2025–26 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League
Season2025–26
DatesSeptember 2025 – January 2026
Matches playedTBD
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Indian Women's League will be 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]

Promoted from Indian Women's League 2
Relegated to Indian Women's League 2

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the Indian Women's League clubs
Club City State/Region Stadium Capacity
East Bengal Kolkata West Bengal East Bengal Ground 23,500
Garhwal United New Delhi Delhi Ambedkar Stadium 35,000
Gokulam Kerala Kozhikode Kerala EMS Corporation Stadium 50,000
Indian Arrows Women Jr. Bengaluru Karnataka PD CSE Phase 2 250
Kickstart Bengaluru Karnataka Bangalore Football Stadium 8,400
Nita Cuttack Odisha Capital Football Arena[a] 1,500
Sethu Madurai Tamil Nadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium[b] 40,000
Sribhumi Kolkata West Bengal Bibhutibhushan Stadium 5,000
  1. ^ The club is based in Cuttack but will play its home games in Bhubaneswar for the season.
  2. ^ The club is based in Madurai but will play its home games in Chennai for the season.

Personnel and sponsorships

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
East Bengal India Anthony Andrews India Sweety Devi Ngangbam Trak Only Emami
Garhwal United India Akshay Unni India Sanfida Nongrum
Gokulam Kerala India Raman Vijayan India Ratanbala Devi Nongmaithem VectorX CSB Bank, Federal Bank, Kajah Balm
Indian Arrows Sweden Joakim Alexandersson India Julan Nongmaithem
Kickstart India Chaoba Devi Langam India Dalima Chhibber Sweat Amagi
Nita India Paromita Sit India Manisa Panna Falcon Charity Foundation
Sethu India Arun Kumar K. India Nirmala Devi Phanjoubam Hummel Everrenew, De Shayra Skinz, Cosco, SIT
Sribhumi India Sujata Kar India Bala Devi Ngangom Trak Only Senco Gold

Foreign players

AIFF allowed maximum of three foreign players per team. All three can be fielded in a match at a time.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former player(s)
East Bengal — — — —
Garhwal United — — — —
Gokulam Kerala — — — —
Indian Arrows — — — —
Kickstart — — — —
Nita — — — —
Sethu — — — —
Sribhumi — — — —

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 East Bengal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League preliminary stage
2 Garhwal United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Gokulam Kerala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Indian Arrows 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kickstart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Nita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sethu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Indian Women's League 2
8 Sribhumi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AIFF
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 IND KFC NIT SFC SRB
East Bengal
Garhwal United
Gokulam Kerala
Indian Arrows
Kickstart
Nita
Sethu
Sribhumi
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AIFF
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.

Source: AIFF
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

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

Source: AIFF

Matches

  • All times are in IST (UTC+5:30).

Season statistics

Awards

See also

References

  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.
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