Rajmata Jijabai Trophy


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:
  1. Superior number of points in all matches
  2. Superior number of points in bilateral 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
SeasonYearHostWinnerScore
1st1991–92ImphalBengal Manipur
2nd1992–93DaltonganjManipur4–0Bengal
3rd1994–95HaldiaManipur1–0Bengal
4th1995–96JorhatManipur6–5 Bengal
5th1996–97HaldiaBengal1–0Manipur
6th1997–98BarasatManipur2–1Bengal
7th1998–99ShillongManipur1–0Bengal
8th1999–00DiphuManipur1–0Bengal
9th2000–01Gurusar SadharManipur1–0Bengal
10th2001–02SiliguriManipur3–0Orissa
11th2002–03ChennaiManipur2–0Bengal
12th2003–04BhopalManipur0–0 Bengal
13th2004–05ImphalManipur3–0Bengal
14th2005–06RourkelaManipur2–0Kerala
15th2006–07RourkelaManipur2–1West Bengal
16th2007–08HaldiaManipur4–1Orissa
17th2008–09NeyveliManipur2–0West Bengal
18th2009–10ImphalManipur1–0Orissa
19th2010–11BhilaiOrissa5–0West Bengal
20th2013–14GolaghatManipur3–1Orissa
21st2015–16JabalpurRailways3–3 Manipur
22nd2016–17JalandharManipur3–1Railways
23rd2017–18Cuttack2–1Manipur
24th2018–19CuttackManipur2–1Odisha
25th2019–20PasighatManipur1–0Railways
26th2021–22KozhikodeManipur0–0 Railways
27th2022–23LudhianaTamil Nadu2–1Haryana
28th2023–24KolkataManipur2–0Haryana
29th2024–25NarayanpurManipur1–0Odisha
30th2025–26NarayanpurManipur1–0West Bengal