Senior Women's National Football Championship

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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:

Participants

Current teams

The following teams participate in the tournament as states, union territories and institutions.

Defunct teams

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up from every edition of the Championship

Final appearances

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