Subroto Cup

Subroto Cup Football Tournament is a prestigious international inter-school football tournament that is held annually in New Delhi, India. Named after the Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, it is an annual event that began in 1960. Students from many countries across Asia participate in this tournament, making it one of the more noteworthy school-level football competitions.

Subroto Cup
Founded1960 (1960)
CountryIndia
ConfederationAIFF
Current champions
  • Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School, Shillong (Junior)
  • Saidan Secondary School, Shillong (Sub-Junior)
Websitewww.subrotocup.org

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[1] 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, WEST BENGAL is famous for winning this tournament(U17) for 7 times in total (undisputed record till date) which include a hat trick (year 1981-82-83)

Organisation

Subroto Cup is conducted by the I A F, with the help of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.[2] For years, it was organized by the Durand football tournament committee. In 1994, the Air Force Sports Control took over the Subroto Cup tournament and has been conducting it since then.

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 national level. The school teams, winning the state inter-school championships are then invited to participate in the main Subroto Mukerjee Cup Tournament at Delhi.

The tournament is on "Knock-out/League" system and is played in accordance with laws and rules relating to Football Association and as accepted and interpreted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The duration of the game has been reduced to 30 minutes each half with an interval of 5 minutes. In the event of a draw, 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 Tournament Committee may direct that the game be decided by enforcing the Tie Breaker Rule.

International Participation

In 2015 Championship, For the first time Teams of Boys and Girls are coming from Afghanistan for Subroto Cup.[3] Brazilian legend and football's elder statesman Pele will come to India after a gap of 38 years after accepting an invitation to attend the final of the 56th edition of the Subroto Cup as its chief guest.[4]

Sponsorship
Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor Associate Sponsor
HCL Canara Bank PVR
LIC Central Bank of India State Bank of India
AIR
Nivia
Indian Overseas Bank
LiveMedia
Hero
Doordarshan
Union Bank of India
ONGC
Delhi Dynamos FC
Air India
Enerzal
SAI
Andhra Bank
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Confederation of Indian Industry
Syndicate Bank
Li-Ning
Libero Sports LLC
Sportskeeda
NTPC

Winners of sub-junior 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 Winner Score Runner-Up
2016 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka 0-0 aet; 4-2 pen Government Model High School, Chandigarh
2015 Government Chawngfiang Middle School, Mizoram 3-2 aet[5] Lycée Esteqlal, Kabul
2014 Greenwood School, Dimapur 0-0; 5-4 pen[6] Government Model High School, Chandigarh
2013 Government Chawngfianga Middle School, Mizoram 3-1 Betkuchi High School, Guwahati
2012 Greenwood School, Dimapur 3-1[7] Kalyangarh Bidyamandir, Kolkata
2011 Butwal Elite English School, Butwal 1-0 Charity School, Kohima
2010 Government Model High School, Chandigarh 5-3 Hmar Veng High School, Kolasib
2009 Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Kolkata 1-0 Charity School, Kohima
2008 Greenwood School, Dimapur 2-0 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka
2007 SAI Netaji Subhas Regional Centre, Lucknow 1-1 aet; 4-3 pen Greenwood School, Dimapur
2006 Allied Co-Education School, Kathmandu 1-0 Government Model School, Chandigarh
2005 Army Public School Shillong, Shillong 2-2 aet; 5-3 pen Nobel Academy of Higher Secondary School, Kathmandu
2004 Gyanodaya Bal Batika School, Lalitpur 4-0 Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi
2003 Holy Heart School, Aizawl 1-0 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka
2002 Holy Heart School, Aizawl 2-1 Namchi Sports Hostel, Namchi
2001 St John Bosco Boys Ups School, Sohra 1-0 St Ignatius' High School, Gumla
2000 Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City 1-0 Galaxy Public School, Kathmandu
1999 ANFA Academy, Lalitpur 3-0 Shri Kamlakar Chaubey Adarsh Seva Vidhyalay Intermediate College, Varanasi
1998 Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City 0-0 aet; 5-4 pen Electric Veng, Middle School, Aizawl

Winners of U-17 football tournament
Year Winners Score Runners-Up
2019 Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Meghalaya 1-0 Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishthan, BKSP, Bangladesh
2018 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka 1-0 [8] Amini School, Afghanistan
2017 St. Columbus Collegiate School, Jharkhand 2-1 [9] Army Boys Company
2016
1–0
[10]		 Army Boys, Bangalore
2015
4–1
 Little Angels Paradise Secondary School, Manipur

References
  1. "52nd Subroto Cup kickstarts today". Yahoo! News. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  2. "Sports Minister sanctions Rs 20 lakh for Subroto Cup". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  3. "Teams of Boys and Girls coming from Afghanistan for Subroto Cup - The Indian Talks". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. "Pele to come to India for Subroto Cup final". HindustanTimes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. Mizoram school lifts Subroto Cup sub-junior trophy Indianexpress.com. 24 Sep 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  6. Subroto Cup 2014 - U14 Boys Final: Nagaland Vs Chandigarh Ourdreamrun.com. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. Greenwood HSS wins Subroto Cup Thehindu.com September 18, 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  10. "Subroto Cup: Atlético Paranaense boys take glittering Subroto U-17 trophy home". SportsKeeda. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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