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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]
Indumathi Kathiresan (born 5 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Odisha in the Indian Women's League and the India women's national football team. International career
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] Promoted from Indian Women's League 2. Sreebhumi; Nita
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The league was launched by All India Football Federation as India's first national women's second tier professional football league. [2] [3] [4] In January 2024, the League Committee confirmed the introduction of the system of promotion and relegation of the clubs involving the IWL and IWL 2, effective from the 2024–25 season.
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]
Odisha Football Club Women (ⓘ) is an Indian professional women's football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Women's League, the top flight of Indian women's football. [4] [5] Odisha FC Women were founded in 2022, when the Indian Super League side Odisha FC announced the formation of their women's side. [6] [7]