M. Dutta Ray Trophy
U-21 National Football Championship
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Abolished2010
RegionIndia
Number of teams36
Related competitionsB.C. Roy Trophy
Most successful team(s)West Bengal
(6 titles)

The U-21 National Football Championship,[1] also known as M. Dutta Ray Trophy, was an Indian football tournament held for players under 21 years of age. This trophy was named after Manindra Nath Dutta Ray, former president of the AIFF. This was introduced when Olympic football became a U-23 event in 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona in Spain. The 19th and last edition was held in Gurgaon and Faridabad in Haryana state from 15 to 28 February 2010. The Goa football team won the 2010 tournament by beating Haryana football team 1-0 in the final.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[10][11]

Season Host Winner Score Runner-up
1992 Chinsurah Bengal 1–0 Karnataka
1993 Margao Goa 2–0 Bengal
1994 Imphal Manipur 1–0 Assam
1995 Thrissur Kerala 0–0 (3–1 p) Bengal
1996 Suri Bengal 3–1 Maharashtra
1997 Midnapore Railways 1–0 Bengal
1998 Nimbahera Railways 1–0 Bengal
1999 Dumka Goa 1–0 Bengal
2000 Duliajan Bengal 3–1 Goa
2001 Mandya Goa 1–1
(draw of lots) 		Bengal
2002 Ballia Bengal 2–1 Services
2003 Jamalpur Punjab 4–1 West Bengal
2004 Tiruchirappalli West Bengal 1–1 (4–3 p) Tamil Nadu
2005 Jamalpur West Bengal 1–0 Punjab
2006 Guwahati Goa 2–1 Punjab
2007 Madurai Goa 2–0 Tamil Nadu
2008 Margao Punjab 3–2 Mizoram
2010 Faridabad Goa 1–0 Haryana

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