2018–19 Indian Women's League

The 2018–19 Indian Women's League (also known as Hero Indian Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The league started on 5 May 2019 and twelve teams participated. All the matches were played at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.^[1]

Qualifiers

State women's leagues organised by various state federations acted as qualifier for this season, as the champions of the leagues have been awarded a place in the final round.

Teams

Panjim Footballers

FC Alakhpura

Manipur Police SC

Bangalore United

Baroda FA

Sethu

FC Kolhapur City

Hans Women’s FC

Cuttack

Gokulam Kerala

Central SSB Women's

Cuttack teams
Rising Student's Club
SAI-STC Cuttack

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Locations of the 2018-19 Indian Women's League teams

Team locations


Group A	State/UT	Group B	State/UT
Rising Students Club	Cuttack, Odisha	Manipur Police	Imphal, Manipur
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode, Kerala	Sethu	Madurai, Tamil Nadu
SSB Women	Kolkata, West Bengal	Kolhapur City	Kolhapur, Maharashtra
FC Alakhpura	Alakhpura, Haryana	Baroda FA	Baroda, Gujarat
Hans Women FC	Delhi	Bangalore United FC	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Panjim Footballers	Panaji, Goa	SAI-STC Cuttack	Cuttack, Odisha

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Alakhpura	Sanjay Singh	Ritu Rani
Bangalore United	Chitra Gangadharan	Amoolya Kamal
Baroda FA	Lalita Saini	Tarannum Shaikh
Gokulam Kerala	Priya P. V.	Dalima Chhibber
Hans Women	Paritosh Sharma	Jyoti Ann Burrett
Kolhapur City	Gitanjali Khuntia	Mrunal Khot
Manipur Police	Mutum Surmala Chanu	Bala Devi
Panjim Footballers	Naresh Virnodkar	Linda Calado
Rising Students Club	Sukhwinder Kumar	Prerna Mishra
SAI-STC Cuttack	Shyam Lodh	Arati Baral
SSB Women	Barun Sengupta	Sumitra Marandi
Sethu	Amrutha Arvind	Indumathi Kathiresan

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2
Alakhpura	—	—
Bangalore United	Tanvie Hans	—
Baroda FA	—	—
Hans Women	Uchenna Ritacascia Ukachukwu	—
Gokulam Kerala	—	—
Kolhapur City	Ayomide Awawu Anibaba	Crystal Nnenna Eke
Manipur Police	—	—
Panjim Footballers	—	—
Rising Students Club	—	—
SAI-STC Cuttack	—	—
SSB Women	—	—
Sethu	Sabitra Bhandari	Anita Basnet

Final round

Group stage

Cluster I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	5	5	0	0	16	1	+15	15	Semi Final
2	Central SSB Women	5	4	0	1	10	7	+3	12	Semi Final
3	Hans Women FC	5	2	0	3	6	9	−3	6
4	Panjim Footballers	5	1	1	3	7	13	−6	4
5	Rising Student's Club	5	1	1	3	4	10	−6	4
6	FC Alakhpura	5	1	0	4	3	6	−3	3

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

Cluster II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sethu	5	5	0	0	34	4	+30	15	Semi Final
2	Manipur Police	5	4	0	1	37	8	+29	12	Semi Final
3	FC Kolhapur City	5	2	1	2	8	20	−12	7
4	SAI-STC Cuttack	5	2	0	3	5	21	−16	6
5	Bangalore United FC	5	1	1	3	3	15	−12	4
6	Baroda Football Academy	5	0	0	5	4	23	−19	0

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
Gokulam Kerala	2–4	Manipur Police
Sethu	8–1	SSB Women
Final
Manipur Police	1–3	Sethu

Season awards

The awards for the Hero Indian Women's League 2018–19 season:

Award	Recipient
Top Scorer	Bala Devi (Manipur Police)
Best Goalkeeper	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (Gokulam Kerala)
Most Valuable Player	Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu)
Emerging Player	Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (Sethu)

References

^ "HERO INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE 2018-19 TO KICK OFF IN LUDHIANA". AIFF. 3 May 2019.

External links

All India Football Federation.

[1] "HERO INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE 2018-19 TO KICK OFF IN LUDHIANA". AIFF. 3 May 2019.

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