2025–26 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League
Season	2025–26
Dates	20 December 2025 – 10 May 2026
AFC Champions League	East Bengal
Matches	27
Goals	93 (3.44 per match)
Biggest home win	East Bengal 9–0 Sesa; (30 December 2025)
Biggest away win	Kickstart 0–5 Nita; (27 December 2025); Sesa 0–5 Sethu; Nita 0–5 East Bengal; (2 January 2026); Kickstart 0–5 East Bengal; (6 January 2026)
Highest scoring	East Bengal 9–0 Sesa; (30 December 2025)
Longest winning run	East Bengal (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	East Bengal (6 matches)
Longest winless run	Sesa (7 matches)
Longest losing run	Sesa (5 matches)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 9 January 2026.

The 2025–26 Indian Women's League is the ninth season of the Indian Women's League, the top division women's professional football league in India.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] East Bengal are the defending champions.^[5]

Changes from last season

Eight clubs will compete in the 9th season, with two clubs promoted from 2024–25 Indian Women's League 2.^[6] In November 2025, AIFF announced that the league will be held in two phases. The first phase will be held from 20 December 2025 to 6 January 2026, while the second phase will be held from 20 April to 10 May 2026.^[7] While AIFF had promoted their developmental team Indian Arrows Women on 11 July 2025, but the decision was later rescinded on 23 November 2025 and Sesa was promoted.^[8]

Promoted from Indian Women's League 2

Relegated to Indian Women's League 2

Odisha
HOPS

Clubs

Locations of the Indian Women's League teams

Kolkata

Kolkata clubs:
East Bengal
Sribhumi

Locations of the Indian Women's League clubs

East Bengal

Sribhumi

Location of the Kolkata football clubs

Stadiums and locations

The matches for the first phase will be played at two venues located in Kolkata and Kalyani, West Bengal; National Center of Excellence and Kalyani Stadium respectively.

Club	City	State/Region
East Bengal	Kolkata	West Bengal
Garhwal United	New Delhi	Delhi
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode	Kerala
Kickstart	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Nita	Cuttack	Odisha
Sesa	Sircaim	Goa
Sethu	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
Sribhumi	Kolkata	West Bengal

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
East Bengal	Anthony Andrews	Fazila Ikwaput	Trak Only	Emami
Garhwal United	Akshay Unni	Sanfida Nongrum	Nivia	Infinix, Itel, M3M, Techno
Gokulam Kerala	Raman Vijayan	Roja Devi Asem	Flyhigh	Reporter TV, Sree Gokulam
Kickstart	Chaoba Devi Langam	Linthoingambi Devi Wangkhem	Sweat	Amagi
Nita	Paromita Sit	Pyari Xaxa	KTH	Falcon Charity Foundation
Sesa	Nicholas Rodrigues	Aaroshi Govekar	AG	Vedanta
Sethu	Manoj Joshi	Anjila Tumbapo Subba	Snugly Couture	Cosco, De Shayra Skinz, PRIST, SIT
Sribhumi	Sujata Kar	Grace Dangmei	Trak Only	Athlead Sports School, Cosco, Purti

Foreign players

Teams allowed to register maximum of three foreign players. All three can be part of the starting lineup.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former player(s)
East Bengal	Fazila Ikwaput	Resty Nanziri	Abena Anoma Opoku	—
Garhwal United	Joyce Larbi	Ernestina Tetteh	—	—
Gokulam Kerala	Sandra Atinga	Ninika	Phoeby Okech	—
Kickstart	Rafiat Titilayo Aweda	Loveth Njideka Edeh	Emem Peace Essien	—
Nita	Sussana Konadu	Matilda Kwao	Amiratou N'djambara	—
Sesa	Diana Antwi	Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia	Bertha Adhiambo Omita	—
Sethu	Abigail Antwi	Doreen Graham	Anjila Tumbapo Subba	—
Sribhumi	Priscilla Lartey	Felicia Daw Owusu	—	—

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	East Bengal	6	6	0	0	25	1	+24	18	Qualification for AFC Champions League
2	Sethu	7	5	1	1	18	7	+11	16
3	Nita	7	4	1	2	17	11	+6	13
4	Sribhumi	6	3	0	3	13	9	+4	9
5	Garhwal United	7	2	1	4	7	12	−5	7
6	Gokulam Kerala	7	1	4	2	4	10	−6	7
7	Kickstart	7	2	0	5	6	16	−10	6	Relegation to Indian Women's League 2
8	Sesa	7	0	1	6	3	27	−24	1	Relegation to Indian Women's League 2

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2026. Source: I-League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6)drawing of lots

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	EAB	GWL	GOK	KST	NIT	SES	SET	SRB
East Bengal		2–1				9–0
Garhwal United					0–1	3–1		0–3
Gokulam Kerala	0–3	1–1		1–0				0–4
Kickstart	0–5	0–1			0–5	3–1		2–1
Nita	0–5		1–1			6–1		3–2
Sesa			0–0				0–5
Sethu	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	2–1
Sribhumi						1–0	2–4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2026. Source: I-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.

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
East Bengal	W	W	W	W	W	W
Garhwal United	W	W	L	L	D	L	L
Gokulam Kerala	D	L	D	W	D	D	L
Kickstart	L	L	L	L	W	L	W
Nita	D	W	W	W	L	L	W
Sesa	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
Sethu	W	L	D	W	W	W	W
Sribhumi	W	W	L	L	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2026. Source: I-League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each round mentioned in official fixtures.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Team ╲ Round
East Bengal	5	4	4	2	1	1	1
Garhwal United	1	1	3	5	4	5	5
Gokulam Kerala	3	6	6	6	6	6	6
Kickstart	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Nita	4	2	1	1	3	3	3
Sesa	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Sethu	2	5	5	3	2	2	2
Sribhumi	6	3	2	4	5	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2026. Source: I-League

Matches

All times are in IST (UTC+5:30).

Round 1

20 December 2025	Sethu	2–1	Kickstart	Kolkata
09:00	Kaviya 20' Malavika 50'	I-League PDF Report	Thingbaijam 12'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 0 Referee: Neetu Rana Player of the Match: Ruchi Yadav (Sethu)

20 December 2025	Nita	1–1	Gokulam Kerala	Kalyani
15:00	Sillay 40'	I-League PDF Report	Ninika 46'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Pooja S. Player of the Match: Neha Sillay (Nita)

20 December 2025	Garhwal United	3–1	Sesa	Kolkata
15:00	Kipgen 12' Nongrum 15' Pal 45+4'	I-League PDF Report	Khatun 89'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruba Devi G. Player of the Match: Sanfida Nongrum (Garhwal United)

Round 2

24 December 2025	Gokulam Kerala	0–4	Sribhumi	Kalyani
09:00		I-League PDF Report	Dangmei 4', 59' Haldar 66' Kayenpaibam 77'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 40 Referee: Bishnupriya Das Player of the Match: Phoeby Okech (Gokulam Kerala)

24 December 2025	Nita	6–1	Sesa	Kolkata
09:00	Xaxa 1', 71', 74' Khumukcham 6' N'djambara 25', 60'	I-Leauge PDF Report	D. Antwi 90+3'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 20 Referee: Mahi Tudu Player of the Match: Pyari Xaxa (Nita)

24 December 2025	Sethu	0–1	East Bengal	Kalyani
14:30		I-League PDF Report	Guguloth 77'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Sen Hangma Subba Player of the Match: Soumya Guguloth

24 December 2025	Kickstart	0–1	Garhwal United	Kolkata
14:30		I-League PDF Report	Kipgen 79'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 25 Referee: Kusum Mandi Player of the Match: Lhingdeikim Kipgen

Round 3

27 December 2025	Kickstart	0–5	Nita	Kolkata
09:00		I-League PDF Report	Xaxa 2', 31', 76' N'djambara 38' Sillay 64'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 100 Referee: Singdha Mondal Player of the Match: Pyari Xaxa (Nita)

27 December 2025	Sribhumi	1–0	Sesa	Kalyani
09:00	Tamang 20'	I-League PDF Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Pooja S. Player of the Match: Mamta Verma (Sribhumi)

27 December 2025	Sethu	1–1	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
14:30	Kaviya 16'	I-League PDF Report	M. Subba 90+3'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 150 Referee: Neetu Rana Player of the Match: Muskan Subba (Gokulam Kerala)

27 December 2025	East Bengal	2–1	Garhwal United	Kalyani
14:30	Raul 22' Ikwaput 63'	I-League PDF Report	Singha 72'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham Player of the Match: Astam Oraon (East Bengal)

Round 4

30 December 2025	Garhwal United	0–1	Nita	Kolkata
09:00		I-League PDF Report	Pyari Xaxa 7'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 50 Referee: Mahi Tudu Player of the Match: Neha Sillay (Nita)

30 December 2025	Sribhumi	2–4	Sethu	Kalyani
09:00	Shirvoikar 50', 87'	I-League PDF Report	Kom 10', 18', 90+5' (pen.) A. Antwi 46'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Sen Hangma Subba Player of the Match: Lynda Kom (Sethu)

30 December 2025	Gokulam Kerala	1–0	Kickstart	Kolkata
14:30	Asem 52'	I-League PDF Report		Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 70 Referee: Ruba Devi G. Player of the Match: Roja Devi Asem (Gokulam Kerala)

30 December 2025	East Bengal	9–0	Sesa	Kalyani
14:30	Guguloth 6', 54', 86' Ikwaput 9', 22', 25', 72' Raul 18' Nanziri 40'	I-League PDF Report		Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Bishnupriya Das Player of the Match: Soumya Guguloth (East Bengal)

Round 5

2 January 2026	Gokulam Kerala	1–1	Garhwal United	Kolkata
09:00	Shilji 21'	I-League PDF Report	Pal 52'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 30 Referee: Pooja S. Player of the Match: Deepika Pal (Garhwal United)

2 January 2026	Kickstart	2–1	Sribhumi	Kalyani
09:00	Edeh 81' Thingbaijam 85' (pen.)	I-League PDF Report	Yumnam 12' (pen.)	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Neetu Rana Player of the Match: Babysana Devi Thingbaijam (Kickstart)

2 January 2026	Sesa	0–5	Sethu	Kolkata
14:30		I-League PDF Report	Thokchom 24' Kaviya 27' Lisham 35' Kom 65' Yadav 72'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 40 Referee: Kusum Mandi Player of the Match: Malavika Prasad (Sethu)

2 January 2026	Nita	0–5	East Bengal	Kalyani
14:30		I-League PDF Report	Raul 6' Guguloth 42' Nanziri 51' Ikwaput 63' Naorem 89'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham Player of the Match: Resty Nanziri (East Bengal)

Round 6

6 January 2026	Sesa	0–0	Gokulam Kerala	Kolkata
09:00		I-League PDF Report		Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 20 Referee: Bishnupriya Das Player of the Match: Baby Lalchhandami (Gokulam Kerala)

6 January 2026	Garhwal United	0–3	Sribhumi	Kalyani
10:00		Report	Toijam 56' Kayenpaibam 79' Tamang 90+1'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Ruba Devi G. Player of the Match: Anju Tamang (Sribhumi)

6 January 2026	Sethu	2–1	Nita	Kolkata
14:30	Kom 72', 81'	I-League PDF Report	Xaxa 7'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 50 Referee: Singdha Mondal Player of the Match: Lynda Kom (Sethu)

6 January 2026	Kickstart	0–5	East Bengal	Kalyani
14:30		I-League PDF Report	Ikwaput 15', 73' Nanziri 45+2' Raul 60' Oraon 62'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Sen Hangma Subba Player of the Match: Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)

Round 7

9 January 2026	Kickstart	3–1	Sesa	Kolkata
09:00	Essien 2', 61', 90+3'	I-League PDF Report	Barretto 17'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 25 Referee: Sen Hangma Subba Player of the Match: Emem Peace Essien (Kickstart)

9 January 2026	Nita	3–2	Sribhumi	Kalyani
09:00	Shirvoikar 25' (o.g.) Xaxa 55', 90'	I-League PDF Report	Tamang 45+2' Shirvoikar 67'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Pooja S. Player of the Match: Pyari Xaxa (Nita)

9 January 2026	Sethu	4–1	Garhwal United	Kolkata
14:30	Dhurga 53' Malavika 60' Kom 62' Phanjoubam 74'	I-League PDF Report	Tingjoukim 84'	Stadium: National Center of Excellence Attendance: 30 Referee: Mahi Tudu Player of the Match: Ruchi Yadav (Sethu)

9 January 2026	Gokulam Kerala	0–3	East Bengal	Kalyani
14:30		I-League PDF Report	Ikwaput 36' Nanziri 55' Raul 76'	Stadium: Kalyani Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham Player of the Match: Shilky Devi Hemam (East Bengal)

Season statistics

As of 9 January 2026

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pyari Xaxa	Nita	10
2	Fazila Ikwaput	East Bengal	9
3	Lynda Kom	Sethu	7
4	Soumya Guguloth	East Bengal	5
4	Sulanjana Raul	East Bengal	5
6	Resty Nanziri	East Bengal	4
7	Kaviya Pakkirisamy	Sethu	3
	Amiratou N'djambara	Nita
	Karishma Shirvoikar	Sribhumi
	Anju Tamang	Sribhumi
	Emem Peace Essien	Kickstart

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Pyari Xaxa	Nita	Sesa	6–1 (H)	24 December 2025
Pyari Xaxa	Nita	Kickstart	5–0 (A)	27 December 2025
Lynda Kom	Sethu	Sribhumi	4–2 (A)	30 December 2025
Fazila Ikwaput	East Bengal	Sesa	9–0 (H)	30 December 2025
Soumya Guguloth	East Bengal	Sesa	9–0 (H)	30 December 2025
Emem Peace Essien	Kickstart	Sesa	3–1 (H)	9 January 2026

Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Panthoi Chanu Elangbam	East Bengal	5
2	Monalisha Devi Moirangthem	Sribhumi	3
3	Adrija Sarkhel	Nita	2
4	Ribansi Jamu	Garhwal United	1
	Shreya Hooda	Gokulam Kerala
	Anjila Tumbapo Subba	Sethu
	Hempriya Seram	Sethu
	Melody Chanu Keisham	Gokulam Kerala
	Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia	Sesa

Awards

References

^ "AIFF charts roadmap for Indian women's national team after historic Asian Cup qualification". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
^ "Competitions Calendar 2025-26" (PDF). www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ "Indian football 2025-26: ISL missing from AIFF's competition calendar, IWL and I-League start in October - full schedule". Olympics. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ "No ISL in Indian football's 2025-26 calendar — AIFF excludes Indian Super League from next season's schedule". Sportstar. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
^ "East Bengal put the cherry on top of IWL title by defeating Gokulam Kerala". i-league.org. I-League. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
^ "Garhwal United FC crowned IWL 2 champions with perfect record". i-league.org. 17 May 2025.
^ "AIFF confirms IWL 2025-26 to be held in two phases". Sportstar. 3 November 2025.
^ "Sesa FA Secures Entry into the Indian Women's League". Goa Football Assocaition. 23 November 2025.

[1] "AIFF charts roadmap for Indian women's national team after historic Asian Cup qualification". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 11 July 2025.

[2] "Competitions Calendar 2025-26" (PDF). www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[3] "Indian football 2025-26: ISL missing from AIFF's competition calendar, IWL and I-League start in October - full schedule". Olympics. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[4] "No ISL in Indian football's 2025-26 calendar — AIFF excludes Indian Super League from next season's schedule". Sportstar. Retrieved 19 June 2025.

[5] "East Bengal put the cherry on top of IWL title by defeating Gokulam Kerala". i-league.org. I-League. 18 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

[6] "Garhwal United FC crowned IWL 2 champions with perfect record". i-league.org. 17 May 2025.

[7] "AIFF confirms IWL 2025-26 to be held in two phases". Sportstar. 3 November 2025.

[8] "Sesa FA Secures Entry into the Indian Women's League". Goa Football Assocaition. 23 November 2025.

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Level	Men's	Women's
I	ISL	IWL
II	IFL	IWL-2
III	I-League 2	N/a
IV	I-League 3
V	State leagues of India
Men's Cup
AIFF Super Cup
Durand Cup
Youth Men's
RFD League

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