2018–19 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League

Season	2018–19
Champions	Sethu 1st title
Matches played	33
Goals scored	156 (4.73 per match)
Best Player	Sandhiya Ranganathan
Top goalscorer	Bala Devi (26 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Linthoingambi Devi
Highest scoring	Manipur Police 4–6 Sethu SAI-STC Cuttack 0–10 Manipur Police Manipur Police 10–0 Bangalore United
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 22 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Indian Women's League was the third season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The league was started from 5 May 2019 and twelve teams were participated in the league. All the matches were played in Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.

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
Central SSB Women	Kolkata, West Bengal	Kolhapur City	Kolhapur, Maharashtra
FC Alakhpura	Alakhpura, Haryana	Baroda Football Academy	Baroda, Gujarat
Hans Women	Delhi	Bangalore United FC	Bengaluru, Karnataka
Panjim Footballers	Panaji, Goa	SAI-STC Cuttack	Cuttack, Odisha

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2
Bangalore United FC	Tanvie Hans	—
Baroda Football Academy	—	—
Central SSB Women's	—	—
FC Alakhpura	—	—
FC Kolhapur City	Ayomide Awawu Anibaba	Crystal Nnenna Eke
Hans Women's FC	Uchenna Rita Casta Ukachukwu	—
Gokulam Kerala	—	—
Manipur Police	—	—
Panjim Footballers	—	—
Rising Student's Club	—	—
SAI-STC Cuttack	—	—
Sethu	Sabitra Bhandari	Anita Basnet

Final round

Group stage

Main article: 2018–19 Indian Women's League final round

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
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
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	Central SSB Women's
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 Women)
Most Valuable Player	Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu FC)
Emerging Player	Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (Sethu FC)

External links

• All India Football Federation.