2024–25 Senior Women's National Football Championship

2024–25 Rajmata Jijabai Trophy
Senior Women's; National Football Championship
Tournament details
Country	India
Dates	5 October 2024-
Teams	33
	← 2023–24 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 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, Arunachal Pradesh
Group G → Umakanta Mini Stadium, Agartala, Tripura
Group H → Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, West Bengal

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tamil Nadu	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Kerala (H)	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Goa	3	2	1	8	2	+6	6
4	Himachal Pradesh	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Bengal (H)	3	3	0	24	0	+24	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Karnataka	3	2	1	14	3	+11	6
3	Bihar	3	1	2	7	3	+4	3
4	Jammu and Kashmir	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Railways	3	3	0	23	2	+21	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Uttar Pradesh	3	2	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Assam	3	1	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Andhra Pradesh	3	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 (H)	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.
(H) Hosts

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sikkim	3	3	0	17	1	+16	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Gujarat	3	2	1	19	4	+15	6
3	Tripura (H)	3	1	2	5	9	−4	3
4	Chandigarh	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jharkhand	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to Final Round
2	Mizoram	2	1	1	9	1	+8	3
3	Telangana	2	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Top scorers

Group Stages
Sl	Player Name	Team	Goals
1	Deepika Pal	Delhi	12
2	Sulanjana Raul	West Bengal	11
2	Yumnam Kamala Devi	Railways	11
4	Vaishnavi Barate	Maharashtra	9
4	Simran Gurung	Sikkim	9
6	Arya More	Maharashtra	8

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

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)

References

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

[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.

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