2024–25 Senior Women's National Football Championship Explained

Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
Year:2024–25
Other Titles:Senior Women's
National Football Championship
Country:India
Dates:5 October 2024-
Num Teams:33
Count:22
Prev Season:2023–24
Next Season:2025–26

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 Stage

Group H

Top scorers

Group Stages!Sl!Player Name !Team!Goals
1Deepika PalDelhi12
2Sulanjana RaulWest Bengal11
2Yumnam Kamala DeviRailways11
4Vaishnavi BarateMaharashtra9
4Simran GurungSikkim9
6Arya MoreMaharashtra8

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]

Qualified Teams

Notes and References

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