The 2018–19 Indian Women's League (also known as Hero Indian Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The league started on 5 May 2019 and twelve teams participated. All the matches were played at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.

Qualifiers State women's leagues organised by various state federations acted as qualifier for this season, as the champions of the leagues have been awarded a place in the final round.

Teams

Team locations +Group AState/UTGroup BState/UT Rising Students ClubCuttack, Odisha Manipur PoliceImphal, Manipur Gokulam KeralaKozhikode, Kerala SethuMadurai, Tamil Nadu SSB WomenKolkata, West Bengal Kolhapur CityKolhapur, MaharashtraFC Alakhpura Alakhpura, Haryana Baroda FABaroda, GujaratHans Women FCDelhi Bangalore United FC Bengaluru, Karnataka Panjim FootballersPanaji, Goa SAI-STC Cuttack Cuttack, Odisha

Personnel Team Head coach CaptainAlakhpura Sanjay Singh Ritu RaniBangalore United Chitra Gangadharan Amoolya KamalBaroda FA Lalita Saini Tarannum ShaikhGokulam Kerala Priya P. V. Dalima ChhibberHans Women Paritosh Sharma Jyoti Ann BurrettKolhapur City Gitanjali Khuntia Mrunal KhotManipur Police Mutum Surmala Chanu Bala DeviPanjim Footballers Naresh Virnodkar Linda CaladoRising Students Club Sukhwinder Kumar Prerna MishraSAI-STC Cuttack Shyam Lodh Arati BaralSSB Women Barun Sengupta Sumitra MarandiSethu Amrutha Arvind Indumathi Kathiresan

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2Alakhpura — —Bangalore United Tanvie Hans —Baroda FA — —Hans Women Uchenna Ritacascia Ukachukwu —Gokulam Kerala — —Kolhapur City Ayomide Awawu Anibaba Crystal Nnenna EkeManipur Police — —Panjim Footballers — —Rising Students Club — —SAI-STC Cuttack — —SSB Women — —Sethu Sabitra Bhandari Anita Basnet

Final round Group stage

Cluster I

Cluster II

Knock–out stage

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Season awards The awards for the Hero Indian Women's League 2018–19 season:

AwardRecipient Top Scorer Bala Devi (Manipur Police) Best Goalkeeper Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (Gokulam Kerala) Most Valuable Player Sandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu) Emerging Player Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (Sethu)

References

External links All India Football Federation.