Jaturamitr Samakkee

The Jaturamitr - Samakkee tournament ( Thai: จตุรมิตร สามัคคี, spelling by RTGS: Chaturamit Samakkhi, pronunciation: [. ʨà.tùʔrá.mít să ː ʰ ī ː Makk ] ) is a traditional football tournament in Bangkok, Thailand. The name of the tournament is derived from the Sanskrit language. The words catu and mitra together give Jaturamitr and means " four friends". Samakkee might be translated as " harmony " or "unity". The harmony was always the central theme of the competition.

But the actual fighting is between the four oldest boys' schools in Bangkok: the Suankularb - Wittayalai school, the Debsirin School ( Thepsirin ), the Assumption College and the Bangkok Christian College. It takes place every two years in November Suphachalasai stadium in Bangkok. The schools take turns as hosts, great attention is given also the choreography of the schools.

The first tournament in history took place until November 18, 1964 by October 16. By 1985 the competition was held annually, in 1987 was transferred to a two -year cycle. The very popular event is televised. On the official website you can watch live via Internet stream the games also. Some of the former participants played or play even today in the Thai Premier League of football. Among other Teerathep Winothai and Thawatchai Damrong - Ongtrakul.

In spite of the motto of the unit a great rivalry among schools has developed in recent years. So there is the rivalry between the Suankularb and Debsirin and the Assumption and the Bangkok Christian College. In many cases, this also led to violent clashes between the schools during the tournament. This leads to the strictly separated in the stadium the warring groups.

The last edition of the tournament so far was held to 24 November 2007 of 17 November. Guest Giver school was the Bangkok Christian College. As the winner of the Assumption College grew out of the tournament.