Indian Women’s League 2023: Fixtures, format, results & more
The tournament will commence from the 26th of April.
The Indian Women’s League is the top-tier professional football league in Indian football for women, and currently consists of a total of 16 teams. The league was first introduced in 2016, and has since been a major contributor, towards the progress and betterment of women’s football in the nation.
This year also, the Indian Women’s league is back, and the competition is set to start from the 26th of April, with the group stages continuing till middle of May. Also, the AIFF has decided this season to allow teams to recruit three foreign players with a maximum of two allowed on the field at a time.
Teams participating in Indian Women's League 2023
- Gokulam Kerala FC
- MATA RUKMANI FOOTBALL CLUB (GIRLS)
- Churchill Brothers FC Goa
- Kickstart FC Karnataka
- Sports Odisha
- Mumbai Knights FC
- Lords F A Kochi- YMAA
- HOPS Football Club
- East Bengal
- Kahaani Football Club
- Misaka United FC
- Celtic Queens FC
- Central Reserve Police Force Football Club
- Eastern Sporting Union
- Odisha FC
- Sethu, Madurai
Format
The 16 teams participating in the competition will be divided into two groups of eight. A team present in a particular group, will face every other team in their group, and at the end of all the games, the top four teams from both the groups will qualify for the knockout rounds or the quarter-finals (single-leg).
The teams playing are going to be ranked on points. For a win, a team will get three points, one point for a draw, and none for a loss. At the end of all the games, if two teams are tied on points, then the following criteria are to be followed.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Goals scored in all group matches
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points)
- Drawing of lots
Also, the top four teams from each group will get direct entry into the Indian Women’s League in the following year or season.
Venue
All matches will be held in Ahmedabad across two stadiums - Transstadia and the Shahibaug Police Stadium.
Fixtures
April 26 - Match Report
East Bengal 2-8 Gokulam Kerala
Misaka United 2-0 Mata Rukmani Football Club
Kahaani Football Club 0-1 Mumbai Knights FC
Sports Odisha 3-2 HOPS Football Club
April 27 - Match Report
Lords FA Kochi YMAA 4-0 Celtic Queens
Churchill Brothers 0-6 Sethu
Central Reserve Police Force Football Club 0-6 Odisha FC
Eastern Sporting Union 1-0 Kickstart FC Karnataka
April 29 - Match Report
HOPS FC 1-0 Misaka United
Gokulam Kerala 8-1 Sports Odisha
East Bengal 1-0 Kahaani
Mumbai Knights 1-0 Mata Rukmani
April 30 - Match Report
Sethu FC 4-1 Lords FA
Odisha 0-2 Kickstart
Churchill Brothers 1-2 CRPF
Celtic Queens 0-3 Eastern Sporting Union
May 2
Mata Rukmani vs East Bengal, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
HOPS vs Gokulam Kerala, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Misaka United vs Mumbai Knights, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs Kahaani, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
May 3
Kickstart vs Churchill Brothers, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Lords FA vs CPRF, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Celtic Queens vs Sethu, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Eastern Union vs Odisha, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
May 4
East Bengal vs Mumbai Knights, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Gokulam Kerala vs Misaka United, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Kahaani vs HOPS, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs Mata Rukmani, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
May 5
Churchill Brothers vs Odisha, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Sethu vs Eastern Sporting Union, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
CRPF vs Celtic Queens, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Lords FA vs Kickstart, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
May 6
Misaka United vs East Bengal, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Gokulam Kerala vs Kahaani, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
HOPS vs Mata Rukmani, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
Mumbai Knights vs Sports Odisha, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
May 7
Sethu vs CRPF, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Eastern Sporting Union vs Churchill Brothers, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Odisha vs Lords FA, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Celtic Queens vs Kickstart, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
May 9
Kahaani vs Misaka United, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs East Bengal, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
HOPS vs Mumbai Knights, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
Mata Rukmani vs Gokulam Kerala, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
May 10
CRPF vs Eastern Union, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Lords FA vs Churchill Brothers, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Kickstart vs Sethu, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Celtic Queens vs Odisha, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
May 12
Misaka United vs Sports Odisha, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Kahaani vs Mata Rukmani, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Gokulam Kerala vs Mumbai Knights, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
East Bengal vs HOPS, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
May 13
CRPF vs Kickstart, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Eastern Sporting Union vs Lords FA, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Sethu vs Odisha, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
Churchill Brothers vs Celtic Queen, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Standings
Group A
| Pos | Team | Points | MP | W | D | L | GD |
| 1 | Gokulam Kerala FC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Mumbai Knights FC | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Misaka United FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | HOPS Football Club | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | East Bengal FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| 6 | Sports Odisha | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| 7 | Kahaani Football Club | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 |
| 8 | MATA RUKMANI FOOTBALL CLUB (GIRLS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 |
Group B
| Pos | Teams | Points | MP | W | D | L | GD |
| 1 | Odisha FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | SETHU, MADURAI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Lords F A Kochi- YMAA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Eastern Sporting Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Kickstart FC Karnataka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 6 | Celtic Queens F C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| 7 | Central Reserve Police Force Football Club | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| 8 | Churchill Brothers FC Goa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
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