The Junior Girls' National Football Championship, also known as Dr. Talimeren Ao National Football Championship for Junior Girls since 2025, is an Indian football girls tournament held for under 19 players. The competition is held every year between the teams representing state associations of India under AIFF. The tournament was instituted by the AIFF in 2001 with the first edition held at Goa.
The 2019–20 edition held at Kolhapur was won by Himachal Pradesh. The latest edition held in 2022 as a Junior (U-17) championship at Guwahati was won by Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
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.
Junior Girl's National Football ChampionshipTierDivisionIJunior Girl's NFC Tier 1IIJunior Girl's NFC Tier 2
Results The following is the list of winners and runners-up:
Tier 1 Season Host Winner Score 2001–02 Goa Goa 0–0 Manipur 2002–03 Assam Manipur 8–0 Orissa 2003–04 Uttarakhand Manipur 0–0, 1–0 2005–06 Orissa Manipur 1–1 Orissa 2006–07 Pondicherry Manipur 5–0 Tamil Nadu 2007–08 Tamil Nadu Manipur 1–0 Orissa 2008–09 Haryana Tamil Nadu 2–1 Orissa 2010–11 Chandigarh Manipur 6–1 Haryana 2011–12 Uttarakhand West Bengal 1–0 Orissa 2013–14 Odisha Manipur 3–0 Odisha 2015–16 Goa Manipur 5–0 Odisha 2017–18 Odisha Manipur 3–2 Odisha 2018–19 Goa Tamil Nadu 4–1 Manipur 2019–20 Maharashtra Himachal Pradesh 3–1 Jharkhand 2020–22 Not held 2022–23 Guwahati 1–0 Bihar 2023–24 Bhubaneswar Manipur 1–0 Tamil Nadu 2024–25 Anantapur Manipur 2–0 Jharkhand 2025–26 Anantapur Manipur 9–0 West Bengal 2026–27 Anantapur West Bengal 1–1 Manipur
Tier 2 Season Host Winner Score 2023–24 Jaipur Goa 1–0 Andhra Pradesh 2024–25 Belgaum Rajasthan 3–1 Karnataka 2025–26 Chümoukedima Maharashtra 4–1 Uttar Pradesh 2026–27 Narayanpur Assam 0–0 SAI
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