# Senior Women's National Football Championship

The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, also known as Senior Women’s National Football Championship or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy since 2024, 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:
* 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

## Participants
### Current teams

The following teams participate in the tournament as states, union territories and institutions.
* Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chandigarh
* Chhattisgarh
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
* Delhi
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Ladakh
* Lakshadweep
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha / Orissa
* Pondicherry
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Railways
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal / Bengal

### Defunct teams

* Daman and Diu (until 2022/23)
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli (until 2022/23)

## Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Championship
| Season | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
| 1st | 1991–92 | Imphal | Bengal | | Manipur |
| 2nd | 1992–93 | Daltonganj | Manipur | 4–0 | Bengal |
| 3rd | 1994–95 | Haldia | Manipur | 1–0 | Bengal |
| 4th | 1995–96 | Jorhat | Manipur | 6–5 (p) | Bengal |
| 5th | 1996–97 | Haldia | Bengal | 1–0 | Manipur |
| 6th | 1997–98 | Barasat | Manipur | 2–1 | Bengal |
| 7th | 1998–99 | Shillong | Manipur | 1–0 | Bengal |
| 8th | 1999–00 | Diphu | Manipur | 1–0 | Bengal |
| 9th | 2000–01 | Gurusar Sadhar | Manipur | 1–0 | Bengal |
| 10th | 2001–02 | Siliguri | Manipur | 3–0 | Orissa |
| 11th | 2002–03 | Chennai | Manipur | 2–0 | Bengal |
| 12th | 2003–04 | Bhopal | Manipur | 0–0 (6–5 p) | Bengal |
| 13th | 2004–05 | Imphal | Manipur | 3–0 | Bengal |
| 14th | 2005–06 | Rourkela | Manipur | 2–0 | Kerala |
| 15th | 2006–07 | Rourkela | Manipur | 2–1 | West Bengal |
| 16th | 2007–08 | Haldia | Manipur | 4–1 | Orissa |
| 17th | 2008–09 | Neyveli | Manipur | 2–0 | West Bengal |
| 18th | 2009–10 | Imphal | Manipur | 1–0 | Orissa |
| 19th | 2010–11 | Bhilai | Orissa | 5–0 | West Bengal |
| 20th | 2013–14 | Golaghat | Manipur | 3–1 | Orissa |
| 21st | 2015–16 | Jabalpur | Railways | 3–3 (4–3 p) | Manipur |
| 22nd | 2016–17 | Jalandhar | Manipur | 3–1 | Railways |
| 23rd | 2017–18 | Cuttack | Tamil Nadu | 2–1 | Manipur |
| 24th | 2018–19 | Cuttack | Manipur | 2–1 | Odisha |
| 25th | 2019–20 | Pasighat | Manipur | 1–0 | Railways |
| 26th | 2021–22 | Kozhikode | Manipur | 0–0 (2–1 p) | Railways |
| 27th | 2022–23 | Ludhiana | Tamil Nadu | 2–1 | Haryana |
| 28th | 2023–24 | Kolkata | Manipur | 2–0 | Haryana |
| 29th | 2024–25 | Narayanpur | Manipur | 1–0 | Odisha |

### Final appearances

| Team | Wins | Runners-up | Last win |
| Manipur | 23 | 4 | 2024–25 |
| Bengal / West Bengal | 2 | 13 | 1996–97 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 0 | 2022–23 |
| Orissa / Odisha | 1 | 6 | 2010–11 |
| Railways | 1 | 3 | 2015–16 |
| Haryana | 0 | 2 | – |
| Kerala | 0 | 1 | – |