2017–18 Indian Women's League
| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Rising Students Club 1st title |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 225 (4.09 per match) |
| Best Player | Irom Prameshwori Devi |
| Top goalscorer | Bala Devi (KRYPHSA) (12 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Elangbam Panthoi Chanu |
| Highest scoring | Indira Gandhi AS&E 1-10 KRYPHSA |
← 2016–17 2018–19 → | |
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
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
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Team locations
| Group A | State/UT | Group B | State/UT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sethu | Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Chandney Sporting Club | West Bengal |
| Indira Gandhi AS&E | Pondicherry | United Warriors SC | Phagwara, Punjab |
| Capital Complex | Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh | Hans Women | Delhi |
| Baroda Football Academy | Vadodara, Gujarat | India Rush Soccer | Maharashtra |
| Rising Students Club | Cuttack, Odisha | KRYPHSA | Manipur |
| J&K State Sports Council | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | Eastern Sporting Union | Manipur |
| SAI Women |
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,[3] India Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round.
Personnel
| Team | Head coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Sporting Union | India Oinam Bembem Devi | India Irom Prameshwori Devi |
| Gokulam Kerala | India Priya P. V. | India Anita Rawat |
| Indira Gandhi AS&E | India Amrutha Arvind | |
| KRYPHSA | India Langam Chaoba Devi | India Bala Devi |
| Rising Students Club | India Sukla Dutta | India Suprava Samal |
| Rush Soccer | Canada Claude Bolton | |
| Sethu | India Kalpana Dass | India Indumathi Kathiresan |
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Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Sporting Union | — | — | — |
| Gokulam Kerala | Uganda Fazila Ikwaput[4] | Uganda Ritah Nabbosa[4] | — |
| Indira Gandhi AS&E | — | — | — |
| KRYPHSA | — | — | — |
| Rising Students Club | — | — | — |
| Rush Soccer | — | — | — |
| Sethu | England Tanvie Hans[5] | Bangladesh Sabina Khatun[6] | Bangladesh Krishna Rani Sarkar[6] |
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]
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KRYPHSA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 14 | Semi Final |
| 2 | Eastern Sporting Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | |
| 3 | Sethu | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | |
| 4 | Rising Students Club | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | |
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | Indira Gandhi AS&E | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 3 | |
| 7 | Rush Soccer | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Knock-out Stage
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals | |||
| KRYPHSA | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) |
Rising Students Club | |
| Eastern Sporting Union | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Sethu | |
| Final | |||
| Rising Students Club | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) |
Eastern Sporting Union | |
Season awards
Hero Indian Women's League 2017–18 awards were given on April 14.[2]
| Award | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 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) |
References
- ↑ "IWL - INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE 2017-18 QUALIFIERS FIXTURES ANNOUNCED". 6 November 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "RISING STUDENT CLUB CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF HERO IWL". 14 April 2018.
- ↑ "For the Indira Gandhi Academy team, the experience of the Indian Women's League is a hard-earned one". scroll.in. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "We have secured the services of Ugandan national team players, Fazila Ikwaput and Ritah Nabbosa, for the upcoming HeroIWL". Gokulam Kerala (twitter). 21 March 2018.
- ↑ "Im excited! Playing for SethuFC as a foreign player". Tanvie Hans (twitter). 25 March 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Krishna, Sabina to fly for India today". thedailystar.net. 25 March 2018.
- ↑ "INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE TO KICK-OFF ON MARCH 25". Aiff.com. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
