football championship in Greenland was the GIF (), a general sports federation that organised more than just football tournaments, founded on 3 September 1953 at a meeting attended by eleven clubs from Upernavik, Uummannaq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat, Qasigiannguit, Aasiaat, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq, Nuuk, Paamiut and Qaqortoq. The 1954–55 tournament was the first national football tournament and GIF continued to organise the competition, usually announced as Fodboldturneringen, Grønlandturneringen or Fodboldmesterskab i Grønland, until 1970. For the first decade of its existence, the tournament was held sporadically, with iterations often taking more than a year to complete. In 1971 a football specific federation, the Football Association of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni Isikkamik Arsaattartut Kattuffiat; ), was founded, and took over the organisation of the tournament.
Competing teams
A total of thirty four teams registered for the 1959–60 season of competition.
Aassik-43, Narsaq Akunnaaq-51, Akunnaaq Arssak, Alluitsup Paa E-54, Tasiusaq E-56, Ikerasak GSS, Nuuk Iliarssuq, Qeqertarsuatsiaat Ipernaq, Ilimanaq Isungaq, Illorsuit K-33, Qaqortoq Kagssagssuk, Maniitsoq Kapisillit, Kapisillit Kigtorak, Narsaq KSP, Qeqertarsuaq Kugsak-45, Qasigiannguit Malamuk, Uummannaq Mingok, Kitsissuarsuit Nagdlunguaq-48, Ilulissat Nagtoraliq, Paamiut Nanok-50, Qullissat Narssarmiutaq, Ammassivik Nuuk IL, Nuuk Qalaleq, Niaqornat Qalaq, Narsarmijit Qasuq, Kangaamiut Qingmek, Upernavik Qingmiarak, Kullorsuaq Qoornoq, Qoornoq SAK, Sisimiut Sapitsoq, Napasoq Siuteroq, Nanortalik T-41, Aasiaat Tusilartoq, Kangeq Uiloq, Nivaaq
Format The tournament was played on a knock-out basis, with the teams divided into regional pools for the draw. As a result of this, the timing of matches was such that teams in certain areas were able to play their matches significantly more quickly than those in others. As a consequence of this, by the end of 1959, the various rounds of the competition do not tie to any overarching time frame and, by the end of 1959, Malamuk and K-33 had qualified for the semi-finals whilst the remaining quarter finals were still to be played.
Recorded results First preliminary round
Second preliminary round
Competition proper
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