2024 National Women's League (Nepal)

2024 ANFA Women’s League

Season	2024
Dates	1 September –12 October
Qualification for	AFC Women's Champions League
Matches played	68
Goals scored	288 (4.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rashmi Ghising (35 Goals)
← 2022 2025 → All statistics correct as of 27 January 2025.

The 2024 ANFA Women's League, also known as National Women's League is the ongoing 2024 edition of the first-tier women's club football competition in Nepal organized by the All Nepal Football Association. The season will scheduled to conduct 1 September to 12 October 2024. ^[1]

Format

All the Clubs take part in Single Round Robin a total of 45 matches in the first round. Then, the top 5 teams from fist round will take part in Double Round Robin Format in the Super League.

The top four teams from the Super League will progress to the Qualifiers, then compete in the Eliminator, and finally, the Finals of the competition.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

The season was made up of 5 teams that participated in the 2022 as well as 5 further regionally qualified teams. ^[2]

Club	City	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Karnali Province	Birendranagar, Surkhet	Karnali Province	Karnali Province Stadium	12,500
Koshi Province	Dharan, Sunsari	Koshi Province	Dharan Stadium	10,000
Sudurpaschim Province	Godawari, Dhangadhi,	Sudurpashchim Province	Dhangadhi Stadium	10,000
APF F.C.	Kathmandu	Bagmati Province	Halchowk Stadium	5,000
Nepal Police F.C.			Nepal Police Academy, Maharjgunj	1500
Sankata F.C.			Dasharath Rangasala	15,000
Nepal Army FC			Tribhuwan Army Stadium, Bhadrakali	2000
Bagmati Youth Club	Sarlahi, Sarlahi	Madhesh Province	NA	NA
Chandrapur Municipality	Chandrapur, Rautahat		Rautahat District FA Ground	1500
Waling Municipality	Waling, Syangja	Gandaki Province	NA	NA

Personnel and Sponsorships

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Bagmati Youth Club	Sunil Kumar Shrestha	Divya Yasmali Magar	Li-Ning
Chandrapur Municipality	Bhojraj Ghimire (Asst. Coach)	Saloni Rana Magar	Kelme	Aiwina
APF F.C.	Jibesh Pandey	Anita Basnet	Kelme	Mahindra
Nepal Police F.C.	Bhola Silwal	Niru Thapa	Kelme
Karnali Province	Ganesh Khadka (Asst. Coach)	Lila Joshi
Koshi Province	Shyam Manandhar	Simran Rai	Joya	Joya
Sankata F.C.	Rabindra Shilakar	Sushma Maharjan
Sudurpaschim Province	Dipesh Yonjan Lama	Kanti Patali
Nepal Army FC	Chaun Bahadhur Thapa	Anchali Waiba	Kelme
Waling Municipality	Dilip Thapa	Maya Maske		Garima Bikas Bank

Foreign players

ANFA allowed maximum of three foreign players per team but only two can be part of starting 11.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Other registered player(s)	Former player(s)
Bagmati Youth Club	Sujata Rai	Eva Pierrot	Gifty Acheampong
Chandrapur Municipality
APF F.C.
Nepal Police F.C.
Karnali Province
Koshi Province	Buli Sarkar	Sunita Sarkar	Tamalika Sarkar
Sankata F.C.	Tening Sene	Selina Anima	Temilope Dominique Owoeye	Jeannette Dominique Sagna
Sudurpaschim Province
Nepal Army FC
Waling Municipality	Jackline Nassali	Viola Namuddu	Cissy Nantongo

Venues

Kathmandu

Lalitpur

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Nepal

Kathmandu	Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala	ANFA Complex
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APF F.C.	9	8	1	0	53	2	+51	25	Qualified for Super League
2	Nepal Army F.C.	9	7	1	1	51	4	+47	22
3	Nepal Police F.C.	9	6	3	0	22	2	+20	21
4	Waling Municipality	9	5	0	4	17	18	−1	15
5	Koshi Province	9	4	2	3	15	19	−4	14	Pulled out of the Super League due to Financial Problem
6	Bagmati Youth Club	9	3	1	5	10	19	−9	10	Qualified for Super League
7	Sankata F.C.	9	2	2	5	10	13	−3	8
8	Chandrapur Municipality	9	1	5	3	7	20	−13	8
9	Karnali Province	9	1	1	7	4	26	−22	4
10	Sudurpaschim Province	9	0	0	9	3	71	−68	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 September 2024. Source: Hamro Khelkud
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head.

Results

Home \ Away	APF	TAC	NPC	WAL	KOP	BYC	SFC	CHA	KAP	SUP
APF F.C.	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	8–0	7–0	3–0	6–0	6–1	19–0
Nepal Army F.C.	1–2	—	1–1	8–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	10–0	5–0	14–1
Nepal Police F.C.	0–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	9–0
Waling Municipality	1–2	0–8	0–2	—	0–4	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	5–1
Koshi Province	0–8	0–5	0–4	4–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	4–0
Bagmati Youth Club	0–7	0–3	0–1	0–4	1–2	—	3–1	0–0	1–0	5–1
Sankata F.C.	0–3	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	—	0–0	2–0	6–0
Chandrapur Municipality	0–6	0–10	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	4–0
Karnali Province	0–6	0–5	0–3	0–4	0–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	3–0
Sudurpaschim Province	0–19	1–14	0–9	1–5	0–4	1–5	0–6	0–4	0–3	—

Source: ANFA Women's League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Form

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
APF F.C.	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bagmati Youth Club	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L
Chandrapur Municipality	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L
Nepal Police F.C.	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W
Karnali Province	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Koshi Province	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W
Sankata F.C.	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L
Sudurpaschim Province	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Nepal Army F.C.	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Waling Municipality	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W

Source: ANFA Women's League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
APF F.C.	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
Bagmati Youth Club	3	4	6	8	8	8	7	6	6
Chandrapur Municipality	5	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
Nepal Police F.C.	7	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3
Karnali Province	4	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Koshi Province	1	1	1	4	4	5	5	5	5
Sankata F.C.	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	7
Sudurpaschim Province	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Nepal Army F.C.	1	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Waling Municipality	10	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

	Leader

Source: ANFA Women's League

Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APF F.C.	8	8	0	0	43	3	+40	24	Advance to Qualifier 1
2	Nepal Army F.C.	8	5	1	2	26	6	+20	16
3	Nepal Police F.C.	8	3	2	3	11	10	+1	11	Advance to Eliminator
4	Bagmati Youth Club	8	1	1	6	4	21	−17	4
5	Waling Municipality	8	1	0	7	5	49	−44	3

Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 2025. Source: Hamro Khelkud
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head.

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	APF	BYC	TAC	NPC	WAL
APF F.C.	—	5–1	3–1	6–0	9–0
Bagmati Youth Club	0–6	—	0–3	0–2	1–3
Nepal Army F.C.	1–2	2–0	—	0–0	6–1
Nepal Police F.C.	0–2	0–0	0–1	—	5–0
Waling Municipality	0–10	0–2	0–12	1–4	—

Source: ANFA Women's League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
APF F.C.	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bagmati Youth Club	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L
Nepal Police F.C.	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Nepal Army F.C.	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L
Waling Municipality	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W

Source: ANFA Women's League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
APF F.C.	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bagmati Youth Club	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Nepal Army F.C.	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nepal Police F.C.	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Waling Municipality	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Leader

Source: ANFA Women's League

Super League Matches

• All times are in NST (UTC+5:45).

Round 1

Nepal Army v Bagmati Youth Club

2 January 2025	Nepal Army	2–0	Bagmati Youth Club	Lalitpur
15:00	B. Chaudhary 25', 71'	Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 275 Referee: Gyan Bahadur Tamang Player of the Match: Bimala Chaudahary (Army)

Nepal Police v Waling Municipality

3 January 2025	Nepal Police	5–0	Waling Municipality	Lalitpur
15:00	A. Sherpa 26', 48' S. Lawati 45+1', 60' P. Rana 46'	Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex Player of the Match: Samjhana Lawati (NPC)

Round 2

APF F.C. v Bagmati Youth Club

4 January 2025	APF F.C.	5–1	Bagmati Youth Club	Lalitpur
12:00	Rashmi Ghising 6', 12', 69' Sabitha Rana Magar 27' Anita K.C 59'	Report	Pushpa Kumari Khadka 16'	Stadium: ANFA Complex Player of the Match: Rashmi K. Ghishing

Nepal Army v Nepal Police

5 January 2025	Nepal Army	0–0	Nepal Police	Lalitpur
15:00		Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex

Round 3

APF F.C. v Waling Municipality

6 January 2025	APF F.C.	9–0	Waling Municipality	Lalitpur
15:00	Rashmi Ghising 3', 6', 17', 77' Saru Limbu 31', 39' Gita Rana 5', 42(P)' Anita K.C 90+1'	Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex

Bagmati Youth Club v Nepal Police

7 January 2025	Bagmati Youth Club	0–2	Nepal Police	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Niru Thapa 9' Puja Rana 82'	Stadium: ANFA Complex Player of the Match: Puja Rana (NPC)

Round 4

Waling Municipality v Nepal Army F.C.

8 January 2025	Waling Municipality	0–12	Nepal Army F.C.	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	B. Chaudhary 34', 48', 60', 81(P)' Chandra Bhandari 23', 31', 69' Sapana Lama 25', 75' Anjana T Rai 56', 70' Bimala BK 90+1'	Stadium: ANFA Complex Player of the Match: Bimala Chaudhary

APF F.C. v Nepal Police

9 January 2025	APF F.C.	6–0	Nepal Police	Lalitpur
15:00	Anita Basnet 10', 90+2', 90+3' Sara Limbu 85', 87' Renuka Nagarkote 37'	Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex Player of the Match: Saru Limbu

Round 5

Waling Municipality v Bagmati Youth Club

10 January 2025	Waling Municipality	0–2	Bagmati Youth Club	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Asmita Khawas 52' Bishnu Maya Bal 75'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

APF F.C. v Nepal Army

11 January 2025	APF F.C.	3–1	Nepal Army	Lalitpur
15:00	Nisha Thokar 60' Anita Basnet 85' Preeti Rai 90'	Report	Bimala Thapa 70'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Round 6

Bagmati Youth Club v Nepal Army

13 January 2025	Bagmati Youth Club	0–3	Nepal Army	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Sapana Lama 6' Punam Jargha Magar 22' Chandra Bhandari 90+1'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Waling Municipality v Nepal Police

14 January 2025	Waling Municipality	1-4	Nepal Police	Lalitpur
15:00	Yasodha Kumari Chiral 85'	Report	Niru Thapa 15' Anuska Sherpa 28' Puja Rana 32' Dhana Bohora 43 (own goal)'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Round 7

Bagmati Youth Club v APF F.C.

15 January 2025	Bagmati Youth Club	0-6	APF F.C.	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Rashmi Ghising 43', 45+2' Saru Limbu 56', 90+1' Preeti Rai 88' Semihangma Limbu Pandhak 55 (own goal)'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Nepal Police v Nepal Army

16 January 2025	Nepal Police	0-1	Nepal Army	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Samiksha Ghimire 90+5 (own goal)'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Round 8

Waling Municipality v APF F.C.

17 January 2025	Waling Municipality	0-10	APF F.C.	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Rashmi Ghising (4)' Saru Limbu (2)' Sabitha Rana Magar (2)' Preeti Rai (1)' Renuka Nagarkote (1)'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Nepal Police v Bagmati Youth Club

18 January 2025	Nepal Police	0-0	Bagmati Youth Club	Lalitpur
15:00		Report		Stadium: ANFA Complex

Round 9

Nepal Army v Waling Municipality

19 January 2025	Nepal Army	6-1	Waling Municipality	Lalitpur
15:00	Chandra Bhandari 14', 23', 53', 67', 73' B. Chaudhary 63'	Report	Mina Deuba 17'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Nepal Police v APF F.C.

20 January 2025	Nepal Police	0-2	APF F.C.	Lalitpur
15:00		Report	Rashmi Ghising 17' Anita KC 64'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Round 10

Bagmati Youth Club v Waling Municipality

21 January 2025	Bagmati Youth Club	1-3	Waling Municipality	Lalitpur
15:00	Sahara Limbu 43'	Report	Sushma Tamang 56', 68', 85'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Nepal Army v APF F.C.

22 January 2025	Nepal Army	1-2	APF F.C.	Lalitpur
15:00	Amisha Karki 83'	Report	Rashmi Ghising 23' Anita Basnet 38'	Stadium: ANFA Complex

Playoffs

Bracket

	Qualifier 1					Qualifier 2					Final
	1	APF F.C.	2								Q1W	APF F.C.
	2	Nepal Army F.C.	1								Q2W	Nepal Police F.C.
						Q1L	Nepal Army F.C.	0(1)
						EW	Nepal Police F.C.	0(2)
	3	Nepal Police F.C.	1
	4	Bagmati Youth Club	0

Matches

Eliminator

24 January 2025

11:15

Nepal Police F.C.	1-0	Bagmati Youth Club
Amrita Jaisi 90+2'

Qualifier 1

25 January 2025

9:15

APF F.C.	2-1	Nepal Army F.C.
Rashmi Ghising 78', 88'		Hima Chaudhary 8'

Qualifier 2

27 January 2025

12:00

Nepal Police F.C.	0 - 0	Nepal Army F.C.
Penalties
	2–1

Final

29 January 2025

APF F.C.	v	Nepal Police F.C.

Top scorers

Update: 27 January 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rashmi Ghising	APF F.C.	35
2	Chandra Bhandari	Nepal Army F.C.	17
3	Bimala Chaudhary	Nepal Army F.C.	16
4	Saru Limbu	APF F.C.	10
5	Sabita Rana Magar	APF F.C.	9
	Anita K.C.	APF F.C.
	Anita Basnet	APF F.C.
	Amisha Karki	Nepal Army F.C.
6	Jackline Nassali	Waling Municipality	8
10	Preeti Rai	APF F.C.	7
	Dipa Shahi	Nepal Army F.C.
12	Samjhana Lawati	Nepal Police F.C.	6
	Temilope Dominique Owoeye	Sankata F.C.
	Samiksha Magar	Koshi Province
	Anuska Sherpa	Nepal Police F.C.
16	Renuka Nagarkote	APF F.C.	5
	Anita Lamjel	Nepal Army F.C.
	Gita Rana	APF F.C.

Awards

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner	Club
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Head coach
Emerging Player
Fair Play

Broadcast rights

• Hamro Khelkud on Youtube

References

1. "ANFA Women's League to begin from September 1". ANFA. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
2. "ANFA Women's League Qualifiers to be held in Surkhet" . Retrieved 18 August 2024.