Rajmata Jijabai Trophy

Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
Organiser(s)All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Founded1991 (1991)
RegionIndia
Teams
  • Group stage: 31
  • Final round: 10
Related competitionsNational Games
Current championsManipur (24th title)
Most championshipsManipur (24 titles)
Broadcaster(s)SSEN
SportsKPI (YouTube)
WebsiteSenior Women's NFC
2025–26

The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy,[a][1] is a women's football tournament contested by state associations and government institutions in India.[2] The first edition was held in 1991 and is organized by the All India Football Federation to crown the national women's football champion each year. It is based on a league and knockout format.

Format

The format consists of zonal group stages where all the state teams participate. It is followed by the final round.[3]

When the number of teams is known, those are divided into eight groups with equal number of teams. The preliminary qualifying league will be played on a single leg league basis. The eight winners move on to the two quarter final leagues. That is played as a single leg league, with the best two teams of each group qualifying for the semi-finals stage. From there on it is a knock out format with single leg matches. Tie breakers in the league stages are:

  1. Superior number of points in all matches
  2. Superior number of points in bilateral matches of tied teams
  3. Superior goal difference
  4. Superior number of goal scored
  5. Drawing of lots

Participants

Current teams

The following teams participate in the tournament as states, union territories and institutions.

Defunct teams

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Championship[4]

Season Year Host Winner Score Runner-up
1st1991–92ImphalBengal Manipur
2nd1992–93DaltonganjManipur4–0Bengal
3rd1994–95Haldia1–0
4th1995–96Jorhat6–5 (p)
5th1996–97HaldiaBengal1–0Manipur
6th1997–98BarasatManipur2–1Bengal
7th1998–99Shillong1–0
8th1999–00Diphu1–0
9th2000–01Gurusar Sadhar1–0
10th2001–02Siliguri3–0Orissa
11th2002–03Chennai2–0Bengal
12th2003–04Bhopal0–0 (6–5 p)
13th2004–05Imphal3–0
14th2005–06Rourkela2–0Kerala
15th2006–072–1West Bengal
16th2007–08Haldia4–1Orissa
17th2008–09Neyveli2–0West Bengal
18th2009–10Imphal1–0Orissa
19th2010–11BhilaiOrissa5–0West Bengal
20th2013–14GolaghatManipur3–1Orissa
21st2015–16JabalpurRailways3–3 (4–3 p)Manipur
22nd2016–17JalandharManipur3–1[5]Railways
23rd2017–18CuttackTamil Nadu2–1[6]Manipur
24th2018–19Manipur2–1[7]Odisha
25th2019–20Pasighat1–0Railways
26th2021–22Kozhikode0–0 (2–1 p)
27th2022–23LudhianaTamil Nadu2–1Haryana
28th2023–24KolkataManipur2–0
29th2024–25Narayanpur1–0Odisha
30th2025–261–0West Bengal

Performance by teams

TeamWinsRunners-upLast win
Manipur2442025–26
Bengal2141996–97
Tamil Nadu202022–23
Odisha162010–11
Railways132015–16
Haryana02–
Kerala01–

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ renamed since the 2023–24 season

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Women's NFC named Rajmata Jijabai Maharaja National Football Championship". AIFF. 4 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Hero Senior Women's NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "76th Hero Sr Men's NFC for Santosh Trophy, Hero Sr Women's NFC to be conducted in new formats". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "India – List of Women Champions". Rsssf. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Manipur beat Railways to win the Womens National Football Championship". twitter.com. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "TAMIL NADU CREATE HISTORY BY WINNING THEIR FIRST SENIOR WOMEN'S NFC". aiff.com. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fixtures & Results". aiff.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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