Junior National Football Championship
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
RegionIndia
Number of teams36
Current championsMizoram (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)West Bengal
(18 titles)
Television broadcastersSportsKPI (YouTube)
Websitethe-aiff.com/junior-nfc
2023–24

The Junior National Football Championship,[1] also known as BC Roy Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held for players under 19 years of age. The participants in the annual competition are teams representing state associations of India under the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The tournament was instituted by the AIFF in 1962, with the Indian Football Association presenting the trophy in memory of former West Bengal Chief Minister Bidhan Chandra Roy.[2]

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[2]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
1962 Burnpur Bengal 5–0 Orissa
1963 Allahabad Delhi and Mysore (joint winners) – 2–2
1964 Ajmer Rajasthan 3–1 Assam
1965 Cuttack Delhi 1–0 Andhra Pradesh
1966 Bangalore Andhra Pradesh 2–0 Mysore
1967 Kozhikode Bengal 1–1, 2–0 Maharashtra
1968 Jabalpur Bengal 2–0 Andhra Pradesh
1969 Cuttack Orissa and Kerala (joint winners) – 0–0
1970 Jorhat Bengal 2–0 Assam
1972 Quilon Kerala 4–0 Karnataka
1973 Krishnanagar Kerala 2–0 Andhra Pradesh
1974 Coimbatore Bengal 1–0 Kerala
1975 Imphal Bengal 1–0 Kerala
1976 Srinagar Andhra Pradesh 1–0 Bengal
1977 Cuttack Bengal 1–0 Orissa
1978 Agartala Bengal 2–1 Andhra Pradesh
1979 Cuttack Karnataka 1–0 Andhra Pradesh
1980 Ernakulam Goa 2–0 Kerala
1981 Agartala Bengal and Railways (joint winners) – 0–0
1982 Pondicherry Bengal 1–0 Kerala
1983 Goa Goa 2–0 Punjab
1984 Jorhat Bengal (4–3 p) Goa
1985 Agartala Bengal 3–1 Assam
1986 Coimbatore Punjab (5–4 p) Kerala
1987 Dibrugarh Bengal 2–0 Railways
1988 Palghat Railways 1–0 Bengal
1989 Shillong Railways and Meghalaya (joint winners) – 0–0
1990 Sambalpur Bengal 2–1 Goa
1992 Aizwal Karnataka 0–0 (5–3 p) Manipur
1993 Jammu Punjab (4–2 p) Andhra Pradesh
1994–95 Shillong Bengal 2–0 Punjab
1995–96 Midnapore Bengal 4–0 Mizoram
1996–97 Mandi Bihar 0–0 (5–4 p) Assam
1998–99 Imphal Manipur 4–1 Sikkim
1999–00 Bangalore Manipur 1–0 (a.s.d.e.t.) Bengal
2000–01 Thiruvananthapuram Bihar 3–1 Manipur
2001–02 Jaipur/Jodhpur Punjab 1–0 Goa
2002–03 Thrissur Karnataka 1–0 (a.s.d.e.t.) Goa
2003–04 Giridih Bengal 2–0 Karnataka
2004–05 Aizawl Jharkhand 2–1 Manipur
2005–06 Varanasi Jharkhand 1–1 (4–2 p) Goa
2006–07 Bhilai Jharkhand 1–1, 1–0 (a.e.t.) West Bengal
2007–08 Gurgaon/Faridabad Haryana 1–0 West Bengal
2008–09 Bhilai Jharkhand 2–1 Manipur
2009–10 Kolkata Chandigarh 1–1 (6–5 p) West Bengal
2010–11 Kolkata Chandigarh 1–1 (6–5 p) West Bengal
2015–16 Hoshiarpur Punjab 1–1 (4–2 p) Mizoram
2016–17 Bhilai Punjab 3–0 Mizoram
2017–18 Hoshiarpur Uttar Pradesh 1–0 West Bengal
2018–19 Cuttack Mizoram 1–0 Punjab
2019–20 Shillong Mizoram 1–1 (5–4 p) Punjab

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hero Junior NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy (Under-19)". Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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