B.C. Roy Trophy Explained

Junior National Football Championship
Region:	India
Number Of Teams:	36
Current Champions:	Mizoram (2nd title)
Most Successful Team:	West Bengal (18 titles)
Broadcasters:	SportsKPI (YouTube)
Current:	2023–24

The Junior National Football Championship,^[1] also known as BC Roy Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held for players under 15 years of age. It was formerly held for the U-19 age group before being converted into an U-15 tournament from the 2023-24 edition. The participants in the annual competition are teams representing state associations of India under the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The tournament was instituted by the AIFF in 1962, with the Indian Football Association presenting the trophy in memory of former West Bengal Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy.

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up of the championship:^[2]

Season	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1962		Bengal	5–0	Orissa
1963		Delhi and Mysore (joint winners) – 2–2
1964		Rajasthan	3–1	Assam
1965		Delhi	1–0	Andhra Pradesh
1966		Andhra Pradesh	2–0	Mysore
1967		Bengal	1–1, 2–0	Maharashtra
1968		Bengal	2–0	Andhra Pradesh
1969		Orissa and Kerala (joint winners) – 0–0
1970		Bengal	2–0	Assam
1972		Kerala	4–0	Karnataka
1973		Kerala	2–0	Andhra Pradesh
1974		Bengal	1–0	Kerala
1975		Bengal	1–0	Kerala
1976		Andhra Pradesh	1–0	Bengal
1977		Bengal	1–0	Orissa
1978		Bengal	2–1	Andhra Pradesh
1979		Karnataka	1–0	Andhra Pradesh
1980		Goa	2–0	Kerala
1981		Bengal and Railways (joint winners) – 0–0
1982		Bengal	1–0	Kerala
1983		Goa	2–0	Punjab
1984		Bengal		Goa
1985		Bengal	3–1	Assam
1986		Punjab		Kerala
1987		Bengal	2–0	Railways
1988		Railways	1–0	Bengal
1989		Railways and Meghalaya (joint winners) – 0–0
1990		Bengal	2–1	Goa
1992		Karnataka	0–0	Manipur
1993		Punjab		Andhra Pradesh
1994–95		Bengal	2–0	Punjab
1995–96		Bengal	4–0	Mizoram
1996–97		Bihar	0–0	Assam
1998–99		Manipur	4–1	Sikkim
1999–00		Manipur	1–0 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Bengal
2000–01		Bihar	3–1	Manipur
2001–02		Punjab	1–0	Goa
2002–03		Karnataka	1–0 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Goa
2003–04		Bengal	2–0	Karnataka
2004–05		Jharkhand	2–1	Manipur
2005–06		Jharkhand	1–1	Goa
2006–07		Jharkhand	1–1, 1–0	West Bengal
2007–08		Haryana	1–0	West Bengal
2008–09		Jharkhand	2–1	Manipur
2009–10		Chandigarh	1–1	West Bengal
2010–11		Chandigarh	1–1	West Bengal
2015–16		Punjab	1–1	Mizoram
2016–17		Punjab	3–0	Mizoram
2017–18		Uttar Pradesh	1–0	West Bengal
2018–19		Mizoram	1–0	Punjab
2019–20		Mizoram	1–1	Punjab
2023–24	Ongoing

See also

• Elite League
• Reliance Foundation Development League
• Subroto Cup
• Indian Arrows
• AIFF Elite Academy
• Football in India
• Indian football league system
• History of Indian football
• State football leagues in India

External links

• Web site: Karnataka regains B.C. Roy Trophy . https://web.archive.org/web/20100114070518/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/11/stories/2010011155791500.htm. dead. 14 January 2010. 11 January 2010. The Hindu. 18 August 2013.
• Web site: Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy from Jan. 18. The Hindu. 14 November 2007. 18 August 2007.
• Web site: Bengal claim title. 4 August 1991. 18 August 2013. The Indian Express.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hero Junior NFC. 2021-12-05. www.the-aiff.com.
2. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy (Under-19) . 8 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211758/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/drbcroy.html . 23 October 2020 .