# Football at the National Games of India

Football has been a sport at the National Games of India since 1985, while the women's tournament was introduced in 1999. Punjab and West Bengal are currently the most successful states in the men's category with 3 gold medals, while Manipur is the most successful women's team with 5 gold medals

## Results
### Men's tournament

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1985 | Delhi | Punjab | − | West Bengal | − | − | − |
| 1987 | Kerala | Kerala | − | Punjab | Bihar | – | − |
| 1994 | Pune | West Bengal | − | Kerala | − | – | − |
| 1997 | Bangalore | Kerala | − | Goa | Karnataka | – | – |
| 1999 | Manipur | Maharashtra | − | Assam | West Bengal | – | – |
| 2001 | Punjab | Punjab | 1−0 | Goa | Maharashtra | 1–0 | Services |
| 2002 | Hyderabad | Punjab | 2−1 | West Bengal | Tamil Nadu | 1–1 (5−4 p) | Services |
| 2007 | Guwahati | Assam | 1−1 (6−5 p) | Tamil Nadu | Meghalaya | 1–0 | West Bengal |
| 2011 | Jharkhand | West Bengal | 1−0 | Punjab | Goa | 3–1 | Services |
| 2015 | Kerala | Mizoram | 1−0 | Punjab | Maharashtra | 3–1 | Goa |
| 2022 | Gujarat | West Bengal | 5−0 | Kerala | Services | 4–0 | Karnataka |
| 2023 | Goa | Services | 3−1 | Manipur | Kerala | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Punjab |
| 2025 | Uttarakhand | Kerala | 1−0 | Uttarakhand | Delhi | 2–1 | Assam |

### Women's tournament

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1999 | Manipur | Manipur | − | West Bengal | Kerala | – | – |
| 2001 | Punjab | Manipur | 3−2 | Punjab | West Bengal | 3–1 | Bihar |
| 2002 | Hyderabad | Manipur | 1−0 | West Bengal | Orissa | 4–0 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 2007 | Guwahati | Orissa | 0−0 (4−2 p) | Manipur | West Bengal | 2–1 | Goa |
| 2011 | Jharkhand | Orissa | 2−1 | Manipur | West Bengal | 1–0 | Tamil Nadu |
| 2015 | Kerala | Manipur | 1−1 (4−2 p) | Odisha | Haryana | 2–0 | Kerala |
| 2022 | Gujarat | Manipur | 2−0 | Odisha | Tamil Nadu | 5–1 | Assam |
| 2023 | Goa | Odisha | 1−1 (4−2 p) | Manipur | Haryana | 1–0 | West Bengal |
| 2025 | Uttarakhand | Haryana | 0−0 (4−2 p) | Odisha | West Bengal | 2−2 (3−1 p) | Delhi |

### Beach soccer

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2024 | Diu | Lakshadweep | 5−4 | Maharashtra | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu and Rajasthan | – | – |

## Medal table
### Men's

| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Punjab | 3 (1985, 2001, 2003) | 3 (1997, 2011, 2015) | 0 |
| West Bengal | 3 (1994, 2011, 2022) | 2 (1985, 2002) | 1 (1999) |
| Kerala | 3 (1987, 1997, 2025) | 2 (1994, 2022) | 1 (2023) |
| Mizoram | 1 (2015) | 0 | 0 |
| Assam | 1 (2007) | 1 (1999) | 0 |
| Maharashtra | 1 (1999) | 0 | 2 (2001, 2015) |
| Services | 1 (2023) | 0 | 1 (2022) |
| Goa | 0 | 2 (1997, 2001) | 1 (2011) |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1 (2007) | 1 (2002) |
| Manipur | 0 | 1 (2023) | 0 |
| Bihar | 0 | 0 | 1 (1987) |
| Karnataka | 0 | 0 | 1 (1997) |
| Meghalaya | 0 | 0 | 1 (2007) |

### Women's

| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Manipur | 5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2022) | 3 (2007, 2011, 2023) | 0 |
| Odisha | 3 (2007, 2011, 2023) | 2 (2015, 2022) | 1 (2002) |
| West Bengal | 0 | 2 (1999, 2002) | 3 (2001, 2007, 2011) |
| Punjab | 0 | 1 (2001) | 0 |
| Kerala | 0 | 0 | 1 (1999) |
| Haryana | 0 | 0 | 2 (2015, 2023) |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | 0 | 1 (2022) |

### Beach soccer

| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Lakshadweep | 1 (2024) | 0 | 0 |
| Maharashtra | 0 | 1 (2024) | 0 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 0 | 0 | 1 (2024) |
| Rajasthan | 0 | 0 | 1 (2024) |