Karnataka Women's League

Karnataka Women's League
Founded	January 2019
Country	India
Confederation	AIFF (India)
Number of teams	7[1]
Promotion to	Indian Women's League
Current champions	Kickstart FC (1st title)
Most championships	Bangalore United; (1 title) ; Kickstart FC ; (1 title)
	2019–20 Karnataka Women's League season

The Karnataka Women's League, also referred to as the Super Division, is the top division of women's football league in the Indian State of Karnataka. The League is organised by the Karnataka State Football Association (FAO), the official football governing body of the State.[2]

History

The Karnataka Women's League was formed in 2018 to give effect to the mandate sent out by the All India Football Federation, India's governing body of professional football, to each State to form leagues. It said that the winner of the league would be promoted to the compete in the Indian Women's League. Subsequently, M. Satyanarayan, a journalist and then member of the Governing Board and Core Committee of the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) organized the Impetus Tournament in the Bangalore Football Stadium to "gauge the state of women's football in Karnataka". Against an estimated four teams, eighteen turned up and this led to the formation of the League, in January 2019. Five teams competed its first season.[2]

Clubs

2019–20 season

The following seven clubs competed in the second season of the Karnataka Women's League.[3]

Bangalore Soccer Galaxy
Bangalore United
Belgaum United
Kickstart
Mangalore United
Misaka United
Parikrma Girls

Champions

No.	Season	Champion
1	2019	Bangalore United
2	2019–20	Kickstart

References

"KWL-2 starts from today". Deccan Herald. 17 November 2019. p. 16.
Madigan, Grace (12 September 2019). "How Karnataka's first women's football league is picking new talent". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. bengaluru.citizenmatters.in. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
"Karnataka Women's League Season 2". Karnataka State Football Association. ksfa.in. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

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[1] "KWL-2 starts from today". Deccan Herald. 17 November 2019. p. 16.

[history-2] Madigan, Grace (12 September 2019). "How Karnataka's first women's football league is picking new talent". Citizen Matters, Bengaluru. bengaluru.citizenmatters.in. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

[3] "Karnataka Women's League Season 2". Karnataka State Football Association. ksfa.in. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.