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{{Short description|Indian football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name = Junior Boys' National Football Championship
| logo =
| founded = {{Start date and age|1962}}
| region = India
| number of teams = 36
| related comps =
| current champions = [[Manipur football team|Manipur]] (3rd title)
| most successful team = [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]<br />(18 titles)
| broadcasters = SportsKPI ([[YouTube]])
| website = {{URL|https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/junior-nfc|Junior NFC}}
| current = 2025–26
}}

The '''Junior Boys' National Football Championship''',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hero Junior NFC|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/junior-nfc|access-date=2021-12-05|website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> also known as '''BC Roy Trophy''', is an [[India|Indian]] [[association football|football]] tournament held for players under-15 years of age representing the [[States and union territories of India|states of India]]. 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 [[List of Indian state football associations|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]].<ref name="inft" />

== Championship structure ==
The NFC structure was converted into a two tiered championship format from the 2023–24 season. The state associations are eligible to participate in the championship through the two tiers of the competition played across the country.

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |Junior Boys' National Football Championship
|-
!Tier
!Division
|-
!I
|Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1
|-
!II
|Junior Boys' NFC Tier 2
|}

==Results==
The following is the list of winners and runners-up of the championship:<ref name="inft" >{{cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy (Under-19) |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/drbcroy.html |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023211758/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/drbcroy.html |archive-date=23 October 2020 }}</ref>

===Tier 1===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! Host
!style="background:gold"|Winner
! Score
!style="background:silver"|Runner-up
|-
| 1962 ||align=left|[[Burnpur]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 5–0 || [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 1963 ||align=left|[[Prayagraj|Allahabad]] ||colspan="3"| '''[[Delhi football team|Delhi]]''' and '''[[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]''' (joint winners), 2–2
|-
| 1964 ||align=left|[[Ajmer]] || '''[[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]''' || 3–1 || [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|-
| 1965 ||align=left|[[Cuttack]] || '''[[Delhi football team|Delhi]]''' || 1–0 || {{nowrap|[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]}}
|-
| 1966 ||align=left|[[Bengaluru|Bangalore]] || '''{{nowrap|[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]}}''' || 2–0 || [[Karnataka football team|Mysore]]
|-
| 1967 ||align=left|[[Kozhikode]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–1, 2–0 || [[Maharashtra football team|Maharashtra]]
|-
| 1968 ||align=left|[[Jabalpur]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 1969 ||align=left|[[Cuttack]] ||colspan="3"| '''[[Odisha football team|Orissa]]''' and '''[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]''' (joint winners), 0–0
|-
| 1970 ||align=left|[[Jorhat]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|-
| 1972 ||align=left|[[Kollam|Quilon]] || '''[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]''' || 4–0 || [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|-
| 1973 ||align=left|[[Krishnanagar, Nadia|Krishnanagar]] || '''[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]''' || 2–0 || [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 1974 ||align=left|[[Coimbatore]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|-
| 1975 ||align=left|[[Imphal]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|-
| 1976 ||align=left|[[Srinagar]] || '''[[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 1977 ||align=left|[[Cuttack]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 1978 ||align=left|[[Agartala]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–1 || [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 1979 ||align=left|[[Cuttack]] || '''[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]''' || 1–0 || [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 1980 ||align=left|[[Ernakulam]] || '''[[Goa football team|Goa]]''' || 2–0 || [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|-
| 1981 ||align=left|[[Agartala]] ||colspan="3"| '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' and '''[[Railways football team|Railways]]''' (joint winners), 0–0
|-
| 1982 ||align=left|[[Pondicherry]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|-
| 1983 ||align=left|[[Goa]] || '''[[Goa football team|Goa]]''' || 2–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 1984 ||align=left|[[Jorhat]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || {{pso|4–3}} || [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|-
| 1985 ||align=left|[[Agartala]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 3–1 || [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|-
| 1986 ||align=left|[[Coimbatore]] || '''[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]''' || {{pso|5–4}} || [[Kerala football team|Kerala]]
|-
| 1987 ||align=left|[[Dibrugarh]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Railways football team|Railways]]
|-
| 1988 ||align=left|[[Palakkad|Palghat]] || '''[[Railways football team|Railways]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 1989 ||align=left|[[Shillong]] || colspan="3"| '''[[Railways football team|Railways]]''' and '''[[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]''' (joint winners), 0–0
|-
| 1990 ||align=left|[[Sambalpur]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–1 || [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|-
| 1992 ||align=left|[[Aizawl]] || '''[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]''' || 0–0 {{pso|5–3}} || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 1993 ||align=left|[[Jammu]] || '''[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]''' || {{pso|4–2}} || [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 1994–95 ||align=left|[[Shillong]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 1995–96 ||align=left|[[Midnapore]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 4–0 || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 1996–97 ||align=left|[[Mandi, Himachal Pradesh|Mandi]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 0–0 {{pso|5–4}} || [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|-
| 1998–99 ||align=left|[[Imphal]] || '''[[Manipur football team|Manipur]]''' || 4–1 || [[Sikkim football team|Sikkim]]
|-
| 1999–00 ||align=left|[[Bengaluru|Bangalore]] || '''[[Manipur football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 ([[Sudden death (sport)#Association football|a.s.d.e.t.]]) || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 2000–01 ||align=left|[[Thiruvananthapuram]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 3–1 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2001–02 ||align=left|[[Jaipur]]/[[Jodhpur]] || '''[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]''' || 1–0 || [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|-
| 2002–03 ||align=left|[[Thrissur]] || '''[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]''' || 1–0 ([[Sudden death (sport)#Association football|a.s.d.e.t.]]) || [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|-
| 2003–04 ||align=left|[[Giridih]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|-
| 2004–05 ||align=left|[[Aizawl]] || '''[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]''' || 2–1 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2005–06 ||align=left|[[Varanasi]] || '''[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|4–2}} || [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|-
| 2006–07 ||align=left|[[Bhilai]] || '''[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]''' || 1–1, 1–0 {{aet}} || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2007–08 ||align=left|[[Gurgaon]]/[[Faridabad]] || '''[[Haryana football team|Haryana]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2008–09 ||align=left|[[Bhilai]] || '''[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]''' || 2–1 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2009–10 ||align=left|[[Kolkata]] || '''[[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|6–5}} || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2010–11 ||align=left|[[Kolkata]] || '''[[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|6–5}} || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2015–16 ||align=left|[[Hoshiarpur]] || '''[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|4–2}} || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 2016–17 ||align=left|[[Bhilai]] || '''[[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]''' || 3–0 || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 2017–18 ||align=left|[[Hoshiarpur]] || '''[[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2018–19 ||align=left|[[Cuttack]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 1–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 2019–20 ||align=left|[[Shillong]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|5–4}} || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 2020–23 ||colspan=4|''Not held''
|-
| 2023–24 ||align=left|[[Bhubaneswar]] || '''[[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]''' || 2–1 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2024–25 ||align=left|[[Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh|Narayanpur]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Odisha football team|Odisha]]
|-
| 2025–26 ||align=left|[[Amritsar]] || '''[[Manipur football team|Manipur]]''' || 3–0 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|}

===Tier 2===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! Host
!style="background:gold"|Winner
! Score
!style="background:silver"|Runner-up
|-
| 2023–24 ||align=left|[[Jabalpur]] || '''[[Delhi football team|Delhi]]''' || 3–2 || [[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]
|-
| 2024–25 ||align=left|[[Nagaon]] || '''[[Telangana football team|Telangana]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|4–2}} || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2025–26 ||align=left|[[Amritsar]] || '''[[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]''' || 3–0 || [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|}

==See also==
*[[Elite League (India)|Elite League]]
*[[Reliance Foundation Development League|RFD Youth League]]
*[[Subroto Cup]]
*[[Indian Arrows]]
*[[AIFF Elite Academy]]
*[[Football in India]]
*[[Indian football league system]]
*[[History of Indian football]]
*[[Indian State Leagues|State football leagues in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/11/stories/2010011155791500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114070518/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/11/stories/2010011155791500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 January 2010|title=Karnataka regains B.C. Roy Trophy
|date=11 January 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=18 August 2013}}
*{{cite web| url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/article2803884.ece| title=Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy from Jan. 18
|work=The Hindu|date=14 November 2007| access-date=18 August 2007}}
*{{cite web| url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ioRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pZ4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=935,1790897&dq=bc+roy+trophy&hl=en | title=Bengal claim title| date=4 August 1991|access-date= 18 August 2013|work = The Indian Express}}

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