Football at the National Games of India

Football at the National Games of India

Founded	Men: 1985 Women: 1999
Region	India
Current champions	M: W: Haryana (2025)
Most successful team(s)	M: Kerala], [Punjab football team|Punjab and West Bengal (3 titles each) W: Manipur (5 titles)
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Football has been a sport at the National Games of India since 1985, while the women's tournament was introduced in 1999. ^[1] Punjab and West Bengal are currently the most successful states in the men's category with 3 gold medals, while Manipur is the most successful women's team with 5 gold medals

Results

Men's tournament

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1985	Delhi		Punjab	−	West Bengal		−	−	−
1987	Kerala		Kerala	−	Punjab		Bihar	–	−
1994	Pune		West Bengal	−	Kerala		−	–	−
1997	Bangalore		Kerala	−	Goa		Karnataka	–	–
1999	Manipur		Maharashtra	−	Assam		West Bengal	–	–
2001	Punjab		Punjab	1−0	Goa		Maharashtra	1–0	Services
2002	Hyderabad		Punjab	2−1	West Bengal		Tamil Nadu	1–1 (5−4 p)	Services
2007	Guwahati		Assam	1−1 (6−5 p)	Tamil Nadu		Meghalaya	1–0	West Bengal
2011	Jharkhand		West Bengal	1−0	Punjab		Goa	3–1	Services
2015	Kerala		Mizoram	1−0	Punjab		Maharashtra	3–1	Goa
2022	Gujarat		West Bengal	5−0	Kerala		Services	4–0	Karnataka
2023	Goa		Services	3−1	Manipur		Kerala	0–0 (4–3 p)	Punjab
2025	Uttarakhand		Kerala	1-0	Uttarakhand

Women's tournament

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
1999	Manipur		Manipur	−	West Bengal		Kerala	–	–
2001	Punjab		Manipur	3−2	Punjab		West Bengal	3–1	Bihar
2002	Hyderabad		Manipur	1−0	West Bengal		Orissa	4–0	Andhra Pradesh
2007	Guwahati		Orissa	0−0 (4−2 p)	Manipur		West Bengal	2–1	Goa
2011	Jharkhand		Orissa	2−1	Manipur		West Bengal	1–0	Tamil Nadu
2015	Kerala		Manipur	1−1 (4−2 p)	Odisha		Haryana	2–0	Kerala
2022	Gujarat		Manipur	2−0	Odisha		Tamil Nadu	5–1	Assam
2023	Goa		Odisha	1−1 (4−2 p)	Manipur		Haryana	1–0	West Bengal
2025	Uttarakhand		Haryana	0−0 (4−2 p)	Odisha		West Bengal	2−2 (3−1 p)	Delhi

Beach soccer

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth Place
2024	Diu		Lakshadweep	5−4	Maharashtra		Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu and Rajasthan	–	–

Medal table

Men's

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Punjab	3 (1985, 2001, 2003)	3 (1997, 2011, 2015)	0
West Bengal	3 (1994, 2011, 2022)	2 (1985, 2002)	1 (1999)
Kerala	3 (1987, 1997, 2025)	2 (1994, 2022)	1 (2023)
Mizoram	1 (2015)	0	0
Assam	1 (2007)	1 (1999)	0
Maharashtra	1 (1999)	0	2 (2001, 2015)
Services	1 (2023)	0	1 (2022)
Goa	0	2 (1997, 2001)	1 (2011)
Tamil Nadu	0	1 (2007)	1 (2002)
Manipur	0	1 (2023)	0
Bihar	0	0	1 (1987)
Karnataka	0	0	1 (1997)
Meghalaya	0	0	1 (2007)

Women's

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Manipur	5 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2022)	3 (2007, 2011, 2023)	0
Odisha	3 (2007, 2011, 2023)	2 (2015, 2022)	1 (2002)
West Bengal	0	2 (1999, 2002)	3 (2001, 2007, 2011)
Punjab	0	1 (2001)	0
Kerala	0	0	1 (1999)
Haryana	0	0	2 (2015, 2023)
Tamil Nadu	0	0	1 (2022)

Beach soccer

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lakshadweep	1 (2024)	0	0
Maharashtra	0	1 (2024)	0
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	0	0	1 (2024)
Rajasthan	0	0	1 (2024)

See also

• Santosh Trophy
• Rajmata Jijabai Trophy

References

1. "National Games". olympic.ind.in. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2023.