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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] 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 (ALFC ...
[6] [7] She made her debut on 16 August 2015 in a 0–5 defeat by Coventry Ladies and in doing so became the first player from the India national women's team to play competitively in England [8] and the first Indian woman to play in English league football. [9] She spent two seasons with the club before returning to India in early 2018. [10]
India women's international footballers (1 C, 80 P) Pages in category "Indian women's footballers" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Manisha Kalyan (born 27 November 2001) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Greek A Division club PAOK and the India women's national team. [1] [2] She won the 2020–21 AIFF Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year and the 2022–23 AIFF Women's Player of the Year awards.
Indian Women's League: 2021–22, 2022–23 [21] [22] Railways. Senior Women's National Football Championship: 2015–16; New Radiant. FAM Women's Football Championship: 2015; Individual. Indian Women's League Best Defender: 2021–22; AIFF women's player of the year: 2018–19 [23] AFC women's player of the year 2019: Nominee
In 2016, the Indian Women's League was incorporated. [2] A proper league system for women's football was established in 2016 with the commencement of Indian Women's League (IWL), 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.
The women's national competition is played on a state vs. state basis in the India women's football championship. [10] There are also similar national championships for junior teams like the Junior Girls National Championship (for under 19s) and the Under-17 Girls National Championship. Some female players have become internationally recognised.
This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior India women's national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-20 or other junior levels). For men's international players, see Category:India men's international footballers. Players in this category should also be left in Category:Indian women's ...