# 2001 Calcutta Women's Football League

2001 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 9th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League.
The season consisted of twelve teams divided into two groups. The top four teams of each group would qualify for the knockouts where they would face each other in the quarterfinals. This was the first season that Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan formed and fielded their women's teams with East Bengal clinching the final 1–0 against Mohun Bagan to lift their first-ever title. Shanta Dhara scored the winning goal in the final.

## Teams

CWFL Participants :
| Group A | Group B |
| Bidyut Sporting | Bally Gramanchal |
| East Bengal | Itika Memorial |
| Income Tax | Jubak Sangha |
| Kasba Samannay | Mohun Bagan |
| Nabajanma Sangha | NPC Academy |
| Young Footballers | Rampur Milan Sangha |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 15 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Jubak Sangha | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Bally Gramanchal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Itika Memorial | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 5 | NPC Academy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | Rampur Milan Sangha | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Income Tax | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 13 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 2 | East Bengal | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 13 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Nabajanma Sangha | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Young Footballers | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 6 | Advanced to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Bidyut Sporting | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | −15 | 3 | |
| 6 | Kasba Samannay | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 27 | −27 | 0 | |

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

The top four placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.
| Group A | Group B |
| Mohun Bagan | Income Tax |
| Jubak Sangha | East Bengal |
| Bally Gramanchal | Nabajanma Sangha |
| Itika Memorial | Young Footballers |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | | | |
| Mohun Bagan | 2 | 8 March 2001 | 8 March 2001 | | |
| Young Footballers | 0 | 8 March 2001 | 8 March 2001 | |
| Young Footballers | 0 | Mohun Bagan | 6 | |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | | Mohun Bagan | 6 | |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | Nabajanma Sangha | 0 | |
| Nabajanma Sangha | 2 | Nabajanma Sangha | 0 | |
| Nabajanma Sangha | 2 | | | | 16 March 2001 | 16 March 2001 |
| Jubak Sangha | 0 | | | | 16 March 2001 | 16 March 2001 |
| Jubak Sangha | 0 | | | | Mohun Bagan | 0 |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | | | | | Mohun Bagan | 0 |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | | | | East Bengal | 1 |
| Income Tax | 3 | | | | East Bengal | 1 |
| Income Tax | 3 | 9 March 2001 | 9 March 2001 | | | |
| Itika Memorial | 0 | 9 March 2001 | 9 March 2001 | | | |
| Itika Memorial | 0 | Income Tax | 0 | | | |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | | Income Tax | 0 | | | |
| 6 March 2001 | 6 March 2001 | East Bengal | 1 | |
| East Bengal | 4 | East Bengal | 1 | |
| Bally Gramanchal | 0 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mohun Bagan | 2–0 | Young Footballers |
| Nabajanma Sangha | 2–0 | Jubak Sangha |
| Income Tax | 3–0 | Itika Memorial |
| East Bengal | 4–0 | Bally Gramanchal |

#### Matches
### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Mohun Bagan | 6–0 | Nabajanma Sangha |
| Income Tax | 0–1 | East Bengal |

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

The 2001 Calcutta Women's Football League final was held at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium on 16 March 2001 between Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, in the very first season of their formation. This match would thus remain recorded as the first-ever women's Kolkata Derby between the two teams. East Bengal women's team clinched the match 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from forward Shanta Dhara in the twenty-third minute of the game as East Bengal held onto the lead and lifted their first-ever Calcutta Women's Football League title.

#### Match

| Mohun Bagan | East Bengal |
| GK | Ranjita Khan |
| RB | Maria D'Rebello |
| CB | Madhu Kumari |
| CB | Dulali Ghosh |
| LB | Jayanti Barua |
| CM | Naushaba Alam |
| CM | Mausam Kumari |
| RW | Swati Kumari |
| LW | Kalpana Sahoo |
| CF | Anjana Kumari |
| LF | Rinku Ghosh |
| Substitutions: ||
| CM | Sanju Kumari |
| CM | Seema Dey |
| FW | Papia Ghosh |
| GK | Namita Bag |
| RB | Prathama Priyadarshini |
| CB | Nesha Kumari |
| CB | Momo Gogoi |
| LB | Nazda Tabassum |
| CM | Rajani Alankar |
| CM | Sharmila Sapui |
| RW | Swapna Kumari |
| LW | Sashi Kumari |
| FW | Sujata Kar |
| FW | Shanta Dhara |
| Substitutions: ||
| Player of the Match: Shanta Dhara (East Bengal) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Golden goal ends game. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions allowed. |