Churachand Singh Trophy

Churachand Singh Trophy, also known as the Churachand Singh Invitation Trophy (Sir Churachand Singh KCSI CBE Memorial Football Tournament),^[1] is an annual Indian football tournament held in Manipur and organized by All Manipur Football Association (A.M.F.A).

Churachand Singh Trophy

Organising body	All Manipur Football Association
Founded	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Region	India
Number of teams	Various
Current champions	Sagolband United (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Assam Rifles (9 titles)

History

The tournament was first started in 1950 and is named after Manipur's Maharaja Churachand Singh. At its every inception, the Tournament had been organised by the Manipur Sports Association (MSA). With the amalgamation of Manipur Sports Association and Manipur Olympic Association in 1954, the Tournament came under the management of All Manipur Football Association.^[2] Apart from some top clubs from Manipur, clubs from neighbouring states also have participated.^[3][4]

Assam Rifles have won the tournament for a record nine times. The current champions are NEROCA FC who won their 6th title by defeating Southern Sporting Union at the 62nd edition of the tournament in 2020.^[5]

Trophy

The Winner's Trophy was donated by the former King Bodhchandra Singh in memory of his father and is a gold plated Shield.^[2]

Venues

The matches of the tournament are held in multiple venues in Manipur and final is played at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Source: ^[6]

Year	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Ref.
1950	Assam Rifles 4th Bn	–	Manipur XI	[3]
1951	Manipur XI	–	Taren Assam
1952	Assam Rifles 4th Bn	–	Manipur XI
1953	Tangkhul SA	–	Dibrugarh DSA
1954	Assam Rifles 4th Bn	–	Margherita
1955	Margherita	–	Silchar DSA
1956	NACO, Nambul Mapal	–	Kuki SC
1957	Assam Rifles 4th Bn	–	Imphal SC
1958	Kohima XI	–	Golaghat DSA
1959	Assam Rifles 4th Bn	–	Imphal SC
1960	TRAU	–	Assam Rifles 4th Bn
1961	TRAU	–	NACO, Nambul Mapal
1963	NACO, Nambul Mapal	–	TRAU
1964	YAC, Yaiskul	–	TRAU
1965	Zeliangrong	–	TRAU
1966	Imphal SC	–	YAC, Yaiskul
1967	Eastern Sporting Union	–	Imphal SC
1968	Assam Rifles	–	Thermal SC
1969	Assam Rifles	–	NISA, Thangmeiband
1970	Assam Rifles	–	TRAU
1971	Tournament abandoned
1972	IBSA and Eastern Sporting Union (joint winners)
1973	Manipur Police and USA, Khurai (joint winners)
1974	TRAU	–	Eastern Sporting Union
1975	Aryan	–	Rajasthan Club
1976	Young Physique's Union	–	Manipur Police
1977	Manipur Police	–	Young Physique's Union
1978	Manipur Police	–	Young Physique's Union
1980	Manipur Police	–	Young Physique's Union
1981	TRAU (by court order)
1983	Young Physique's Union	–	Nagaland Police SC
1985	Border Security Force	–	Southern Sporting Union
1986	Manipur Police	–	Southern Sporting Union
1987	Tournament abandoned
1988	Manipur Police	–	TRAU
1989	Manipur Police	–	TRAU
1991	NACO, Nambul Mapal	–	Manipur Police
1993	USA, Khurai	–	unknown
1994	unknown	–	NISA, Thangmeiband
1999	unknown	–	YSWA, Utlou
2000	NEROCA	–	unknown
2001	Southern Sporting Union	1–0	Manipur Police
2002–03	Eastern Sporting Union	2–1	NEROCA
2003–04	Southern Sporting Union	–	Citizen's Club
2004	TRAU	2–0	Youth Welfare Club
2005–06	Southern Sporting Union	1–0	Manipur Police
2006	Southern Sporting Union	4–0	Nagaland Police SC
2007	NISA, Thangmeiband	2–0	AMOFA, Moirang
2008	Assam Rifles	0–0, (4–2 p)	NEROCA
2012–13	NEROCA	0–0, (3–1 p)	Assam Regiment Center Shillong	[7]
2013–14	Tiddim Road Unique Gamy Players Union	3–1	TRAU	[8]
2014–15	NEROCA	3–1	Southern Sporting Union	[9]
2016	NEROCA	5–1	Assam Regiment Center Shillong	[10]
2018–19	NEROCA	7–0	Sagolband United FC	[11]
2019	NEROCA	1–1, (3–2 p)	Southern Sporting Union	[5]
2022	Sagolband United FC	0–0, (4–1 p)	Southern Sporting Union	[12]