West Bengal women's football team

West Bengal

Full name	West Bengal women's football team
Ground	Salt Lake Stadium
Capacity	68,000
Owner	Indian Football Association
Head coach	Sujata Kar
League	Senior Women's National Football Championship
2022–23	Final Round
Home colours Away colours

The West Bengal women's football team, also earlier the Bengal women's football team, is an Indian women's football team representing West Bengal in the Senior Women's National Football Championship. ^[1]

History

West Bengal women's football team have appeared in the Women's National Championship finals fifteen times, and have won the championship two times. They were the winner of the inaugural season of Women's National Championship in 1991–92 and last won it in 1996–97 held at Haldia. ^[2] Legendary football manager Sushil Bhattacharya became the first head coach of the team in 1975. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Honours

• Senior Women's National Football Championship
  • Winners (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
  • Runners-up (13): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
• National Games
  • Silver medal (2): 1999, 2002
  • Bronze medal (3): 2001, 2007, 2011
• Junior Girl's National Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2011–12
  • Runners-up (1): 2003–04
• Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship
  • Winners (1): 2010–11
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24

References

1. "Indian Football Association".
2. "India – List of Women Champions". Rsssf.com. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
3. Mitra, Atanu (19 July 2015). "Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away". www.goal.com. Kolkata: Goal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
4. Das, Debasmita (14 May 2019). "ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম পেশাদার কোচ, না পাওয়ার বাস্তবে এ এক অন্য তথ্যচিত্র!" [East Bengal's first professional coach, this is another documentary in reality!]. bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
5. "ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম কোচ প্রয়াত" [First coach of East Bengal passed away]. www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Anandabazar Patrika. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.