Kickstart FC (women)

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Kickstart
Full nameKickstart Football Club Karnataka
Founded9 July 2016;7 years ago (9 July 2016)
OwnerShekar Rajan
Laxman Bhattarai
Head coach Langam Chaoba Devi
League Indian Women's League
Karnataka Women's League
2023–24 IWL, 3rd of 7
KWL, Champions
Website Club website
Active departments of Kickstart FC
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Football (Men's) Football (Women's)

Kickstart Football Club Women is an Indian professional football club from Karnataka. It forms the women's section of the club Kickstart FC and participates in the Indian Women's League. [1]

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History

Kickstart FC was founded on 9 July 2016 by Shekar Rajan and Laxman Bhattarai to develop grassroot level football in Karnataka. [2]

Kickstart FC women's team won the Karnataka Women's League three times continuously in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21, [3] which is the top division women's premier football league in Karnataka. [4] [5]

They have qualified for Indian Women's League twice. In 2019–20 IWL, they finished 3rd in the group stage. They qualified again in 2021-22 where they finished 3rd in the league table, behind eventual champions Gokulam Kerala and Sethu FC.

Kickstart FC directly qualified for 2022–23 IWL as AIFF decided to give direct entry to top 4 teams from 2021 to 2022 season.

Technical staff

As of 8 December 2023
PositionName
Head coach Flag of India.svg Langam Chaoba Devi
Team Manager Flag of India.svg Saravana Dharman D.

Current squad

As of 6 December 2023 [6] [7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (vice-captain)
2 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi
3 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Ritu Rani
4 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Jabamani Tudu
5 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Yumlembam Pakpi Devi
6 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Supriya Routray
7 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Karishma Shirvoikar
8 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Karen Pais
9 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sushmita Jadhav
10 FW Flag of Bangladesh.svg  BAN Sabina Khatun
11 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Laishram Bibicha Devi
12 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Maitreyi Palasamudram
13 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Aarushi Santhosh
14 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Preeti Rai
15 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sushmita Lepcha
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sonia Marak
17 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Dalima Chhibber (captain)
18 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Afreen Peerbhoy
19 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Juhi Singh
20 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Mansi Anant Samre
23 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Dipa Shahi
24 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Aiswarya A.
25 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Jayashree E.
26 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Theertha Lakshmi E.
27 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sandhiya P.
28 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Monalisha Marandi
29 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Aruna Bag
30 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Amsavalli
33 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Shanglakpam Banti Sharma
35 MF Flag of Nepal.svg    NEP Anita K.C.

Records and statistics

As of 24 March 2024
Overall records
Season Indian Women's League KWL Top Scorer
PWDLGFGAPtsPositionPlayerGoals
2019–20 5302679 Group stage Champions
2021–22 1190233827Third placeChampions
2022–23 1071234816Runners-upChampions Flag of Kenya.svg Kioko Elizabeth Katungwa
Flag of Nepal.svg Saru Limbu 		7
2023–24 12633161821Third placeChampions Flag of India.svg Karishma Shirvoikar 8


Honours

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References

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