The 2021 National Women's League, also known as Deputy Mayor National Women's League, was the 2021 edition of the first-tier women's club football competition in Nepal organized by the All Nepal Football Association. The season started on 21 January. It was the first season since 2017/18, as the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. APF FC was crowned champions on 17 February 2021.
Qualification The season was made up of the teams that qualified for the 2019–20 season, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal; the three departmental teams as well as four regionally qualified teams. For the 2019–20 National Women's League season, the three departmental sports teams APF FC, Nepal Army FC, and Nepal Police FC were qualified and were joined by four local teams determined by all four semi-finalists of the Chandrapur Upa Mayor National Women's League Qualification Tournament played between Waling Municipality, Bangsgadhi Municipality, Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Birendranagar Municipality, Barhabise Municipality, Chaudandigadhi Municipality, Bidur Municipality, and Chandrapur Municipality in Chandrapur, Rautahat in February 2020.
TeamQualification MethodBiratnagar Metropolitan CityQualification Tournament semi-finalistChandrapur MunicipalityQualification Tournament winnerChaudandigadhi MunicipalityQualification Tournament semi-finalistAPF FCNepal Army FCNepal Police FCWaling MunicipalityQualification Tournament Runner-up
Teams
TeamLocationBiratnagar Metropolitan CityBiratnagar, Morang, Province No. 1Chandrapur MunicipalityChandrapur, Rautahat, Province No. 2Chaudandigadhi MunicipalityChaudandigadhi, Udayapur, Province No. 1APF FCKathmandu, Kathmandu, Bagmati ProvinceNepal Army FCNepal Police FCWaling MunicipalityWaling, Syangja, Gandaki Province
Personnel and kits TeamHead CoachCaptainForeign playersKit SponsorBiratnagar Metropolitan City Paras Chaudary Kalpana Karki Purnima KumariChandrapur Municipality Noor Raj Kafle Rojina ShresthaChaudandigadhi Municipality Dipak Thapa Chumlungma Rai Aimit Lepcha Angela Bhutia Sujata Rai Deepshika BiswakarmaAPF FC Bhagwati Thapa Anita BasnetAgni MahindraNepal Army FC Raju Tamang Kabita DhimalBajaj PulsarNepal Police FC Sanjeev Joshi Ghim Kumari GurungNepal TelecomWaling Municipality Dilip Thapa Saraswoti Hamal Metho Elodie Ruth Kiomegne Djomo Vanessa Noelle Djoubi Soline Diane Touta Ornella Evanick NoelleJagdamba Cement
Venues The league was played centrally in two venues in two cities in the Kathmandu Valley.
KathmanduLalitpurDasarath RangasalaANFA ComplexCapacity: 15,000Capacity: 6,000
League table
Results
Awards End-of-season awards AwardWinnerClubBest GoalkeeperUsha NathNepal Police ClubBest DefenderAmrita JaisiNepal Police ClubBest MidfielderBimala ChaudharyNepal Army FCBest ForwardSabitra BhandariAPF ClubBest Head Coach Bhagwati ThapaAPF ClubMost Valuable PlayerSaru LimbuAPF ClubFair Play AwardChandrapur
Broadcast rights All matches were streamed live on MyCujoo.
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