2017–18 Indian Women's League season

The 2017–18 Indian Women's League season will be 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 Student's Club
Matches played55
Goals scored225 (4.09 per match)
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
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

J&K State Sports Council
Chandney Sporting Club
United Warriors SC
Imphal
Baroda Football Academy
India Rush Soccer
Sethu FC
Capital Complex SC
Hans Women’s FC
Gokulam Kerala FC (Women's)
Locations of the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 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 Fazila Ikwaput[4] Ritah Nabbosa[4] —
Indira Gandhi AS&E — — —
KRYPHSA — — —
Rising Student's Club — — —
Rush Soccer — — —
Sethu FC Tanvie Hans [5] Sabina Khatun[6] Krishna Rani[6]

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.[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
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
Highest ScorerBala Devi (KRYPHSA F.C.)
Best GoalkeeperPanthoi Chanu (Eastern Sporting Union)
Most Valuable PlayerIrom Prameshwori Devi (Eastern Sporting Union)
Emerging PlayerDangmei Grace (KRYPHSA F.C.)

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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