2019–20 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League
Season	2019–20
Dates	24 January – 14 February 2020
Champions	Gokulam Kerala; 1st title
AFC Women's Club Championship	Gokulam Kerala
Matches played	33
Goals scored	123 (3.73 per match)
Best Player	Ratanbala Devi
Top goalscorer	Sabitra Bhandari; (16 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Linthoingambi Devi; (5 cleansheets)
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 ; 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2022.

The 2019–20 Indian Women's League was the fourth season of the Indian Women's League, the top division women's professional football league in India. The league started from 24 January 2020 and ended on 14 February 2020 with Gokulam Kerala defeating Kryphsa 3-2 in the final to clinch the title for the first time. Twelve teams participated in the league. All the matches were played in Bangalore Football Stadium, Bengaluru.^[1]

AFC Women's Club Championship

The winners of the 2020-21 season would originally get the chance to participate in 2021 edition of AFC Women's Club Championship. But as a backup it was thought if the season is unable to complete or cancelled before the start of the tournament which will be held from October 30 to November 14, the defending champions of 2019-20 season, Gokulam Kerala FC will qualify for the event.^[2] Later on 15 July 2021, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) nominated Gokulam Kerala to represent India in the AFC Women’s Club Championship 2020–21 pilot tournament.^[3]

Qualifiers

State women's leagues organized by various state federations acted as the qualifier this season. In addition to these, the Rest of India zone champions has been awarded a place in the final round.^[4] Gokulam Kerala defeated FC Alakhpura 9–1 over two legs to secure a place in the Group stage.

Rest of India Zone
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gokulam Kerala	9–1	FC Alakhpura	1–0	8–1

Teams

Bidesh XI FC

BBK Dav FC

KRYPHSA

Bengaluru

Baroda FA

Sethu

FC Kolhapur City

Kenkre FC

Odisha Police FC

Sreebhumi FC

Gokulam Kerala

Bengaluru teams
Bangalore United FC
Kickstart FC

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Locations of the 2019-20 Indian Women's League teams

Team locations


Group A	State/UT	Group B	State/UT
Baroda Football Academy	Baroda, Gujarat	Bangalore United	Bengaluru, Karnataka
BBK Dav	Amritsar, Punjab	Bidesh XI	Assonora, Goa
Kolhapur City	Kolhapur, Maharashtra	Odisha Police	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Kickstart	Bengaluru, Karnataka	Kenkre	Mumbai, Maharashtra
KRYPHSA	Imphal, Manipur	Sreebhumi	Kolkata, West Bengal
Sethu	Madurai, Tamil Nadu	Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode, Kerala

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Bangalore United	Chitra Gangadharan	Amoolya Kamal
Baroda FA	Muralidharan P	Priya Mistry
BBK Dav	Satpal Singh Kala	Shyama Rani
Bidesh XI	Joao Minino Rebello	Astrid Pereira
Gokulam Kerala	Priya P. V.	Michel Castanha
Kolhapur City	Muzamil Mahmood	Mrunal Khot
Kickstart	M Muruhuvedan	Manpreet
Kenkre	Kalpana Dass	Soumya Guguloth
KRYPHSA	Langam Chaoba Devi	Grace Dangmei
Odisha Police	Mohammad Shahid Jabbar	Karishma Oram
Sethu	Amrutha Arvind	Ashalata Devi
Sreebhumi	Barun Sengupta	Poli Koley

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2
Bangalore United	Tanvie Hans
Baroda Football Academy	No player was signed
BBK Dav
Bidesh XI
Gokulam Kerala	Sabitra Bhandari	Espérance Agbo
Kolhapur City	No player was signed
Kickstart
Kenkre
KRYPHSA
Odisha Police
Sethu	Anita Basnet
Sreebhumi	No player was signed

Final round

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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	5	3	0	2	6	7	−1	9
4	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	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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7
4	Sreebhumi	5	1	2	2	4	5	−1	5
5	Bangalore United	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5	4
6	Bidesh XI	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

Knock–out stage

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Semifinals
KRYPHSA	3–1	Kenkre
Gokulam Kerala	3–0	Sethu
Final
KRYPHSA	2–3	Gokulam Kerala

Season awards

The awards for the Hero Indian Women's League 2019–20 season:

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

References

^ "Hero Indian Women's League returns, scheduled to kick-off from January 24". AIFF. 9 January 2019.
^ "AIFF keen to host women's league by September in light of continental invite". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Gokulam Kerala FC to represent India in AFC Women's Club Championship". The Indian Express. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
^ "Indian Women's League 2020 to Start on January 24: Know the Teams Confirmed to Be Participating". news18. 10 January 2019.

External links

All India Football Federation.

[1] "Hero Indian Women's League returns, scheduled to kick-off from January 24". AIFF. 9 January 2019.

[2] "AIFF keen to host women's league by September in light of continental invite". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 May 2021.

[3] "Gokulam Kerala FC to represent India in AFC Women's Club Championship". The Indian Express. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

[4] "Indian Women's League 2020 to Start on January 24: Know the Teams Confirmed to Be Participating". news18. 10 January 2019.

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