# 2023–24 Indian Women's League

The 2023–24 Indian Women's League was the seventh season of the Indian Women's League, the top division women's professional football league in India. Odisha won their maiden Indian Women's League title by winning their last league match of the season.

## Format

The season is played in a double round-robin format, with each club playing the other twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 12 matches. It is the first IWL season to be played on a home and away basis, as so far the preceding seasons have been held at a centralised venue.

## Qualification

The teams were awarded direct qualification for the 2023–24 season, which qualified for the knockout round and finished in the top eight positions in the 2022–23 season. Originally 8 teams qualified for the season, but Eastern Sporting Union didn't communicate with AIFF on their participation and thus the League Committee decided to continue with the remaining 7 teams for the season.
| Club | State/Region | Qualification |
| 2022–23 Indian Women's League |||
| Gokulam Kerala | Kerala | Champions |
| Kickstart | Karnataka | Runners-up |
| Sethu | Tamil Nadu | Semi-finalists |
| HOPS | Delhi | Quarter-finalists |
| Sports Odisha | Odisha | Quarter-finalists |
| East Bengal | West Bengal | Quarter-finalists |
| Odisha | Odisha | Quarter-finalists |

## Clubs
### Stadiums and locations

| Club | City | State/Region | Stadium | Capacity |
| East Bengal | Kolkata | West Bengal | East Bengal Ground | 23,500 |
| Gokulam Kerala | Kozhikode | Kerala | EMS Corporation Stadium | 50,000 |
| HOPS | New Delhi | Delhi | Ambedkar Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kickstart | Bengaluru | Karnataka | Bangalore Football Stadium | 8,400 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Kalinga Stadium | 15,000 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Bhubaneswar FA Ground | 1,000 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Capital Football Arena | 1,500 |
| Sethu | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | Tilak Maidan | 5,000 |
| Sports Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Capital Football Arena | 1,500 |
* ↑ The club is based in Tamil Nadu but will play its home games in Goa for the 2023–24 season due to the unavailability of stadiums.

### Personnel and sponsorships

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| East Bengal | Dipankar Biswas | Trisha Mallick | Trak Only | Emami |
| Gokulam Kerala | Anthony Andrews | Grace Dangmei | Do's | CSB Bank |
| HOPS | Om Prakash Chhibber | Anushka Samuel | | Dharam Foundation |
| Kickstart | Langam Chaoba Devi | Dalima Chhibber | Sweat | Haier |
| Odisha | Crispin Chettri | Manisa Panna | Trak Only | Odisha Tourism |
| Sethu | Kanan Priolkar | Anjila Tumbapo Subba | Hummel | Everrenew |
| Sports Odisha | Paromita Sit | Munica Minz | Nivia Sports | Odisha Tourism |

## Foreign players

AIFF allowed maximum of three foreign players per team but only two can be part of starting 11.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Other registered player(s) | Former player(s) |
| East Bengal | Sanjida Akhter | — | — | — | — |
| Gokulam Kerala | Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia | Phoeby Okech | Fazila Ikwaput | — | Veronica Appiah |
| HOPS | Fredrica Torkudzor | Gladys Amfobea | — | — | — |
| Kickstart | Sabina Khatun | Dipa Shahi | Anita K.C. | Preeti Rai | — |
| Odisha | Win Theingi Tun | Shelah Cadag | — | — | Klesha Rosa Darroux |
| Sethu | Bertha Adhiambo Omita | Anjila Tumbapo Subba | Gita Rana | — | — |
| Sports Odisha | Amrita Jaishi | Rashmi Kumari Ghising | — | — | — |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Odisha (C) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 4 | +27 | 31 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary stage |
| 2 | Gokulam Kerala | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 5 | +28 | 29 | |
| 3 | Kickstart | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 21 | |
| 4 | Sethu | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 17 | |
| 5 | HOPS | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 16 | |
| 6 | East Bengal | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sports Odisha | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 2 | |

## Results
### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | EAB | GOK | HOP | KFC | OFC | SFC | SPO |
| East Bengal | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 5–1 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 |
| HOPS | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Kickstart | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Odisha | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Sethu | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | 1–0 |
| Sports Odisha | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | |

### Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.
| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| East Bengal | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L |
| Gokulam Kerala | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| HOPS | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Kickstart | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | L |
| Odisha | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Sethu | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Sports Odisha | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | L |

### Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| East Bengal | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| HOPS | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Kickstart | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Odisha | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sethu | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Sports Odisha | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

## Matches

* All times are in IST (UTC+5:30).

### Round 14
## Season statistics

    As of 24 March 2024

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 13 |
| 2 | Karishma Shirvoikar | Kickstart | 8 |
| 2 | Pyari Xaxa | Odisha | 8 |
| 4 | Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | 7 |
| 4 | Win Theingi Tun | Odisha | 7 |
| 4 | Soumya Guguloth | Gokulam Kerala | 7 |
| 7 | Kaviya Pakkirisamy | Sethu | 6 |
| 7 | Sandhiya Ranganathan | Gokulam Kerala | 6 |
| 7 | Lynda Kom | Odisha | 6 |
| 10 | Anju Tamang | Gokulam Kerala | 5 |
| 10 | Indumathi Kathiresan | Odisha | 5 |
| 12 | Kajol D'Souza | Sethu | 4 |
| 13 | Gladys Amfobea | HOPS | 3 |
| 13 | Sulanjana Raul | East Bengal | 3 |
| 15 | Naorem Priyangka Devi | Sethu | 2 |
| 15 | Nongmeikapam Sibani Devi | East Bengal | 2 |
| 15 | Malati Munda | Odisha | 2 |
| 15 | Manisha Naik | Sports Odisha | 2 |
| 15 | Sonia Marak | Kiskstart | 2 |
| 15 | Pooja | HOPS | 2 |
| 15 | Lisham Babina Devi | Sethu | 2 |
| 22 | Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi | East Bengal | 1 |
| 22 | Manisa Panna | Odisha | 1 |
| 22 | Rashmi Kumari Ghising | Sports Odisha | 1 |
| 22 | Sushmita Lepcha | Kiskstart | 1 |
| 22 | Yumlembam Pakpi Devi | Kiskstart | 1 |
| 22 | Asem Roja Devi | Gokulam Kerala | 1 |
| 22 | Laishram Bibicha Devi | Kiskstart | 1 |
| 22 | Juli Kishan | Odisha | 1 |
| 22 | Aarti | HOPS | 1 |
| 22 | Shailja | HOPS | 1 |
| 22 | Aruna Bag | Kiskstart | 1 |
| 22 | Sanjida Akhter | East Bengal | 1 |
| 22 | Malavika P | Sethu | 1 |
| 22 | Shanglakpam Banti Sharma | Kiskstart | 1 |
| 22 | Sushmita Jadhav | Kiskstart | 1 |
| 22 | Karen Estrocio | Sethu | 1 |
| 22 | Muskan Subba | Gokulam Kerala | 1 |
| 22 | Karthika Angamuthu | Odisha | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Karishma Shirvoikar | Kickstart | East Bengal | 3–1 (H) | 16 December 2023 |
| Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | East Bengal | 4–0 (A) | 23 January 2024 |
| Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | Kickstart | 5–1 (A) | 29 January 2024 |
| Soumya Guguloth | Gokulam Kerala | HOPS | 5–1 (H) | 3 February 2024 |
| Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | Sports Odisha | 5–0 (A) | 3 March 2024 |
| Lynda Kom | Odisha | Kickstart | 6–0 (H) | 24 March 2024 |

#### Notes

* (H) – Home team
* (A) – Away team

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Shreya Hooda | Odisha | 9 |
| 2 | Maibam Linthoingambi Devi | Kickstart | 5 |
| 3 | Anjila Tumbapo Subba | Sethu | 4 |
| 4 | Sowmiya Narayanasamy | Gokulam Kerala | 3 |
| 4 | Anshika | HOPS | 3 |
| 4 | Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia | Gokulam Kerala | 2 |
| 4 | Keisham Melody Chanu | East Bengal | 2 |
| 4 | Payal Basude | Gokulam Kerala | 2 |
| 7 | Adrija Sarkhel | Sports Odisha | 1 |
| 7 | Moirangthem Monalisha Devi | Odisha | 1 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 3
** Yumlembam Pakpi Devi
** Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi
** Mamta
* Most red cards: 0
** None

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 5
** Gokulam Kerala
* Most red cards: 0
** None

## Awards
### Match awards

Player of the Match :
| Match No. | Player | Club | Match No. | Player | Club | Match No. | Player | Club |
| 1 | Anjila Tumbapo Subba | Sethu | 2 | Karishma Shirvoikar | Kickstart | 3 | Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi | East Bengal |
| 4 | Anju Tamang | Gokulam Kerala | 5 | Manisa Panna | Odisha | 6 | Karishma Shirvoikar | Kickstart |
| 7 | Sanju Yadav | Odisha | 8 | Karishma Shirvoikar | Kickstart | 9 | Naorem Priyangka Devi | Sethu |
| 10 | Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | 11 | Indumathi Kathiresan | Odisha | 12 | Sandhiya Ranganathan | Gokulam Kerala |
| 13 | Indumathi Kathiresan | Odisha | 14 | Kaviya Pakkirisamy | Sethu | 15 | Karishma Shirvoikar | Kickstart |
| 16 | Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | 17 | Laishram Bibicha Devi | Kickstart | 18 | Pyari Xaxa | Odisha |
| 19 | Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | 20 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 21 | Sonia Marak | Kickstart |
| 22 | Sandhiya Ranganathan | Gokulam Kerala | 23 | Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | 24 | Michel Castanha | East Bengal |
| 25 | Soumya Guguloth | Gokulam Kerala | 26 | Win Theingi Tun | Odisha | 27 | Aruna Bag | Kickstart |
| 28 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 29 | Sonia Marak | Kickstart | 30 | Kajol D'Souza | Sethu |
| 31 | Fredrica Torkudzor | HOPS | 32 | Pyari Xaxa | Odisha | 33 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala |
| 34 | Pyari Xaxa | Odisha | 35 | Kaviya Pakkirisamy | Sethu | 36 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala |
| 37 | Anshika | HOPS | 38 | Shanglakpam Banti Sharma | Kickstart | 39 | Sanju Yadav | Odisha |
| 40 | Karen Estrocio | Sethu | 41 | Soumya Guguloth | Gokulam Kerala | 42 | Lynda Kom | Odisha |

### Season awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the season:
| Award | Winner | Club | Amount |
| Best Striker | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | ₹50,000 |
| Best Goalkeeper | Shreya Hooda | Odisha | ₹50,000 |
| Best Defender | Hemam Shilky Devi | Gokulam Kerala | ₹50,000 |
| Best Midfielder | Indumathi Kathiresan | Odisha | ₹50,000 |
| Best Match Organisation | Sports Odisha | Sports Odisha | ₹50,000 |
| Best Media Operations | Odisha | Odisha | ₹50,000 |
| Runners-up | Gokulam Kerala | Gokulam Kerala | ₹500,000 |
| Champions | Odisha | Odisha | ₹1,000,000 |