Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy

The Sub Junior Boys' National Football Championship, also known as Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy, is an Indian annual football tournament for under-13 teams representing the states of India. It was formerly held for the U-16 age group before being converted into an U-13 tournament from the 2023-24 edition. The tournament was started in 1977 for boys under the age 16 years. The tournament was constituted at the Darjeeling meeting of the AIFF on 12 June 1976. AIFF donated the trophy in the memory of former President of Karnataka State Football Association, Mir Iqbal Hussain.

Conduct and format From the 2009–10 season onwards, the championship has been sponsored by Coca-Cola and was rechristened as the Coca-Cola MIHT for a period of three years. This also saw a change in the format of the tournament where there are three different levels before the selection of national team. At national level, a total of 12 state teams compete to decide the national winner state.

The 32nd edition of Sub-junior National Football Championship was conducted in 2009 with the new format. Subsequently, tournament has been held from last three years with similar format.

The three levels of the tournament are as explained 1. District Level The district football association would select a team of 16 players from among all the young footballers to represent the state at zonal level tournament. This would be done through Inter-School competitions conducted between participating school teams in each district. 2. Zonal Level All the state teams will be divided into 5 zones. The state teams from each zone would play in a tournament at a zonal level. The top 2 teams will qualify for the National finals. 3. National Level Total 12 teams - 10 teams (2 from each zones) plus the last years winners and the home team would compete at the National finals. Each team would then play in a round robin format. The top four teams with the maximum points would advance to the Semi-Final stage, two of them would progress to the Final Stage. The winning team would be rewarded the Coca-Cola Mir Iqal Hussain Trophy. At the National Finals, AIFF would identify and select 40 of the most promising football talent. These 40 footballers would be groomed by AIFF to become the Official National Under-16 Sub-Junior Team.

Championship structure The NFC structure was converted into a two tiered championship format from the 2023–24 season. The state associations are eligible to participate in the championship through the two tiers of the competition played across the country.

Sub Junior Boys' National Football ChampionshipTierDivisionISub Junior Boys' NFC Tier 1IISub Junior Boys' NFC Tier 2

Results The following is the list of winners and runners-up:

Tier 1 Season Host Winner Score Runner-up 1977 Ernakulam Bengal and Manipur (joint winners) – 0–0 1978 Coimbatore Karnataka 6–0 Uttar Pradesh 1979 Guwahati Assam 1–0 Karnataka 1980 Calcutta 1–0 Uttar Pradesh 1981 Madras Assam and Kerala (joint winners) – 0–0, 1–1 1982 Calicut Kerala 1–0 Assam 1984 Tiruchirappalli Bengal and Tamil Nadu (joint winners) – 0–0 1985 Mysore Karnataka 1–0 Manipur 1986 Jammu Jammu and Kashmir Bengal 1987 Cuttack Goa 1988 Dhanbad Bengal 3–0 Punjab 1989 Margao Goa 1991 Kota Rajasthan 3–0 Goa 1992 Malda Bengal 3–0 Orissa 1993 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh 1994 Daltonganj Bihar 1–0 Punjab 1995 Midnapore 0–0 Bengal 1996 Allahabad 2–0 Mizoram 1997 Delhi Bengal 1–0 Bihar 1998 1–0 Tamil Nadu 1999–00 Midnapore 2–0 Orissa 2000–01 Tirunelveli Bihar 1–1 Bengal 2001–02 Shillong Bengal 1–0 Mizoram 2002–03 Neyveli 2–0 Manipur 2003–04 Aizawl Mizoram 2–0 Meghalaya 2004–05 Goa 2–1 West Bengal 2005–06 Jabalpur 2–1 2006–07 Chennai Bengal 3–0 Mizoram 2007–08 Haldwani 2–1 Uttar Pradesh 2008–09 Mahilpur Mizoram 1–0 Punjab 2009 Haldwani 2–1 West Bengal 2009–10 Gurugram Jharkhand 1–0 Karnataka 2010 Mahilpur Mizoram 1–0 Punjab 2010–11 Kolkata Jharkhand 2–1 Mizoram 2011–12 Margao Assam 2–0 Chandigarh 2012–13 Pune Meghalaya 1–0 Orissa 2015–16 Delhi 1–0 2016–17 Calicut Mizoram 1–0 Meghalaya 2017–18 Hoshiarpur Meghalaya 1–1 2018–19 Naharlagun Odisha 0–0 Arunachal Pradesh 2019–20 Kalyani Meghalaya 3–0 2020–23 Not held 2023–24 Berhampore Mizoram 3–0 Manipur 2024–25 Bengaluru Karnataka 5–1 2025–26 Amritsar West Bengal 3–0 Delhi

Tier 2 Season Host Winner Score Runner-up 2023–24 Anantapur Bihar 1–0 Delhi 2024–25 Jorhat Assam 11–0 Haryana 2025–26 Narayanpur Tamil Nadu 2–1 Telangana

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