List of Indian women's football champions

Indian Women's League (1st tier)
Indian Women's League (2016–present)
Country
 India
Founded
2016
Number of teams
7 (2023–24)
Current champions
Odisha
Most successful club
Gokulam Kerala (3 titles)

The Indian women's football champions are the winners of the highest national league in women's football in India.[1] In 2016, the Indian Women's League was incorporated.[2]

A proper league system for women's football was established in 2016 with the commencement of Indian Women's League (IWL), The league was launched as India's first professional football league for women with the aim to increase the player pool for India national team. Since 2019–20, the clubs that become champions are granted an opportunity to play in the AFC Women's Club Championship, the top tier women's club football competition in Asia.[3]

National League Champions

Season Champions
(number of titles) 		Runners-up Third place Teams
2016–17 Eastern Sporting Union Rising Students –[a] 6
2017–18 Rising Students Eastern Sporting Union 7
2018–19 Sethu Manipur Police 12
2019–20 Gokulam Kerala KRYPHSA 12
2020–21 Cancelled
2021–22 Gokulam Kerala (2) Sethu Kickstart 12
2022–23 Gokulam Kerala (3) Kickstart –[a] 16
2023–24 Odisha Gokulam Kerala Kickstart 7
  1. ^ a b The tournament was organised as a knock-out tournament and third place decider matches weren't played, hence no team was recognised for the third place.

Total titles won

Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons Runner-up seasons
Gokulam Kerala 3 1 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23 2023–24
Eastern Sporting Union 1 1 2016–17 2017–18
Rising Students 1 1 2017–18 2016–17
Sethu 1 1 2018–19 2021–22
Odisha 1 – 2023–24 –
Manipur Police – 1 – 2018–19
KRYPHSA – 1 – 2019–20
Kickstart – 1 – 2022–23

By state

State Championships Clubs
Kerala 3 Gokulam Kerala (3)
Odisha 2 Rising Students (1), Odisha (1)
Manipur 1 Eastern Sporting Union (1)
Tamil Nadu 1 Sethu (1)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gokulam Kerala crowned champions of Indian Women's League after dramatic final vs KRYPHSA FC". Indiatoday.in.
  2. ^ Puri, Rohan (21 April 2016). "Women's football league from October". Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Gokulam Kerala FC to represent India in AFC Women's Club Championship 2020-21". sportstar.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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