Senior Women's National Football Championship
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Founded | 1991 |
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Region | India |
Number of teams | 32 (2021–22) |
Current champions | Manipur (21st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Manipur (21 titles) |
Television broadcasters | Sports KPI |
Website | Hero Senior Women's NFC |
2021–22 Senior Women's National Football Championship |
Senior Women's National Football Championship[1] is the women's football tournament which is contested by state associations and government institutions in India. It began to play in 1991. The league consisted of 32 teams for the 2021–2022 season. This tournament is actually women version of Santosh Trophy.
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 stage
- Quarter final
- Semi-final
- 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
Results
The following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Championship[2]
Final appearances
Team | Wins | Runners-up | Last win |
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Manipur | 21 | 4 | 2021–22 |
West Bengal | 2 | 13 | 1996–97 |
Odisha | 1 | 5 | 2011–12 |
Railways | 1 | 3 | 2015–16 |
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 0 | 2017–18 |
Kerala | 0 | 1 | - |
References
- ^ "Hero Senior Women's NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
- ^ "India – List of Women Champions". Rsssf. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ^ "Manipur beat Railways to win the Womens National Football Championship". twitter.com. 5 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "TAMIL NADU CREATE HISTORY BY WINNING THEIR FIRST SENIOR WOMEN'S NFC". aiff.com. 14 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ^ "Fixtures & Results". aiff.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.