Back ভারতীয় মহিলা লিগ Bengali/Bangla Indian Women’s League German Championnat d'Inde féminin de football French Indian Women's League Italian ഇന്ത്യൻ വിമൻസ് ലീഗ് Malayalam भारतीय महिला लीग Marathi Indian Women's League SIMPLE انڈین ویمن لیگ Urdu Hindiston ayollar ligasi Uzbek
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| Organising body | All India Football Federation (AIFF) |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Country | India |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Indian Women's League 2 |
| International cup(s) | AFC Women's Champions League |
| Current champions | Odisha (1st title) |
| Most championships | Gokulam Kerala (3 titles) |
| TV partners | Indian Football (YouTube) |
| Website | the-aiff.com |
| Current: 2024–25 | |
The Indian Women's League (abbreviated as the IWL) is the women's top tier professional football league in India.[1] Founded in 2016, currently a total of 7 teams from across the country participate in the league.[2]
The competition was planned since 2014 and got established in 2016, with the first season starting from October 2016 in Cuttack, Odisha.[3] 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.
Until now four clubs have been crowned as champions: Eastern Sporting Union, Rising Students Club, Sethu and Gokulam Kerala. Out of them Gokulam Kerala has lifted the championship trophy thrice.[4]
- ^ "IWL: Tough battle awaits for debutants Churchill Brothers". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Goa: The Times of India. TNN. 24 April 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "New clubs and new goals are at the forefront of the Hero IWL". FootballExpress.in. 25 April 2023.
- ^ Puri, Rohan (21 April 2016). "Women's football league from October". Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Chennai: Sportstar. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.