2017–18 Indian Women's League

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]

Indian Women's League
Season2017–18
ChampionsRising Students
1st IWL title
1st Indian title
Matches played55
Goals scored225 (4.09 per match)
Best PlayerIrom Prameshwori Devi
Top goalscorerBala Devi
(KRYPHSA F.C. )
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperElangbam Panthoi Chanu
Highest scoringIndira Gandhi AS&E 1-10 KRYPHSA F.C.
All statistics correct as of 14 April 2018.

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

Locations of the 2017–18 Indian Women's League teams
J&K State Sports Council
J&K State Sports Council
Chandney Sporting Club
Chandney Sporting Club
United Warriors SC
United Warriors SC
Imphal
Imphal
Baroda Football Academy
Baroda Football Academy
India Rush Soccer
India Rush Soccer
Capital Complex SC
Capital Complex SC
Hans Women’s FC
Hans Women’s FC
Locations of the 2017–18 Indian Women's League teams

Team locations

Group A State/UT Group B State/UT
Sethu FC Madurai, Tamil Nadu Chandney Sporting Club West Bengal
Indira Gandhi AS&E
(formerly Jeppiaar Institute FC)[3]
Pondicherry United Warriors Sporting Club Phagwara, Punjab
Capital Complex Sporting Club Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh Hans Women’s Football Club Delhi
Baroda Football Academy Vadodara, Gujarat India Rush Soccer Maharashtra
Rising Student's Club Cuttack, Odisha KRYPHSA Manipur
J&K State Sports Council Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Eastern Sporting Union Manipur
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.

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Eastern Sporting Union
Gokulam Kerala FC Uganda Fazila Ikwaput[4] Uganda Ritah Nabbosa[4]
Indira Gandhi AS&E
KRYPHSA
Rising Student's Club
Rush Soccer
Sethu FC 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 FC 6 4 1 1 11 9 +2 13
4 Rising Student's 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
Source: AIFF
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 Student's Club
Eastern Sporting Union 2–0 (a.e.t.) Sethu FC
Final
Rising Student's 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 ScorerBala Devi (KRYPHSA F.C.)
Best GoalkeeperPanthoi Chanu (Eastern Sporting Union)
Most Valuable PlayerIrom Prameshwori Devi (Eastern Sporting Union)
Emerging PlayerGrace Dangmei (KRYPHSA F.C.)

References

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