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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.
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]
Franz Gastler has given TEDx talks on "Sports to promote confidence in women" (2012), [6] "The Girl Effect" (2013) [7] and with Rinky Kumari "Yuwa - How football can change lives" (2015). [8] The program was featured as a Microsoft Edge Partner, November 16, 2017, [9] highlighting the new Yuwa web page. The News & Media page has a list of media ...
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 ...
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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.
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]
The Tamil Nadu women's football team is an Indian women's football team representing Tamil Nadu in the Senior Women's National Football Championship. [1] They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals once, and won the trophy at their maiden attempt at the 2017–18 edition by defeating the reigning champions Manipur. [2] [3] [4] [5]