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  Sahani Cup Football: Cuttack champions; Sambalpur runners-up
03 Aug 2025
 

Cuttack lifted Sahani Cup, the symbol of supremacy in Senior Men Inter-District Football Championship, the 64th edition of which concluded Keonjhar Stadium in Keonjhar today. Cuttack won the double-leg final against Sambalpur 2-1 in aggregate.

Cuttack won the first final 1-0 at the District Stadium in Boudh on August 1, while second final between the two sides ended in 1-1 draw at Keonjhar Stadium in Keonjhar today. The champion team pocket the top prize of Rs 1 lakh, while the runners-up side received Rs 50,000.  

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi joined the closing ceremony as chief guest and handed over the trophy. Sunil Sahoo also presented special cash prizes of Rs 25,000 and Rs 15,000 to the champion and runners-up teams, on behal of Gouri Shankar Sahani Trust.
 

Earlier in the semifinals, Cuttack trounced Sundargarh 5-0 at Rajkanika Stadium in Kendrapara Zone, while Sambalpur edged out Koraput 5-4 in tie-breaker after a 1-1 draw in the regulation time at Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Berhampur.

A total of 33 teams participated in this championship, which was organized by Football Association of Odisha with the support of the Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of Odisha. Teams played group league matches in four zones and the top two teams from each group met each other in the quarterfinals.

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.
19 July 2025 (Match 7): Kalahandi (Bishal Majhi 61) beat Nayagarh 1-0.
19 July 2025 (Match 8): Bargarh (Anand Oram 17, Ankit Behera 45+2, Sanjib Dandsena 78) beat Deogarh 3-0.
20 July 2025 (Match 9): Balangir (Pravakar Majhi 2, Sambit Naik 90+4, Naresh Dhan 90+5) beat Nuapada (Balabhadra Majhi 40) 3-1.
20 July 2025 (Match 10): Boudh drew with Kandhamal 0-0.
22 July 2025 (Match 11): Sambalpur (Sunil Munda 6, Prasanta Oram 26, Chhabila Kisan 66) beat Balangir (Subrat Patra 4, 76) 3-2.
22 July 2025 (Match 12): Kalahandi (Dilu Mallik 1, Debasis Ram Marandi 11, 22, 29, Sk Farid 21, 59, Md Imtiaz 45+4, Bebeswar Mallik 87) beat Nuapada (Santosh Mallik 37-OG) 9-0.
23 July 2025 (Match 13): Bargarh (Prasanta Bag 6, 19, 70, Tiku Mallis 24, Ankit Behera 90) beat Nayagarh 5-0.
23 July 2025 (Match 14): Deogarh (Pankaj Tanty 78) beat Kalahandi 1-0.
24 July 2025 (Match 15): Sambalpur (Chhabila Kisan 2, Biju Oram 31, Santosh Munda 82) beat Boudh 3-0.
24 July 2025 (Match 16): Kandhamal (Sk Farid 38, Debasis Ram Marandi 69) beat Balangir (Sambit Naik 80) 2-1.

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.
19 July 2025 (Match 7): Cuttack (Parao Tudu 6, Bapuni Bindhani 38, Dinabandhu Das 76) beat Khordha 3-0.
19 July 2025 (Match 8): Paradip Port Trust (Sunaram Kerai 8, Prakash Nayak 30, 36, 60, 73, 85, 90, Suryakanta Das 56, Ritik Kanajia 84) beat Puri (Kanhu Mallick 37, Smruti Ranjan Behera 50) 9-2.
20 July 2025 (Match 9): Kendrapara (Sk Sanjeem 82) beat Jagatsinghpur 1-0.
20 July 2025 (Match 10): Jharsuguda (Manu Mahakud 9, 63, Sahir Suna 15, 68, Krushna Chandra Kishan 75) beat Bhadrak (Sekhar Nayak 2, 18, Judhistar Tudu 5) 5-3.
21 July 2025 (Match 11): Khordha (Soumya Ranjan Swain 5, Jaladhar Nayak 32, 46, 50, 71) beat Puri 5-0.
21 July 2025 (Match 12): Cuttack (Dinabandhu Das 39, 45, Bhenkateswar Oram 41, Bapuni Bindhani 76, Ganesh Sethi 90+3) beat Paradip Port Trust 6-0.

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.
19 July 2025 (Match 7): Sundargarh (Jamir Oram 2, Mahesh Pradhan 18) beat Subarnapur 2-0.
19 July 2025 (Match 8): Balasore (Jagannath Soren 59, Raju Singh 62, 69, Madhu Soren 90+1) beat Dhenkanal 4-0.
20 July 2025 (Match 9): Angul (Fatu Charan Murmu 52, 60, Prasant Bari 70, 76) beat Jajpur (Raj Kumar Marandi 36, Bhadu Murmu 62, Bhanja Kishore Hansda 69) 4-3.
20 July 2025 (Match 10): Rourkala Steel Plant (Ramesh Oram 20) beat Keonjhar 1-0.
21 July 2025 (Match 11): Sundargarh (Karan Kujur 3) beat Balasore 1-0.
21 July 2025 (Match 12): Dhenkanal drew with Subarnapur 0-0.

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.
19 July 2025 (Match 7): Koraput (Kisan Majhi 65, Jitu Muduli 81) beat Malkangiri 2-0.
19 July 2025 (Match 8): Mayurbhanj (Manchitra Marndi 8, Birsingh Naik 15, 17, 26, Thakura Murmu 21, 45+1, Salhai Tudu 70, Raisen Tudu 30, 90) beat Rayagada 9-0.
20 July 2025 (Match 9): Nabarangpur (Pintu Santa 20, 35) beat Ganjam (Rajesh Kumar Behera 82) 2-1.
20 July 2025 (Match 10): Bhubaneswar (Gulsan Digal 2, Vignesh Samal 3, Ashim Dungdung 29) beat Gajapati (Khudia Hansda 31, 66) 3-2.
21 July 2025 (Match 11): Koraput (Madhu Jani 9, Jitu Muduli 23, Jagat Pali 24, Manoj Hantal 46) beat Rayagada 4-0.
21 July 2025 (Match 12): Mayurbhanj (Birsingh Naik 25, Thakura Murmu 34, Ganesh Soren 42, Raisen Tudi 71, Mansingh Majhi 80) beat Malkangiri 5-0.

QUARTERFINALS:
23 July 2025 (At Berhampur): Koraput (Abhinash Muduli 45+1, 81) beat Bhubaneswar (Soumesh Mohanty 10) 2-1.
23 July 2025 (At Kendrapara): Cuttack (Dinabandhu Das 25, 47, 78, Parao Tudu 56, Abhinash Kishan 87) beat Jharsuguda 5-0.
23 July 2025 (At Keonjhar): Sundargarh (Ahash Beck, Mohan Majhi, Ashanta Kerketta) beat Rourkela Steel Plant (Rohit Badaik) 3-1 in tie-breaker (Full time 0-0).
25 July 2025 (At Boudh): Sambalpur (Prasanta Oram 15, 17, 48, Binay Kisan 32) beat Bargarh 4-0.

SEMIFINALS:
26 July 2025 (At Rajkanika Stadium, Rajkanika): Cuttack (Bapuni Bindhani 4, 50, Dinabandhu Das 36, 43, 45) beat Sundargarh 5-0.
27 July 2025 (At Keonjhar Stadium, Keonjhar): Sambalpur (Niram Oram 56) beat Koraput (Amosh Bhatra 7) 1-1 (5-4).

FINAL:
1 August 2025 (First leg at District Stadium, Boudh): Cuttack (Parao Tudu 20) beat Sambalpur 1-0.
3 August 2025 (Second leg at Keonjhar Stadium, Keonjhar): Cuttack (Lakhai Murmu 40) drew with Sambalpur (Prasanta Oram 90) 1-1.
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TOP: Players and team staff of Cuttack celebrate their Sahani Cup triumph in Keonjhar on 3 August 2025.
RIGHT: Players and team staff of Sambalpur pose with the runners-up trophy in Keonjhar on 3 August 2025.
 
   
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