2016–17 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Eastern Sporting Union; 1st title
Matches played	34
Goals scored	183 (5.38 per match)
Best Player	Thokchom Umapati Devi
Top goalscorer	Sanju Yadav (Alakhpura); Kamala Devi (Eastern Sporting Union) ; 15 goals
	2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2017.

The 2016–17 Indian Women's League was the first season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The season was scheduled to kick off with the preliminary rounds on 17 October 2016 in which the top two teams from the two groups qualified for the league proper.^[1] In the final round four teams from qualifier joined by two direct entry teams. Eastern Sporting Union won the title in the inaugural season.

Preliminary round

Teams

Group A	State	Group B	State
Alakhpura	Haryana	Eastern Sporting Union	Manipur
Bodyline	Maharashtra	Jeppiaar Institute	Pondicherry
Quartz	Kerala	KRYPHSA	Manipur
Rising Student	Odisha	Sudeva Moonlight	Delhi
Royal Wahingdoh	Meghalaya	Uttar Pradesh FC	Uttar Pradesh

Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student Club entered final rounds by topping their groups, and Alakhpura and Jeppiaar Institute as group runners-up.^[2]

Teams

Team locations

Team	State	Entry
Eastern Sporting Union	Manipur	Preliminary
Rising Students	Odisha	Preliminary
Jeppiaar Institute	Puduchery	Preliminary
Alakhpura	Haryana	Preliminary
Pune City	Maharashtra	Direct
Aizawl	Mizoram	Direct

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Eastern Sporting Union	Oinam Bembem Devi (player-manager)
Rising Students	Gitanjali Khuntia	Sasmita Mallik
Jeppiaar Institute	Subramanian Mariappan	Sumithra Kamaraj
Alakhpura	Sonika Vijarnia	Sanju Yadav
Pune City	Kalpana Dass	Dalima Chhibber
Aizawl		K. Lalruaizeli

Final round

The final round will be held from January 28 to February 14 at the Ambedkar Stadium. The league proper will follow a round robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.^[3]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rising Students	5	4	0	1	20	3	+17	12	Semi Final
2	Eastern Sporting Union	5	4	0	1	15	4	+11	12
3	Alakhpura	5	2	2	1	8	4	+4	8
4	Pune City	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7
5	Jeppiaar Institute	5	1	1	3	5	18	−13	4
6	Aizawl	5	0	0	5	5	22	−17	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
Rising Student	2–0	Pune City
Eastern Sporting Union	4–1	Alakhpura
Final
Eastern Sporting Union	3–0	Rising Student

Season awards

The following awards were announced at the end of the season:^[4]

Emerging Player: Jabamani Tudu
Most Valuable Player: Umapati Devi
Top Scorer: Kamala Devi

References

^ "INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE PRELIMS TO KICK-OFF ON OCT 17". The All India Football Federation. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ "Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student FC makes it to the Final round of the Indian Women's League 2017". The All India Football Federation. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
^ "AIFF launches professional league for women footballers". Outlook India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

External links

All India Football Federation.

[Preliminary-1] "INDIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE PRELIMS TO KICK-OFF ON OCT 17". The All India Football Federation. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

[2] "Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student FC makes it to the Final round of the Indian Women's League 2017". The All India Football Federation. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[3] "AIFF launches professional league for women footballers". Outlook India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[4] "Eastern Sporting Union win inaugural Indian Women's League". ESPN. espn.in. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

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