Junior Boys’ National Football Championship for Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy Tier 2 (2026–27)
Football Pyramid Classification: Tier 1 • National Apex
Pyramid Significance: National championship tier providing elite scouting visibility for National Teams and professional clubs.
Organised by: the All India Football Federation (AIFF) | Location: Narainpur, Charrisgarh
The Junior Boys' National Football Championship for the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy represents the apex of underage state representative football in India. Instituted by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in memory of the esteemed former Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the tournament was founded to provide a dedicated, structured national stage for the country's most gifted junior footballers. It serves as the primary gateway bridging grassroots district setups with the national youth team pyramid. Over decades of competitive staging, the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy has built an unmatched pedigree as the tournament that unearths tomorrow's international stars. State associations from across all Indian states and Union Territories assemble their elite squads after rigorous inter-district trials. Historical editions have witnessed the breakout tournaments of numerous Indian national team captains and senior professionals, establishing the championship as the most respected benchmark of state youth coaching systems. The Tier 2 championship employs a rigorous league-cum-knockout format. Participating state representative sides are drawn into competitive round-robin groups where victory margins and defensive discipline determine group winners. The top teams advance to the promotion and classification knockout rounds, battling not only for the trophy but also for prestigious promotion into Tier 1 for the following season. The compressed schedule and high stakes demand exceptional tactical adaptability, physical fitness, and mental resilience. The championship is extensively monitored by AIFF technical directors, national youth squad scouts, and elite ISL/I-League academy recruiters seeking future generational talent. Strong showings in the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy provide undisputed validation of a player's ability against the finest peer talent in the republic. Through ProPlayerPage, athlete match logs, tournament appearances, and verified performance statistics are digitally immortalized, giving players immediate visibility with professional recruiters and academies across the nation.
Participating Teams & Squad Rosters (17)
Andaman & Nicobar
- A. Mohammed Imran (Goalkeeper)
- Saw Neilson (Forward)
- Sylvester Morison (Defender)
- Veer Nand (Forward)
- Misaya (Defender)
- Ranveer Tigga (Midfielder)
- M Midlaj Basheer (Midfielder)
- R. Aadarsh (Midfielder)
- Murtaza Khan (Forward)
- Farhaan Shabbir (Forward)
- P.joy (Midfielder)
- Mayank Singh Thapa (Midfielder)
- Mohammad Saad (Midfielder)
- Austin Tirkey (Midfielder)
- M.praveen (Defender)
- C.k Mohammed Shaqib (Defender)
- Mohammed Shayaan Siddique (Defender)
- Muhammed Shayaan (Defender)
- N Muhammed Rashad (Defender)
- Vaibhaw Pandey (Goalkeeper)
Andhra Pradesh
- Induru Jaivanth (Goalkeeper)
- Y Mohan Narasimha (Defender)
- Mohammad Basheer Babu (Defender)
- Acchugatla Mohammad Rayan (Defender)
- Abdul Anas (Midfielder)
- Prathipati Rathna Chand (Midfielder)
- Kalava Raj Rohan Reddy (Midfielder)
- Kanigiri Sowrya Varshan (Midfielder)
- Malluvalasa Rahul (Midfielder)
- Vaddadi Messi (Forward)
- Maddula Veda Saiesh (Forward)
- Rayudu Rohangopal (Defender)
- Panasabotla Chaithanya Naga Sai (Goalkeeper)
- Mobrur Hussain Barbhuiya (Midfielder)
- Pasupuleti Giridhar (Forward)
- Mohammed Mateen Mamoor (Forward)
- Jenne David Raju (Midfielder)
- Anakapalli Bharath (Forward)
- Bayagadda Shaiksha Vali (Midfielder)
- Chakali Tayanna (Midfielder)
Arunachal Pradesh
- Tadar Radhe (Goalkeeper)
- Abraham Kabak (Defender)
- Sumon Dujom (Defender)
- Kapu Kuku (Defender)
- Tomar Basar (Forward)
- Getem Nangkar (Midfielder)
- Damnya Boje (Forward)
- Gebin Riba (Midfielder)
- Khyoda Taku Talu (Forward)
- Taban Rai (Defender)
- James Patir (Midfielder)
- Yarda Kasap (Midfielder)
- Amu Milli (Midfielder)
- Gammar Taipodia (Defender)
- Tagio Cheke (Defender)
- Kiran Taba (Forward)
- Tama Tarak (Midfielder)
- Juken Singkom (Forward)
- Nabam Soting (Goalkeeper)
- Ukham Taba (Midfielder)
Bihar
- Raunak Kumar Singh (Goalkeeper)
- Badal Kumar (Defender)
- Aman Kumar (Defender)
- Shani Kumar (Defender)
- Avinash Kumar (Defender)
- Barun Kumar (Defender)
- Nitesh Kumar (Forward)
- Rajkishor Uraon (Midfielder)
- Govinda Kumar Sahani (Forward)
- Bharat Kumar (Forward)
- Aditya Kumar (Defender)
- Akash Kumar (Midfielder)
- Raj Kumar (Forward)
- Prabhat Kumar (Midfielder)
- Snehan Chauhan (Defender)
- Swadesh Singh (Midfielder)
- Sanu Kisku (Defender)
- Rakesh Baski (Midfielder)
- Divyansh Kumar (Goalkeeper)
- Ravi Kumar (Midfielder)
Chandigarh
Official squad roster registered on ProPlayerPage.
Chhattisgarh
- Arvind Verda (Goalkeeper)
- Bandu Ram Dhruw (Defender)
- Bijja (Defender)
- Prakash Gota (Defender)
- Naresh Kumeti (Defender)
- Raju Ram Gota (Midfielder)
- Sukhram (Forward)
- Kamlesh Kumar (Midfielder)
- Shankar Mandavi (Forward)
- Manu Ram Potai (Midfielder)
- Dipesh Korram (Forward)
- Gagan Singh Pradhan (Forward)
- Saksham Yadav (Midfielder)
- Manoj Kumar (Midfielder)
- Ishaan Poddar (Midfielder)
- Damru Ram Hichami (Defender)
- Yatharth Shrivastava (Defender)
- Pratyush Machkhande (Defender)
- Arnav Singh Rathore (Midfielder)
- Vedant Kumar Yadav (Goalkeeper)
DNH & DD
- Ahaan Lakhani (Goalkeeper)
- Yash Satish Makwana (Forward)
- Aditya Kounder (Defender)
- Mrithyunjay Senthil Swami (Midfielder)
- Rudransh Bhavya Sharma (Midfielder)
- Rudraraj Sinh Solanki (Midfielder)
- Abhijay Dangwar (Forward)
- Malak Patel (Defender)
- Rishi Vilas (Midfielder)
- Aum Vishal Parekh (Defender)
- Darpan Patel (Forward)
- Gurkaran Singh (Midfielder)
- Caden Nunes (Midfielder)
- Jaineel Parmar (Midfielder)
- Rudra Rai (Defender)
- Shaik Samir (Goalkeeper)
- Shreyansh Yadav (Midfielder)
- Atharv Upadhyay (Defender)
- Naman Shukla (Forward)
Gujarat
- Raiyani Rajan Hiteshbhai (Goalkeeper)
- Devendrakumar Keshabhai Rathwa (Midfielder)
- Rudatla Aman Maheshbhai (Midfielder)
- Vedant Yayati Bhatt (Defender)
- Aniket Kumar Singh (Defender)
- Joel (Midfielder)
- Viven Patel (Forward)
- Sachit Parekh (Midfielder)
- Prasann Jatin Dholakia (Midfielder)
- Naik Parv (Midfielder)
- Vihaan Vaghela (Midfielder)
- Patel Kunj Mehulbhai (Forward)
- Kevin Shah (Goalkeeper)
- Oza Rudra Kaushik (Defender)
- Patel Aadhya Parth (Defender)
- Aishan Bhaumik Patel (Midfielder)
- Dev (Defender)
- Aryaveersinh Zankar (Midfielder)
- Singamayum Kimat (Midfielder)
- Aniket Gupta (Forward)
Himachal Pradesh
- Nishant (Goalkeeper)
- Krishna Guleria (Defender)
- Aham Choudhary (Defender)
- Sanyam (Defender)
- Ayush (Defender)
- Devan Rajpoot (Midfielder)
- Farizul Miah (Forward)
- Tarunpal (Midfielder)
- Agra Sen (Defender)
- Harshit Jaswal (Midfielder)
- Vedansh Gurung (Forward)
- Naveen Thakur (Midfielder)
- Aaditya Singh Rana (Midfielder)
- Vinayak Chauhan (Forward)
- Athrav Sharma (Defender)
- Pratibhan Bhalgaria (Forward)
- Mantosh Kumar (Forward)
- Lavyansh Thakur (Forward)
- Abhay Thakur (Forward)
- Advitya Singh Rawat (Goalkeeper)
Jammu & Kashmir
- Mir Sabiq Ashraf (Goalkeeper)
- Suryansh Malhotra (Goalkeeper)
- Syed Fouzan Showkat (Defender)
- Mohammad Adnan Bhat (Defender)
- Faisal Ahmad Dar (Defender)
- Hanzil Imtiyaz Dar (Defender)
- Junaid Gulzar (Midfielder)
- Saaib Ibni Bilal (Midfielder)
- Mohsin Ashraf (Midfielder)
- Abrar Iqbal Bhat (Forward)
- Mir Arhan Ashif (Midfielder)
- Mannan (Forward)
- Rizwan Ahmad Bhat (Midfielder)
- Mohammad Suhaib Fafoo (Midfielder)
- Mohd Fazan (Defender)
- Mohammed Hataf (Forward)
- Inayat Shabir Wanee (Midfielder)
- Daksh
- Samar Partap Singh (Midfielder)
- Ansh Sharma (Goalkeeper)
Jharkhand
- Nitesh Baitha (Goalkeeper)
- Amar Singh Deogam (Defender)
- Arpan Kullu (Defender)
- Birsa Kurli (Defender)
- Chandan Murmu (Defender)
- Deepak Gagrai (Defender)
- Shubash Oraon (Defender)
- Ankit Oraon (Midfielder)
- Ayush Gope (Midfielder)
- Prashant Tirkey (Midfielder)
- Pritam Ohdar (Midfielder)
- Sandip Kumar (Midfielder)
- Sujal Bharti (Midfielder)
- Sunil Kumar Manjhi (Midfielder)
- Aryan Lakra (Forward)
- Ashbin Tiu (Forward)
- Aswani Munda (Forward)
- Jagdish Singh (Forward)
- Meshak Rahul Soy (Forward)
- Pradip Bouri (Goalkeeper)
Madhya Pradesh
- Yojit Dudhele (Goalkeeper)
- Prince Kushwaha (Defender)
- Aditya Maliwad (Defender)
- Ashmit Shukla (Defender)
- Ravi Kumar Rai (Defender)
- Pankaj Maravi (Midfielder)
- Kunal Kerai (Midfielder)
- Nishkarsh Shukla (Midfielder)
- Golu Parte (Midfielder)
- Yumnam Athoiba Meitei (Forward)
- Sanskar Yadav (Midfielder)
- Lokesh Kumar Bhartiya (Forward)
- Evaan Jaiswal (Forward)
- Krashan Kumar (Defender)
- Shivkumar (Midfielder)
- Rishi Dubey (Midfielder)
- Saurav Singh Kushwah (Defender)
- Shahil Shah Patle (Defender)
- Ayushman Yadav (Midfielder)
- Goransh Patidar (Goalkeeper)
Pondicherry
- Andrewharris C (Goalkeeper)
- Kishore (Goalkeeper)
- Kaushik (Defender)
- Deepak (Defender)
- M Jaswanth Aniruth (Midfielder)
- Jeishik (Midfielder)
- Janesh G (Defender)
- Jeeva (Forward)
- Kavish (Midfielder)
- Harish (Midfielder)
- Abishek Priyan G (Defender)
- Easwar (Midfielder)
- N S Rohaan (Midfielder)
- Manish (Defender)
- Mulaparthi Abhishek (Forward)
- Pemmadi Veerababu (Forward)
- Sudharsan S (Defender)
- Siddhasharma (Forward)
- Shanker D (Midfielder)
- Sri Hariharasudhan (Midfielder)
Rajasthan
- Rishi Raj Singh (Goalkeeper)
- Chandresh Singh Rajawat (Forward)
- Sumit Kumar Koli (Midfielder)
- Aasu Singh (Defender)
- Mohit Meena (Defender)
- Prem Vishnu Bishnoi (Midfielder)
- Sujal Charan (Forward)
- Khushhal (Midfielder)
- Bharat Singh (Forward)
- Saijan Khan (Midfielder)
- Awesh Khan Malkan (Forward)
- Aman (Defender)
- Abhishek (Defender)
- Rannanjay Singh Bhati (Midfielder)
- Joyhring Sinruwng (Forward)
- Kesari Pratap Singh (Defender)
- Harshvardhan Singh Gurjar (Forward)
- Yashvant (Defender)
- Arman Mohammad (Midfielder)
- Brijesh Meena (Goalkeeper)
Sports Authority of India
- Bhumeshor Yumnam (Goalkeeper)
- Wahengbam Prithibiraj Singh (Defender)
- P Yae Khehem (Defender)
- Palhoisher Tamang (Defender)
- Arup Karmakar (Defender)
- Md Sajad (Midfielder)
- Symond Kutum (Midfielder)
- Tongbram Marjesh Singh (Midfielder)
- Keisham Jenison (Forward)
- Yirampheu Ringdi (Midfielder)
- Manganleiba Sapam (Forward)
- Pranjit Baruah (Defender)
- Swarnim Rai (Midfielder)
- Niladri Ray (Midfielder)
- Ansula Narzary (Midfielder)
- Yumlembam Manithoi Singh (Midfielder)
- Kiral Basumatary (Forward)
- Hengoulen (Midfielder)
- Alex Chetia (Goalkeeper)
- Paulbious Tariang (Defender)
Tripura
- Rimpon Tripura (Goalkeeper)
- Jora Jamatia (Defender)
- Ayush Jamatia (Defender)
- Daiman Halam (Defender)
- Sun Jamatia (Defender)
- Naithak Jamatia (Midfielder)
- Jenesis Darlong (Forward)
- Sun Jamatia (Midfielder)
- Sachwlang Jamatia (Forward)
- Gobinda Charan Jamatia (Midfielder)
- Jephania Lalnunhlana (Midfielder)
- Caleb Debbarma (Defender)
- Poito Debbarma (Forward)
- Ariv Tripura (Defender)
- Sandip Debbarma (Forward)
- Narwkha Jamatia (Midfielder)
- Ayush Chakma (Forward)
- Abans Debbarma (Forward)
- Khomendra Reang (Forward)
- Pritam Tripura (Goalkeeper)
Uttarakhand
- Mayank Chand (Goalkeeper)
- Vishal Singh Bhandari (Defender)
- Akhil Rawat (Defender)
- Rudransh Verma (Defender)
- Sameer Bora (Defender)
- Manvendra Singh Bisht (Midfielder)
- Aditya Raj Bisht (Midfielder)
- Zeeshan Ahmad (Midfielder)
- Gaurav Kumar (Forward)
- Ram Chaudhary (Forward)
- Nitin Tamta (Forward)
- Suryansh Mishra (Defender)
- Kartik Rawat (Defender)
- Naman Joshi (Defender)
- Ishaan (Midfielder)
- Krishant Singh Rawat (Defender)
- Naman Mehta (Defender)
- Chirag Singh Mehra (Midfielder)
- Vedant Pathak (Midfielder)
- Surendra Mohan Singh (Goalkeeper)
Match Schedule & Results
| Date | Round | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 15:00:00 | Regular | Andaman & Nicobar | 0 - 11 | Chhattisgarh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-25 08:30:00 | Regular | Tripura | 12 - 0 | DNH & DD | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-26 08:30:00 | Regular | Gujarat | 0 - 2 | Sports Authority of India | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-26 15:00:00 | Regular | Jammu & Kashmir | 0 - 1 | Madhya Pradesh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-27 08:30:00 | Regular | Tripura | 8 - 1 | Andaman & Nicobar | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-27 15:00:00 | Regular | Chhattisgarh | 5 - 0 | DNH & DD | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-28 08:30:00 | Regular | Gujarat | 0 - 1 | Jammu & Kashmir | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-28 15:00:00 | Regular | Madhya Pradesh | 1 - 9 | Sports Authority of India | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-29 15:00:00 | Regular | DNH & DD | 1 - 2 | Andaman & Nicobar | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-29 08:30:00 | Regular | Tripura | 1 - 1 | Chhattisgarh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-30 08:30:00 | Regular | Gujarat | 2 - 1 | Madhya Pradesh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-30 15:00:00 | Regular | Jammu & Kashmir | 0 - 0 | Sports Authority of India | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-31 08:30:00 | Regular | Andhra Pradesh | 0 - 2 | Himachal Pradesh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-08-31 15:00:00 | Regular | Pondicherry | 0 - 15 | Arunachal Pradesh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-01 15:30:00 | semi_final | Tripura | 1 - 7 | Sports Authority of India | Narainpur, Charrisgarh |
| 2026-09-01 07:30:00 | Regular | Bihar | 1 - 7 | Rajasthan | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-01 11:30:00 | Regular | Jharkhand | 0 - 0 | Uttarakhand | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-02 15:00:00 | Regular | Arunachal Pradesh | 2 - 0 | Himachal Pradesh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-02 08:30:00 | Regular | Andhra Pradesh | 0 - 0 | Pondicherry | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-03 15:00:00 | Regular | Rajasthan | 1 - 0 | Jharkhand | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-03 08:30:00 | Regular | Bihar | 1 - 4 | Uttarakhand | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-04 08:30:00 | Regular | Andhra Pradesh | 0 - 19 | Arunachal Pradesh | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-04 15:00:00 | Regular | Himachal Pradesh | 2 - 1 | Pondicherry | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-05 15:00:00 | Regular | Uttarakhand | 1 - 3 | Rajasthan | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-05 08:30:00 | Regular | Bihar | 2 - 2 | Jharkhand | RK Ashram Ground 1 |
| 2026-09-07 | semi_final | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 - 1 | Rajasthan | Narainpur, Charrisgarh |
| 2026-09-09 | final | Sports Authority of India | 5 - 0 | Arunachal Pradesh | Narainpur, Charrisgarh |