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| confed_cup = [[AFC Women's Club Championship]]
| confed_cup = [[AFC Women's Club Championship]]
| International league = AFC Woman's Champions League
| International league = AFC Women's Champions League
| champions = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]] (1st title)
| champions = [[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]] (1st title)
| most_champs = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]<br />[[Rising Student's Club]]<br />[[Sethu FC]]<br />[[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]<br />(1 title)
| most_champs = [[Eastern Sporting Union]]<br />[[Rising Student's Club]]<br />[[Sethu FC]]<br />[[Gokulam Kerala FC (women)|Gokulam Kerala]]<br />(1 title)
| tv = SportsCast India
| tv = Eurosport
| website = [https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/iwl www.the-aiff.com/competitions/iwl/]
| website = [https://www.the-aiff.com/competitions/iwl www.the-aiff.com/competitions/iwl/]
| current = [[2021–22 Indian Women's League season|2021–22 IWL]]
| current = [[2021–22 Indian Women's League season|2021–22 IWL]]

Revision as of 06:56, 13 April 2022

Indian Women's League
Organising bodyAll India Football Federation (AIFF)
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
CountryIndia
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toState leagues
International cup(s)AFC Women's Club Championship
Current championsGokulam Kerala (1st title)
Most championshipsEastern Sporting Union
Rising Student's Club
Sethu FC
Gokulam Kerala
(1 title)
TV partnersEurosport
Websitewww.the-aiff.com/competitions/iwl/
Current: 2021–22 IWL

The Indian Women's League is the top division of women's professional football club competition in India. The inaugural edition of the competition kicked off in Cuttack on October 2016.[1] The league is organised by All India Football Federation (AIFF). The winner of the competition qualifies for the AFC Women's Club Championship, the top tier women's club football competition in Asia.

History

Since 1991, the top women's football tournament in India has been the Indian Women's Football Championship. The tournament served as a female equivalent of the Santosh Trophy, with states competing against each other.[2] There had not been an organized national football league for women; however, the first women's state football league was set up in 1976 in Manipur. The Indian Football Association of West Bengal founded Calcutta Women's League in 1993. Leagues were also started in Mumbai and Goa in 1998 and 1999 respectively.[2]

In 2014, after the success of the India women's team, mainly in the SAFF Women's Championship, a push to start a women's football league, along the lines of recently started and successful Indian Super League, happened.[3] Clubs such as Pune and Bengaluru FC had expressed interest in the joining a women's league.[3] It was around this time that AIFF started plans to create the ISL-style league for women.[4]

On 21 April 2016, AIFF president Praful Patel said that women's football league would kick off in October [needs update] with six teams to be decided, and goal to expand to eight teams by 2017.[1] Just over two months later, on 5 July 2016, AIFF organized a workshop to discuss the India women's national team and proposed women's football league. Five Indian Super League sides (Delhi Dynamos, Chennaiyin FC, Kerala Blasters, FC Pune City, Atletico de Kolkata) and three I-League teams (Bengaluru FC, Aizawl FC, Mumbai FC) attended the workshop. It was announced that the league would feature eight teams and two other spots would be determined through a pre-qualification round.[5]

AIFF announced that preliminary rounds would begin on 17 October, in which ten teams are split in two groups of five, with the winner qualifying for national finals.[6]

Seasons

Season 1 (2016–17)

Main article: 2016–17 Indian Women's League season

On 24 January 2017, AIFF launched the first ever women's professional league with six teams. The participating teams – FC Alakhpura (Haryana), Jeppiaar Institute of Technology FC (Puducherry), Aizawl FC (Women) (Mizoram), FC Pune City (women) (Maharashtra), Rising Student's Club (Odisha) and Eastern Sporting Union (Manipur) play each other in a round-robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. All matches of the two-week Indian Women's League (IWL) were played at Delhi's Ambedkar Stadium, with the first match scheduled for January 28.

Season 2 (2017–18)

Main article: 2017–18 Indian Women's League season

Final round of the season was played at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Shillong. Rising Student's Club from Odisha were crowned champions after beating Eastern Sporting Union.

Season 3 (2018–19)

Main article: 2018–19 Indian Women's League season

Indian Women's League season 3 main round started on 5 May 2019. All matches to be played in Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab.[7] The 2018–19 IWL will have 12 teams, divided into two groups. The teams will play each other once and the top two teams will compete in the semi-final. Sethu FC crowned unbeaten champions

Season 4 (2019–20)

Main article: 2019–20 Indian Women's League season

Indian Women's League season 4 main round started on 24 January 2020. All matches were played in Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru, Karnataka.[8] The 2019–20 IWL had 12 teams, divided into two groups. The teams played each other once and the top two teams competed in the semi-final. Gokulam Kerala were crowned champions after beating KRYPHSA F.C. 3–2 in the final.[9]

Clubs

All current teams are as follows:
Team City/state
Baroda Football Academy Vadodara, Gujarat
FC Bangalore United Bengaluru, Karnataka
BBK Dav FC
Bidesh XI FC
FC Kolhapur City Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Odisha Police FC Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Kickstart FC Bengaluru, Karnataka
Kenkre FC Mumbai, Maharashtra
KRYPHSA FC Imphal, Manipur
Sreebhumi FC Kolkata, West Bengal
Sethu FC Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Gokulam Kerala FC Kozhikode, Kerala

Results

Season Winner Result Runner Up Ref.
2016–17 Eastern Sporting Union 3–0 Rising Student's Club [10][11]
2017–18 Rising Student's Club 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p) 		Eastern Sporting Union
2018–19 Sethu 3–1 Manipur Police SC
2019–20 Gokulam Kerala 3–2 KRYPHSA [9]
2020-21 Cancelled
2021-22 TBD

League championships by team

Club Champions Season(s) won IWL

seasons

Eastern Sporting Union 1 2016-17 2
Rising Student's Club 1 2017-18 3
Sethu FC 1 2018-19 3
Gokulam Kerala 1 2019-20 3
–

Winning head coaches

As of 22 May 2019
Head coach Club Wins Winning season
India Bembem Devi Eastern Sporting Union 1 2016–17
India Sukla Dutta Rising Student's Club 1 2017−18
India Amrutha Aravind Sethu FC 1 2018−19
India Priya P. V. Gokulam Kerala 1 2019–20

Prizes

Prize money

As updated on 14 February 2020: [9]

Position Purse
Champions ₹ 10 Lakhs
1st Runners-up ₹ 5 Lakhs
Most Valuable Player ₹ 1.25 Lakhs
Top Goalscorer ₹ 1 Lakh
Best Goalkeeper ₹ 1 Lakh
Emerging Player ₹ 75 Thousand

Stats and players

Top goal scorers

As of 14 February 2020
Rank Player Seasons Goals
1 India Ngangom Bala Devi 2 38
2 Nepal Sabitra Bhandari 2 31
3 India Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi 3 25
India Sandhiya Ranganathan 4
5 India Yumnam Kamala Devi 3 22
6 India Grace Dangmei 4 15
India Anju Tamang 4
8 India Karishma Shirvoikar 2 11
9 India Manisha Kalyan 3 9
India Irom Prameshwori Devi 4
India M. S. Kashmina 3
12 India Sanju Yadav 3 8
13 India Sasmita Malik 1 7
India Pyari Xaxa 3
India Soumya Guguloth 1
16 Bangladesh Sabina Khatun 1 6
India Jabamani Tudu 3
18 Uganda Fazila Ikwaput 1 5
India Heigrujam Daya Devi 1
India Indumathi Kathiresan 3
India Pradeepa Sekar 3
India Sumithra Kamaraj 2

Top scorers by season

Season Player Club Goals
2016−17 India Yumnam Kamala Devi Eastern Sporting Union 12
2017−18 India Ngangom Bala Devi Kryphsa F.C. 12
2018−19 India Ngangom Bala Devi Manipur Police SC 26
2019–20 Nepal Sabitra Bhandari Gokulam Kerala 16

Hat-trick scorers

Main article: List of Indian Women's League hat-tricks
As of 14 February 2020
Multiple hat-tricks scorer
Rank Player Hat-tricks Last hat-trick
1 India Ngangom Bala Devi 7 20 May 2019
2 Nepal Sabitra Bhandari 5 1 February 2020
3 India Sandhiya Ranganathan 4 6 February 2020
4 India Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi 3 12 May 2019
India Yumnam Kamala Devi 4 February 2020

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Puri, Rohan (21 April 2016). "Women's football league from October". Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b "India – List of Women's Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Das, Suprita (26 January 2015). "Now A Women's Football League?". NDTV Sports. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ^ "AIFF Plans to Start Indian Super League-Style Women's Football". NDTV Sports. 17 December 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. ^ "AIFF conducts workshop for National Women's League". Times of India. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  6. ^ "INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE PRELIMS TO KICK-OFF ON OCT 17". The All India Football Federation. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Indian Women's League 2018–19 to kick off on May 5 in Ludhiana | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Hero Indian Women's League returns, scheduled to kick-off from January 24". AIFF. 9 January 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Gokulam Kerala crowned new Hero IWL champions after thrilling finale". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 14 February 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Eastern Sporting Union crowned inaugural Indian Women's League champions". hindustantimes.com. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". espnfc.com. 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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