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Junior National Football Championship
Founded	1962; 63 years ago
Region	India
Number of teams	36
Current champions	West Bengal (18th title)
Most successful team(s)	West Bengal; (18 titles)
Television broadcasters	SportsKPI (YouTube)
Website	Junior NFC
	2024–25

The Junior National Football Championship,^[1] also known as BC Roy Trophy, is an Indian football tournament held for players under-15 years of age representing the states of India. It was formerly held for the U-19 age group before being converted into an U-15 tournament from the 2023-24 edition. 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]

Championship structure

The NFC structure was converted into a two tiered championship format from the 2023–24 season. The state associations are eligible to participate in the championship through the two tiers of the competition played across the country.

Junior National Football Championship
Tier	Division
I	Junior NFC Tier 1
II	Junior NFC Tier 2

Results

The following is the list of winners and runners-up of the championship:^[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
2020–23	Not held
2023–24	Bhubaneswar	Uttar Pradesh	2–1	West Bengal
2024–25	Narayanpur	West Bengal	2–0	Odisha

References

^ "Hero Junior NFC". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ ^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.

External links

"Karnataka regains B.C. Roy Trophy". The Hindu. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
"Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy from Jan. 18". The Hindu. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
"Bengal claim title". The Indian Express. 4 August 1991. Retrieved 18 August 2013.