Balangir, Sambalpur, Bhadrak, Jharsuguda, Rourkela Steel Plant, Nabarangpur and Bhubaneswar posted wins in seven matches of the 64th Senior Men Inter District Football Championship for Sahani Cup, which is underway across four zones – Keonjhar, Kendrapara, Berhampur and Boudh today. The mathch between Keonjhar and Jajpur ended in 2-2 draw.
A total of 33 teams are participating in the championship, which is being organized by Football Association of Odisha with the support of the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha. Teams will play group league matches in four zones and the top two teams from each group will meet each other in the zonal qualifiers.
RESULTS:
BOUDH ZONE:
16 July 2025 (Match 1): Sambalpur (Pitra Munda 72, Prasant Oram 80, Chhabila Kishan 86) beat Kandhamal 3-0.
16 July 2025 (Match 2): Boudh (Samira Pradhan 36) beat Nuapada 1-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 3): Bargarh (Ankit Behera 3, Ansa Chhatria 7, Jansan Bandra 17, Anand Oram 44) beat Kalahandi 4-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 4): Deogarh (Pritam Nayak 67, Bibhuti Kishan 90+3) beat Nayagarh 2-0.
18 July 2025 (Match 5): Balangir (Rama Majhi 30, Naresh Dhan 41, 82, Subrat Patra 90) beat Boudh 4-0.
18 July 2025 (Match 6): Sambalpur (Prasanta Oram 14, 28, 62, Ramjan Munda 41, 51, 54, Biju Oram 79, 90+1, Banty Munda 82) beat Nuapada 9-0.
KENDRAPARA ZONE:
16 July 2025 (Match 1): Jharsuguda (Krushna Chandra Kishan 9, Sahir Suna 65) beat Jagatsinghpur (Smruti Ranjan Bhoi 74) 2-1.
16 July 2025 (Match 2): Bhadrak (Mansingh Tudu 9, Sekhar Kumar Nayak 25) beat Kendrapara 2-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 3): Cuttack (Dinabandhu Das 12, 17, 21, 45, Parao Tudu 30) beat Puri 5-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 4): Khordha (Tophan Nayak 12, 90+5, Soumya Ranjan Swain 22, Chandan Nayak 90+1) beat Paradip Port (Tirik Kandjia 24, Prakash Nayak 27, 76) 4-3.
18 July 2025 (Match 5): Bhadrak (Judhistir Tudu 20, Sekhar Kumar Nayak 41) beat Jagatsinghpur 2-0.
18 July 2025 (Match 6): Jharsuguda (Sahir Suna 10, 82, Manu Mahakud 22, Krushna Chandra Kishan 45, 90+1, Nirmal Mahanandia 87) beat Kendrapara (Sk Sarafat 27) 6-1.
KEONJHAR ZONE:
16 July 2025 (Match 1): Rourkela Steel Plant (Rohit Badaik 38, Ramesh Oram 54, Pradeep Barwa 70, Ashok Khadia 79) beat Jajpur (Brundaban Murmu 75) 4-1.
16 July 2025 (Match 2): Keonjhar (Abhimanyu Mahakud 47) beat Angul 1-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 3): Subarnapur (Papu Majhi 34, 76, Sanjay Kumar Jojo 56, Sushant Jagat 63, Sumit Puran 68, Bhabani Shankar Bimal 87) beat Balasore 6-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 4): Sundargarh (Karan Kujur 12) drew with Dhenkanal (Saroj Kumar Baral 90+3) 1-1.
18 July 2025 (Match 5): Keonjhar (Mangal Munda 75, Abhimanyu Mahakud 89) drew with Jajpur (Ajaya Soren 37, Bhanja Kishore Hansdah 73) 2-2.
18 July 2025 (Match 6): Rourkela Steel Plant (Suresh Khadia 4, 49, 73, Ramesh Oram 43) beat Angul (Antarjami Nayak 36, Parao Murmu 64,74) 4-3.
BERHAMPUR ZONE:
16 July 2025 (Match 1): Bhubaneswar (Ashim Dungdung 49, 81, Somesh Mohanty 74) beat Nabarangpur 3-0.
16 July 2025 (Match 2): Ganjam drew with Gajapati 0-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 3): Koraput (Kartik Hantal 27, Jitu Muduli 36, 45+3, Srikanta Gadaba 54) beat Mayurbhanj 4-0.
17 July 2025 (Match 4): Malkangiri (Satrughana Behera 17, Jitu Hembram 32, Rabi Madhi 37, 60, Narasingh Pujari 45, Ramesh Pujari 70, Bishnudhar Hantal 85, 90+1) beat Rayagada (Romio K Behera 57) 8-1.
18 July 2025 (Match 5): Nabarangpur (Jagabandhu Santa 11, 36, Mohan Guntha 28, Swaraj Xavier Suna 30, Sambhunath Majhi 39, Mithun Santa 53, Champu Pujari 90+2) beat Gajapati 7-0.
18 July 2025 (Match 6): Bhubaneswar (Ashim Dungdung 85) beat Ganjam 1-0.