# 2021–22 Senior Women's National Football Championship

The 2021–22 Senior Women's National Football Championship, also known as Hero Senior Women's National Football Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th edition of the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the premier competition in India for women's teams representing regional and state football associations. The tournament was hosted in Kerala, between 28 November and 9 December 2021.
Manipur, the defending champions retained the title after beating Railways 2–1`in the penalty shootout in the final. Tamil Nadu's Sandhiya Ranganathan, with 12 goals, was the highest scorer of the tournament, while Manipur's goalkeeper Okram Roshini Devi won the best goalkeeper award.

## Format

32 teams competed in the tournament and were split into eight groups of four teams each in the preliminary round.

### Round dates

| Round | Match dates |
| Group stage | 28 November – 3 December 2021 |
| Quarter-finals | 5 December 2021 |
| Semi-finals | 7 December 2021 |
| Final | 9 December 2021 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manipur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Daman and Diu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Meghalaya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Pondicherry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Railways | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 | |
| 3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |
| 4 | Tripura | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Assam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Himachal Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bihar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | |
| 4 | Rajasthan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Goa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Jharkhand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Delhi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Karnataka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Maharashtra | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Sikkim | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | |
| 3 | Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Odisha | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Haryana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Gujarat | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mizoram | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Uttarakhand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |

### Group H

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tamil Nadu | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 7 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 5 | |
| 3 | Punjab | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 4 | |
| 4 | Telangana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | −61 | 0 | |

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Mizoram | 4 | | | | |
| Maharashtra | 1 | | | | |
| Maharashtra | 1 | Mizoram | 1(5) | | |
| | | Railways | 1(6) (p) | | |
| Railways | 4 | Railways | 1(6) (p) | | |
| Goa | 2 | | | | |
| Goa | 2 | | | Railways | 0(1) |
| | | | | Manipur | 0(2) (p) |
| Odisha | 2 | | | | | Manipur | 0(2) (p) |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | | | | |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | Odisha | 1(0) | | |
| | | Manipur | 1(3) (p) | | |
| Manipur | 2 | Manipur | 1(3) (p) | | |
| Assam | 0 | | | | |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Best Goalkeeper | Okram Roshini Devi | Manipur |
| Top Goal-scorer | Sandhiya Ranganathan | Tamil Nadu |
| Most Valuable Player | Irom Prameshwori Devi | Manipur |