Junior Girl's National Football Championship

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Junior Girl's National Football Championship
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
RegionIndia
Number of teams27
Current championsManipur (10th title)
Most successful team(s)Manipur
(10 titles)
Television broadcastersSportsKPI (YouTube)
WebsiteHero Junior Girl's NFC

The Junior Girl's National Football Championship,[1] is an Indian football girls tournament held for under 19 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 2001 with the first edition held at Goa.[1]

The 2019–20 edition held at Kolhapur was won by Himachal Pradesh.[2][3][4] The latest edition held in 2022 as a Junior (U-17) championship at Guwahati was won by Dadra and Nagar Haveli.[5]

Results[edit]

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[6]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
2001–02 Goa Goa 0–0 (4–2 p) Manipur
2002–03 Assam Manipur 8–0 Orissa
2003–04 Uttarakhand Manipur 0–0, 1–0 West Bengal
2005–06 Orissa Manipur 1–1 (4–2 p) Orissa
2006–07 Pondicherry Manipur 5–0 Tamil Nadu
2007–08 Tamil Nadu Manipur 1–0 Orissa
2008–09 Haryana Tamil Nadu 2–1 Orissa
2010–11 Chandigarh Manipur 6–1 Haryana
2011–12 Uttarakhand West Bengal 1–0 Orissa
2013–14 Odisha Manipur 3–0 Odisha
2015–16 Goa Manipur 5–0 Odisha
2017–18 Odisha Manipur 3–2 Odisha
2018–19 Goa Tamil Nadu 4–1 Manipur
2019–20 Maharashtra Himachal Pradesh 3–1 Jharkhand
2022–23 Guwahati Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1–0 Bihar
2023–24 Bhubaneswar Manipur 1–0 Tamil Nadu

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Hero Junior Girl's NFC". AIFF. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Hero Junior Girls National Football Championship 2019-20, Jharkhand vs Himachal Pradesh". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ Jain, Shraishth (1 May 2019). "HIMACHAL PRADESH CLINCH HERO JUNIOR GIRLS' NFC TITLE AFTER 3-1 WIN OVER JHARKHAND". AIFF.
  4. ^ Vasudevan, Shyam (3 May 2019). "Bring the cup home - Himachal's fairytale win against Jharkhand". Sportstar.
  5. ^ "Dadra & Nagar Haveli win Hero Junior (U-17) Women's National Football Championship 2022-23". AIFF. 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the National Championships for Junior Women (under-19)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.