List of Indian women's football champions

Indian Women's League (1st tier)
Indian Women's League (2016–present)
Country
India
Founded
2016
Number of teams
8 (2024–25)
Current champions
East Bengal
Most successful club
Gokulam Kerala (3 titles)

The Indian women's football champions are the winners of the highest national league in women's football in India. ^[1] 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. Since 2019–20 season, 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, ^[3] which was succeeded by the AFC Women's Champions League from the 2023–24 season. ^[4]

National League Champions

National league champion determination

Season(s)	Format
2016–2020	Indian Women's League knockout stage winner
2021–2022	Indian Women's League first placed team
2022–2023	Indian Women's League knockout stage winner
2023–present	Indian Women's League first placed team

Season	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Winning coach	Top scorer (club)	Goals
2016–17	Eastern Sporting Union	Rising Students	– [a]	Bembem Devi Oinam	Kamala Devi Yumnam (Eastern Sporting Union)	12
2017–18	Rising Students	Eastern Sporting Union		Sukla Dutta	Bala Devi Ngangom (KRYPHSA)	12
2018–19	Sethu	Manipur Police		Amrutha Aravind	Bala Devi Ngangom (Manipur Police)	26
2019–20	Gokulam Kerala	KRYPHSA		Priya P. V.	Sabitra Bhandari (Gokulam Kerala)	16
2020–21	Cancelled
2021–22	Gokulam Kerala (2)	Sethu	Kickstart	Anthony Andrews	Elshaddai Acheampong (Gokulam Kerala)	20
2022–23	Gokulam Kerala (3)	Kickstart	– [a]	Anthony Andrews	Sabitra Bhandari (Gokulam Kerala)	29
2023–24	Odisha	Gokulam Kerala	Kickstart	Crispin Chettri	Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)	20
2024–25	East Bengal	Gokulam Kerala	Sribhumi	Anthony Andrews	Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)	24

1. The tournament was organised as a knock-out tournament and third place decider matches weren't played, hence no team was recognised for the third place.

Total titles won

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons	Runner-up seasons
Gokulam Kerala	3	2	2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23	2023–24, 2024–25
Eastern Sporting Union	1	1	2016–17	2017–18
Rising Students	1	1	2017–18	2016–17
Sethu	1	1	2018–19	2021–22
Odisha	1	–	2023–24	–
East Bengal	1	–	2024–25	–
Manipur Police	–	1	–	2018–19
KRYPHSA	–	1	–	2019–20
Kickstart	–	1	–	2022–23

By state

State	Championships	Clubs
Kerala	3	Gokulam Kerala (3)
Odisha	2	Rising Students (1), Odisha (1)
Manipur	1	Eastern Sporting Union (1)
Tamil Nadu	1	Sethu (1)
West Bengal	1	East Bengal (1)

By city/town

City / Town	State	Championships	Clubs
Kozhikode	Kerala	3	Gokulam Kerala (3)
Imphal	Manipur	1	Eastern Sporting Union (1)
Cuttack	Odisha	1	Rising Students (1)
Madurai	Tamil Nadu	1	Sethu (1)
Bhubaneswar	Odisha	1	Odisha (1)
Kolkata	West Bengal	1	East Bengal (1)

See also

• Indian Women's League
• Football in India
• Women's football in India

References

1. "Gokulam Kerala crowned champions of Indian Women's League after dramatic final vs KRYPHSA FC". Indiatoday.in.
2. 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.
3. "Gokulam Kerala FC to represent India in AFC Women's Club Championship 2020-21". sportstar.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
4. "AFC unveils key details for inaugural AFC Women's Champions League 2024/25". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.