# 2022–23 Calcutta Women's Football League

2022–23 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 27th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup.
The season consists of 32 teams participating in the league, with the teams in the group stage divided into four groups consisting of eight teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage. Each team consists of a maximum of four outstation players and every team has two under-17 players. IFA has also appointed an "Integrity Officer" in each team for the sake of women footballers. On 28 January 2023, East Bengal defeated Sreebhumi 1–0 in the final to lift the Kanyashree Cup title and qualified for the Indian Women's League.

## Teams

CWFL Participants :
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad | Adivasi United Students Club | Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha | Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation |
| Chandney SC | All Airlines Recreation Club | ASOS Rainbow AC | Durbar Sports Academy |
| Invention FCC | Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity | Bidyut Sporting Club | GC Roy Memorial FC |
| J.B. Pur Women FA | Behala Aikya Sammilani | Jubak Sangha | Jyotirmoy Athletic Club |
| Manick Football CC | Dipti Sangha FC | KFA Southern Samity | Kalighat Sports Lovers Association |
| Sevayani S.W. Org | East Bengal | New Alipore Suruchi Sangha | Mohammedan Sporting |
| Sreebhumi FC | Kolkata Union Sporting Club | Police AC | Moitree Sansad |
| Youth Footballers Welfare Association | WB Police Club | Sarojini Naidu OSC | Rampur Milan Sangha |

## Venues

* Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
* East Bengal Ground
* Naihati Stadium
* Amal Dutta Stadium (Dumdum Surer Match)
* Mohammedan Sporting Ground
* Rishi Aurobindo Maidan, Konnagar
* Bidhannagar Sports Complex
* SAI Ground, Salt Lake
* Mohun Bagan Ground
* Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi
* Barrackpore Stadium
* Dr Ambedkar Ground, Gayeshpur
* Kishore Bharati Krirangan

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sreebhumi | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | +77 | 21 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chandney SC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 15 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Invention FCC | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 13 | |
| 4 | Sevayani S.W. Org | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 9 | |
| 5 | Manick Football CC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 8 | |
| 6 | J.B. Pur Women FA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 4 | |
| 7 | Youth Footballers Welfare Association | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | |
| 8 | Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 52 | −52 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | East Bengal | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | +64 | 21 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | WB Police Club | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 16 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 14 | +21 | 13 | |
| 4 | Adivasi United Students Club | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 11 | |
| 5 | All Airlines Recreation Club | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 8 | |
| 6 | Dipti Sangha FC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 8 | |
| 7 | Kolkata Union Sporting Club | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 50 | −49 | 0 | |
| 8 | Behala Aikya Sammilani | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 86 | −86 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ASOS Rainbow AC | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | +49 | 18 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | New Alipore Suruchi Sangha | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 4 | +41 | 12 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | KFA Southern Samity | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 9 | |
| 4 | Sarojini Naidu OSC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | Jubak Sangha | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 46 | −40 | 6 | |
| 6 | Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 3 | |
| 7 | Police AC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Bidyut Sporting Club | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Moitree Sansad | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 16 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mohammedan Sporting | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 16 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Kalighat Sports Lovers Association | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 15 | |
| 4 | Jyotirmoy Athletic Club | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 12 | |
| 5 | GC Roy Memorial FC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 6 | |
| 6 | Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 31 | −24 | 6 | |
| 7 | Rampur Milan Sangha | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 3 | |
| 8 | Durbar Sports Academy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 | |

#### Matches
## Knockout stage
### Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group | Winners | Runner-up |
| A | Sreebhumi | Chandney SC |
| B | East Bengal | WB Police Club |
| C | ASOS Rainbow AC | New Alipore Suruchi Sangha |
| D | Mohammedan Sporting | Kalighat SLA |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 22 January 2023 | 22 January 2023 | | | |
| Sreebhumi | 4 | | | |
| Sreebhumi | 4 | 25 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | | |
| Kalighat SLA | 1 | 25 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | |
| Kalighat SLA | 1 | Sreebhumi | 1 | |
| 22 January 2023 | 22 January 2023 | | Sreebhumi | 1 | |
| 22 January 2023 | 22 January 2023 | WB Police Club | 0 | |
| WB Police Club | 4 | WB Police Club | 0 | |
| WB Police Club | 4 | | | | 28 January 2023 | 28 January 2023 |
| ASOS Rainbow AC | 0 | | | | 28 January 2023 | 28 January 2023 |
| ASOS Rainbow AC | 0 | | | | Sreebhumi | 0 |
| 23 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | | | | | Sreebhumi | 0 |
| 23 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | | | | East Bengal | 1 |
| Chandney SC | 0 | | | | East Bengal | 1 |
| Chandney SC | 0 | 25 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | | | |
| Mohammedan Sporting | 1 | 25 January 2023 | 25 January 2023 | | | |
| Mohammedan Sporting | 1 | Mohammedan Sporting | 0 | | | |
| 23 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | | Mohammedan Sporting | 0 | | | |
| 23 January 2023 | 23 January 2023 | East Bengal | 3 | |
| East Bengal | 2 | East Bengal | 3 | |
| New Alipore Suruchi Sangha | 1 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sreebhumi | 4–1 | Kalighat SLA |
| WB Police Club | 4–0 | ASOS Rainbow AC |
| East Bengal | 2–1 | New Alipore Suruchi Sangha |
| Chandney SC | 0–1 | Mohammedan Sporting |

#### Matches
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sreebhumi | 1–0 | WB Police Club |
| Mohammedan Sporting | 0–3 | East Bengal |

#### Matches
### Final
#### Summary

The 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup final was held at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on 28 January 2023 between Sreebhumi and East Bengal. East Bengal reached their fourth final, having won the tournament once previously back in 2001, and been runner-up twice in 2002 and 2020. They had defeated Mohammedan Sporting 3–0 in the semi-final. Whereas, Sreebhumi reached their second final, being runner-up in 2019. They had defeated W.B. Police Club 1–0 in the semi-final. The match kicked off with East Bengal leading the proceedings from the beginning and dominating possession but could not break the deadlock. The solitary goal game in the eighty-eighth minute of the match when a long throw-in from Anita Oraon was partially cleared which fell onto the feet of Kabita Saren, who put in a cross and was met by Sulanjana Raul with a header that found the back of the net at the far post. East Bengal managed to hold onto the lead for the remainder of the game and was crowned as the 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup winners, lifting their second title after 2001.

#### Match

| Sreebhumi | East Bengal |
| GK | 21 | Gurubari Mandi |
| RB | 27 | Atasi Pal |
| CB | 3 | Mugli Soren |
| CB | 4 | Mamata Singh (c) |
| LB | 5 | Pratima Mahata |
| CM | 14 | Mugli Hembram |
| CM | 7 | Mamata Hansda |
| RW | 9 | Mamata Mahata | 90+3' |
| LW | 11 | Chapa Mistry |
| CF | 28 | Roshni Verma |
| LF | 12 | Tulsi Hembram |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 1 | Hansika Gond |
| FW | 8 | Sombari Hembram |
| DF | 36 | Sonia Murmu |
| MF | 20 | Dolly Kumari | 90+3' |
| FW | 4 | Pungi Mandi |
| MF | 17 | Kakali Hansda |
| MF | 15 | Singo Murmu |
| FW | 16 | Sonali Mondal |
| FW | 18 | Priyasa Sarkar |
| FW | 25 | Sonali Karmakar |
| Head Coach: ||
| Pratima Biswas ||
| GK | 41 | Buli Sarkar (c) |
| RB | 2 | Anita Oraon |
| CB | 5 | Ratna Halder | 64' |
| CB | 4 | Mini Roy |
| LB | 3 | Riya Sarkar |
| CM | 7 | Puja Karmakar | | 45' |
| CM | 8 | Kabita Saren |
| LW | 25 | Shivani Toppo |
| CF | 14 | Rimpa Halder |
| CF | 22 | Sulanjana Raul |
| RW | 21 | Mousumi Murmu |
| Substitutions: ||
| GK | 51 | Mamani Das |
| FW | 10 | Aishwarya Arun Jagtap |
| DF | 24 | Poli Koley |
| MF | 20 | Trisha Mallick |
| FW | 18 | Tanushre Oraon |
| MF | 9 | Tamalika Sarkar |
| MF | 11 | Barnali Karar | | 45' |
| FW | 28 | Deblina Bhattacharjee |
| FW | 15 | Gita Das |
| FW | 16 | Sushmita Bardhan |
| Head Coach: ||
| Sujata Kar ||
| Player of the Match: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal) Assistant referees: Sujata Palit Sandhya Rana Fourth official: Monika Jana Match commissioner: Debjit Das | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Ten named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |

## Season awards

The following awards were announced at the end of the season:
* Emerging Player of the Tournament: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal)
* Highest Goalscorer: Sujata Mahata (New Alipore Suruchi Sangha) – 23 goals in 7 matches
* Best Goalkeeper: Gurubari Mandi (Sreebhumi)