Football has been a sport at the National Games of India since 1985, while the women's tournament was introduced in 1999. Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal are currently the most successful states in the men's category with 3 gold medals, while Manipur is the most successful women's team with 5 gold medals

Results

Men's tournament YearHostFinalThird Place Match GoldScore Silver BronzeScoreFourth Place 1985 DelhiPunjab−West Bengal− 1987 KeralaKerala−PunjabBihar– 1994 PuneWest Bengal−Kerala− 1997 BangaloreKerala−GoaKarnataka– 1999 ManipurMaharashtra−AssamWest Bengal– 2001 PunjabPunjab1−0GoaMaharashtra1–0Services 2002 Hyderabad2−1West BengalTamil Nadu1–1 2007 GuwahatiAssam1−1Tamil NaduMeghalaya1–0West Bengal 2011 JharkhandWest Bengal1−0PunjabGoa3–1Services 2015 KeralaMizoram1−0Maharashtra3–1Goa 2022 GujaratWest Bengal5−0KeralaServices4–0Karnataka 2023 GoaServices3−1ManipurKerala0–0Punjab 2025 UttarakhandKerala1−0UttarakhandDelhi2–1Assam

Women's tournament YearHostFinalThird Place Match GoldScore Silver BronzeScoreFourth Place 1999 ManipurManipur−West BengalKerala– 2001 Punjab3−2PunjabWest Bengal3–1Bihar 2002 Hyderabad1−0West BengalOdisha4–0Andhra Pradesh 2007 GuwahatiOdisha0−0ManipurWest Bengal2–1Goa 2011 Jharkhand2−11–0Tamil Nadu 2015 KeralaManipur1−1OdishaHaryana2–0Kerala 2022 Gujarat2−0Tamil Nadu5–1Assam 2023 GoaOdisha1−1ManipurHaryana1–0West Bengal 2025 UttarakhandHaryana0−0OdishaWest Bengal2−2Delhi

Medal table

Men's TeamGoldSilverBronzePunjab3 (1985, 2001, 2003)3 (1997, 2011, 2015)0West Bengal3 (1994, 2011, 2022)2 (1985, 2002)1 (1999)Kerala3 (1987, 1997, 2025)2 (1994, 2022)1 (2023)Assam1 (2007)1 (1999)0Maharashtra1 (1999)02 (2001, 2015)Services1 (2023)01 (2022)Mizoram1 (2015)00Goa02 (1997, 2001)1 (2011)Tamil Nadu01 (2007)1 (2002)Manipur01 (2023)0Uttarakhand01 (2025)0Bihar001 (1987)Karnataka001 (1997)Meghalaya001 (2007)Delhi001 (2025)

Women's TeamGoldSilverBronzeManipur5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2022)3 (2007, 2011, 2023)0Odisha3 (2007, 2011, 2023)3 (2015, 2022, 2025)1 (2002)Haryana1 (2025)02 (2015, 2023)West Bengal02 (1999, 2002)4 (2001, 2007, 2011, 2025)Punjab01 (2001)0Kerala001 (1999)Tamil Nadu001 (2022)

See also Santosh Trophy Rajmata Jijabai Trophy

References