2021–22 Indian Women's League

Hero Indian Women's League
Season	2021–22
Dates	15 April – 26 May 2022
Champions	Gokulam Kerala; 2nd IWL title; 2nd Indian title
AFC Women's Club Championship	Gokulam Kerala
Matches played	66
Goals scored	300 (4.55 per match)
Best Player	Manisha Kalyan
Top goalscorer	Elshaddai Acheampong (20 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi
Highest scoring	Odisha Police 0–12 Gokulam Kerala
Longest winning run	Gokulam Kerala (11 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Gokulam Kerala (11 matches)
Longest winless run	Hans Women (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Hans Women (10 matches)
	← 2019–20 ; 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Indian Women's League (also known as Hero Indian Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Indian Women's League, the top division women's professional football league in India. The qualifying round was held from 1–5 April 2022 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.[1] The final round was scheduled to kick-off from mid-April in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and continue till the last week of May.[2] On 26 May, Gokulam Kerala successfully defended their title with a convincing win against Sethu in a title decider on the last matchday, and became the first club to do it.

Qualifier

Teams

ARA

Golazo

Guwahati City

Young Welfare

Locations of the Indian Women's League Qualifier teams


Club	City	State/Region
ARA	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Golazo	Hamirpur	Himachal Pradesh
Guwahati City	Guwahati	Assam
Young Welfare	Imphal	Manipur

Table

The following four teams from four states played each other once during April in the qualifying round at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ARA	3	3	0	0	27	3	+24	9	Main round
2	Young Welfare	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Guwahati City	3	0	1	2	0	14	−14	1
4	Golazo	3	0	1	2	0	15	−15	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

Matches

1 April 2022	Guwahati City	0–12	ARA	New Delhi, Delhi
08:00 IST		Report	Shreya Oza 9', 16', 20' Anju 54', 74', 90+1' Madhubala Alawe 60', 80', 86' Kiran 14', 53' Poonam 48'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

1 April 2022	Golazo	0–4	Young Welfare	New Delhi, Delhi
11:00 IST		Report	Salam Rinaroy Devi 34', 38' Toijam Thoibisana Chanu 53', 62'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

3 April 2022	ARA	11–0	Golazo	New Delhi, Delhi
08:00 IST	Kiran 16', 20', 77' Shreya Oza 82', 90', 90+1' Manisha 29', 38' Poonam 6', 64' Madhubala Alawe 6'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

3 April 2022	Young Welfare	2–0	Guwahati City	New Delhi, Delhi
11:00 IST	Salam Rinaroy Devi 1' Toijam Thoibisana Chanu 63'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

5 April 2022	Guwahati City	0–0	Golazo	New Delhi, Delhi
08:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

5 April 2022	ARA	4–3	Young Welfare	New Delhi, Delhi
11:00 IST	Shreya Oza 6', 19' Anju 68' Kiran 87'	Report	Salam Rinaroy Devi 27' Hoineihat 53' Remi Thokchom 77'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

Teams

ARA

Hans Women

Gokulam Kerala

Kickstart

PIFA Sports

Mata Rukmani
Girls

Sethu

Sirvodem

SSB

Bhubaneswar

Teams from Bhubaneshwar:
Indian Arrows
Odisha Police
Sports Odisha

Locations of the Indian Women's League teams

Stadiums and locations

The matches were played at three venues located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha; Kalinga Stadium, O.S.A.P 7th Battalion Ground and Capital High School Ground.

Club	City	State/Region
ARA	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode	Kerala
Hans Women	New Delhi	Delhi
Indian Arrows	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
Kickstart	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Mata Rukmani Girls	Bastar	Chhattisgarh
Odisha Police	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Sethu	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
Sirvodem	Navelim	Goa
Sports Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
SSB	Siliguri	West Bengal

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ARA	Prit Bhatt	Anju
Gokulam Kerala	Anthony Andrews	Aditi Chauhan	SEGA	Federal Bank
Hans Women	Arun Mishra	Jyoti Ann Burrett		Kica Active
Indian Arrows	Suren Kumar Chettri	Martina Thokchom	SIX5SIX
Kickstart	Amrutha Aravind Valliyath	Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi		Haier
Mata Rukmani Girls	Sandeep Singh	Laxmi Mandavi		Goel TMT
Odisha Police	Sradhanjali Samantaray	Sumitra Xalxo	VEGA	Odisha Tourism
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	Nirvan Shah	Karen Pais		Häfele Group
Sethu	Crispin Chettri	Sandhiya Ranganathan	SIX5SIX	COSCO
Sirvodem	Chitra Gangadharan	Ancella Barretto		Fabiana's – Sports & Hospitality
Sports Odisha	Gitanjali Khuntia	Manisa Panna	VEGA	Odisha Tourism
SSB	Juliet Miranda	Dular Marandi		BS

Foreign players

AIFF allowed maximum of two foreign players per team but only one can be part of starting 11. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign player as they are part of AIFF's developmental program.

Club	Player 1	Player 2
ARA	—	—
Gokulam Kerala	Win Theingi Tun	Elshaddai Acheampong
Hans Women	—	—
Kickstart	—	—
Mata Rukmani Girls	—	—
Odisha Police	—	—
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	—	—
Sethu	Elizabeth Kioko Katungwa	—
Sirvodem	Ernestina Tetteh	—
Sports Odisha	—	—
SSB	—	—

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	11	11	0	0	66	4	+62	33	Champion and qualification for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League season and 2022 AFC Women's Club Championship
2	Sethu	11	10	0	1	42	6	+36	30	Qualification for the 2022–23 Indian Women's League season
3	Kickstart	11	9	0	2	33	8	+25	27
4	Sports Odisha	11	6	2	3	34	16	+18	20
5	Indian Arrows	11	6	1	4	25	9	+16	19
6	SSB	11	5	1	5	29	22	+7	16
7	PIFA Sports (Colaba)	11	4	2	5	17	25	−8	14
8	ARA	11	4	1	6	18	26	−8	13
9	Sirvodem	11	3	1	7	13	36	−23	10
10	Odisha Police	11	2	0	9	9	38	−29	6
11	Mata Rukmani Girls	11	1	0	10	7	60	−53	3[lower-alpha 1]
12	Hans Women	11	1	0	10	7	50	−43	3[lower-alpha 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
Notes:

Head-to-Head points: Mata Rukmani Girls 3, Hans Women 0

Fixture and results

All matches were played at neutral venues. The "home" and "away" are designated to identify Team 1 and Team 2 respectively.

Home \ Away	GOK	SET	KIC	SPO	INA	SSB	PIS	ARA	SIR	ODP	MRG	HAW
Gokulam Kerala	—	–	–	7–1	2–1	2–0	6–1	–	4–0	–	8–0	–
Sethu	1–3	—	2–1	4–0	–	6–0	–	3–0	–	–	6–1	–
Kickstart	0–5	–	—	1–0	–	–	–	3–0	–	2–0	–	–
Sports Odisha	–	–	–	—	0–0	–	–	–	9–1	4–1	–	6–0
Indian Arrows	–	0–3	0–1	–	—	–	1–2	–	4–0	–	8–0	2–0
SSB	–	–	0–1	1–1	0–2	—	–	–	–	5–2	7–1	6–2
PIFA Sports	–	1–4	1–3	0–3	–	1–6	—	–	0–0	1–0	–	–
ARA	0–8	–	–	1–3	1–3	2–3	1–1	—	3–1	–	–	–
Sirvodem	–	0–5	0–7	–	–	2–1	–	–	—	–	4–1	–
Odisha Police	0–12	0–3	–	–	0–4	–	–	1–3	2–1	—	–	2–3
Mata Rukmani Girls	–	–	0–10	0–7	–	–	1–3	0–4	–	0–1	—	3–2
Hans Women	0–9	0–5	0–4	–	–	–	0–6	0–3	0–4	–	–	—

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2022. Source: AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Round
ARA	7	9	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8
Gokulam Kerala	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hans Women	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Indian Arrows	4	4	6	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	5
Kickstart	5	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Mata Rukmani Girls	11	10	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11
Odisha Police	12	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	8	6	5	7	8	7	8	8	7	6	7
Sethu	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sirvodem	10	12	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9
Sports Odisha	6	5	7	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4
SSB	3	7	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	7	6

	Championship position

Source: AIFF

Results by match

The table lists the results of teams after each match.

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
ARA	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W
Gokulam Kerala	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Hans Women	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Indian Arrows	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L
Kickstart	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Mata Rukmani Girls	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Odisha Police	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L
Sethu	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Sirvodem	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L
Sports Odisha	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W
SSB	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W

Source: AIFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	20
2	Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala	14
3	Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	12
4	Apurna Narzary	Indian Arrows	9
	Naorem Priyangka Devi	Indian Arrows
	Dular Marandi	SSB
7	Renu Rani	Sethu FC	8
Source: The AIFF

Most clean sheets

Note: Only the top 5 goalkeepers with most clean sheets have been listed below.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi	Kickstart	8
2	Aditi Chauhan	Gokulam Kerala	7
3	Devi D	Sethu	7
4	Adrija Sarkhel	Indian Arrows	6
5	Sasmita Parida	Sports Odisha	4

Awards

Match awards

Note: Player of the match awarded only for the matches played in the regular season, and not in the qualifier.

Match	Player of the Match		Match	Player of the Match		Match	Player of the Match
Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club	Match	Player	Club
Match 1	Irom Prameshwori Devi	Kickstart	Match 23	Dular Marandi	SSB	Match 45	Naorem Priyangka Devi	Indian Arrows
Match 2	Dular Marandi	SSB	Match 24	Karishma Shirvoikar	Gokulam Kerala	Match 46	Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala
Match 3	Naorem Priyangka Devi	Indian Arrows	Match 25	Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	Match 47	Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha
Match 4	Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala	Match 26	Apurna Narzary	Indian Arrows	Match 48	Sanfida Nongrum	Sirvodem
Match 5	Sanju Yadav	Sethu	Match 27	Subhadra Sahoo	Sports Odisha	Match 49	Soumya Guguloth	Gokulam Kerala
Match 6	Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	Match 28	Rajeswari Das	Odisha Police	Match 50	Santosh	Indian Arrows
Match 7	Nisilia Majaw	PIFA Sports	Match 29	Manisha	ARA	Match 51	Anju Tamang	Sethu
Match 8	Sasmita Parida	Sports Odisha	Match 30	Renu Rani	Sethu	Match 52	Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu	Kickstart
Match 9	Manju	SSB	Match 31	Durga A	Sethu	Match 53	Supriya Routray	Sports Odisha
Match 10	Asem Roja Devi	Kickstart	Match 32	Karen Pais	PIFA Sports	Match 54	Karen Pais	PIFA Sports
Match 11	Jasmani Samad	Odisha Police	Match 33	Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	Match 55	Dular Marandi	SSB
Match 12	Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	Match 34	Sarojini Tirkey	Odisha Police	Match 56	Yumlembam Pakpi Devi	Kickstart
Match 13	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	Gokulam Kerala	Match 35	Sunita Munda	Indian Arrows	Match 57	Iawanlang Nongbet	PIFA Sports
Match 14	Afshan Ashiq	Sirvodem	Match 36	Ngangbam Sweety Devi	Kickstart	Match 58	Soumya Guguloth	Gokulam Kerala
Match 15	Asem Roja Devi	Kickstart	Match 37	Kiran	ARA	Match 59	Devneta Roy	Sethu
Match 16	Naorem Sumila Chanu	SSB	Match 38	Anju Tamang	Sethu	Match 60	Jyoti	Sirvodem
Match 17	Kiran	ARA	Match 39	Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	Match 61	Jyoti Ann Burrett	Hans Women
Match 18	Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	Match 40	Asem Roja Devi	Kickstart	Match 62	Huidrom Ranjita Devi	SSB
Match 19	Apurna Narzary	Indian Arrows	Match 41	Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	Match 63	Kiran	ARA
Match 20	Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	Match 42	Arpita Yeshwant Pednekar	Sirvodem	Match 64	Deepa Nayak	Sports Odisha
Match 21	Reet Kashyap	Mata Rukmani Girls	Match 43	Anju Tamang	Sethu	Match 65	Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi	Kickstart
Match 22	Elizabeth Kioko Katungwa	Sethu	Match 44	Manisha	ARA	Match 66	Grace Dangmei	Gokulam Kerala
Source: The AIFF

Season awards

Award	Winner
Hero of the League	Manisha Kalyan (Gokulam Kerala)
Top Goalscorer	Elshaddai Acheampong (Gokulam Kerala)
Best Goalkeeper	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (Kickstart)
Best Defender	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Gokulam Kerala)
Emerging Player of the League	Naorem Priyangka Devi (Indian Arrows)

References

"Calendar: HERO IWL 2021-22". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
"Football: Indian Women's League 2022 to be held from April with new format, junior side". ESPN. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

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[table_hth_MRG0.553250527267-3] Head-to-Head points: Mata Rukmani Girls 3, Hans Women 0

[AIFF-1] "Calendar: HERO IWL 2021-22". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

[2] "Football: Indian Women's League 2022 to be held from April with new format, junior side". ESPN. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

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