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{{about|the women's competition|the men's competition|Santosh Trophy}}
{{Short description|Indian women's professional football league}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name = Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
| image = National Football Championship.svg
| caption =
| organiser = [[All India Football Federation|All India Football Federation (AIFF)]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1991}}
| abolished =
| region = India
| number of teams = {{ubl|Group stage: 31|Final round: 10}}
| related comps = [[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]]
| current champions = [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]] (24th title)
| most successful team = [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]] (24 titles)
| broadcasters = {{URL|https://ssen.co/|SSEN}}<br/> SportsKPI ([[YouTube]])
| motto =
| website = [https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/senior-women-nfc Senior Women's NFC]
| current = [[2025–26 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2025–26]]
}}

The '''Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy''', or simply the '''Rajmata Jijabai Trophy''',{{efn|renamed since the [[2023–24 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2023–24]] season}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senior Women's NFC named Rajmata Jijabai Maharaja National Football Championship|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/senior-womens-nfc-named-rajmata-jijabai-maharaja-national-football-championship|date=4 March 2024|work=AIFF}}</ref> is a [[Women's association football|women's football]] tournament contested by [[List of Indian state football associations|state associations]] and government institutions in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hero Senior Women's NFC|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/senior-women-nfc|access-date=2021-12-05|website=www.the-aiff.com|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205090839/https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/senior-women-nfc|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=76th Hero Sr Men’s NFC for Santosh Trophy, Hero Sr Women’s NFC to be conducted in new formats |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/76th-hero-sr-mens-nfc-for-santosh-trophy-hero-sr-womens-nfc-to-be-conducted-in-new-formats |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>

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.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Andaman and Nicobar women's football team|Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
* [[Andhra Pradesh women's football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[Arunachal Pradesh women's football team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[Assam women's football team|Assam]]
* [[Bihar women's football team|Bihar]]
* [[Chandigarh women's football team|Chandigarh]]
* [[Chhattisgarh women's football team|Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu women's football team|Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu]]
* [[Delhi women's football team|Delhi]]
* [[Goa women's football team|Goa]]
* [[Gujarat women's football team|Gujarat]]
* [[Haryana women's football team|Haryana]]
* [[Himachal Pradesh women's football team|Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Jammu and Kashmir women's football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
* [[Jharkhand women's football team|Jharkhand]]
* [[Karnataka women's football team|Karnataka]]
* [[Kerala women's football team|Kerala]]
* [[Ladakh women's football team|Ladakh]]
* [[Lakshadweep women's football team|Lakshadweep]]
* [[Madhya Pradesh women's football team|Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[Maharashtra women's football team|Maharashtra]]
* [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]
* [[Meghalaya women's football team|Meghalaya]]
* [[Mizoram women's football team|Mizoram]]
* [[Nagaland women's football team|Nagaland]]
* [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
* [[Pondicherry women's football team|Pondicherry]]
* [[Punjab women's football team|Punjab]]
* [[Rajasthan women's football team|Rajasthan]]
* [[Railways women's football team|Railways]]
* [[Sikkim women's football team|Sikkim]]
* [[Tamil Nadu women's football team|Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Telangana women's football team|Telangana]]
* [[Tripura women's football team|Tripura]]
* [[Uttar Pradesh women's football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Uttarakhand women's football team|Uttarakhand]]
* [[West Bengal women's football team|West Bengal]]
{{div col end}}

===Defunct teams===
* [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu women's football team|Daman and Diu]] (until 2022/23)
* [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu women's football team|Dadra and Nagar Haveli]] (until 2022/23)

==Results==

The following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-womchamp.html|title=India – List of Women Champions|publisher=Rsssf|date=2009-12-21|access-date=2010-10-09|archive-date=9 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709072836/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-womchamp.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Season
! Year
! Host
!style="background:gold"|Winner
! Score
!style="background:silver"|{{nobr|Runner-up}}
|-
| 1st || 1991–92 || [[Imphal]] || '''[[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]''' ||   || [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2nd || 1992–93 || [[Medininagar|Daltonganj]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 4–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 3rd || 1994–95 || [[Haldia]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 4th || 1995–96 || [[Jorhat]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 6–5 {{pso}} || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 5th || 1996–97 || [[Haldia]] || '''[[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 6th || 1997–98 || [[Barasat]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–1 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 7th || 1998–99 || [[Shillong]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 8th || 1999–00 || [[Diphu]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' ||1–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 9th || 2000–01 || [[Sudhar|Gurusar Sadhar]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 10th || 2001–02 || [[Siliguri]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 3–0 || [[Odisha women's football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 11th || 2002–03 || [[Chennai]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 12th || 2003–04 || [[Bhopal]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 0–0 {{pso|6–5}} || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 13th || 2004–05 || [[Imphal]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 3–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 14th || 2005–06 || [[Rourkela]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–0 || [[Kerala women's football team|Kerala]]
|-
| 15th || 2006–07 || [[Rourkela]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–1 || [[West Bengal women's football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 16th || 2007–08 || [[Haldia]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 4–1 || [[Odisha women's football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 17th || 2008–09 || [[Neyveli]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 18th || 2009–10 || [[Imphal]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[Odisha women's football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 19th || 2010–11 || [[Bhilai]] || '''[[Odisha women's football team|Orissa]]''' || 5–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 20th || [[2013–14 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2013–14]] || [[Golaghat]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 3–1 || [[Odisha women's football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 21st || [[2015–16 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2015–16]] || [[Jabalpur]] || '''[[Railways women's football team|Railways]]''' || 3–3 {{pso|4–3}} || [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 22nd || 2016–17 || [[Jalandhar]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 3–1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/IndianFootball/status/871729429353025536 |title=Manipur beat Railways to win the Womens National Football Championship |website=twitter.com |date=5 June 2017 |access-date=5 June 2017 |archive-date=11 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011123940/https://twitter.com/IndianFootball/status/871729429353025536 |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Railways women's football team|Railways]]
|-
| 23rd || [[2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2017–18]] || [[Cuttack]] || '''{{nobr|[[Tamil Nadu women's football team|Tamil Nadu]]}}''' || 2–1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8770 |title=TAMIL NADU CREATE HISTORY BY WINNING THEIR FIRST SENIOR WOMEN’S NFC |website=aiff.com |date=14 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=15 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215030422/https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8770 |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 24th || [[2018–19 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2018–19]] || [[Cuttack]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–1<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/upcoming-fixtures.htm?tnmt_id=131|title=Fixtures & Results|website=aiff.com|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403004124/https://www.the-aiff.com/upcoming-fixtures.htm?tnmt_id=131|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-
| 25th || [[2019–20 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2019–20]] || [[Pasighat]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[Railways women's football team|Railways]]
|-
| 26th || [[2021–22 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2021–22]] || [[Kozhikode]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 0–0 {{pso|2–1}} || [[Railways women's football team|Railways]]
|-
| 27th || [[2022–23 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2022–23]] || [[Ludhiana]] || '''[[Tamil Nadu women's football team|Tamil Nadu]]''' || 2–1 || [[Haryana women's football team|Haryana]]
|-
| 28th || [[2023–24 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2023–24]] || [[Kolkata]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 2–0 || [[Haryana women's football team|Haryana]]
|-
| 29th || [[2024–25 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2024–25]] || [[Narayanpur district|Narayanpur]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-
| 30th || [[2025–26 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy|2025–26]] || [[Narayanpur district|Narayanpur]] || '''[[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]]''' || 1–0 || [[West Bengal women's football team|West Bengal]]
|}

==Performance by teams==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Team !! Wins !! {{nobr|Runners-up}} !! {{nobr|Last win}}
|-
| [[Manipur women's football team|Manipur]] || 24 || 4 || 2025–26
|-
| {{nobr|[[West Bengal women's football team|Bengal/West Bengal]]}} || 2 || 14 || 1996–97
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu women's football team|Tamil Nadu]] || 2 || 0 || 2022–23
|-
| [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha/Orissa]] || 1 || 6 || 2010–11
|-
| [[Railways women's football team|Railways]] || 1 || 3 || 2015–16
|-
| [[Haryana women's football team|Haryana]] || 0 || 2 || –
|-
| [[Kerala women's football team|Kerala]] || 0 || 1 || –
|}

==See also==
*[[Football in India]]
*[[Sport in India]]
*[[History of Indian football]]
*[[Indian football league system]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/senior-women-nfc}}

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