2019–20 Indian Women's League final round

Women's football league in India

Football league season

2019–20 Indian Women's League final round
Dates	24 January–14 February 2020
Champions	Gokulam Kerala (1st title)
Matches played	33
Best Player	Ratanbala Devi
Top goalscorer	Sabitra Bhandari (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Linthoingambi Devi (5 cleansheets)
Highest scoring	Kenkre 1–10 Gokulam Kerala (28 January 2020)
Longest winning run	Kryphsa Gokulam Kerala (5 matches, only league matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Kryphsa Gokulam Kerala (5 matches, only league matches)
Longest winless run	BBK Dav Bidesh XI (5 matches)
Longest losing run	Bidesh XI (5 matches)
← 2018–19 2021–22(Indian Women's League Season) → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2020.

The 2019–20 Indian Women's League final round will be played between twelve teams divided into two groups to decide the champion of Indian Women's League fourth season. It will be played from 24 January to 14 February at the Bangalore Football Stadium in Bengaluru.^[1]

Teams

Team	State/UT	Entry
Bangalore United FC	Bengaluru, Karnataka	2019–20 Karnataka Women's League runners–up
Baroda Football Academy	Vadodara, Gujrat	2019–20 Gujarat Women's League champions
BBK Dav FC	Amritsar, Punjab	2019–20 Punjab Women's League champions
Bidesh XI FC	Assonora, Goa	2019–20 GFA Vedanta Women's League champions
Odisha Police FC	Bhubaneswar, Odisha	2019–20 FAO Women's League runners–up
Kolhapur City	Kolhapur, Maharashtra	2019–20 WIFA Women's championship runners–up
Kickstart	Bengaluru, Karnataka	2019–20 Karnataka Women's League champions
Kenkre	Mumbai, Maharashtra	2019–20 WIFA Women's League champions
KRYPHSA	Imphal, Manipur	2019–20 AMFA Senior Women's Football League (BM Singh Trophy) champions
Sethu FC	Madurai, Tamil Nadu	Current champions
Sreebhumi FC	Kolkata, West Bengal	2019-20 Calcutta Women's Football League runners–up
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode, Kerala	Rest of India zone winners

Group stage

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KRYPHSA	5	5	0	0	15	0	+15	15	Semi Final
2	Sethu	5	4	0	1	23	2	+21	12	Semi Final
3	Kickstart FC	5	3	0	2	6	7	−1	9
4	FC Kolhapur City	5	1	1	3	3	8	−5	4
5	Baroda Football Academy	5	1	0	4	3	13	−10	3
6	BBK Dav FC	5	0	1	4	1	21	−20	1

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Matches

KRYPHSA v Kickstart FC

24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)	KRYPHSA	4–0	Kickstart FC	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Dangmei 14', 35' Anju 19' Ratanbala 63'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ruba Devi Guruswamy (AIFF) MVP: Ratanbala Devi (KRYPHSA)

FC Kolhapur City v Sethu

24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)	FC Kolhapur City	0–5	Sethu	Bengaluru
15:00 IST		Report	Amsavalli 18' Sandhiya 61', 66', 90+2' Sumithra 64'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (AIFF) MVP: Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu)

BBK Dav FC v Baroda Football Academy

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25)	BBK Dav FC	0–3	Baroda Football Academy	Bengaluru
15:00 IST		Report	Mahima Bishnoi 47' (o.g.) Sushmita Lepcha 63' Akanksha Kandalkar 78'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 212 Referee: Monika Jana (AIFF) MVP: Akanksha Kandalkar (Baroda)

BBK Dav FC v FC Kolhapur City

27 January 2020 (2020-01-27)	BBK Dav FC	1–1	FC Kolhapur City	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Madhu Bala 84'	Report	Lhingneilam Kipgen 74'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Phurki Lhamu Bhutia (SFA) MVP: Madhu Bala (BBK Dav)

Kickstart FC v Baroda Football Academy

27 January 2020 (2020-01-27)	Kickstart FC	1–0	Baroda Football Academy	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Mona 68'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (AIFF) MVP: Mona (Kickstart)

KRYPHSA v Sethu

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)	KRYPHSA	2–0	Sethu	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Ratanbala 45+2', 60'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Kanika Barman (AIFF) MVP: Linthoingambi Devi (KRYPHSA)

Sethu v BBK Dav FC

30 January 2020 (2020-01-30)	Sethu	9–0	BBK Dav FC	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Sandhiya 14', 45+1', 81', 88' Sumithra 18', 59' Karthika A 51', 82' Kunti Kumari Lakra 84'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Kusum Mandi (AIFF) MVP: Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu)

Kickstart FC v FC Kolhapur City

30 January 2020 (2020-01-30)	Kickstart FC	1–0	FC Kolhapur City	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Kavya P 68'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Usha Bhainsora (AIFF) MVP: Kavya P (Kickstart)

Baroda Football Academy v KRYPHSA

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)	Baroda Football Academy	0–4	KRYPHSA	Bengaluru
12:00 IST		Report	Roja Devi 57' Anju 76' Ratanbala 79' Ranjana 90+2'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ruba Devi Guruswamy (AIFF) MVP: Roja Devi (KRYPHSA)

Sethu v Kickstart FC

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)	Sethu	3–0	Kickstart FC	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Sandhiya 12', 90' Sumithra 39'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (AIFF) MVP: Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu)

BBK Dav FC v KRYPHSA

2 February 2020 (2020-02-02)	BBK Dav FC	0–4	KRYPHSA	Bengaluru
15:00 IST		Report	Anju 18' Ratanbala 61', 85' Sweety Devi 90+5'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 221 Referee: Kusum Mandi (AIFF) MVP: Ratanbala Devi (KRYPHSA)

FC Kolhapur City v Baroda Football Academy

3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)	FC Kolhapur City	2–0	Baroda Football Academy	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Lhingneilam Kipgen 24' Subhadra Sahu 69'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ruba Devi Guruswamy (AIFF) MVP: Subhadra Sahu (FC Kolhapur City)

Kickstart FC v BBK Dav FC

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)	Kickstart FC	4–0	BBK Dav FC	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Mona 40' Kavya P 41', 90' Renu 83'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Kusum Mandi (AIFF) MVP: Kavya P (Kickstart)

KRYPHSA v FC Kolhapur City

5 February 2020 (2020-02-05)	KRYPHSA	1–0	FC Kolhapur City	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Ratanbala 19'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Monika Jana (AIFF) MVP: Shreya Hooda (FC Kolhapur City)

Baroda Football Academy v Sethu

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)	Baroda Football Academy	0–6	Sethu	Bengaluru
12:00 IST		Report	Sandhiya 9', 15', 75', 82' Amsavalli 34' Karthika A 78'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (AIFF) MVP: Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu)

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Gokulam Kerala	5	5	0	0	28	2	+26	15	Semi Final
2	Kenkre	5	4	0	1	13	14	−1	12	Semi Final
3	Odisha Police FC	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7
4	Sreebhumi	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
5	Bangalore United FC	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	4
6	Bidesh XI SC	5	0	0	5	2	18	−16	0

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots

Matches

Kenkre v Odisha Police

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25)	Kenkre	4–1	Odisha Police	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Soumya Guguloth 25', 39', 69' Samiksha 45+1'	Report	Jabamani Soren 87'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 212 Referee: Kanika Barman (AIFF) MVP: Soumya Guguloth (Kenkre)

Bidesh XI v Bangalore United

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)	Bidesh XI	1–2	Bangalore United	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Sushmita Jadhav 86'	Report	Satyabati Khadia 22', 59'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 283 Referee: Kusum Mandi (AIFF) MVP: Satyabati Khadia (Bangalore United)

Gokulam Kerala v Sreebhumi FC

26 January 2020 (2020-01-26)	Gokulam Kerala	1–0	Sreebhumi FC	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Sabitra 67'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Usha Bhainsora (AIFF)

Kenkre v Gokulam Kerala

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28)	Kenkre	1–10	Gokulam Kerala	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Soumya Guguloth 35'	Report	Karishma Shirvoikar 3', 17', 51' Sabitra 7', 19', 45+2', 48', 61' Manisha 20', 30'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ruba Devi Guruswamy (AIFF) MVP: Soumya Guguloth (Kenkre)

Bidesh XI v Sreebhumi FC

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)	Bidesh XI	0−2	Sreebhumi FC	Bengaluru
12:00 IST		Report	Poonam 25' Ritu Devi 62'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Phukri Lhamu Bhutia (SFA) MVP: Poonam (Sreebhumi)

Odisha Police v Bangalore United

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29)	Odisha Police	1−0	Bangalore United	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Jasmani Samad 50'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Monika Jana (AIFF) MVP: Jasmani Samad (Odisha Police)

Kenkre v Bidesh XI

31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)	Kenkre	3–1	Bidesh XI	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Soumya Guguloth 18' Jyoti 54' Puja Karmakar 89'	Report	Stessi Cardozo 90+4'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Kanika Barman (AIFF) MVP: Soumya Guguloth (Kenkre)

Gokulam Kerala v Odisha Police

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)	Gokulam Kerala	7–0	Odisha Police	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Sabitra 5', 52', 53', 74', 83' Agbo 90' Grace Lalrampari 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 40 Referee: Monika Jana (AIFF) MVP: Sabitra Bhandari (Gokulam Kerala FC)

Bangalore United v Sreebhumi FC

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)	Bangalore United	0–0	Sreebhumi FC	Bengaluru
15:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Phurki Lamu Bhutia (SFA) MVP: Rumpa Malik (Sreebhumi FC)

Sreebhumi FC v Kenkre

3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)	Sreebhumi FC	1–3	Kenkre	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Aarti 33'	Report	Soumya Guguloth 5', 18' Asha Kumari 47'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Usha Bhainsora (AIFF) MVP: Soumya Guguloth (Kenkre)

Bangalore United v Gokulam Kerala

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)	Bangalore United	1−5	Gokulam Kerala	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Satyabati Khadia 5'	Report	Komal Kumari 3' (o.g.) Bhandari 46' K.Devi 51', 58', 90+3'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Kanika Barman (AIFF) MVP: Kamala Devi (Gokulam Kerala)

Odisha Police v Bidesh XI

4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)	Odisha Police	6−0	Bidesh XI	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Arati Anima Khadi 24' Tikina Samal 34', 85' Jabamani Soren 42', 54', 67'	Report		Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Phurki Lamu Bhutia (SFA) MVP: Jabamani Soren (Odisha Police)

Kenkre v Bangalore United

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)	Kenkre	2−1	Bangalore United	Bengaluru
15:00 IST	Asha Kumari 46' Techi Akung 56'	Report	Amoolya Kamal 86'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Referee: Usha Bhainsora (AIFF) MVP: Techi Akung (Kenkre)

Odisha Police v Sreebhumi FC

7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)	Odisha Police	1−1	Sreebhumi FC	Bengaluru
12:00 IST	Tikina Samal 26'	Report	Poonam 79'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 75 Referee: Phurki Lhamu Bhutia (SFA) MVP: Poonam (Sreebhumi FC)

Bidesh XI v Gokulam Kerala

7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)	Bidesh XI	0−5	Gokulam Kerala	Bengaluru
15:00 IST		Report	K.Devi 4' Scindia Saundatikar 57' (o.g.) Bhandari 63' Thokchom Umapati Devi 82' Karishma Shirvoikar 86'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Kanika Barman (AIFF) MVP: Thokchom Umapati Devi (Gokulam Kerala)

Knock–out stage

Top two teams from each group will make it to the semifinals, will be played on February 10 and the final will be held on February 14.^[2]

Bracket

Semi-finals			Final

1	KRYPHSA	3

4	Kenkre	1
			KRYPHSA	2

			Gokulam Kerala	3
3	Gokulam Kerala	3

2	Sethu	0

Semi-finals

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10)

12:00 IST

KRYPHSA	3–1	Kenkre
Ratanbala Devi 18', 38' Roja Devi 62'	Report	Jyoti 43'

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru

Attendance: 198

Referee: Ruba Devi Guruswamy (AIFF)

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10)

15:00 IST

Gokulam Kerala	3–0	Sethu
Manisha Kalyan 21' Sabitra Bhandari 44', 83'	Report

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru

Attendance: 600

Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (AIFF)

Final

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14)

15:00 IST

KRYPHSA	2–3	Gokulam Kerala
Grace Dangmei 33' Ratanbala Devi 72'	Report	Prameshwori Devi 1' Kamala Devi 25' Sabitra Bhandari 87'

Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru

Referee: Kanika Barman (AIFF)

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 14 February 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sabitra Bhandari	Gokulam Kerala	16
2	Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	13
3	Ratanbala Devi	KRYPHSA	10
4	Soumya Guguloth	Kenkre	7
5	Yumnam Kamala Devi	Gokulam Kerala	5
6	Sumithra Kamaraj	Sethu	4
	Jabamani Soren	Odisha Police
	Karishma Shirvoikar	Gokulam Kerala
9	Anju Tamang	KRYPHSA	3
	Satyabati Khadia	Bangalore United
	Kavya P	Kickstart
	Karthika A	Sethu
	Tikina Samal	Odisha Police
	Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala
	Dangmei Grace	KRYPHSA

Hat-tricks

Result column shows goal tally of player's team first.

No.	Player	For	Against	Goals	Result	Date	Ref.
1	Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	Kohlapur	3	5−0	24 January 2020	^[3]
2	Soumya Guguloth	Kenkre	Odisha Police	3	4−1	25 January 2020	^[4]
3	Karishma Shirvoikar	Gokulam Kerala	Kenkre	3	10−1	28 January 2020	^[5]
4	Sabitra Bhandari	Gokulam Kerala	Kenkre	5	10−1	28 January 2020	^[5]
5	Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	BBK Dav	4	9−0	30 January 2020	^[6]
6	Sabitra Bhandari	Gokulam Kerala	Odisha Police	5	7−0	1 February 2020	^[7]
7	Yumnam Kamala Devi	Gokulam Kerala	Bangalore United	3	5−1	4 February 2020	^[8]
8	Jabamani Soren	Odisha Police	Bidesh XI	3	6−0	4 February 2020	^[9]
9	Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	Baroda	4	6−0	6 February 2020	^[10]

Season awards

Hero Indian Women's League 2019–20 awards.

Award	Recipient
Top Scorer	Sabitra Bhandari (Gokulam Kerala Women)
Best Goalkeeper	Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (KRYPHSA FC)
Most Valuable Player	Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (KRYPHSA FC)
Emerging Player	Manisha Kalyan (Gokulam Kerala Women)

References

^ "Indian Women's League 2020 to Start on January 24: Know the Teams Confirmed to Be Participating". news18. 10 January 2019.
^ "Hero Indian Women's League returns, scheduled to kick-off from January 24". AIFF. 9 January 2019.
^ "Defending champions Sethu kick-off with emphatic victory over Kolhapur". AIFF. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Kenkre ride on Soumya hat-trick to register facile win over Odisha Police". AIFF. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Gokulam Kerala FC run riot against Kenkre FC". AIFF. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Sethu FC run riot against BBK DAV by scoring nine". AIFF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
^ "Seventh heaven for Gokulam Kerala after big win against Odisha Police". AIFF. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Gokulam Kerala reach Hero IWL semis with 5-1 win against Bangalore United". AIFF. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Odisha Police soar high on Soren's hattrick to register six-goal win". AIFF. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ "Sandhiya's four-goal haul takes Sethu to Hero IWL semis". AIFF. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

External links

Fixtures and results

Indian Women's League

Seasons

Qualifiers

Finals

Clubs

2023–24 Clubs	East Bengal Gokulam Kerala HOPS Kickstart Odisha Sethu Sports Odisha
Former Clubs	Aizawl Women ARA Baroda FA CRPF Churchill Brothers Women Eastern Sporting Union Indira Gandhi AS&E Jeppiaar Institute Kenkre Kolhapur City KRYPHSA Manipur Police Mumbai Knights PIFA Sports Pune City Rising Student's Club Sreebhumi

Statistics and awards

Associated competitions

Indian Women's Football Championship

Category

2019–20 in Indian football

League competitions

First division	I-League Indian Super League Playoffs Final
Second division	I-League 2nd Division
State leagues	Assam Delhi Goa Karnataka Men's Kerala Manipur Meghalaya Sikkim Mizoram Maharashtra (Mumbai) Odisha (Men's Women's) Punjab Uttarakhand West Bengal Men's Women's
Women	Indian Women's League Final round
Youth	Elite League

Cup competitions

Men	Santosh Trophy (State) Qualifiers Final Durand Cup
Women	Women's Championship (State)

Club seasons
I-League	East Bengal Gokulam Kerala Indian Arrows Mohun Bagan Punjab TRAU
Indian Super League	ATK Bengaluru Chennaiyin Goa Hyderabad Kerala Blasters Mumbai City NorthEast United Odisha