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{{Short description|Football Indian Women's professional football league}}
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{{Infobox football tournament
 
| name                = India Women's Football Championship
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| founded              = 1991
| abolished            =
| region              = India
| number of teams      = 30 ([[2019–20 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2019–20]])
| current champions    = [[Manipur]] (20th title)
| most successful team = [[Manipur]] (20 titles)
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| website              = [http://the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/index.php?tournamentdetail=26 the-aiff.com]
| current              = [[2019–20 Senior Women's National Football Championship]]
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'''India Women's Football Championship''' is the [[Women's association football|women's football]] tournament which is contested by [[States and territories of India|states]] and government institutions in [[India]].  It began play in 1991. The league consists of 30 teams for the 2019-20 season.
It is organized by the [[All India Football Federation]] and it has been contested since the 1991–92 season and crowns the national football champion each year. It is based on a league and knockout format.
== Format ==
Each state of India is allowed to enter one team into the competition. The season then consists of
# Preliminary qualifying league
# Quarter final league
# Semi-finals
# Final
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 matches of tied teams
# Superior goal difference
# Superior number of goal scored
# Drawing of lots
== List of champions ==
List of champions:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india-womchamp.html |title=India – List of Women Champions |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=2009-12-21 |access-date=2010-10-09}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!{{abbr|Ed.|Edition}}
!Year
!style="width:130px;"|Venue
!style="width:130px;"|Winner
!Score
!style="width:130px;"|Runners-up
|-
| 1st ||1991–92 ||[[Imphal]]        || [[Bengal]]    ||&nbsp;        ||[[Manipur]]
|-                           
| 2nd ||1992–93 ||[[Daltonganj]]    || [[Manipur]]  ||4–0  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
| 3rd ||1994–95 ||[[Haldia]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||1–0  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
| 4th ||1995–96 ||[[Jorhat]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||6–5 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]]    ||[[Bengal]]       
|-                           
| 5th ||1996–97 ||[[Haldia]]        || [[Bengal]]    ||1–0  ||[[Manipur]]
|-                           
| 6th ||1997–98 ||[[Barasat]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||2–1  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
| 7th ||1999–00    ||[[Shillong]]      || [[Manipur]]  ||1–0  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
| 8th ||2000–01    ||[[Diphu]]          || [[Manipur]]  ||1–0  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
| 9th ||2001–02    ||Gurusar Sadhar || [[Manipur]]  ||1–0  ||[[Bengal]] 
|-                           
|10th ||2002–03    ||[[Siliguri]]      || [[Manipur]]  ||3–0  ||[[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-                           
|11th ||2003–04    ||[[Chennai]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||2–0  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
|12th ||2004–05    ||[[Bhopal]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||0–0[6–5 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen]]    ||[[Bengal]]       
|-                           
|13th ||2005–06    ||[[Imphal]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||3–0  ||[[Bengal]]
|-                           
|14th ||2006–07    ||[[Rourkela]]      || [[Manipur]]  ||2–0  ||[[Kerala]]
|-                           
|15th ||2007–08    ||[[Rourkela]]      || [[Manipur]]  ||2–1  ||[[West Bengal]]
|-                           
|16th ||2008–09    ||[[Haldia]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||4–1  ||[[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-                           
|17th ||2009–10    ||[[Neyveli]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||2–0  ||[[West Bengal]]
|-                           
|18th ||2010–11    ||[[Imphal]]        || [[Manipur]]  ||1–0  ||[[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-                           
|19th ||2011–12    ||[[Bhilai]]        || [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]    ||5–0  ||[[West Bengal]]
|-                           
|20th ||[[2014–15 Indian Women's Football Championship|2014–15]]    ||[[Golaghat]]      || [[Manipur]]  ||3–1  ||[[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-
|21st || [[2015–16 Indian Women's Football Championship|2015–16]] || [[Jabalpur]] || [[Railways football team|Railways]]
| 3–3;[4–3 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen]]] || [[Manipur]]
|-
|22nd || [[2016–17 Indian Women's Football Championship|2016–17]] || [[Jalandhar]] || [[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}}</ref>|| [[Railways football team|Railways]]
|-
|23rd || [[2017–18 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2017–18]] || [[Cuttack]] || [[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}}</ref>|| [[Manipur]]
|-
|24th || [[2018–19 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2018–19]] || [[Cuttack]] || [[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}}</ref>|| [[Odisha women's football team|Odisha]]
|-
|25th || [[2019–20 Senior Women's National Football Championship|2019–20]] || [[Pasighat]] || [[Manipur]]  ||1–0  ||[[Railways]]
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/index.php?tournamentdetail=26 Official website]
{{Senior Women's National Football Championship}}
{{Football in India}}
{{AFC women's leagues}}
[[Category:Senior Women's National Football Championship| ]]
[[Category:Women's football leagues in India|2]]
[[Category:Women's football competitions in India]]

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