# 2017–18 Indian Women's League

The 2017–18 Indian Women's League was the second season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The qualifiers for the league started from 25 November 2017. Rising Student's Club won the 2017–18 Indian Women's League.

## Preliminary round

The preliminary round was scheduled to be held from 25 November 2017 to 8 December 2017 at Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur. Thirteen teams entered the preliminary round. Teams were split into two groups and the top-ranked team from each group qualified for the final round.

## Teams
### Team locations

| Group A | State/UT | Group B | State/UT |
| Sethu | Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Chandney Sporting Club | West Bengal |
| Indira Gandhi AS&E | Pondicherry | United Warriors SC | Phagwara, Punjab |
| Capital Complex | Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh | Hans Women | Delhi |
| Baroda Football Academy | Vadodara, Gujarat | India Rush Soccer | Maharashtra |
| Rising Students Club | Cuttack, Odisha | KRYPHSA | Manipur |
| J&K State Sports Council | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | Eastern Sporting Union | Manipur |
| | | SAI Women | |
Rising Student's Club and Eastern Sporting Union qualified for final round by topping Group A and Group B respectively. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League, four more teams from qualification round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, India Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round.

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach | Captain |
| Eastern Sporting Union | Oinam Bembem Devi | Irom Prameshwori Devi |
| Gokulam Kerala | Priya P. V. | Anita Rawat |
| Indira Gandhi AS&E | Amrutha Arvind | |
| KRYPHSA | Langam Chaoba Devi | Bala Devi |
| Rising Students Club | Sukla Dutta | Suprava Samal |
| Rush Soccer | Claude Bolton | |
| Sethu | Kalpana Dass | Indumathi Kathiresan |

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| Eastern Sporting Union | — | — | — |
| Gokulam Kerala | Fazila Ikwaput | Ritah Nabbosa | — |
| Indira Gandhi AS&E | — | — | — |
| KRYPHSA | — | — | — |
| Rising Students Club | — | — | — |
| Rush Soccer | — | — | — |
| Sethu | Tanvie Hans | Sabina Khatun | Krishna Rani Sarkar |

## Final round

Final round will be played among seven teams who face each other once with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team will be joined by Six teams from preliminary round.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | KRYPHSA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 14 | Semi Final |
| 2 | Eastern Sporting Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Semi Final |
| 3 | Sethu | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | Semi Final |
| 4 | Rising Students Club | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Semi Final |
| 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |
| 6 | Indira Gandhi AS&E | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 3 | |
| 7 | Rush Soccer | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 | |

### Knock-out Stage

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Semifinals |||
| KRYPHSA | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Rising Students Club |
| Eastern Sporting Union | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Sethu |
| Final |||
| Rising Students Club | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Eastern Sporting Union |

## Season awards

Hero Indian Women's League 2017–18 awards were given on April 14.
| Award | Recipient |
| Top Scorer | Bala Devi (KRYPHSA) |
| Best Goalkeeper | Panthoi Chanu (Eastern Sporting Union) |
| Most Valuable Player | Prameshwori Devi (Eastern Sporting Union) |
| Emerging Player | Grace Dangmei (KRYPHSA) |