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Football league season
Indian Women's League
Season2017–18
ChampionsRising Students Club
1st title
Matches played55
Goals scored225 (4.09 per match)
Best PlayerIrom Prameshwori Devi
Top goalscorerBala Devi (KRYPHSA)
(12 goals)
Best goalkeeperElangbam Panthoi Chanu
Highest scoringIndira Gandhi AS&E 1-10 KRYPHSA
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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 started from 25 November 2017. Rising Student's Club won the 2017–18 Indian Women's League.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2017–18 Indian Women's League 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 teamsJ&K State Sports CouncilJ&K State Sports CouncilChandney Sporting ClubChandney Sporting ClubUnited Warriors SCUnited Warriors SCImphalImphalIndira Gandhi AS&EIndira Gandhi AS&EBaroda Football AcademyBaroda Football AcademyIndia Rush SoccerIndia Rush Soccer Sethu FCSethu FCCapital Complex SCCapital Complex SCHans Women’s FCHans Women’s FCRising Student's ClubRising Student's ClubGokulam Kerala FC (Women's)Gokulam Kerala FC (Women's)Imphal teams Eastern Sporting Union KRYPHSAImphal teams
Eastern Sporting Union
KRYPHSA
class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017–18 Indian Women's League teams


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, 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

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Eastern Sporting Union — — —
Gokulam Kerala Uganda Fazila Ikwaput Uganda Ritah Nabbosa —
Indira Gandhi AS&E — — —
KRYPHSA — — —
Rising Students Club — — —
Rush Soccer — — —
Sethu England Tanvie Hans Bangladesh Sabina Khatun Bangladesh Krishna Rani Sarkar

Final round

Main article: 2017–18 Indian Women's League 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.

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
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 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.

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

  1. "IWL - INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE 2017-18 QUALIFIERS FIXTURES ANNOUNCED". 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ "RISING STUDENT CLUB CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF HERO IWL". 14 April 2018.
  3. "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. ^ "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.
  5. "Im excited! Playing for SethuFC as a foreign player". Tanvie Hans (twitter). 25 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Krishna, Sabina to fly for India today". thedailystar.net. 25 March 2018.
  7. "INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE TO KICK-OFF ON MARCH 25". Aiff.com. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

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