# 2024–25 Indian Women's League

The 2024–25 Indian Women's League is the eighth season of the Indian Women's League, the top division women's professional football league in India.

## Changes from last season

Nine clubs were to compete in the 8th season, seven from the previous season and two promoted from the 2023–24 Indian Women's League 2. In October 2024, Sports Odisha withdrew, leaving the eight participating clubs in the league. AIFF implemented the promotion-relegation system for the IWL tiers from the 2024–25 season.

### Promoted from Indian Women's League 2

* Sribhumi
* Nita

### Withdrawn

* Sports Odisha

## 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 |
| Nita | Cuttack | Odisha | Capital Football Arena | 1,500 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | Kalinga Stadium | 15,000 |
| Sethu | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | 40,000 |
| Sribhumi | Kolkata | West Bengal | Bibhutibhushan Stadium | 5,000 |
* ↑ The club is based in Cuttack but will play its home games in Bhubaneswar for the season.
* ↑ The club is based in Madurai but will play its home games in Chennai for the season.

### Personnel and sponsorships

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| East Bengal | Anthony Andrews | Ngangbam Sweety Devi | Trak Only | Emami |
| Gokulam Kerala | Ranjan Chowdhury | Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi | VectorX | CSB Bank, Federal Bank, Kajah Balm |
| HOPS | Om Prakash Chhibber | Mamta Verma | | Dharam Foundation, FWS Logistics |
| Kickstart | Langam Chaoba Devi | Dalima Chhibber | Sweat | Amagi |
| Nita | Paromita Sit | Manisa Panna | | Falcon Charity Foundation |
| Odisha | Crispin Chettri | Pyari Xaxa | Trak Only | Odisha Tourism, GMS, Lila Global |
| Sethu | Shareef Khan A. V. | Kayenpaibam Anju Chanu | Hummel | Everrenew, De Shayra Skinz, Cosco, SIT |
| Sribhumi | Sujata Kar | Bala Devi | Trak Only | Senco Gold |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| HOPS | Manoj Joshi | Mutual consent | February 2025 | 8th | Om Prakash Chhibber | March 2025 |

## Foreign players

AIFF allowed maximum of three foreign players per team. All three can be fielded in a match at a time.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Former player(s) |
| East Bengal | Elshaddai Acheampong | Maurine Achieng | Resty Nanziri | — |
| Gokulam Kerala | Fazila Ikwaput | Sharon Namatovu | Phoeby Okech | Catherine Aringo |
| HOPS | Constance Achiaa | Gladys Amfobea | — | — |
| Kickstart | Philomena Abakah | Joanita Ainembabazi | Abigail Sakyiwaa | Diana Weige |
| Nita | Gifty Acheampong | Rahama Jafaru | Sussana Konadu | — |
| Odisha | Eliane Bodolo | Maryam Ibrahim | Jennifer Kankam Yeboah | — |
| Sethu | Amina Nababi | Hadijah Nandago | Moussa Zouwairatou | — |
| Sribhumi | Queenable Akousa Amankrah | Regina Antwi | — | — |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | East Bengal | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 21 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary stage |
| 2 | Gokulam Kerala | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 20 | |
| 3 | Sribhumi | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 12 | |
| 4 | Odisha | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 11 | |
| 5 | Sethu | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 10 | |
| 6 | Nita | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 10 | |
| 7 | Kickstart | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | Relegation to Indian Women's League 2 |
| 8 | HOPS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 1 | Relegation to Indian Women's League 2 |

## Results
### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | EAB | GOK | HOP | KFC | NIT | OFC | SFC | SRB |
| East Bengal | | | | 2–0 | | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 3–2 | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | | |
| HOPS | 1–2 | | | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Kickstart | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | |
| Nita | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | | | | 1–2 |
| Odisha | 1–3 | 1–3 | | | 2–0 | | 0–2 | |
| Sethu | | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | | | 1–0 |
| Sribhumi | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | |

### Results by match

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

### 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 |
| East Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gokulam Kerala | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| HOPS | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Kickstart | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Nita | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Odisha | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Sethu | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Sribhumi | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |

## Matches

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

### Round 14
## Season statistics

    As of 16 March 2025

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 16 |
| 2 | Bala Devi | Sribhumi | 6 |
| 3 | Lynda Kom | Odisha | 5 |
| 4 | Resty Nanziri | East Bengal | 4 |
| 4 | Soumya Guguloth | East Bengal | 4 |
| 4 | Mousumi Murmu | Sribhumi | 4 |
| 7 | Gifty Acheampong | Nita | 3 |
| 7 | Amina Nababi | Sethu | 3 |
| 7 | Sandhiya Ranganathan | East Bengal | 3 |
| 7 | Elshaddai Acheampong | East Bengal | 3 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | Sribhumi | 1–5 (A) | 20 January 2025 |
| Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | East Bengal | 3–2 (H) | 2 February 2025 |
| Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | Sethu | 1–4 (A) | 7 February 2025 |
| Mousumi Murmu | Sribhumi | HOPS | 5–2 (H) | 8 March 2025 |
| Elshaddai Acheampong | East Bengal | Odisha | 1–3 (A) | 9 March 2025 |
| Bala Devi | Sribhumi | Sethu | 3–2 (H) | 16 March 2025 |

#### Notes

* (H) – Home team
* (A) – Away team

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Elangbam Panthoi Chanu | East Bengal | 5 |
| 2 | Sarangthem Khambi Chanu | Sethu | 3 |
| 3 | Shreya Hooda | Odisha | 2 |
| 3 | Payal Basude | Gokulam Kerala | 2 |
| 3 | Sasmita Parida | Nita | 2 |
| 6 | Aditi Chauhan | Sribhumi | 1 |
| 6 | Maibam Linthoingambi Devi | Kickstart | 1 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 3
** Queenable Akousa Amankrah
** K. Ngopawdi
* Most red cards: 1
** Anu Sabu

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 4
** Sethu
* Most red cards: 1
** Sethu

## Awards
### Match awards

Player of the Match :
| Match No. | Player | Club | Match No. | Player | Club | Match No. | Player | Club |
| 1 | Sandhiya Ranganathan | East Bengal | 2 | Hemam Shilky Devi | Gokulam Kerala | 3 | Gifty Acheampong | Nita |
| 4 | Amina Nababi | Sethu | 5 | Sanju Yadav | Kickstart | 6 | Sulanjana Raul | East Bengal |
| 7 | Grace Hauhnar | Odisha | 8 | Malavika P. | Sethu | 9 | Sandhiya Ranganathan | East Bengal |
| 10 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 11 | Dalima Chhibber | Kickstart | 12 | Amina Nababi | Sethu |
| 13 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 14 | Bala Devi | Sribhumi | 15 | Soumya Guguloth | East Bengal |
| 16 | Lynda Kom | Odisha | 17 | Rahama Jafaru | NIta | 18 | Lynda Kom | Odisha |
| 19 | Moussa Zouwairatou | Sethu | 20 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 21 | Soumya Guguloth | East Bengal |
| 22 | Bala Devi | Sribhumi | 23 | Dalima Chhibber | Kickstart | 24 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala |
| 25 | Renu Gour | Kickstart | 26 | Mousumi Murmu | Sribhumi | 27 | Shubhangi Singh | Gokulam Kerala |
| 28 | Elshaddai Acheampong | East Bengal | 29 | Fazila Ikwaput | Gokulam Kerala | 30 | Loitongbam Ashalata Devi | East Bengal |
| 31 | Bala Devi | Sribhumi | 32 | Priya Rui Das | Nita | 33 | | |
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### Season awards

The following awards will be given at the conclusion of the season:
* Award
* Best Striker
* Best Goalkeeper
* Best Defender
* Best Midfielder
* Best Match Organisation
* Best Media Operations