Subroto Cup

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. Students from different countries across Asia participate in this tournament, making it one of the more noteworthy school level football competitions.

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 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.

The Subroto Cup is conducted by the Indian Air Force, with the help of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. 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.

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. In the 2015 Championship, for the first time teams of boys and girls came from Afghanistan for the tournament. 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. In 2016, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos were the chief guests at the 57th edition. YearWinners ScoreRunners Up1960 1961Rani Rashmani High School, Calcutta, West Bengal2–0Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)19621963Batanagar High School, Calcutta, West Bengal4–2Rani Rashmani High School, Calcutta, West Bengal1964Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)1–0Anjuman i Islam, Bombay, Maharashtra19651966Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands2–0S. S. S., Jalandhar, Punjab1967Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands1–41968PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal1–0Government HS, Mokokchung, Nagaland19691970Gorkha Boys Company, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)2–1Gorkha Military HSS, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)19711972PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal2–0Gorkha Boys Company, Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand)1973Sir G. D. Patliputra HS, Patna, Bihar2–0Tombisana HS, Imphal, Manipur19741975PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal1–0Sir G. D. Patliputra HS, Patna, Bihar1976Netaji Sikshayatan, Agarpara, West Bengal1–0PKA Institution, Calcutta, West Bengal1977Adarsh Seva Vidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh1–0Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands1978St. Anthony's HSS, Shillong, Meghalaya1–0Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal1979Ibemcha HSS, Manipur1–0Government HSS, Kokrajhar. Assam19801981Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal2–1Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland1982Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal1–0St. Ignatius High School, Gumla, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)1983Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal2–1Aizawl High School, Mizoram1984Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands1–0Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland1985Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal1–0Government High School, Dimapur, Nagaland1986Government HSS, Kokrajhar, Assam2–0R. K. Mission School, Arunachal Pradesh1987No.1 Goa Naval Unit NCC, Panaji, Goa1–0No.6, Bengal Battalion Bobgoan, NCC Kalyani, West Bengal1988Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal4–0R. K. Mission School, Arunachal Pradesh1989Adarsh Seva Vidyalaya, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh0–0 Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal1990St. Ignatius High School, Gumla, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)0–4 Arya Vidyapith HSS, Guwahati, Assam1991Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh3–0Bidhan Nagar Government High School, Calcutta, West Bengal1992Arya Vidyapith HSS, Guwahati, Assam2–1Christ College, Cuttack, Orissa1993St. Ignatius High School, Gumla, Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand)0–0 Special Sports School, Tashkent, Uzbekistan1994Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh0–0 Bidhan Nagar Government High School, Calcutta, West Bengal1995Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal3–0Sports College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh1996Madhyamgram High School, West Bengal0–0 Ort Netanya, Israel1997Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Calcutta, West Bengal1–0Central High School, Imphal, Manipur1998Mamata Modern High School, Delhi1–1 Christ College, Cuttack, Orissa1999Government Boys High School, Shillong, Meghalaya1–1 Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Calcutta, West Bengal2000Rangadih High School, Purulia, West Bengal1–0Army Boys Company, Danapur, Bihar2001Government Boys High School, Mizoram2–0Army Boys, Bangalore, Karnataka2002Bokaro Secondary School, Sector IV E, Jharkhand1–0Apex Public School, Sant Nagar, Delhi2003Oxford High School, Mizoram1–1 Government HSS, Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands2004BSL IV E High School, Bokaro, Jharkhand1–1, 1–0 Government Senior Secondary School, Dimapur, Nagaland2005 Nobel Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal1–1, 4–4 Government Model High School, Chandigarh2006 Nobel Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal5–0Higher Secondary School, Agartala, Tripura2007National Cadet Corps, Aizawl, Mizoram1–0Sagarbhanga High School, Durgapur, West Bengal2008Boys Sports Company, Bangalore, Karnataka2–1Govt. HS School, Mizoram2009SAI Eastern Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal1–0Government Central School, Mizoram2010Government Mamit High School, Mizoram1–0Army Boys, Danapur, Bihar2011National Cadet Corps, West Bengal and Sikkim2–1Mynkhen Christian Higher Secondary School, Meghalaya2012 Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine5–2MSP Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, Kerala2013OM Roy Memorial, Shillong, Meghalaya4–0Magurmari High School, Kokrajhar, Assam2014 Colegio Estadul Santo Antonio, Brazil2–2 MSP Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, Kerala2015AIFF Academy4–1Little Angels Paradise Secondary School, Manipur2016 Atlético Paranaense, Brazil1–0Army Boys, Bangalore, Karnataka2017St. Columbus Collegiate School, Jharkhand2–1Army Boys Company2018 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh1–0 Amini School, Afghanistan2019Hopewell Elias Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Meghalaya1–0 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka, Bangladesh2022Pilgrim Higher Secondary School, Dimapur, Nagaland1–0Government Model Higher Secondary School, Chandigarh2023Government Model Higher Secondary School, Chandigarh0–0 Amenity Public School, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand

YearWinners ScoreRunners Up Ref2012Oriental English School, Manipur1–0Government Mizo High School, Mizoram2013Radha Madhav Sanskrit Vidhyalaya, Nambol, Bishnupur, Manipur1–1 Govt Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Bhiwani, Haryana2014Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Hisar, Haryana3–0Kiyang Kasiya Memorial Tribal School, Assam2015Girls Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Haryana0–0 Chanambam Thambou Higher Secondary School, Manipur2016Girls Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Haryana1–0Sports School, Kohima, Nagaland2017 Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh1–0Government High School, Aizawl, Mizoram2018 Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh1–0St. Joseph's International School, Hisar, Haryana2019 Krida Shiksha Protishtan, Bangladesh4–0Nilmani English School, Manipur2022St. Patrick’s, Gumla, Jharkhand3–1Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Imphal, Manipur2023St. Patrick’s, Gumla, Jharkhand3–0Girls Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Bhiwani, Haryana