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Football for women in Asia started later compared to their male counterparts. The seed of women's football in India was planted in the early 1970s. The first manager was Sushil Bhattacharya, in 1975 [3] [4] and from 1975 until 1991, the administration of the game was in the hands of the Women's Football Federation of India (WFFI), which comes under the Asian Ladies' Football Confederation ...
Over the years the Indian Women's Football Championship has been the major championship among state teams.. On 21 April 2016, over a year after the AIFF started plans for a women's football league, the AIFF President, Praful Patel, said that a women's football league would kick off in October 2016 with six teams to be decided, with the goal to expand to eight teams by 2017. [19]
Hemam Shilky Devi (born 23 November 2005) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur, [1] who plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. In 2022, she was the youngest player of the AFC Women's Asia Cup aged 16 years and two months.
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The SAFF Women's Championship, also called the South Asian Football Federation Women's Cup, is a competition for women's national football teams governed by the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF). All seven members are eligible to participate in the tournament.
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.
The Karnataka Women's League, also referred to as the Karnataka Women's Super Division League, is the top division of women's football league in the Indian state of Karnataka. [1] The League is organised by the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA), the official football governing body of the state.
The Senior Women's National Football Championship for Rajmata Jijabai Trophy, also known as Senior Women’s National Football Championship or simply the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy since 2024, [1] is a women's football tournament contested by state associations and government institutions in India. [2]