Sub Junior Girls' National Football Championship

Sub Junior Girls' National Football Championship
Founded2003 (2003)
RegionIndia
Teams29
Current championsJharkhand (3rd title)
Most championshipsManipur
(6 titles)
WebsiteSub Junior Girl's NFC

The Sub Junior Girls' National Football Championship[1] is an Indian football girls tournament held for under 17 players. The competition is held every year between the teams representing state associations of India under AIFF. The tournament was instituted by the AIFF in 2003 with the first edition held at Ooty in Tamil Nadu.[1]

The latest edition held in 2019 at Cuttack was won by Jharkhand.[2][3][4]

Championship structure

The NFC structure was converted into a two tiered championship format from the 2023–24 season. The state associations are eligible to participate in the championship through the two tiers of the competition played across the country.

Sub Junior Girl's National Football Championship
Tier Division
I Sub Junior Girl's NFC Tier 1
II Sub Junior Girl's NFC Tier 2

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[5]

Tier 1

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
2003–04OotyManipur1–0Orissa
2004–05Tamil NaduManipur4–0Orissa
2006–07ChandigarhOrissa1–0Manipur
2008–09UttarakhandManipur2–0Orissa
2009–10UttarakhandManipur1–0Orissa
2010–11UttarakhandWest Bengal1–0Orissa
2014–15CuttackMizoram3–0Haryana
2017–18ManipurChandigarh3–1Manipur
2018–19CuttackManipur2–1Odisha
2019–20CuttackJharkhand4–0Arunachal Pradesh
2020–23Not held
2023–24LudhianaJharkhand7–1West Bengal
2024–25BerhamporeManipur7–5Jharkhand
2025–26JorhatJharkhand3–2Manipur

Tier 2

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
2023–24BelgaumKarnataka7–2Delhi
2024–25NeemuchMadhya Pradesh2–1Odisha
2025–26NarayanpurUttar Pradesh2–1Kerala

References

  1. 1 2 "Hero Sub Junior Girl's NFC". AIFF. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Hero Sub-Junior Girls National Football Championship 2019-20, Jharkhand vs Arunachal Pradesh". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Women's football in Jharkhand – What are they doing right?". The Bridge. 25 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Mukherjee, Soham (12 July 2020). "How Jharkhand became the hotbed of women's football in India?". The Bridge.
  5. ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the National Championships for Sub-Junior Women (under-17)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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