Senior Women's National Football Championship
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.
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| Organising body | All India Football Federation (AIFF) |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Region | India |
| Number of teams |
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| Related competitions | National Games |
| Current champions | Manipur (22nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Manipur (22 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | AIFF (YouTube) SportsKPI |
| Website | Senior Women's NFC |
 2024–25 | |
Format
editThe 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:
- Superior number of points in all matches
- Superior number of points in matches of tied teams
- Superior goal difference
- Superior number of goal scored
- Drawing of lots
Participants
editCurrent teams
editThe following teams participate in the tournament as states, union territories and institutions.
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Andhra Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Chandigarh
- Chhattisgarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Delhi
- Goa
- Gujarat
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Jharkhand
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Ladakh
- Lakshadweep
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Odisha / Orissa
- Pondicherry
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Railways
- Sikkim
- Tamil Nadu
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
- West Bengal / Bengal
Defunct teams
edit- Daman and Diu (until 2022/23)
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli (until 2022/23)
Results
editThe following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Championship[4]
Final appearances
edit| Team | Wins | Runners-up | Last win |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipur | 22 | 4 | 2023–24 |
| Bengal / West Bengal | 2 | 13 | 1996–97 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 0 | 2022–23 |
| Orissa / Odisha | 1 | 5 | 2011–12 |
| Railways | 1 | 3 | 2015–16 |
| Haryana | 0 | 2 | – |
| Kerala | 0 | 1 | – |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Senior Women's NFC named Rajmata Jijabai Maharaja National Football Championship". AIFF. 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Hero Senior Women's NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "India – List of Women Champions". Rsssf. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fixtures & Results". aiff.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.