2024–25 Senior Women's National Football Championship

2024–25 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
Senior Women's
National Football Championship
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates5 October 2024 – 23 December 2024
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsManipur (23rd title)
Runner-upOdisha
Tournament statistics
Matches played68
Goals scored379 (5.57 per match)

All statistics correct as of 23 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy was the 29th edition of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the premier competition in India for women's teams representing regional and state football associations.[1]

Format

A total of 31 teams - excluding last season's finalists Manipur and Haryana, who have received a bye to the Final Round - were drawn into seven groups of four and one group of three. The eight best-performing teams, excluding the finalists, from last season's Final Round are the top seeds for the 2024-25 edition. The top seeded teams - Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Railways, Delhi, Punjab, Odisha, Sikkim, and Jharkhand - were assigned into Groups A to H, respectively. All the remaining participating teams were placed in an open pot and drawn sequentially into Group A to H.

The eight group winners will join Manipur and Haryana in the Final Round, where they will be drawn into two groups of five teams each. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.

Centralized venue

  • Group A → TMK Arena, Panniyankara, Palakkad, Kerala
  • Group B → DL Roy Memorial District Stadium, Nadia, West Bengal
  • Group C → Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Stadium, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
  • Group D → Vidyadharnagar Stadium, Jaipur
  • Group E → Vidyadharnagar Stadium, Jaipur
  • Group F → RDT Stadium, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
  • Group G → Umakanta Mini Stadium, Agartala, Tripura
  • Group H → Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, West Bengal
Venues in India
Palakkad Nadia Gautam Buddha Nagar
TMK Arena DL Roy Memorial District Stadium Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Stadium
Capacity: 8,000
Jaipur
Vidyadharnagar Stadium
Anantapur West Tripura Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri
RDT Stadium Umakanta Mini Stadium Kanchenjunga Stadium
5,000 5,000 40,000

Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tamil Nadu 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to Final Round
2 Kerala (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3 Goa 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
4 Himachal Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 13 −13 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Bengal (H) 3 3 0 0 24 0 +24 9 Advance to Final Round
2 Karnataka 3 2 0 1 14 3 +11 6
3 Bihar 3 1 0 2 7 3 +4 3
4 Jammu and Kashmir 3 0 0 3 0 39 −39 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Railways 3 3 0 0 23 2 +21 9 Advance to Final Round
2 Uttar Pradesh 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3 Assam 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4 Andhra Pradesh 3 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Maharashtra 3 2 1 0 38 1 +37 7 Advance to Final Round
2 Delhi 3 2 1 0 33 1 +32 7
3 Pondicherry 3 1 0 2 10 22 −12 3
4 Andaman and Nicobar 3 0 0 3 0 57 −57 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Punjab 3 2 1 0 15 2 +13 7 Advance to Final Round
2 Chhattisgarh 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
3 Uttarakhand 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3
4 Rajasthan (H) 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Odisha 3 2 1 0 19 0 +19 7 Advance to Final Round
2 Arunachal Pradesh 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7
3 Ladakh 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
4 Madhya Pradesh 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sikkim 3 3 0 0 17 1 +16 9 Advance to Final Round
2 Gujarat 3 2 0 1 19 4 +15 6
3 Tripura (H) 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
4 Chandigarh 3 0 0 3 0 27 −27 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts


Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jharkhand 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to Final Round
2 Mizoram 2 1 0 1 9 1 +8 3
3 Telangana 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Final Round

The eight group winners will join Manipur and Haryana in the Final Round, where they will be drawn into two groups of five teams each.[2]

Venue

All matches including knockouts and finals will be played at this ground.

Narayanpur
Ramakrishna Mission Sports Complex
Capacity: 1,000

Qualified Teams

  • Manipur (Winner of Previous Season)
  • Haryana (Runners-up of Previous Season)
  • Tamil Nadu (Winner of Group A)
  • West Bengal (Winner of Group B)
  • Railways (Winner of Group C)
  • Maharashtra (Winner of Group D)
  • Punjab (Winner of Group E)
  • Odisha (Winner of Group F)
  • Sikkim (Winner of Group G)
  • Jharkhand (Winner of Group H)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manipur 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Odisha 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
3 Jharkhand 4 2 0 2 7 9 −2 6
4 Tamil Nadu 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
5 Maharashtra 4 0 0 4 2 16 −14 0
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Haryana 4 3 0 1 9 1 +8 9 Advance to Knockout Stage
2 West Bengal 4 3 0 1 12 2 +10 9
3 Railways 4 3 0 1 15 6 +9 9
4 Sikkim 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1
5 Punjab 4 0 1 3 1 22 −21 1
Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lot

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
    
Manipur 3
West Bengal 0
Manipur 1
Odisha 0
Haryana 0
Odisha 2

Semi-finals

21 December 2024 Manipur 3–0 West Bengal Narayanpur
9:00 IST
Report Stadium: Ramakrishna Mission Sports Complex
Attendance: 700
Referee: Ruba Devi G
Player of the Match: Grace Dangmei (Manipur)
21 December 2024 Haryana 0–2 Odisha Narayanpur
14:00 IST Report Xaxa 10', 88' Stadium: Ramakrishna Mission Sports Complex
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rachana Hasmukh Kamani
Player of the Match: Pyari Xaxa (Odisha)

Final

23 December 2024 Manipur 1–0 Odisha Narayanpur
14:00 IST Roja Devi 55' Report Stadium: Ramakrishna Mission Sports Complex
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ruba Devi G
Player of the Match: Hemam Shilky Devi (Manipur)

Top scorers

Sl Player Name Team Goals
1 Yumnam Kamala Devi Railways 14
2 Deepika Pal Delhi 12
3 Pyari Xaxa Odisha 12
4 Sulanjana Raul West Bengal 11
5 Simran Gurung Sikkim 11

See also

References

  1. ^ "Santosh Trophy, Senior Women's NFC 2024-25 Group Stage Draws conducted". AIFF. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Manipur claim 22nd Women's National Football Championship title". The Times of India. 2024-05-16. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-10-15.