2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy

The 2016 Sait Nagjee Trophy was the 36th edition of the Sait Nagjee Football Tournament and the first edition of the tournament since 1995. This tournament was organized by the Kozhikode District Football Association (KDFA) under the patronage of Dr. Siddeek Ahmed, President KDFA, and was held in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, from 5 to 21 February 2016. Along with clubs from different parts of the world, the Argentina U-23 national team also took part in the tournament.^[1][2][3] Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho is the brand ambassador for the tournament.^[4][5]

2016 Sait Nagjee International Club Football

Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	5–21 February 2016
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	FC Dnipro (R) (1st title)
Runners-up	Atlético Paranaense (R)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	33 (2.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Vladyslav Kocherhin (3 goals)
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FC Dnipro Reserves won the trophy beating Atlético Paranaense Reserves in the final.^[6]

Teams

Team	Location	Confederation
FC Dnipro Reserves	Ukraine	UEFA
1860 München II	Munich	UEFA
Argentina U-23	Argentina	CONMEBOL
Atlético Paranaense Reserves	Curitiba	CONMEBOL
Volyn Lutsk	Ukraine	UEFA
Rapid București	Bucharest	UEFA
Shamrock Rovers	Dublin	UEFA
Watford Reserves	Watford	UEFA

Venue

Kozhikode
EMS Corporation Stadium
Capacity: 50,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Atlético Paranaense (R)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Watford (R)	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Volyn Lutsk	3	0	3	0	4	4	0	3
4	Rapid București	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

5 February 2016

18:30

Atlético Paranaense (R)	2–0	Watford (R)
Luisinho 60' João Pedro 62'	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Attendance: approx. 35,000

7 February 2016

18:30

Rapid București	1–1	Volyn Lutsk
Tudoran 13'	Report	Memeshev 59'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Attendance: approx. 22,500

9 February 2016

18:30

Watford (R)	2–0	Rapid București
Jakubiak 23' Mensah 57'	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

11 February 2016

18:30

Volyn Lutsk	2–2	Atlético Paranaense (R)
Lohinov 29' Memeshev 63'	Report	Wesley Silva 21' Yago Silva 90'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

13 February 2016

18:30

Atlético Paranaense (R)	1–0	Rapid București
Mauricio Pedro 65'	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

15 February 2016

18:30

Watford (R)	1–1	Volyn Lutsk
Jakubiak 90' (pen.)	Report	Kravchenko 10'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Dnipro (R)	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Shamrock Rovers	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	1860 München II	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Argentina U-23	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: Report
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

6 February 2016

18:30

Argentina U-23	0–3	1860 München II
	Report	Bachschmid 18' Seferings 25' Köppel 78'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Attendance: approx. 20,000

8 February 2016

18:30

Shamrock Rovers	0–2	FC Dnipro (R)
	Report	Kocherhin 32' Kireyev 76'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Attendance: approx. 20,000

10 February 2016

18:30

1860 München II	2–3	Shamrock Rovers
Kokocinski 14' (pen.) 42' (pen.)	Report	McCabe 32' (pen.) North 45' G. Brennan 52'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

12 February 2016

18:30

FC Dnipro (R)	2–0	Argentina U-23
Vakulko 90+1' Kireyev 90+4'	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

14 February 2016

18:30

Argentina U-23	0–1	Shamrock Rovers
	Report	K. Brennan 67'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

16 February 2016

18:30

1860 München II	0–0	FC Dnipro (R)
	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Knock-out phase

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	A1	Atlético Paranaense (R)	1
	B2	Shamrock Rovers	0
						Atlético Paranaense (R)		0
						FC Dnipro (R)		3
	A2	FC Dnipro	3
	B1	Watford (R)	0

Semi-finals

18 February 2016

18:30

Atlético Paranaense (R)	1–0	Shamrock Rovers
Yago Silva 62'	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

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19 February 2016

18:30

FC Dnipro (R)	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Watford (R)
Kocherhin 93' Lunyov 109' Simpson 120' (o.g.)	Report

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Final

21 February 2016

18:30

Atlético Paranaense (R)	0–3	FC Dnipro (R)
	Report	Kohut 41' Balanyuk 62' Vakulko 86'

EMS Stadium, Kozhikode

Attendance: 48,900