Junior Girl's National Football Championship

Junior Girl's National Football Championship
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
RegionIndia
Number of teams27
Current championsManipur (11th title)
Most successful team(s)Manipur
(11 titles)
Television broadcastersSportsKPI (YouTube)
WebsiteHero Junior Girl's NFC
2024–25

The Junior Girl's National Football Championship, also known as Dr. Talimeren Ao National Football Championship for Junior Girls since 2025,[1] is an Indian football girls tournament held for under 19 players.[2] The competition is held every year between the teams representing state associations of India under AIFF. The tournament was instituted by the AIFF in 2001 with the first edition held at Goa.[2]

The 2019–20 edition held at Kolhapur was won by Himachal Pradesh.[3][4][5] The latest edition held in 2022 as a Junior (U-17) championship at Guwahati was won by Dadra and Nagar Haveli.[6]

  1. ^ "From Naga Hills to the heart of Indian Football; Legends of Dr. Talimeren Ao to be immortalised". AIFF. 18 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Hero Junior Girl's NFC". AIFF. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Hero Junior Girls National Football Championship 2019-20, Jharkhand vs Himachal Pradesh". Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. ^ Jain, Shraishth (1 May 2019). "HIMACHAL PRADESH CLINCH HERO JUNIOR GIRLS' NFC TITLE AFTER 3-1 WIN OVER JHARKHAND". AIFF.
  5. ^ Vasudevan, Shyam (3 May 2019). "Bring the cup home - Himachal's fairytale win against Jharkhand". Sportstar.
  6. ^ "Dadra & Nagar Haveli win Hero Junior (U-17) Women's National Football Championship 2022-23". AIFF. 4 July 2022.