Senior Women's National Football Championship

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Senior Women's National Football Championship
Organising bodyAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
RegionIndia
Number of teams
  • Group stage: 36
  • Final round: 11+1
Related competitionsNational Games
Current championsTamil Nadu (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)Manipur (21 titles)
Television broadcastersAIFF (YouTube)
SportsKPI
WebsiteHero Senior Women's NFC
2023–24

The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, also known as Senior Women’s National Football Championship or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy since 2024,[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[edit]

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 matches of tied teams
  3. Superior goal difference
  4. Superior number of goal scored
  5. Drawing of lots

Participants[edit]

Current teams[edit]

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

Defunct teams[edit]

  • Daman and Diu (until 2022/23)
  • Dadra and Nagar Haveli (until 2022/23)

Results[edit]

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

Season Year Host Winner Score Runner-up
1st 1991–92 Imphal Bengal   Manipur
2nd 1992–93 Daltonganj Manipur 4–0 Bengal
3rd 1994–95 Haldia Manipur 1–0 Bengal
4th 1995–96 Jorhat Manipur 6–5 (p) Bengal
5th 1996–97 Haldia Bengal 1–0 Manipur
6th 1997–98 Barasat Manipur 2–1 Bengal
7th 1998–99 Shillong Manipur 1–0 Bengal
8th 1999–00 Diphu Manipur 1–0 Bengal
9th 2000–01 Gurusar Sadhar Manipur 1–0 Bengal
10th 2001–02 Siliguri Manipur 3–0 Orissa
11th 2002–03 Chennai Manipur 2–0 Bengal
12th 2003–04 Bhopal Manipur 0–0 (6–5 p) Bengal
13th 2004–05 Imphal Manipur 3–0 Bengal
14th 2005–06 Rourkela Manipur 2–0 Kerala
15th 2006–07 Rourkela Manipur 2–1 West Bengal
16th 2007–08 Haldia Manipur 4–1 Orissa
17th 2008–09 Neyveli Manipur 2–0 West Bengal
18th 2009–10 Imphal Manipur 1–0 Orissa
19th 2010–11 Bhilai Orissa 5–0 West Bengal
20th 2013–14 Golaghat Manipur 3–1 Orissa
21st 2015–16 Jabalpur Railways 3–3 (4–3 p) Manipur
22nd 2016–17 Jalandhar Manipur 3–1[5] Railways
23rd 2017–18 Cuttack Tamil Nadu 2–1[6] Manipur
24th 2018–19 Cuttack Manipur 2–1[7] Odisha
25th 2019–20 Pasighat Manipur 1–0 Railways
26th 2021–22 Kerala Manipur 0–0 (2–1 p) Railways
27th 2022–23 Punjab Tamil Nadu 2–1 Haryana

Final appearances[edit]

Team Wins Runners-up Last win
Manipur 21 4 2021–22
Bengal / West Bengal 2 13 1996–97
Tamil Nadu 2 0 2022–23
Orissa / Odisha 1 5 2011–12
Railways 1 3 2015–16
Kerala 0 1 –
Haryana 0 1 –

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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