2020–21 Odisha Women's League
The 2020–21 Odisha Women's League is the 8th edition of the Odisha Women's League, the top Odia professional football league, since its establishment in 2011.[1] East Coast Railway are the defending champions. The league is organised by the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of Odisha, in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services (DSYS) of the Government of Odisha.[2][3]
Season | 2020–21 |
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Dates | 28 February - 27 March |
Champions | Rising Students Club (3rd title) |
Indian Women's League | Not held |
Matches played | 30 |
Goals scored | 112 (3.73 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Deepa Nayak (SAI-STC) (13 goals) |
Highest scoring | Odisha Sports Hostel 6–4 SAI-STC (15 March 2021) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 27 March 2021. |
On 27 February 2021, during the press meet and jersey launch ceremony for the 2020–21 season, the league was rechristened as Odisha Women's League. The ceremony took place in the presence of Principal Secretary of Department of Sports and Youth Services, Vishal Kumar Dev, and the Honorary Secretary of the Football Association of Odisha (FAO), Avijit Paul, at the Kalinga Stadium.[4] On 28 February 2021, R. Vineel Krishna, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, and Director of Department of Sports and Youth Services graced the opening ceremony of the season as the chief guest.[5]
Teams
Personnel
Team | Head coach | Captain |
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East Coast Railway | Biswajit Padhiary | Manisa Panna |
Odisha Government Press | Sirajuddin Khan | Sasmita Parida |
Odisha Police | Gayatri Mallick | Manisha Tirkey |
Odisha Sports Hostel | Mamata Kumari Samanta | Bannya Kabiraj |
Rising Students Club | Shaik Manzoor | Satyabati Khadia |
SAI-STC | Abarna Selvaraj | Eva Panna |
Squads
East Coast Railway | Odisha Government Press | Odisha Police | Odisha Sports Hostel | Rising Students Club | SAI-STC Cuttack |
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Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Rising Students Club (C) | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 27 | Qualification for the 2020–21 Indian Women's League |
2 | East Coast Railway | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 27 | |
3 | Odisha Sports Hostel | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 16 | |
4 | SAI-STC | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 11 | |
5 | Odisha Police | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 4 | |
6 | Odisha Government Press | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 32 | −26 | 3 |
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
(C) Champions
Statistics
Scoring
- As of 27 March 2021
Top scorers
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Hat-tricks
Own-goals
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References
- "FAO Women's Football League". Orisports. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- "FAO Women's Football League". Orisports. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- "Odisha Women League 2020-21". Orisports. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- @sports_odisha (27 February 2021). "Odisha Sports" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "OWL: Odisha Sports Hostel make flying start". Orisports. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.