Senior Women's National Football Championship Explained

Senior Women's National Football Championship
Organiser:All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Region:India
Related Comps:National Games
Current Champions:Manipur (22nd title)
Most Successful Team:Manipur (22 titles)
Broadcasters:AIFF (YouTube)
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Website:Hero Senior Women's NFC
Current: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

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

Current teams

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

Defunct teams

Results

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

SeasonYearHostWinner Score Runner-up
1st 1991–92 Bengal   Manipur
2nd 1992–93 Manipur 4–0 Bengal
3rd 1994–95 Manipur 1–0 Bengal
4th 1995–96 Manipur 6–5
5th 1996–97 Bengal 1–0 Manipur
6th 1997–98 Manipur 2–1 Bengal
7th 1998–99 Manipur 1–0 Bengal
8th 1999–00 Manipur 1–0 Bengal
9th 2000–01 Manipur 1–0
10th 2001–02 Manipur 3–0 Orissa
11th 2002–03 Manipur 2–0 Bengal
12th 2003–04 Manipur 0–0
13th 2004–05 Manipur 3–0 Bengal
14th 2005–06 Manipur 2–0 Kerala
15th 2006–07 Manipur 2–1 West Bengal
16th 2007–08 Manipur 4–1 Orissa
17th 2008–09 Manipur 2–0 West Bengal
18th 2009–10 Manipur 1–0 Orissa
19th 2010–11 Orissa 5–0 West Bengal
20th Manipur 3–1 Orissa
21st Railways 3–3 Manipur
22nd 2016–17 Manipur 3–1[5] Railways
23rd Tamil Nadu 2–1[6] Manipur
24th Manipur 2–1[7] Odisha
25th Manipur 1–0 Railways
26th Manipur 0–0 Railways
27th Tamil Nadu 2–1 Haryana
28th Manipur 2–0 Haryana

Final appearances

Team Wins Runners-up Last win
22 4 2023–24
2 13 1996–97
2 0 2022–23
1 5 2011–12
1 3 2015–16
0 2
0 1

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senior Women's NFC named Rajmata Jijabai Maharaja National Football Championship. 4 March 2024. AIFF.
  2. Web site: Hero Senior Women's NFC. 2021-12-05. www.the-aiff.com. 5 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205090839/https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/senior-women-nfc. live.
  3. Web site: 76th Hero Sr Men’s NFC for Santosh Trophy, Hero Sr Women’s NFC to be conducted in new formats . 2022-11-12 . www.the-aiff.com.
  4. Web site: India – List of Women Champions. Rsssf. 2009-12-21. 2010-10-09. 9 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220709072836/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-womchamp.html. live.
  5. Web site: Manipur beat Railways to win the Womens National Football Championship . twitter.com . 5 June 2017 . 5 June 2017 . 11 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221011123940/https://twitter.com/IndianFootball/status/871729429353025536 . live .
  6. Web site: TAMIL NADU CREATE HISTORY BY WINNING THEIR FIRST SENIOR WOMEN’S NFC . aiff.com . 14 February 2018 . 14 February 2018 . 15 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180215030422/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8770 . live .
  7. Web site: Fixtures & Results. aiff.com. 2 April 2019. 3 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190403004124/https://www.the-aiff.com/upcoming-fixtures.htm?tnmt_id=131. live.