# 2024 ANFA Women's League

The 2024 ANFA Women's League, also known as National Women's League was the season of the first-tier women's club football competition in Nepal organized by the All Nepal Football Association. The tournament was held from September 2024 to January 2025.

## Format

All the Clubs take part in Single Round Robin a total of 45 matches in the first round. Then, the top 5 teams from fist round will take part in Double Round Robin Format in the Super League.
The top four teams from the Super League will progress to the Qualifiers, then compete in the Eliminator, and finally, the Finals of the competition.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

The season was made up of 5 teams that participated in the 2022 as well as 5 further regionally qualified teams.
| Club | City | Province | Stadium | Capacity |
| Karnali Province | Birendranagar, Surkhet | Karnali Province | Karnali Province Stadium | 12,500 |
| Koshi Province | Dharan, Sunsari | Koshi Province | Dharan Stadium | 10,000 |
| Sudurpaschim Province | Godawari, Dhangadhi, | Sudurpashchim Province | Dhangadhi Stadium | 10,000 |
| APF F.C. | Kathmandu | Bagmati Province | Halchowk Stadium | 5,000 |
| Nepal Police F.C. | Kathmandu | Bagmati Province | Nepal Police Academy, Maharjgunj | 1500 |
| Sankata F.C. | Kathmandu | Bagmati Province | Dasharath Rangasala | 15,000 |
| Nepal Army FC | Kathmandu | Bagmati Province | Tribhuwan Army Stadium, Bhadrakali | 2000 |
| Bagmati Youth Club | Sarlahi, Sarlahi | Madhesh Province | NA | NA |
| Chandrapur Municipality | Chandrapur, Rautahat | Madhesh Province | Rautahat District FA Ground | 1500 |
| Waling Municipality | Waling, Syangja | Gandaki Province | NA | NA |

### Personnel and Sponsorships

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
| Bagmati Youth Club | Sunil Kumar Shrestha | Divya Yasmali Magar | Li-Ning | |
| Chandrapur Municipality | Bhojraj Ghimire (Asst. Coach) | Saloni Rana Magar | Kelme | Aiwina |
| APF F.C. | Jibesh Pandey | Anita Basnet | Kelme | Mahindra |
| Nepal Police F.C. | Bhola Silwal | Niru Thapa | Kelme | |
| Karnali Province | Ganesh Khadka (Asst. Coach) | Lila Joshi | | |
| Koshi Province | Shyam Manandhar | Simran Rai | Joya | Joya |
| Sankata F.C. | Rabindra Shilakar | Sushma Maharjan | | |
| Sudurpaschim Province | Dipesh Yonjan Lama | Kanti Patali | | |
| Nepal Army FC | Chaun Bahadhur Thapa | Anchali Waiba | Kelme | |
| Waling Municipality | Dilip Thapa | Maya Maske | | Garima Bikas Bank |

## Foreign players

ANFA allowed maximum of three foreign players per team but only two can be part of starting 11.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Other registered player(s) | Former player(s) |
| Bagmati Youth Club | Sujata Rai | Eva Pierrot | Gifty Acheampong | — | — |
| Chandrapur Municipality | — | — | — | — | — |
| APF F.C. | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nepal Police F.C. | — | — | — | — | — |
| Karnali Province | — | — | — | — | — |
| Koshi Province | Buli Sarkar | Sunita Sarkar | Tamalika Sarkar | — | — |
| Sankata F.C. | Tening Sene | Selina Anima | Temilope Dominique Owoeye | Jeannette Dominique Sagna | — |
| Sudurpaschim Province | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nepal Army FC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waling Municipality | Jackline Nassali | Cissy Nantongo | — | — | — |

## Venues

| Kathmandu | Lalitpur |
| Dasarath Rangasala | ANFA Complex |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | APF F.C. | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 2 | +51 | 25 | Qualified for Super League |
| 2 | Nepal Army F.C. | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 4 | +47 | 22 | Qualified for Super League |
| 3 | Nepal Police F.C. | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 21 | Qualified for Super League |
| 4 | Waling Municipality | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 15 | Qualified for Super League |
| 5 | Koshi Province | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 14 | Pulled out of the Super League due to Financial Problem |
| 6 | Bagmati Youth Club | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 10 | Qualified for Super League |
| 7 | Sankata F.C. | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 8 | |
| 8 | Chandrapur Municipality | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 8 | |
| 9 | Karnali Province | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sudurpaschim Province | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 71 | −68 | 0 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | APF | TAC | NPC | WAL | KOP | BYC | SFC | CHA | KAP | SUP |
| APF F.C. | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 6–1 | 19–0 |
| Nepal Army F.C. | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 8–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 10–0 | 5–0 | 14–1 |
| Nepal Police F.C. | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 |
| Waling Municipality | 1–2 | 0–8 | 0–2 | — | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| Koshi Province | 0–8 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 |
| Bagmati Youth Club | 0–7 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Sankata F.C. | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Chandrapur Municipality | 0–6 | 0–10 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Karnali Province | 0–6 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 |
| Sudurpaschim Province | 0–19 | 1–14 | 0–9 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 0–4 | 0–3 | — |

### Form

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| APF F.C. | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Bagmati Youth Club | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L |
| Chandrapur Municipality | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | L |
| Nepal Police F.C. | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Karnali Province | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Koshi Province | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | W |
| Sankata F.C. | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | L |
| Sudurpaschim Province | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Nepal Army F.C. | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W |
| Waling Municipality | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | W |

### Positions by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| APF F.C. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bagmati Youth Club | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Chandrapur Municipality | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Nepal Police F.C. | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Karnali Province | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Koshi Province | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Sankata F.C. | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Sudurpaschim Province | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Nepal Army F.C. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Waling Municipality | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
* Leader

## Super League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | APF F.C. | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | +40 | 24 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Nepal Army F.C. | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 16 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Nepal Police F.C. | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 11 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 4 | Bagmati Youth Club | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 4 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 5 | Waling Municipality | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 49 | −44 | 3 | |

## Results
### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | APF | BYC | TAC | NPC | WAL |
| APF F.C. | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 9–0 |
| Bagmati Youth Club | 0–6 | — | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Nepal Army F.C. | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| Nepal Police F.C. | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–0 |
| Waling Municipality | 0–10 | 0–2 | 0–12 | 1–4 | — |

### Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| APF F.C. | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Bagmati Youth Club | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L |
| Nepal Police F.C. | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L |
| Nepal Army F.C. | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Waling Municipality | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |

### Positions by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| APF F.C. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bagmati Youth Club | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Nepal Army F.C. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nepal Police F.C. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Waling Municipality | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
* Leader

## Super League Matches

* All times are in NST (UTC+5:45).

### Round 10
## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 1 | APF F.C. | 2 | | | | Q1W | APF F.C. | 4 |
| 2 | Nepal Army F.C. | 1 | | | | Q2W | Nepal Police F.C. | 0 |
| | | | Q1L | Nepal Army F.C. | 0 (1) | | | |
| | | | EW | Nepal Police F.C. | 0 (2) | | | |
| 3 | Nepal Police F.C. | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Bagmati Youth Club | 0 | | | | | | |

### Matches
#### Grand Final
## Top scorers

Update: 29 January 2025 :
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Rashmi Ghising | APF F.C. | 35 |
| 2 | Chandra Bhandari | Nepal Army F.C. | 17 |
| 3 | Bimala Chaudhary | Nepal Army F.C. | 16 |
| 4 | Sabita Rana Magar | APF F.C. | 11 |
| 4 | Saru Limbu | APF F.C. | 11 |
| 6 | Anita K.C. | APF F.C. | 9 |
| 6 | Anita Basnet | APF F.C. | 9 |
| 6 | Amisha Karki | Nepal Army F.C. | 9 |
| 9 | Jackline Nassali | Waling Municipality | 8 |
| 10 | Preeti Rai | APF F.C. | 7 |
| 10 | Dipa Shahi | Nepal Army F.C. | 7 |
| 12 | Samjhana Lawati | Nepal Police F.C. | 6 |
| 12 | Temilope Dominique Owoeye | Sankata F.C. | 6 |
| 12 | Samiksha Magar | Koshi Province | 6 |
| 12 | Anuska Sherpa | Nepal Police F.C. | 6 |
| 16 | Renuka Nagarkote | APF F.C. | 5 |
| 16 | Anita Lamjel | Nepal Army F.C. | 5 |
| 16 | Gita Rana | APF F.C. | 5 |

## Awards
### End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced after the completion of the grand final that took place on 29 January 2025 at Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu.
| Award | Winner | Club | Amount |
| Goalkeeper of the year | Sabitri Kishan | APF F.C. | रू50,000 |
| Golden Boot Award | Rashmi K. Ghishing (35 goals) | APF F.C. | रू50,000 |
| Most Valuable Player | Sabita Rana Magar | APF F.C. | रू100,000 |
| Fair Play Award | Nepal Army F.C. | Nepal Army F.C. | रू150,000 |
| Runner Up | Nepal Police F.C. | Nepal Police F.C. | रू500,000 |
| Champion | APF FC | APF FC | रू1,000,000 |

## Broadcast rights

* Hamro Khelkud on Youtube