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.

History

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 and Junior. Madhyamgram High School, WEST BENGAL is famous for winning this tournament for 7 times in total which include a hat trick

Organisation

Subroto Cup is conducted by the I A F, with the help of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. 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. 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. 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.

Sponsorship

Winners of sub-junior football tournament

At the request of the School Games Federation of India, the Subroto Cup organisers started a sub-junior 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
YearWinnerScoreRunner-Up
2016 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka0-0 aet; 4-2 pen Government Model High School, Chandigarh
2015 Government Chawngfiang Middle School, Mizoram3-2 aet Lycée Esteqlal, Kabul
2014 Greenwood School, Dimapur0-0; 5-4 pen Government Model High School, Chandigarh
2013 Government Chawngfianga Middle School, Mizoram3-1 Betkuchi High School, Guwahati
2012 Greenwood School, Dimapur3-1 Kalyangarh Bidyamandir, Kolkata
2011 Butwal Elite English School, Butwal1-0 Charity School, Kohima
2010 Government Model High School, Chandigarh5-3 Hmar Veng High School, Kolasib
2009 Sukantanagar Vidyaniketan, Kolkata1-0 Charity School, Kohima
2008 Greenwood School, Dimapur2-0 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka
2007 SAI Netaji Subhas Regional Centre, Lucknow1-1 aet; 4-3 pen Greenwood School, Dimapur
2006 Allied Co-Education School, Kathmandu1-0 Government Model School, Chandigarh
2005 Army Public School Shillong, Shillong2-2 aet; 5-3 pen Nobel Academy of Higher Secondary School, Kathmandu
2004 Gyanodaya Bal Batika School, Lalitpur4-0 Air Force Bal Bharati School, New Delhi
2003 Holy Heart School, Aizawl1-0 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka
2002 Holy Heart School, Aizawl2-1 Namchi Sports Hostel, Namchi
2001 St John Bosco Boys Ups School, Sohra1-0 St Ignatius' High School, Gumla
2000 Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City1-0 Galaxy Public School, Kathmandu
1999 ANFA Academy, Lalitpur3-0 Shri Kamlakar Chaubey Adarsh Seva Vidhyalay Intermediate College, Varanasi
1998 Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City0-0 aet; 5-4 pen Electric Veng, Middle School, Aizawl

Winners of U-17 football tournament

YearWinnersScoreRunners-Up
2019Hopewel Elias Higher Secondary School, Shillong, Meghalaya1-0Bangladesh Krida Shiksha Protishthan, BKSP, Bangladesh
2018 Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan, Dhaka1-0 Amini School, Afghanistan
2017 St. Columbus Collegiate School, Jharkhand2-1 Army Boys Company
20161–0 Army Boys, Bangalore
20154–1 Little Angels Paradise Secondary School, Manipur