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Rajmata Jijabai Trophy

Indian women's professional football league

Summary

Indian women's professional football league

Field	Value
name	Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
image	National Football Championship.svg
organiser	All India Football Federation (AIFF)
founded
region	India
number of teams
related comps	National Games
current champions	Manipur (24th title)
most successful team	Manipur (24 titles)
broadcasters
SportsKPI (YouTube)
website	Senior Women's NFC
current	2025–26

SportsKPI (YouTube)

The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, is a women's football tournament contested by state associations and government institutions in India. 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.

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 bilateral matches of tied teams
Superior goal difference
Superior number of goal scored
Drawing of lots

Participants

Current teams

The 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 & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Railways
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Telangana
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal

Defunct teams

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

Results

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

Season	Year	Host	Winner	Score
1st	1991–92	Imphal	Bengal
2nd	1992–93	Daltonganj	Manipur	4–0
3rd	1994–95	Haldia	Manipur	1–0
4th	1995–96	Jorhat	Manipur	6–5
5th	1996–97	Haldia	Bengal	1–0
6th	1997–98	Barasat	Manipur	2–1
7th	1998–99	Shillong	Manipur	1–0
8th	1999–00	Diphu	Manipur	1–0
9th	2000–01	Gurusar Sadhar	Manipur	1–0
10th	2001–02	Siliguri	Manipur	3–0
11th	2002–03	Chennai	Manipur	2–0
12th	2003–04	Bhopal	Manipur	0–0
13th	2004–05	Imphal	Manipur	3–0
14th	2005–06	Rourkela	Manipur	2–0
15th	2006–07	Rourkela	Manipur	2–1
16th	2007–08	Haldia	Manipur	4–1
17th	2008–09	Neyveli	Manipur	2–0
18th	2009–10	Imphal	Manipur	1–0
19th	2010–11	Bhilai	Orissa	5–0
20th	2013–14	Golaghat	Manipur	3–1
21st	2015–16	Jabalpur	Railways	3–3
22nd	2016–17	Jalandhar	Manipur	3–1
23rd	2017–18	Cuttack	****	2–1
24th	2018–19	Cuttack	Manipur	2–1
25th	2019–20	Pasighat	Manipur	1–0
26th	2021–22	Kozhikode	Manipur	0–0
27th	2022–23	Ludhiana	Tamil Nadu	2–1
28th	2023–24	Kolkata	Manipur	2–0
29th	2024–25	Narayanpur	Manipur	1–0
30th	2025–26	Narayanpur	Manipur	1–0

Performance by teams

Team	Wins
Manipur	24
	2
Tamil Nadu	2
Orissa/Odisha	1
Railways	1
Haryana	0
Kerala	0

Notes

References

(4 March 2024). "Senior Women's NFC named Rajmata Jijabai Maharaja National Football Championship". AIFF.
"Hero Senior Women's NFC".
"76th Hero Sr Men’s NFC for Santosh Trophy, Hero Sr Women’s NFC to be conducted in new formats".
(2009-12-21). "India – List of Women Champions". Rsssf.
(5 June 2017). "Manipur beat Railways to win the Womens National Football Championship".
(14 February 2018). "TAMIL NADU CREATE HISTORY BY WINNING THEIR FIRST SENIOR WOMEN’S NFC".
"Fixtures & Results".

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