2001 Calcutta Women's Football League

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Calcutta Women's Football League
Season2001
Dates12 February 2001–16 March 2001
ChampionsEast Bengal (1st title)
Matches played36
Goals scored129 (3.58 per match)
← 2000
2002 →
All statistics correct as of 11 March 2023.

2001 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 9th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League.

The season consisted of twelve teams divided into two groups. The top four teams of each group would qualify for the knockouts where they would face each other in the quarterfinals. This was the first season that Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan formed[1][2][3] and fielded their women's teams with East Bengal clinching the final 1–0 against Mohun Bagan to lift their first-ever title.[4][5] Shanta Dhara scored the winning goal in the final.[6][7]

Teams[edit]

CWFL Participants
Group A Group B
Bidyut Sporting Bally Gramanchal
East Bengal Itika Memorial
Income Tax Jubak Sangha
Kasba Samannay Mohun Bagan
Nabajanma Sangha NPC Academy
Young Footballers Rampur Milan Sangha

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohun Bagan 5 5 0 0 21 0 +21 15 Advanced to Knockout stage
2 Jubak Sangha 5 3 1 1 9 2 +7 10
3 Bally Gramanchal 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
4 Itika Memorial 4 1 2 1 3 6 −3 5
5 NPC Academy 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4
6 Rampur Milan Sangha 5 0 0 5 0 19 −19 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2023. Source: indianfootball.de

Matches[edit]

12 February 2001 (2001-02-12) Mohun Bagan 6–0 Rampur Milan Sangha Kolkata
Stadium: SAI Complex
14 February 2001 (2001-02-14) Jubak Sangha 2–0 NPC Academy Kolkata
15 February 2001 (2001-02-15) Mohun Bagan 5–0 Itika Memorial Kolkata
16 February 2001 (2001-02-16) Jubak Sangha 5–0 Rampur Milan Sangha Kolkata
16 February 2001 (2001-02-16) Bally Gramanchal 4–0 NPC Academy Kolkata
20 February 2001 (2001-02-20) Itika Memorial 1–1 NPC Academy Kolkata
20 February 2001 (2001-02-20) Bally Gramanchal 3–0 Rampur Milan Sangha Kolkata
21 February 2001 (2001-02-21) Mohun Bagan 2–0 Jubak Sangha Kolkata
22 February 2001 (2001-02-22) Jubak Sangha 2–0 Bally Gramanchal Kolkata
22 February 2001 (2001-02-22) Itika Memorial 2–0 Rampur Milan Sangha Kolkata
23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) Mohun Bagan 3–0 NPC Academy Kolkata
26 February 2001 (2001-02-26) NPC Academy 3–0 Rampur Milan Sangha Kolkata
26 February 2001 (2001-02-26) Itika Memorial 0–0 Jubak Sangha Kolkata
27 February 2001 (2001-02-27) Mohun Bagan 5–0 Bally Gramanchal Kolkata

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Income Tax 5 4 1 0 30 0 +30 13 Advanced to Knockout stage
2 East Bengal 5 4 1 0 17 0 +17 13
3 Nabajanma Sangha 5 3 0 2 10 7 +3 9
4 Young Footballers 5 2 0 3 4 12 −8 6
5 Bidyut Sporting 5 1 0 4 5 20 −15 3
6 Kasba Samannay 5 0 0 5 0 27 −27 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2023. Source: indianfootball.de

Matches[edit]

13 February 2001 (2001-02-13) East Bengal 7–0 Bidyut Sporting Kolkata
13 February 2001 (2001-02-13) Nabajanma Sangha 6–0 Kasba Samannay Kolkata
14 February 2001 (2001-02-14) Income Tax 9–0 Young Footballers Kolkata
15 February 2001 (2001-02-15) Bidyut Sporting 5–0 Kasba Samannay Kolkata
19 February 2001 (2001-02-19) East Bengal 2–0 Young Footballers Kolkata
19 February 2001 (2001-02-19) Income Tax 5–0 Nabajanma Sangha Kolkata
21 February 2001 (2001-02-21) Income Tax 7–0 Kasba Samannay Kolkata
21 February 2001 (2001-02-21) Young Footballers 1–0 Bidyut Sporting Kolkata
22 February 2001 (2001-02-22) East Bengal 2–0 Nabajanma Sangha Kolkata
  • Shanta Dhara
  • Najda Tabasum
Report
23 February 2001 (2001-02-23) Income Tax 9–0 Bidyut Sporting Kolkata
24 February 2001 (2001-02-24) East Bengal 6–0 Kasba Samannay Kolkata
24 February 2001 (2001-02-24) Nabajanma Sangha 1–0 Young Footballers Kolkata
27 February 2001 (2001-02-27) Young Footballers 3–0 Kasba Samannay Kolkata
28 February 2001 (2001-02-28) Nabajanma Sangha 3–0 Bidyut Sporting Kolkata
1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) East Bengal 0–0 Income Tax Kolkata

Knockout stage[edit]

Qualified teams[edit]

The top four placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group A Group B
Mohun Bagan Income Tax
Jubak Sangha East Bengal
Bally Gramanchal Nabajanma Sangha
Itika Memorial Young Footballers

Bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 March 2001
 
 
Mohun Bagan2
 
8 March 2001
 
Young Footballers0
 
Mohun Bagan6
 
6 March 2001
 
Nabajanma Sangha0
 
Nabajanma Sangha2
 
16 March 2001
 
Jubak Sangha0
 
Mohun Bagan0
 
6 March 2001
 
East Bengal1
 
Income Tax3
 
9 March 2001
 
Itika Memorial0
 
Income Tax0
 
6 March 2001
 
East Bengal1
 
East Bengal4
 
 
Bally Gramanchal0
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Mohun Bagan 2–0 Young Footballers
Nabajanma Sangha 2–0 Jubak Sangha
Income Tax 3–0 Itika Memorial
East Bengal 4–0 Bally Gramanchal

Matches[edit]

1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–1 Mohun Bagan 2–0 Young Footballers Kolkata
  • Anjana Kumari ?'
  • Rinku Ghosh ?'
Report
1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–2 Nabajanma Sangha 2–0 Jubak Sangha Kolkata
  • Madhumita Das ?'
  • Swapna Ghosh ?'
Report
1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–3 Income Tax 3–0 Itika Memorial Kolkata
  • Pushpa Das ?'
  • Priyanka Kumari ?'
  • Sayanti Nandy ?'
Report
1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–4 East Bengal 4–0 Bally Gramanchal Kolkata
  • Sujata Kar ?', ?', ?'
  • Swapna Kumari ?'
Report

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Mohun Bagan 6–0 Nabajanma Sangha
Income Tax 0–1 East Bengal

Matches[edit]

8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) SF–1 Mohun Bagan 6–0 Nabajanma Sangha Kolkata
9 March 2001 (2001-03-09) SF–2 Income Tax 0–1 East Bengal Kolkata

Final[edit]

Summary[edit]

The 2001 Calcutta Women's Football League final was held at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium on 16 March 2001 between Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, in the very first season of their formation. This match would thus remain recorded as the first-ever women's Kolkata Derby between the two teams. East Bengal women's team clinched the match 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from forward Shanta Dhara in the twenty-third minute of the game as East Bengal held onto the lead and lifted their first-ever Calcutta Women's Football League title.[6][7][4][5][8][9][10]

Match[edit]

Mohun Bagan0–1East Bengal
Report Shanta Dhara 23'
Mohun Bagan
East Bengal
GK Ranjita Khan
RB Maria D'Rebello
CB Madhu Kumari
CB Dulali Ghosh
LB Jayanti Barua
CM Naushaba Alam downward-facing red arrow
CM Mausam Kumari downward-facing red arrow
RW Swati Kumari
LW Kalpana Sahoo
CF Anjana Kumari downward-facing red arrow
LF Rinku Ghosh
Substitutions:
CM Sanju Kumari upward-facing green arrow
CM Seema Dey upward-facing green arrow
FW Papia Ghosh upward-facing green arrow
GK Namita Bag
RB Prathama Priyadarshini
CB Nesha Kumari
CB Momo Gogoi
LB Nazda Tabassum
CM Rajani Alankar
CM Sharmila Sapui
RW Swapna Kumari
LW Sashi Kumari
FW Sujata Kar
FW Shanta Dhara
Substitutions:
Player of the Match:
Shanta Dhara (East Bengal)

Match rules

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