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.
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, Andhra Pradesh Group G → Umakanta Mini Stadium, Agartala, Tripura Group H → Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri, West Bengal
Venues in IndiaPalakkadNadiaGautam Buddha NagarTMK ArenaDL Roy Memorial District StadiumShaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports StadiumCapacity: 8,000 Jaipur Vidyadharnagar StadiumAnantapurWest TripuraDarjeeling & JalpaiguriRDT StadiumUmakanta Mini StadiumKanchenjunga Stadium5,0005,00040,000
Group Stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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.
Venue All matches including knockouts and finals will be played at this ground.
NarayanpurRamakrishna Mission Sports ComplexCapacity: 1,000
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)
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Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers SlPlayer name TeamGoals1Yumnam Kamala DeviRailways142Deepika PalDelhi123Pyari XaxaOdisha124Sulanjana RaulWest Bengal115Simran GurungSikkim11
See also 2024–25 Santosh Trophy
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