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The '''Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy''' is an [[India]]n [[association football|football]] tournament for players under 16 years of age. The competition is held every year between the under-16 teams representing [[States and union territories of India|states of India]]. The tournament was started in 1977 for boys under the age 15 years. The tournament was constituted at the Darjeeling meeting of the AIFF on June 12, 1976. AIFF donated the trophy in the memory of former President of [[Karnataka State Football Association]], Mir Iqbal Hussain.
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{{short description|Indian football tournament}}
{{Infobox football tournament
| name                = Sub Junior Boys' National Football Championship
| logo                =
| founded              = {{Start date and age|1977}}
| region              = India
| number of teams      = 36
| related comps        =
| current champions    = [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]] (14th title)
| most successful team = [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]] (14 titles)
| broadcasters        = IFA TV ([[YouTube]])<br/>SportsKPI
| website              = {{URL|https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/sub-junior-nfc|Sub Junior NFC}}
| current              =
}}
The '''Sub Junior Boys' National Football Championship''',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hero Sub Junior NFC|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/sub-junior-nfc|access-date=2021-12-05|website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref> also known as '''Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy''', is an Indian annual [[association football|football]] tournament for under-13 teams representing the [[States and union territories of India|states of India]]. It was formerly held for the U-16 age group before being converted into an U-13 tournament from the 2023-24 edition. The tournament was started in 1977 for boys under the age 16 years. The tournament was constituted at the Darjeeling meeting of the AIFF on 12 June 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title=The tournament where stars are born: Subroto Cup burns bright |url=https://sportslounge.co.in/the-tournament-where-stars-are-born-subroto-cup-burns-bright/ |website=Sports Lounge |last=Basu |first=Jaydeep |date=8 September 2019 |access-date=12 December 2022 }}</ref> AIFF donated the trophy in the memory of former President of [[Karnataka State Football Association]], Mir Iqbal Hussain.


From the 2009–10 season onwards, the championship has been sponsored by [[Coca-Cola]] and was rechristened as the '''Coca-Cola MIHT''' for a period of three years. This also saw a change in the format of the tournament where there are three different levels before the selection of national team. At national level, a total of 12 state teams compete to decide the national winner state.
== Conduct and format ==
From the 2009–10 season onwards, the championship has been sponsored by [[Coca-Cola]] and was rechristened as the '''Coca-Cola MIHT''' for a period of three years. This also saw a change in the format of the tournament where there are three different levels before the selection of national team. At national level, a total of 12 state teams compete to decide the national winner state.{{fact|date=August 2022}}


The 32nd edition of Sub-junior National Football Championship was conducted in 2009 with the new format. Subsequently, tournament has been held from last three years with similar format.
The 32nd edition of Sub-junior National Football Championship was conducted in 2009 with the new format. Subsequently, tournament has been held from last three years with similar format.{{fact|date=August 2022}}


== Conduct and format ==
The three levels of the tournament are as explained<br>
The three levels of the tournament are as explained<br>
1. District Level<br>
1. District Level<br>
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3. National Level<br>
3. National Level<br>
Total 12 teams - 10 teams (2 from each zones) plus the last years winners and the home team would compete at the National finals. Each team would then play in a round robin format. The top four teams with the maximum points would advance to the Semi-Final stage, two of them would progress to the Final Stage. The winning team would be rewarded the Coca-Cola Mir Iqal Hussain Trophy. At the National Finals, AIFF would identify and select 40 of the most promising football talent. These 40 footballers would be groomed by AIFF to become the Official National Under-16 Sub-Junior Team.
Total 12 teams - 10 teams (2 from each zones) plus the last years winners and the home team would compete at the National finals. Each team would then play in a round robin format. The top four teams with the maximum points would advance to the Semi-Final stage, two of them would progress to the Final Stage. The winning team would be rewarded the Coca-Cola Mir Iqal Hussain Trophy. At the National Finals, AIFF would identify and select 40 of the most promising football talent. These 40 footballers would be groomed by AIFF to become the Official National Under-16 Sub-Junior Team.
== 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" |Sub Junior Boys' National Football Championship
|-
!Tier
!Division
|-
!I
|Sub Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1
|-
!II
|Sub Junior Boys' NFC Tier 2
|}
==Results==
The following is the list of winners and runners-up:<ref name="inft" >{{cite web|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Under-15) |url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/miriqbalhussain.html |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022173346/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/miriqbalhussain.html |archive-date=22 October 2020 }}</ref>
===Tier 1===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Season
! Host
!style="background:gold"|Winner
! Score
!style="background:silver"|Runner-up
|-
| 1977 ||align=left|[[Ernakulam]] ||colspan="3"| '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' and '''[[Manipur football team|Manipur]]''' (joint winners) – 0–0
|-
| 1978 ||align=left|[[Coimbatore]] || '''[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]''' || 6–0 || [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| 1979 ||align=left|[[Guwahati]] || '''[[Assam football team|Assam]]''' || 1–0 || [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|-
| 1980 ||align=left|[[Calcutta]] || '''[[Assam football team|Assam]]''' || 1–0 || [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| 1981 ||align=left|[[Madras]] ||colspan="3"| '''[[Assam football team|Assam]]''' and '''[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]''' (joint winners) – 0–0, 1–1
|-
| 1982 ||align=left|[[Calicut]] || '''[[Kerala football team|Kerala]]''' || 1–0 || [[Assam football team|Assam]]
|-
| 1984 ||align=left|[[Tiruchirappalli]] || colspan="3"| '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' and '''[[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]''' (joint winners) – 0–0
|-
| 1985 ||align=left|[[Mysore]] || '''[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]''' || 1–0 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 1986 ||align=left|[[Jammu]] || '''[[Jammu and Kashmir football team|Jammu and Kashmir]]''' || {{pso|5–4}} || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 1987 ||align=left|[[Cuttack]] || '''[[Goa football team|Goa]]''' || {{pso|5–4}} || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 1988 ||align=left|[[Dhanbad]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 3–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 1989 ||align=left|[[Margao]] || '''[[Goa football team|Goa]]''' || {{pso|3–2}} || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 1991 ||align=left|[[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]] || '''[[Rajasthan football team|Rajasthan]]''' || 3–0 || [[Goa football team|Goa]]
|-
| 1992 ||align=left|[[Malda, West Bengal|Malda]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 3–0 || [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 1993 ||align=left|[[Hyderabad]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || {{pso|4–3}} || [[Andhra Pradesh football team|Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 1994 ||align=left|[[Daltonganj]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 1–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 1995 ||align=left|[[Midnapore]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 0–0 {{pso|4–3}} || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 1996 ||align=left|[[Allahabad]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 2–0 || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 1997 ||align=left|[[Delhi]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Bihar football team|Bihar]]
|-
| 1998 ||align=left|[[Delhi]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| 1999–00 ||align=left|[[Midnapore]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 2000–01 ||align=left|[[Tirunelveli]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|5–4}} || [[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]
|-
| 2001–02 ||align=left|[[Shillong]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 1–0 || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 2002–03 ||align=left|[[Neyveli]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–0 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2003–04 ||align=left|[[Aizawl]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 2–0 || [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
|-
| 2004–05 ||align=left|[[Goa]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 2–1 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2005–06 ||align=left|[[Jabalpur]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 2–1 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2006–07 ||align=left|[[Chennai]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 3–0 || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 2007–08 ||align=left|[[Haldwani]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|Bengal]]''' || 2–1 || [[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]
|-
| 2008–09 ||align=left|[[Mahilpur]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 1–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 2009 ||align=left|[[Haldwani]] || '''{{nowrap|[[Uttar Pradesh football team|Uttar Pradesh]]}}''' || 2–1 || [[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]
|-
| 2009–10 ||align=left|[[Gurugram]] || '''[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]''' || 1–0 || [[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]
|-
| 2010 ||align=left|[[Mahilpur]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 1–0 || [[Punjab football team (India)|Punjab]]
|-
| 2010–11 ||align=left|[[Kolkata]] || '''[[Jharkhand football team|Jharkhand]]''' || 2–1 || [[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]
|-
| 2011–12 ||align=left|[[Margao]] || '''[[Assam football team|Assam]]''' || 2–0 || [[Chandigarh football team|Chandigarh]]
|-
| 2012–13 ||align=left|[[Pune]] || '''[[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]''' || 1–0 || [[Odisha football team|Orissa]]
|-
| 2015–16 ||align=left|[[Delhi]] || '''{{nowrap|[[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]}}''' || 1–0 || [[Odisha football team|Odisha]]
|-
| 2016–17 ||align=left|[[Calicut]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 1–0 || [[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]
|-
| 2017–18 ||align=left|[[Hoshiarpur]] || '''[[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]''' || 1–1 {{pso|3–1}} || {{nowrap|[[Sports Authority of India|Sports Authority]]}}
|-
| 2018–19 ||align=left|[[Naharlagun]] || '''[[Odisha football team|Odisha]]''' || 0–0 {{pso|5–4}} || [[Arunachal Pradesh football team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|-
| 2019–20 ||align=left|[[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]] || '''[[Meghalaya football team|Meghalaya]]''' || 3–0 || [[Arunachal Pradesh football team|Arunachal Pradesh]]
|-
| 2020–23 ||colspan=4|''Not held''
|-
| 2023–24 ||align=left|[[Berhampore]] || '''[[Mizoram football team|Mizoram]]''' || 3–0 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2024–25 ||align=left|[[Bengaluru]] || '''[[Karnataka football team|Karnataka]]''' || 5–1 || [[Manipur football team|Manipur]]
|-
| 2025–26 ||align=left|[[Amritsar]] || '''[[West Bengal football team|West Bengal]]''' || 3–0 || [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|}
===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|[[Anantapur]] || '''[[Bihar football team|Bihar]]''' || 1–0 || [[Delhi football team|Delhi]]
|-
| 2024–25 ||align=left|[[Jorhat]] || '''[[Assam football team|Assam]]''' || 11–0 || [[Haryana football team|Haryana]]
|-
| 2025–26 ||align=left|[[Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh|Narayanpur]] || '''[[Tamil Nadu football team|Tamil Nadu]]''' || 2–1 || [[Telangana football team|Telangana]]
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[India national under-20 football team]]
* [[India national under-20 football team]]
* [[India national under-23 football team]]
* [[India national under-23 football team]]
* [[Datta Ray Trophy]]
* [[M. Dutta Ray Trophy]]
* [[BC Roy Trophy]]
* [[BC Roy Trophy]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
https://web.archive.org/web/20110716215106/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/tournament-event.php?tournamentdetail=53


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Template:Infobox football tournament The Sub Junior Boys' National Football Championship,[1] also known as Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy, is an Indian annual football tournament for under-13 teams representing the states of India. It was formerly held for the U-16 age group before being converted into an U-13 tournament from the 2023-24 edition. The tournament was started in 1977 for boys under the age 16 years. The tournament was constituted at the Darjeeling meeting of the AIFF on 12 June 1976.[2] AIFF donated the trophy in the memory of former President of Karnataka State Football Association, Mir Iqbal Hussain.

Conduct and format[edit | edit source]

From the 2009–10 season onwards, the championship has been sponsored by Coca-Cola and was rechristened as the Coca-Cola MIHT for a period of three years. This also saw a change in the format of the tournament where there are three different levels before the selection of national team. At national level, a total of 12 state teams compete to decide the national winner state.[citation needed]

The 32nd edition of Sub-junior National Football Championship was conducted in 2009 with the new format. Subsequently, tournament has been held from last three years with similar format.[citation needed]

The three levels of the tournament are as explained
1. District Level
The district football association would select a team of 16 players from among all the young footballers to represent the state at zonal level tournament. This would be done through Inter-School competitions conducted between participating school teams in each district.
2. Zonal Level
All the state teams will be divided into 5 zones. The state teams from each zone would play in a tournament at a zonal level. The top 2 teams will qualify for the National finals.
3. National Level
Total 12 teams - 10 teams (2 from each zones) plus the last years winners and the home team would compete at the National finals. Each team would then play in a round robin format. The top four teams with the maximum points would advance to the Semi-Final stage, two of them would progress to the Final Stage. The winning team would be rewarded the Coca-Cola Mir Iqal Hussain Trophy. At the National Finals, AIFF would identify and select 40 of the most promising football talent. These 40 footballers would be groomed by AIFF to become the Official National Under-16 Sub-Junior Team.

Championship structure[edit | edit source]

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.

Sub Junior Boys' National Football Championship
Tier Division
I Sub Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1
II Sub Junior Boys' NFC Tier 2

Results[edit | edit source]

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[3]

Tier 1[edit | edit source]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
1977 Ernakulam Bengal and Manipur (joint winners) – 0–0
1978 Coimbatore Karnataka 6–0 Uttar Pradesh
1979 Guwahati Assam 1–0 Karnataka
1980 Calcutta Assam 1–0 Uttar Pradesh
1981 Madras Assam and Kerala (joint winners) – 0–0, 1–1
1982 Calicut Kerala 1–0 Assam
1984 Tiruchirappalli Bengal and Tamil Nadu (joint winners) – 0–0
1985 Mysore Karnataka 1–0 Manipur
1986 Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Template:Pso Bengal
1987 Cuttack Goa Template:Pso Bengal
1988 Dhanbad Bengal 3–0 Punjab
1989 Margao Goa Template:Pso Punjab
1991 Kota Rajasthan 3–0 Goa
1992 Malda Bengal 3–0 Orissa
1993 Hyderabad Bengal Template:Pso Andhra Pradesh
1994 Daltonganj Bihar 1–0 Punjab
1995 Midnapore Bihar 0–0 Template:Pso Bengal
1996 Allahabad Bihar 2–0 Mizoram
1997 Delhi Bengal 1–0 Bihar
1998 Delhi Bengal 1–0 Tamil Nadu
1999–00 Midnapore Bengal 2–0 Orissa
2000–01 Tirunelveli Bihar 1–1 Template:Pso Bengal
2001–02 Shillong Bengal 1–0 Mizoram
2002–03 Neyveli Bengal 2–0 Manipur
2003–04 Aizawl Mizoram 2–0 Meghalaya
2004–05 Goa Mizoram 2–1 West Bengal
2005–06 Jabalpur Mizoram 2–1 West Bengal
2006–07 Chennai Bengal 3–0 Mizoram
2007–08 Haldwani Bengal 2–1 Uttar Pradesh
2008–09 Mahilpur Mizoram 1–0 Punjab
2009 Haldwani Uttar Pradesh 2–1 West Bengal
2009–10 Gurugram Jharkhand 1–0 Karnataka
2010 Mahilpur Mizoram 1–0 Punjab
2010–11 Kolkata Jharkhand 2–1 Mizoram
2011–12 Margao Assam 2–0 Chandigarh
2012–13 Pune Meghalaya 1–0 Orissa
2015–16 Delhi West Bengal 1–0 Odisha
2016–17 Calicut Mizoram 1–0 Meghalaya
2017–18 Hoshiarpur Meghalaya 1–1 Template:Pso Sports Authority
2018–19 Naharlagun Odisha 0–0 Template:Pso Arunachal Pradesh
2019–20 Kalyani Meghalaya 3–0 Arunachal Pradesh
2020–23 Not held
2023–24 Berhampore Mizoram 3–0 Manipur
2024–25 Bengaluru Karnataka 5–1 Manipur
2025–26 Amritsar West Bengal 3–0 Delhi

Tier 2[edit | edit source]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
2023–24 Anantapur Bihar 1–0 Delhi
2024–25 Jorhat Assam 11–0 Haryana
2025–26 Narayanpur Tamil Nadu 2–1 Telangana

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Hero Sub Junior NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Basu, Jaydeep (8 September 2019). "The tournament where stars are born: Subroto Cup burns bright". Sports Lounge. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Under-15)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

External links[edit | edit source]

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