The 2025–26 Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy is the 30th 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 Odisha, 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. 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 Odisha 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.
First round Qualified teams The eight groups were announced by All India Football Federation on 4 September 2025. Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DPunjab Himachal Pradesh Ladakh Jammu & KashmirHaryana Delhi UttarakhandUttar Pradesh Bihar Jharkhand Rajasthan West Bengal Sikkim Meghalaya RailwaysGroup EGroup FGroup GGroup HAssam Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram TripuraChhattisgarh Andhra Pradesh Telangana Karnataka Tamil Nadu Kerala Pondicherry Andaman & NicobarGoa Maharashtra Gujarat Madhya Pradesh
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 Odisha 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 Complex Capacity: 1,000
Qualified teams Group AGroup BOdisha Tamil Nadu () West Bengal () Chhattisgarh () Goa ()Manipur Punjab () Haryana () Uttar Pradesh () Assam ()
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1Shilji Shaji Kerala132Sulanjana Raul West Bengal 123Lynda Kom Serto Manipur 104Priyadharshini Tamil Nadu 95Devamithra Tamil Nadu 9
See also 2025–26 Santosh Trophy
References
External links Rajmata Jijabai Trophy at (AIFF)