The 2026–27 season is the 8th season in the history of East Bengal Women. The team would compete in the Indian Women's League and the Calcutta Women's Football League and also, would participate in the 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League and 2026 SAFF Women's Club Championship after being champions of the 2025–26 Indian Women's League.
Background
East Bengal Women's team defended the Indian Women's League title, winning it for the second time in the 2025–26 season and again qualified for the 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League. On 7 July, East Bengal club announced the extension of the two-time champion head coach Anthony Andrews for two more seasons.
Current squad
Competitions
Overall record
AFC Women's Champions League
Preliminary Round East Bengal qualified for the 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League after being the champions of the 2025–26 Indian Women's League. East Bengal was grouped into group A of the Preliminary round alongside hosts Sabah of Malaysia, Rovers of Guam and Rajshahi Stars of Bangladesh, with all the matches of the group set to be played at the Likas Stadium in Sabah, Malaysia. On 17 August 2026, East Bengal started their preliminary stage campaign against Rajshahi Stars and won 4–0. In the second match against Rovers, East Bengal created a record of the biggest margin of victory by any Indian team in AFC competitions as they won 12–0. In the last match against hosts Sabah, East Bengal defeated the Malaysian team 2–0 to win the group and qualify for the group stages of the AFC Women's Champions League. East Bengal became the first Indian team to make back-to-back AFC women's champions league group stage appearances.
Table
Matches
Group stage East Bengal got chosen as one of the hosts for the group stage, being the first even Indian club to host a group stage for the AFC Women's Champions League. On 3 September, the draw for the group stage took place and East Bengal was grouped alongside Hwacheon KSPO of South Korea, Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam and April 25 of North Korea in the Group B, with all the matches to be played in Kolkata, India.
Table
Matches
Statistics Goal scorers
RankNameAFC Women's Champions LeagueSAFF Club ChampionshipIndian Women's LeagueKanyashree CupTotal1 80 FW Olivia Anokye | 5
! 52 7 RW Soumya Guguloth | 3
! 33 5 DF Astam Oraon | 2
! 2 11 MF Naorem Priyangka Devi | 2
! 25 19 MF Hemam Shilky Devi | 1
! 1 21 DF Abena Anoma Opoku | 1
! 1 22 FW Sulanjana Raul | 1
! 1 28 FW Abigail Antwi | 1
! 1 50 MF Anju Chanu Kayenpaibam | 1
! 1 Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 0 Total ! 18 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 18
Assists
RankNameAFC Women's Champions LeagueSAFF Club ChampionshipIndian Women's LeagueKanyashree CupTotal1 19 MF Hemam Shilky Devi | 4
! 42 22 FW Sulanjana Raul | 3
! 33 6 DF Sarita Yumnam | 2
! 24 5 LB Astam Oraon | 1
! 1 7 RW Soumya Guguloth | 1
! 1 80 FW Olivia Anokye | 1
! 1 Total ! 12 ! 0 ! 0 ! ! 12
See also 2026–27 in Indian football 2026–27 East Bengal FC season (Men's)
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