Manipur Women's League Explained

Country:	India
Teams:	8
Promotion:	Indian Women's League 2
Levels:	3
Champions:	Manipur Police (4th title)
Most Successful Club:	Eastern Sporting Union (5 titles)

The Manipur Women's League, also the AMFA Senior Women's Football League,^{[1] [2]} is the top division of women's football league in the Indian state of Manipur. It is also known as the A. Shanta Meetei Memorial Senior Women's Football League (earlier the BM Singh Trophy.^[3] The League is organised by the All Manipur Football Association (AMFA), the official football governing body of the state.

Venue

The matches are held at various stadiums inc Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Artificial turf, Khurai Lamlong at Imphal.^[4]

Clubs

2023–24 season

The teams participating in the 2023–24 season:

!No.!Team!Location

1	The Young Welfare Club	Langthabal, Imphal West
2	KRYPHSA	Naoremthong, Imphal
3	Eastern Sporting Union	Wangkhei, Imphal East
4	Manipur Police	Police HQ, Imphal
5	ICSA	Irengbam, Bishnupur
6	Youth Welfare Club	Thambalkhong, Imphal East
7	FC Imphal	Kwakeithel Mayaikoibi, Imphal West
8	Women Football Academy (WFA)	Kakching

Champions

Note: The first Manipur women's championship was held in 1976 with Eastern Sporting Union being the winners and TRAU being the runners-up.^[5]

Edition	Season	Champion	Ref
1st	No data
2nd
3rd	2012		^[6]
4th	2013		^[7]
5th	2014		^[8]
6th	2015		^[9]
7th	2016		^[10]
8th	2017		^[11]
9th	2018
10th	2019		^[12]
11th	2021		^[13]
12th	2021–22	Young Welfare Club
13th	2022–23
14th	2023–24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manipur Women’s League . The Away End . 31 May 2022 .
2. Web site: 10th AMFA Sr Women's Football League from Oct 10 . E-Pao . 8 October 2019 .
3. Web site: AMFA postpones Senior Women's Football . Imphal Free Press . 1 September 2022 .
4. Web site: 12th AMFA Sr Women's Football League 2021-22 : YWC seal narrow 1-0 win to close gap on leaders KRYPHSA . E-Pao . 29 January 2022 .
5. Web site: List of Women's Football champions. rsssf.com.
6. Web site: Police eves win BM Singh Trophy . E-Pao . 9 October 2011 .
7. Web site: 4th AMFA Senior women's Football League . E-Pao . 12 February 2013 .
8. Web site: BM Singh Trophy . E-Pao . 13 December 2013 .
9. Web site: MPSC lift BM Singh trophy . E-Pao . 13 April 2015 .
10. Web site: 7th AMFA Senior Women's Football League . E-Pao . 9 December 2015 .
11. Web site: Eastern Sporting Union emerge champion; BM Singh Trophy 2017 . Pothasang . 2 March 2017 .
12. Web site: KRYPHSA Football Club Qualifies from Manipur for Next Season's Indian Women's League . News18 . 18 November 2019 .
13. Web site: ESU emerge champions of AMFA Sr Women's Football League . The Sangai Express . 28 March 2021 .