2024–25 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League
Season	2024–25
Dates	10 January – 13 April 2025
Matches played	24
Goals scored	63 (2.63 per match)
Biggest home win	Gokulam Kerala 3–0 HOPS (26 January 2025)
Biggest away win	Sribhumi 1–5 Gokulam Kerala; (20 January 2025)
Highest scoring	Sribhumi 1–5 Gokulam Kerala; (20 January 2025)
Longest winning run	East Bengal; Gokulam Kerala (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Gokulam Kerala (6 matches)
Longest winless run	HOPS; Kickstart (6 matches)
Longest losing run	Sribhumi; HOPS (3 matches)
Highest attendance	1,243; Odisha 2–0 Nita (28 January 2025)
Total attendance	7,688
Average attendance	320
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 7 February 2025.

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3] In October 2024, Sports Odisha withdrew, leaving the eight participating clubs in the league.^[4] AIFF implemented the promotion-relegation system for the IWL tiers from the 2024–25 season.^[5]

Promoted from Indian Women's League 2

Withdrawn

Sports Odisha

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Kolkata

Kolkata clubs:
East Bengal
Sribhumi

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Locations of the Indian Women's League clubs

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^[a]	1,500
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Kalinga Stadium	15,000
Sethu	Madurai	Tamil Nadu	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium^[b]	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	Manoj Joshi	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	Shreya Hooda	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

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	Catherine Aringo	Fazila Ikwaput	Phoeby Okech	—
HOPS	Constance Achiaa	Gladys Amfobea	—	—
Kickstart	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
1	East Bengal	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary stage
2	Gokulam Kerala	6	4	2	0	17	6	+11	14
3	Odisha	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
4	Sethu	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10
5	Nita	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7
6	Sribhumi	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6
7	Kickstart	6	0	3	3	4	9	−5	3	Relegation to Indian Women's League 2
8	HOPS	6	0	1	5	1	10	−9	1	Relegation to Indian Women's League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2025. 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

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		1–1	1–1		1–2	1–1
Nita	1–4							1–2
Odisha					2–0		0–2
Sethu		1–4			2–2			1–0
Sribhumi		1–5		2–0		1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2025. Source: AIFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6
East Bengal	W	W	W	W	L	W
Gokulam Kerala	D	D	W	W	W	W
HOPS	L	L	D	L	L	L
Kickstart	L	D	D	L	L	D
Nita	W	D	L	L	W	L
Odisha	D	W	L	W	W	D
Sethu	W	D	W	L	W	L
Sribhumi	L	L	L	W	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2025. Source: AIFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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
Team ╲ Round
East Bengal	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gokulam Kerala	5	5	3	2	2	2
HOPS	6	8	7	8	8	8
Kickstart	8	6	6	7	7	7
Nita	2	3	5	5	5	5
Odisha	4	2	4	3	3	3
Sethu	3	4	2	4	4	4
Sribhumi	7	7	8	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2025. Source: AIFF

Matches

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

Round 1

10 January 2025	East Bengal	2–0	Kickstart	Kolkata
14:30	Sandhiya Ranganathan 22' Resty Nanziri 49'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 548 Referee: Neetu Rana Player of the Match: Sandhiya Ranganathan (East Bengal)

10 January 2025	Gokulam Kerala	1–1	Odisha	Kozhikode
15:30	Hemam Shilky Devi 87'	Report	Lynda Kom 61'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 201 Referee: Kanika Barman Player of the Match: Hemam Shilky Devi (Gokulam Kerala)

11 January 2025	HOPS	0–1	Nita	New Delhi
14:00		Report	Gifty Acheampong 80'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham Player of the Match: Gifty Acheampong (Nita)

11 January 2025	Sethu	1–0	Sribhumi	Chennai
15:30	Amina Nababi 60'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Pooja S. Player of the Match: Amina Nababi (Sethu)

Round 2

15 January 2025	Kickstart	1–1	Gokulam Kerala	Bengaluru
09:00	Sanju Yadav 6'	Report	Fazila Ikwaput 36'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Rachana Hasmukh Kamani Player of the Match: Sanju Yadav (Kickstart)

15 January 2025	East Bengal	1–0	Sribhumi	Kolkata
14:30	Soumya Guguloth 77'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 463 Referee: Ruba Devi G. Player of the Match: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal)

16 January 2025	HOPS	0–2	Odisha	New Delhi
14:00		Report	Lynda Kom 66' Jennifer Yeboah 84'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Mahi Tudu Player of the Match: Grace Hauhnar (Odisha)

16 January 2025	Sethu	2–2	Nita	Chennai
15:30	Malavika P. 12', 16'	Report	Gifty Acheampong 27' Jabamani Tudu 74'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 480 Referee: Neetu Rana Player of the Match: Malavika P. (Sethu)

Round 3

20 January 2025	Nita	1–4	East Bengal	Bhubaneswar
09:00	Gifty Acheampong 61'	Report	Anju Tamang 30' Soumya Guguloth 48' Resty Nanziri 50' Sandhiya Ranganathan 67'	Stadium: Capital Football Arena Attendance: 251 Referee: Usha Player of the Match: Sandhiya Ranganathan (East Bengal)

20 January 2025	Sribhumi	1–5	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
15:00	Queenable Akousa Amankrah 38'	Report	Fazila Ikwaput 1', 41', 56', 72' Shubhangi Singh 43'	Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Sen Hangma Subba Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)

21 January 2025	Kickstart	1–1	HOPS	Bengaluru
09:00	Karishma Shirvoikar 15'	Report	Gladys Amfobea 78'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 103 Referee: Snigdha Mondal Player of the Match: Dalima Chhibber (Kickstart)

21 January 2025	Odisha	0–2	Sethu	Bhubaneswar
15:00		Report	Amina Nababi 69', 82'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 223 Referee: Mahi Tudu Player of the Match: Amina Nababi (Sethu)

Round 4

26 January 2025	Gokulam Kerala	3–0	HOPS	Kozhikode
15:30	Fazila Ikwaput 40', 82' Catherine Amo Aringo 90+4'	Report		Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 338 Referee: Kusum Mandi Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)

27 January 2025	Sribhumi	2–0	Kickstart	Kolkata
15:00	Bala Devi 15' Nameirakpam Arina Devi 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium Attendance: 247 Referee: RD Hringnidam Player of the Match: Bala Devi (Sribhumi)

28 January 2025	East Bengal	3–0	Sethu	Kolkata
14:30	Sandhiya Ranganathan 55' Maurine Achieng 69' Soumya Guguloth 80'	Report		Stadium: East Bengal Ground Attendance: 700 Referee: Rachana Hasmukh Kamani Player of the Match: Soumya Guguloth (East Bengal)

28 January 2025	Odisha	2–0	Nita	Bhubaneswar
15:00	Eliane Bodolo 5' Lynda Kom 43'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1243 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham Player of the Match: Lynda Kom (Odisha)

Round 5

1 February 2025	Kickstart	1–2	Nita	Bengaluru
09:00	Grace Dangmei 45+3'	Report	Rahama Jafaru 46', 80'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 252 Referee: Kusum Mandi Player of the Match: Rahama Jafaru (Nita)

1 February 2025	Sribhumi	1–2	Odisha	Kolkata
15:00	Queenable Akousa Amankrah 77'	Report	Jennifer Kankam Yeboah 40' Lynda Kom 81'	Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Neetu Rana Player of the Match: Lynda Kom (Odisha)

2 February 2025	HOPS	0–2	Sethu	New Delhi
14:00		Report	Phanjoubam Nirmala Devi 30' Moussa Zouwairatou 54'	Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Snigdha Mondal Player of the Match: Moussa Zouwairatou (Sethu)

2 February 2025	Gokulam Kerala	3–2	East Bengal	Kozhikode
15:30	Fazila Ikwaput 2', 35', 52' (pen.)	Report	Maurine Achieng 86' Resty Nanziri 90+1'	Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium Attendance: 102 Referee: Pooja S. Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)

Round 6

6 February 2025	HOPS	0–1	East Bengal	New Delhi
14:00	Soumya Guguloth 40'	Report		Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium Attendance: 164 Referee: Sen Hangma Subba Player of the Match: Soumya Guguloth (East Bengal)

6 February 2025	Nita	1–2	Sribhumi	Bhubaneswar
15:00	Rahama Jafaru 62'	Report	Bala Devi 11', 24'	Stadium: Capital Football Arena Attendance: 80 Referee: Rachana Hasmukh Kamani Player of the Match: Bala Devi (Sreebhumi)

7 February 2025	Kickstart	1–1	Odisha	Bengaluru
09:00	Joanita Ainembabazi 70'	Report	Lynda Kom 82'	Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium Attendance: 178 Referee: Kanika Barman Player of the Match: Dalima Chhibber (Kickstart)

7 February 2025	Sethu	1–4	Gokulam Kerala	Chennai
15:30	Phanjoubam Nirmala Devi 25'	Report	Fazila Ikwaput 10', 20', 60', 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Usha Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)

Round 7

6 March 2025	Sethu	v	Kickstart	Chennai
15:30				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

8 March 2025	Sribhumi	v	HOPS	Kolkata
15:00				Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium

9 March 2025	Nita	v	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar
15:00				Stadium: Capital Football Arena

9 March 2025	Odisha	v	East Bengal	Bhubaneswar
16:00				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Round 8

15 March 2025	Kickstart	v	East Bengal	Bengaluru
09:00				Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

15 March 2025	Odisha	v	Gokulam Kerala	Bhubaneswar
15:00				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

16 March 2025	Nita	v	HOPS	Bhubaneswar
15:00				Stadium: Capital Football Arena

16 March 2025	Sribhumi	v	Sethu	Kolkata
15:00				Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium

Round 9

20 March 2025	Kickstart	v	Sribhumi	Bengaluru
09:00				Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

20 March 2025	HOPS	v	Gokulam Kerala	New Delhi
14:00				Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

21 March 2025	Nita	v	Odisha	Bhubaneswar
15:00				Stadium: Capital Football Arena

21 March 2025	Sethu	v	East Bengal	Chennai
15:30				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Round 10

26 March 2025	East Bengal	v	Nita	Kolkata
14:30				Stadium: East Bengal Ground

26 March 2025	Gokulam Kerala	v	Sribhumi	Kozhikode
15:30				Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium

27 March 2025	HOPS	v	Kickstart	New Delhi
14:00				Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

27 March 2025	Sethu	v	Odisha	Chennai
15:30				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

Round 11

31 March 2025	East Bengal	v	HOPS	Kolkata
14:30				Stadium: East Bengal Ground

31 March 2025	Sribhumi	v	Nita	Kolkata
15:00				Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium

1 April 2025	Gokulam Kerala	v	Sethu	Kozhikode
15:30				Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium

1 April 2025	Odisha	v	Kickstart	Bhubaneswar
16:00				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Round 12

5 April 2025	Sribhumi	v	East Bengal	Kolkata
15:00				Stadium: Bibhutibhushan Stadium

5 April 2025	Gokulam Kerala	v	Kickstart	Kozhikode
15:30				Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium

6 April 2025	Nita	v	Sethu	Bhubaneswar
15:00				Stadium: Capital Football Arena

6 April 2025	Odisha	v	HOPS	Bhubaneswar
16:00				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Round 13

April 2025	Kickstart	v	Sethu	Bengaluru
				Stadium: Bangalore Football Stadium

April 2025	HOPS	v	Sribhumi	New Delhi
				Stadium: Ambedkar Stadium

April 2025	East Bengal	v	Odisha	Kolkata
				Stadium: East Bengal Ground

April 2025	Gokulam Kerala	v	Nita	Kozhikode
				Stadium: EMS Corporation Stadium

Round 14

April 2025	Sethu	v	HOPS	Chennai
				Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)

April 2025	Odisha	v	Sribhumi	Bhubaneswar
				Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

April 2025	East Bengal	v	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
				Stadium: East Bengal Ground

April 2025	Nita	v	Kickstart	Bhubaneswar
				Stadium: Capital Football Arena

Season statistics

As of 7 February 2025

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fazila Ikwaput	Gokulam Kerala	14
2	Lynda Kom	Odisha	5
3	Resty Nanziri	East Bengal	4
3	Soumya Guguloth	East Bengal	4
5	Gifty Acheampong	Nita	3
	Bala Devi	Sribhumi
	Amina Nababi	Sethu
	Sandhiya Ranganathan	East Bengal
	Rahama Jafaru	Nita
10	Queenable Akousa Amankrah	Sribhumi	2

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

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Elangbam Panthoi Chanu	East Bengal	4
2	Sarangthem Khambi Chanu	Sethu	3
3	Shreya Hooda	Odisha	2
4	Sasmita Parida	Nita	1
	Payal Basude	Gokulam Kerala
	Aditi Chauhan	Sribhumi

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 2
- 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			26			27
28			29			30
31			32			33
34			35			36
37			38			39
40			41			42
43			44			45
46			47			48
49			50			51
52			53			54
55			56

Season awards

The following awards will be given at the conclusion of the season:

Award	Winner
Best Striker
Best Goalkeeper
Best Defender
Best Midfielder
Best Match Organisation
Best Media Operations

References

^ "AIFF officials hold discussions with Hero I-League, Hero IWL clubs". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
^ Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "Indian Women's League 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ Media Team, AIFF (18 June 2024). "16 tournaments, 11,000 players: A hectic 2023–24 domestic season with class and character". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Indian Womens League 2024-25: Full list of fixtures, dates, venues, timings". Sportstar. 24 October 2024.
^ "AIFF League Committee recommends promotion-relegation system for IWL". www.the-aiff.com. AIFF. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

[6] The club is based in Cuttack but will play its home games in Bhubaneswar for the season.

[7] The club is based in Madurai but will play its home games in Chennai for the season.

[1] "AIFF officials hold discussions with Hero I-League, Hero IWL clubs". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

[2] Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "Indian Women's League 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

[3] Media Team, AIFF (18 June 2024). "16 tournaments, 11,000 players: A hectic 2023–24 domestic season with class and character". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[4] "Indian Womens League 2024-25: Full list of fixtures, dates, venues, timings". Sportstar. 24 October 2024.

[5] "AIFF League Committee recommends promotion-relegation system for IWL". www.the-aiff.com. AIFF. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

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