2017–18 Indian Women's League Explained

Competition:Indian Women's League
Season:2017–18
Winners:Rising Students
1st IWL title
1st Indian title
Matches:55
Total Goals:225
Best Player:Irom Prameshwori Devi
League Topscorer:Bala Devi
(KRYPHSA F.C.)
(12 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:Elangbam Panthoi Chanu
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19
Updated:14 April 2018

The 2017–18 Indian Women's League was the second season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The qualifiers for the league will start from 25 November 2017.[1] Rising Student's Club won the 2017–18 Indian Women's League.[2]

Preliminary round

See main article: 2017–18 Indian Women's League preliminary round.

The preliminary round was scheduled to be held from 25 November 2017 to 8 December 2017 at Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur. Thirteen teams entered the preliminary round. Teams were split into two groups and the top-ranked team from each group qualified for the final round.

Teams

Team locations

Group AState/UTGroup BState/UT
Sethu FCMadurai, Tamil NaduChandney Sporting ClubWest Bengal
Indira Gandhi AS&E[3] PondicherryUnited Warriors Sporting ClubPhagwara, Punjab
Capital Complex Sporting ClubNaharlagun, Arunachal PradeshHans Women’s Football ClubDelhi
Baroda Football AcademyVadodara, GujaratIndia Rush SoccerMaharashtra
Rising Student's ClubCuttack, OdishaKRYPHSAManipur
J&K State Sports CouncilSrinagar, Jammu and KashmirEastern Sporting UnionManipur
SAI Women Football Team
Rising Student's Club and Eastern Sporting Union qualified for final round by topping Group A and Group B respectively. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League, four more teams from qualification round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, India Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round.

Personnel

TeamHead coachCaptain
Eastern Sporting Union Oinam Bembem Devi Irom Prameshwori Devi
Gokulam Kerala Priya P. V. Anita Rawat
Indira Gandhi AS&E Amrutha Arvind
KRYPHSA Langam Chaoba Devi Bala Devi
Rising Students Club Sukla Dutta Suprava Samal
Rush Soccer Claude Bolton
Sethu Kalpana Dass Indumathi Kathiresan

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
Eastern Sporting Union
Fazila Ikwaput[4] Ritah Nabbosa
KRYPHSA
Rising Student's Club
Rush Soccer
Sethu FC Tanvie Hans[5] Sabina Khatun[6] Krishna Rani Sarkar

Final round

See main article: 2017–18 Indian Women's League final round. Final round will be played among seven teams who face each other once with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team will be joined by Six teams from preliminary round.[7]

Knock-out Stage

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Season awards

Hero Indian Women's League 2017–18 awards were given on April 14.[2]

AwardRecipient
Top Scorer Bala Devi (KRYPHSA)
Best Goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu (Eastern Sporting Union)
Most Valuable Player Prameshwori Devi (Eastern Sporting Union)
Emerging Player Grace Dangmei (KRYPHSA)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IWL - INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE 2017-18 QUALIFIERS FIXTURES ANNOUNCED. 6 November 2017.
  2. Web site: RISING STUDENT CLUB CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF HERO IWL. 14 April 2018.
  3. News: For the Indira Gandhi Academy team, the experience of the Indian Women’s League is a hard-earned one. 25 March 2018. scroll.in. 25 March 2018.
  4. Web site: We have secured the services of Ugandan national team players, Fazila Ikwaput and Ritah Nabbosa, for the upcoming HeroIWL. 21 March 2018. Gokulam Kerala (twitter).
  5. Web site: Im excited! Playing for SethuFC as a foreign player. 25 March 2018. Tanvie Hans (twitter).
  6. Web site: Krishna, Sabina to fly for India today. 25 March 2018. thedailystar.net.
  7. Web site: INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE TO KICK-OFF ON MARCH 25. Aiff.com. 6 March 2018. 6 March 2018.