| Competition: | Indian Women's League 2 |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Dates: | 22 March 2024 – 28 May 2024 |
| Winners: | Sreebhumi |
| Promoted: | Sreebhumi Nita FA |
| Matches: | 45 |
| Total Goals: | 192 |
| League Topscorer: | Shruti Kumari (10 goals) |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
| Updated: | 28 May 2024 |
The 2023–24 Indian Women's League 2 was the first season of the Indian Women's League 2, the second tier women's football league in India.[1] [2] [3]
The season will constitute of 24 clubs as nominated by the Member State Associations. The Group stage will consist of the clubs which will be divided into six groups of four each. Each club will play their opponents in their respective group once in a round-robin format, with the winners of every group proceeding to the Final Round. The Group Stages will be played across multiple venues. The Final Round will constitute of a single-leg round-robin format, with the top two teams gaining promotion to the Indian Women's League. The Final Round matches will be held at a centralised venue.[4]
With the withdrawals of 9 clubs, the Group stage was left with 15 clubs and were split into three groups of five each. Each club will play their opponents in their respective group once in a round-robin format, with the top two teams of every group proceeding to the Final Round. The Final Round will constitute of a single-leg round-robin format, with the top two teams gaining promotion to the Indian Women's League.[5]
The teams qualifying from the 2023–24 Indian State Leagues from the various state leagues will join the remaining 2022–23 Indian Women's League clubs for the inaugural IWL Second Division season.[6]
In February 2024, AIFF announced the eligibility for nomination of clubs in the IWL 2, with the Member Associations required to conduct a league with at least six teams with a minimum of 10 matches per team.[7] The League Committee reviewed the nominations filed by the various State FAs and recommended the finalisation of the teams after cut-off date.[8]
The list of the participants for IWL 2, finalised after 5 February 2024, which is the last date of nomination for the IWL 2 teams with the draw held on 4 March 2024.[9] 9 teams withdrew citing financial demands of AIFF such as registration fee and high club overhead costs and inability to assemble sufficient number of players with the second division running parallelly with IWL.[10] The 6 teams qualifying from last year's IWL withdrew along with this years' qualifying teams from the states, Manipur Police, Kerala United and Parikrma FC. The remaining teams were joined by additional teams nominated by the states to form the 15 teams for the season.
| Club | State/Region | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–23 Indian Women's League | |||
| Mumbai Knights FC | Maharashtra | Group stage | |
| Celtic Queens FC | Puducherry | Group stage | |
| 2023–24 Indian Women's State leagues | |||
| Pudhuvai Unicorns | Puducherry | 2023–24 Pondicherry Women's League champions | |
| FC Tuem | Goa | 2023–24 Goa Women's League champions | |
| Sreebhumi FC | West Bengal | 2023–24 Calcutta Women's Football League champions | |
| Garhwal United FC | Delhi | 2023–24 FD Women's League champions | |
| MGM Ambush | Chhattisgarh | 2023–24 Chhattisgarh State Women's Football League champions | |
| Pune Krida Prabodhini | Maharashtra | 2023–24 WIFA Women's Football League runner-up | |
| Nita FA | Odisha | 2023–24 Odisha Women's League champions | |
| City Bahadurgarh FC | Haryana | 2023–24 Haryana Women's League champions | |
| SAI FC Kokrajhar | Assam | 2023–24 Assam Women's League semifinalists | |
| Others | |||
| SAG FA | Gujarat | Nominated | |
| AIPL FC | Bihar | Nominated | |
| Casa Barwani SC | Madhya Pradesh | Nominated | |
| Khad FC | Himachal Pradesh | Nominated | |
| Group A | Kokrajhar | SAI STC Stadium | 10,000 | |
| Group B | Dum Dum | Amal Dutta Krirangan | 6,000 | |
| Group C | Mapusa | Duler Football Stadium | 10,000 |
| Club | City | State/Region | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIPL FC | Patna | Bihar | |
| Casa Barwani SC | Barwani | Madhya Pradesh | |
| Celtic Queens FC | Pondicherry | Puducherry | |
| City Bahadurgarh FC | Bahadurgarh | Haryana | |
| FC Tuem | Pernem | Goa | |
| Garhwal United FC | Delhi | Delhi | |
| Khad FC | Una | Himachal Pradesh | |
| Pune Krida Prabodhini | Pune | Maharastra | |
| MGM Ambush | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | |
| Mumbai Knights FC | Mumbai | Maharastra | |
| Nita FA | Cuttack | Odisha | |
| Pudhuvai Unicorns | Pondicherry | Puducherry | |
| SAI FC Kokrajhar | Kokrajhar | Assam | |
| SAG FA | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | |
| Sreebhumi FC | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| scope=col | Team | scope=col | Head coach | scope=col | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIPL |  Arijit Sarkar | Salina Kumari | |||
| Casa Barwani | Shahrukh Qureshi | Krishna Bhati | |||
| Celtic Queens | Vivek K S | Sujata Rai | |||
| City Bahadurgarh | Sudharshan Singh | Preety | |||
| Garhwal United | Akshay Unni | Thokchom Devajani Devi | |||
| Khad | Renu Bala | Shital Sahani | |||
| MGM Ambush | Mukesh Shrivastav | Nandini Nirmalkar | |||
| Mumbai Knights | Preetam Mahadik | Valencia Lourdina D'Mello | |||
| Nita FA | Pratima Biswas | Pipili Mohanty | |||
| Pudhuvai Unicorns | Dinesh Kumar | Shanmugapriya Sasikumar | |||
| Pune Krida Prabodhini | Dhiraj Mishra | Rani Kadam | |||
| SAI Kokrajhar | Pradip Kumar Brahma | Kabita Wary | |||
| SAG FA | Kalpana Dass | Shilpa Thakor | |||
| Sreebhumi | Sujata Kar | Mousumi Murmu | |||
| Tuem | Kulsum Bi Shaikh | Laura Estibeiro |