2019–20 Indian Women's League season

The 2019–20 Indian Women's League season was the fourth season of the Indian Women's League, a women's 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]

Indian Women's League
Season2019–20
ChampionsGokulam Kerala
Matches played33
Goals scored123 (3.73 per match)
Best PlayerRatanbala Devi
Top goalscorerSabitra Bhandari
(16 goals)
Best goalkeeperLinthoingambi Devi
(5 cleansheets)
Highest scoringKenkre 1–10 c
(28 January 2020)
Longest winning runKryphsa
Gokulam Kerala
(5 matches,
only league matches)
Longest unbeaten runKryphsa
Gokulam Kerala
(5 matches,
only league matches)
Longest winless runBBK Dav
Bidesh XI
(5 matches)
Longest losing runBidesh XI
(5 matches)
All statistics correct as of 14 February 2020.

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.[2] Gokulam Kerala defeated FC Alakhpura 9–1 over two legs to secure a place in the Group stage.

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

Teams

Bidesh XI FC
BBK Dav FC
KRYPHSA
Bengaluru
Baroda FA
FC Kolhapur City
Kenkre FC
Odisha Police FC
Bengaluru teams
Bangalore United FC
Kickstart FC
Locations of the 2019-20 Indian Women's League teams

Team locations

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

Personnel

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

Foreign players

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

Final round

Group stage

Group A

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
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

Group B

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 FC 5 4 0 1 13 14 1 12
3 Odisha Police FC 5 2 1 2 9 12 3 7
4 Sreebhumi FC 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

Knock–out stage

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

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