Subroto Cup
Organising bodyAir Force Sports Control Board
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
RegionIndia
Current champions
  • Government Model Higher Secondary School, Chandigarh (Junior)
  • Minerva Public School, Kochi, Kerala (Sub-Junior)
  • St. Patrick’s, Gumla, Jharkhand (Girls Junior)
Most successful club(s)
  • Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal (Junior) (7 titles)
  • Greenwood School, Nagaland (Sub-Junior) (3 titles)
  • Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh (Girls Junior) (3 titles)
Television broadcastersSportsCast India (YouTube)
Websitesubrotocup.in
2024

The Subroto Cup International Football Tournament is a prestigious international inter-school football tournament that is held in New Delhi, India. The tournament held annually since 1960, is named after the Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. It is the oldest national school football tournament in India and was instituted to promote and encourage the sport at the grassroots level in the country.[1] Students from different countries across Asia participate in this tournament, making it one of the more noteworthy school-level football competitions.

History

Subroto Mukerjee conceived the idea in 1958 when he was the Chief of the Air Staff. Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society was formed in 1960[2] after his untimely death in Tokyo. The first tournament was held in 1960, with participation of about 50 school teams. The number of schools participating increased over the years. Since 1998, the tournament is played in two age groups, sub-Junior (under 14 years) and Junior (under 17 years). Madhyamgram High School from West Bengal has won the U-17 tournament seven times in total, which includes a hat trick of titles in the year 1981, 1982 and 1983.

Organisation

Members of the Indian Air Force, including Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (left), present a memento to Pelé at the final of the 2015 Subroto Cup

The Subroto Cup is conducted by the Indian Air Force, with the help of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.[3] Initially it was organized by the Durand football tournament committee but in 1994, the Air Force Sports Control Board took over the Subroto Cup tournament and has been conducting it since then.

The preliminary inter-school tournaments are held in every state of India starting from sub-division, district and division level culminating in the inter-school finals at the state level. The school teams, winning the state inter-school championships are then invited to participate in the main Subroto Cup Tournament at Delhi.

The tournament is held on a league cum knock out basis system and is played in accordance with laws and rules relating as framed by FIFA and as adopted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Services Sports Control Board. The duration of the game in the league matches is 30 minutes each half with an interval of 10 minutes. In the event of a draw in the knock-out matches, extra time of 7 minutes each half with one minute's interval is allowed. If a match ends in a draw even after extra time, the game is decided by enforcing the penalty shootout rule.

Tournament structure

The current tournament structure consists of the preliminary inter-school tournaments at different divisional levels culminating in the inter-school finals at the state level. The winners then participate in the main national tournament.[4]

Subroto Cup Football Tournament
Round Level Tournament
Main National Subroto Cup
Preliminary State State Subroto Cup
Preliminary Division Division Subroto Cup
Preliminary District District Subroto Cup
Preliminary Sub-Division Sub-Division Subroto Cup

Venues

The venues for the tournament held at New Delhi:[5][6]

International Participation

School teams from numerous countries have played in the tournament, with the first team reaching the final in 1993 being the Special Sports School from Uzbekistan.[7] Since then many schools from foreign countries take part regularly, such as Brazil, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ukraine, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan etc.[1][8]

In the 2015 Championship, for the first time teams of boys and girls came from Afghanistan for the tournament.[9] Brazilian legend and football's elder statesman Pele came to India after a gap of 38 years to attend the final of the 56th edition of the Subroto Cup as the chief guest.[10] In 2016, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos were the chief guests at the 57th edition.[6]

Sponsorship

Results

Junior (U–17) football tournament

The following is the list of winners and runners-up:[7]

Year Winners Score Runners-Up
1960 DAV HSS Daryaganj, Delhi and DAV HSS Chitragupta Road, New Delhi (joint winners)
0–0
1961 Rani Rashmani High School, Calcutta, West Bengal 2–0 Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)
1962 The tournament was not held due to Indo-China War
1963 Batanagar High School, Calcutta, West Bengal 4–2 Rani Rashmani High School, Calcutta, West Bengal
1964 Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) 1–0 Anjuman-i-Islam, Bombay, Maharashtra
1965 Shri KAB Vidyalaya, Hazaribagh, Bihar (now Jharkhand) and Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) (joint winners)
0–0
1966 Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 2–0 S.S.S., Jalandhar, Punjab
1967 Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands 1–4
1968 PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal 1–0 Government HS, Mokokchung, Nagaland
1969 Gorkha Boys Company, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) and Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (joint winners)
1–1
1970 Gorkha Boys Company, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand) 2–1 Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)
1971 The tournament was not held due to Indo-Pak War
1972 PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal 2–0 Gorkha Boys Company, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)
1973 Sir G.D. Patliputra HS, Patna, Bihar 2–0 Tombisana HS, Imphal, Manipur
1974 Sir G.D. Patliputra HS, Patna, Bihar and PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal (joint winners)
0–0
1975 PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal 1–0 Sir G.D. Patliputra HS, Patna, Bihar
1976 Netaji Sikshayatan, Agarpara, West Bengal 1–0 PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal
1977 Adarsh Seva Vidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 1–0 Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
1978 St. Anthony's HSS, Shillong, Meghalaya 1–0 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal
1979 Ibemcha HSS, Manipur 1–0 Government HSS, Kokrajhar. Assam
1980 Ibemcha HSS, Manipur and Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland (joint winners)
0–0
1981 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 2–1 Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland
1982 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 1–0 St. Ignatius High School, Gumla, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)
1983 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 2–1 Aizawl High School, Mizoram
1984 Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1–0 Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland
1985 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 1–0 Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland
1986 Government HSS, Kokrajhar, Assam 2–0 R.K. Mission School, Arunachal Pradesh
1987 No.1 Goa Naval Unit NCC, Panaji, Goa 1–0 No.6, Bengal Battalion Bobgoan, NCC Kalyani, West Bengal
1988 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 4–0 R.K. Mission School, Arunachal Pradesh
1989 Adarsh Seva Vidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 0–0 (2–0 p) Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal
1990 St. Ignatius High School, Gumla, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand) 0–4 (6–4 p) Arya Vidyapith HSS, Guwahati, Assam
1991 Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 3–0 Bidhan Nagar Government High School, Calcutta, West Bengal
1992 Arya Vidyapith HSS, Guwahati, Assam 2–1 Christ College, Cuttack, Orissa
1993 St. Ignatius High School, Gumla, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand) 0–0 (4–3 p) Uzbekistan Special Sports School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1994 Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 0–0 (5–4 p) Bidhan Nagar Government High School, Calcutta, West Bengal
1995 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 3–0 Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1996 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal 0–0 (3–2 p) Israel Ort Netanya, Israel
1997 Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Calcutta, West Bengal 1–0 Central High School, Imphal, Manipur
1998 Mamata Modern High School, Delhi 1–1 (5–3 p) Christ College, Cuttack, Orissa
1999 Government Boys High School, Shillong, Meghalaya 1–1 (6–5 p) Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Calcutta, West Bengal
2000 Rangadih High School, Purulia, West Bengal 1–0 Army Boys Company, Danapur, Bihar
2001 Government Boys High School, Mizoram 2–0 Army Boys, Bangalore, Karnataka
2002 Bokaro Secondary School, Sector IV-E, Jharkhand 1–0 Apex Public School, Sant Nagar, Delhi
2003 Oxford High School, Mizoram 1–1 (4–2 p) Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2004 BSL IV E High School, Bokaro, Jharkhand 1–1, 1–0 (a.e.t.) Government Senior Secondary School, Dimapur, Nagaland
2005 Nepal Nobel Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal 1–1, 4–4 (2–1 p) Government Model High School, Chandigarh
2006 Nepal Nobel Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal 5–0 Higher Secondary School, Agartala, Tripura
2007 National Cadet Corps, Aizawl, Mizoram 1–0 Sagarbhanga High School, Durgapur, West Bengal
2008 Boys Sports Company, Bangalore, Karnataka[11] 2–1 Govt. HS School, Mizoram
2009 SAI Eastern Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal[12] 1–0 Government Central School, Mizoram
2010 Government Mamit High School, Mizoram[13] 1–0 Army Boys, Danapur, Bihar
2011 National Cadet Corps, West Bengal and Sikkim[14] 2–1 Mynkhen Christian Higher Secondary School, Meghalaya
2012 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine[15] 5–2 MSP Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, Kerala
2013 OM Roy Memorial, Shillong, Meghalaya[16] 4–0 Magurmari High School, Kokrajhar, Assam
2014 Brazil Colegio Estadul Santo Antonio, Brazil[17] 2–2 (5–4 p) MSP Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, Kerala
2015 AIFF Academy 4–1 Little Angels Paradise Secondary School, Manipur
2016 Brazil Atlético Paranaense, Brazil[18] 1–0 Army Boys, Bangalore, Karnataka
2017 St. Columbus Collegiate School, Jharkhand[19] 2–1 Army Boys Company
2018 Bangladesh Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh[20] 1–0 Afghanistan Amini School, Afghanistan
2019 Hopewell Elias Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Meghalaya 1–0 Bangladesh Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2022 Pilgrim Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, Nagaland[21] 1–0 Government Model Higher Secondary School, Chandigarh
2023 Government Model Higher Secondary School, Chandigarh[22] 0–0 (5–3 p) Amenity Public School, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand

Sub–Junior (U–14) football tournament

At the request of the School Games Federation of India, the Subroto Cup organisers started a sub-junior (11-14 Years) football tournament from 1998. Sixteens teams participated in the inaugural tournament, while more schools took part in the following years. Since 2000, the fairplay trophy for the sub-junior group has been named in the memory of late Lieutenant Sandeep Loomba, who died in a mountaineering expedition at Abi Gamin peak. Fairplay trophy for the junior group, medals and certificates for both the age groups, are provided by the Subroto Society

Year Winners Score Runners-Up Ref
1998 Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p) 		Electric Veng, Middle School, Aizawl, Mizoram
1999 Nepal ANFA Academy, Lalitpur, Nepal 3–0 Shri Kamlakar Chaubey Adarsh Seva Vidhyalay Intermediate College, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
2000 Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand 1–0 Nepal Galaxy Public School, Kathmandu, Nepal
2001 St John Bosco Boys Ups School, Sohra, Meghalaya 1–0 St Ignatius' High School, Gumla, Jharkhand
2002 Holy Heart School, Aizawl, Mizoram 2–1 Namchi Sports Hostel, Namchi, Sikkim
2003 Holy Heart School, Aizawl, Mizoram 1–0 Bangladesh Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004 Nepal Gyanodaya Bal Batika School, Lalitpur, Nepal 4–0 Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi, Delhi
2005 Army Public School Shillong, Shillong, Meghalaya 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p) 		Nepal Nobel Academy of Higher Secondary School, Kathmandu, Nepal
2006 Nepal Allied Co-Education School, Kathmandu, Nepal 1–0 Government Model School, Chandigarh
2007 SAI Netaji Subhas Regional Centre, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p) 		Greenwood School, Dimapur, Nagaland
2008 Greenwood School, Dimapur, Nagaland 2–0 Bangladesh Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2009 Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Kolkata, West Bengal 1–0 Charity School, Kohima, Nagaland
2010 Government Model High School, Chandigarh 5–3 Hmar Veng High School, Kolasib, Mizoram
2011 Nepal Butwal Elite English School, Butwal, Nepal 1–0 Charity School, Kohima, Nagaland
2012 Greenwood School, Dimapur, Nagaland 3–1 Kalyangarh Bidyamandir, Kolkata, West Bengal [23]
2013 Government Chawngfianga Middle School, Mizoram 3–1 Betkuchi High School, Guwahati, Assam
2014 Greenwood School, Dimapur, Nagaland 0–0
(5–4 p) 		Government Model High School, Chandigarh [24]
2015 Government Chawngfiang Middle School, Mizoram 3–2 (a.e.t.) Afghanistan Lycée Esteqlal, Kabul, Afghanistan [25]
2016 Bangladesh Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p) 		Government Model High School, Chandigarh
2017 Afghanistan Astaqlal Kabul, Afghanistan 2–0 Government Model High School, Sector 36, Chandigarh [26]
2018 Unique Model Academy, Manipur 2–0 NCC Directorate, Odisha [27]
2019 Saidan Secondary School, Mizoram 2–0 Unique Model Academy, Manipur [28]
2022 Heirok Higher Secondary School, Manipur 2–0 Berwa High School, Jharkhand [29]
2023 Minerva Public School, Kochi, Kerala 1–0 Chawngfianga Middle School, Saidan, Kolasib, Mizoram

Girls Junior (U–17) football tournament

Year Winners Score Runners-Up Ref
2012 Oriental English School, Manipur 1–0 Government Mizo High School, Mizoram [30]
2013 Radha Madhav Sanskrit Vidhyalaya, Nambol, Bishnupur, Manipur 1–1 (6–4 p) Govt Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Bhiwani, Haryana [31]
2014 Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Hisar, Haryana 3–0 Kiyang Kasiya Memorial Tribal School, Assam [32]
2015 Girls Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Haryana 0–0 (5–3 p) Chanambam Thambou Higher Secondary School, Manipur [33]
2016 Girls Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Haryana 1–0 Sports School, Kohima, Nagaland [34]
2017 Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh 1–0 Government High School, Aizawl, Mizoram [35]
2018 Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh 1–0 St. Joseph's International School, Hisar, Haryana [36]
2019 Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh 4–0 Nilmani English School, Manipur [37]
2022 St. Patrick’s, Gumla, Jharkhand 3–1 Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Imphal, Manipur [38]
2023 St. Patrick’s, Gumla, Jharkhand 3–0 Girls Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Bhiwani, Haryana [39]

See also

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