2001 Calcutta Women's Football League Explained
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
CWFL Participants!Group A !! Group B | Bidyut Sporting | Bally Gramanchal |
| Itika Memorial |
| Income Tax | Jubak Sangha |
| Kasba Samannay | Mohun Bagan |
| Nabajanma Sangha | NPC Academy |
| Young Footballers | Rampur Milan Sangha |
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Group stage
Group A
Matches
Group B
Matches
Knockout stage
Qualified teams
The top four placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group A | Group B |
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| Income Tax |
| Jubak Sangha | East Bengal |
| Bally Gramanchal | Nabajanma Sangha |
| Itika Memorial | Young Footballers | |
Bracket
Quarter-finals
!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 |
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Matches
Semi-finals
Matches
Final
Summary
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
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| GK | | Ranjita Khan | | RB | | Maria D'Rebello | | CB | | Madhu Kumari | | CB | | Dulali Ghosh | | LB | | Jayanti Barua | | CM | | Naushaba Alam | | | | CM | | Mausam Kumari | | | | RW | | Swati Kumari | | LW | | Kalpana Sahoo | | CF | | Anjana Kumari | | | | LF | | Rinku Ghosh | | Substitutions: | | CM | | Sanju Kumari | | | CM | | Seema Dey | | | FW | | Papia Ghosh | | |
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| 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: | | |
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Player of the Match:
Shanta Dhara (East Bengal) | Match rules- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
- Golden goal ends game.
- Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
- Maximum of three substitutions allowed.
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Notes and References
- Web site: 11 December 2000. News for the month of December, 2000. indianfootball.de. 31 March 2023. 9 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809011610/http://indianfootball.de/news/m200012.html. dead.
- Web site: 7 May 2000. News for the month of May, 2000. indianfootball.de. 31 March 2023. 8 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160808222024/http://indianfootball.de/news/m200005.html. dead.
- Web site: A different ball game. 20 January 2012. livemint.com. 31 March 2023.
- Web site: List of Champions of the Calcutta Women's Football League. IndianFootball.de. 30 December 2019. 2 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191202055102/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/cwl.html. live.
- Web site: India - List of Women Champions. rsssf. 30 December 2019. 5 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100205054139/http://rsssf.com/tablesi/india-womchamp.html. live.
- Web site: Sujata. Sarkar. 3 August 2017. Women’s Day: Former India woman footballer Shanta Dhara sells fish for a living. My Khel. 11 March 2023.
- Web site: 13 July 2017. Indian woman footballer forced to work in fish market gets Govt. job. The Times of India. 11 March 2023.
- Web site: 12 February 2001. News for the month of February, 2001. indianfootball.de. 31 March 2023. 9 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809011541/http://indianfootball.de/news/m200102.html. dead.
- Web site: 16 March 2001. News for the month of March, 2001. indianfootball.de. 11 March 2023. 25 February 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020225054258/http://indianfootball.de/news/m200103.html. dead.
- Web site: After several years, East Bengal forms women's team; Mohun Bagan 'not enthusiastic' enough. 25 October 2019. thebridge.in. The Bridge. 31 March 2023.
