Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
Indian women's professional football league
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The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy,[a][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.
- Group stage: 31
- Final round: 10
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| Organiser(s) | All India Football Federation (AIFF) |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Region | India |
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| Related competitions | National Games |
| Current champions | Manipur (24th title) |
| Most championships | Manipur (24 titles) |
| Broadcaster(s) | SSEN SportsKPI (YouTube) |
| Website | Senior Women's NFC |
 2025–26 | |
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:
- 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[4]
| Season | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| 1st | 1991–92 | Imphal | Bengal | Manipur | |
| 2nd | 1992–93 | Daltonganj | Manipur | 4–0 | Bengal |
| 3rd | 1994–95 | Haldia | 1–0 | ||
| 4th | 1995–96 | Jorhat | 6–5 (p) | ||
| 5th | 1996–97 | Haldia | Bengal | 1–0 | Manipur |
| 6th | 1997–98 | Barasat | Manipur | 2–1 | Bengal |
| 7th | 1998–99 | Shillong | 1–0 | ||
| 8th | 1999–00 | Diphu | 1–0 | ||
| 9th | 2000–01 | Gurusar Sadhar | 1–0 | ||
| 10th | 2001–02 | Siliguri | 3–0 | Orissa | |
| 11th | 2002–03 | Chennai | 2–0 | Bengal | |
| 12th | 2003–04 | Bhopal | 0–0 (6–5 p) | ||
| 13th | 2004–05 | Imphal | 3–0 | ||
| 14th | 2005–06 | Rourkela | 2–0 | Kerala | |
| 15th | 2006–07 | 2–1 | West Bengal | ||
| 16th | 2007–08 | Haldia | 4–1 | Orissa | |
| 17th | 2008–09 | Neyveli | 2–0 | West Bengal | |
| 18th | 2009–10 | Imphal | 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 | Manipur | 2–1[7] | Odisha | |
| 25th | 2019–20 | Pasighat | 1–0 | Railways | |
| 26th | 2021–22 | Kozhikode | 0–0 (2–1 p) | ||
| 27th | 2022–23 | Ludhiana | Tamil Nadu | 2–1 | Haryana |
| 28th | 2023–24 | Kolkata | Manipur | 2–0 | |
| 29th | 2024–25 | Narayanpur | 1–0 | Odisha | |
| 30th | 2025–26 | 1–0 | West Bengal |