2018–19 Indian Women's League

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Indian Women's League

| season = 2018–19

| winners = Sethu (1st title)

| continentalcup1 =

| continentalcup1 qualifiers =

| continentalcup2 =

| continentalcup2 qualifiers =

| matches = 33

| total goals = 156

| best player = Sandhiya Ranganathan

| league topscorer = Bala Devi
(26 goals)

| best goalkeeper = Linthoingambi Devi

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring = Manipur Police 4–6 Sethu
SAI-STC Cuttack 0–10 Manipur Police
Manipur Police 10–0 Bangalore United

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest winless =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2017–18

| nextseason = 2019–20

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=9627|title=HERO INDIAN WOMEN’S LEAGUE 2018-19 TO KICK OFF IN LUDHIANA|work=AIFF|date=3 May 2019}}

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

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|float=right

|caption=Locations of the 2018-19 Indian Women's League teams

|alt=Locations of the 2018-19 Indian Women's League teams

|places=

{{location map~ |India |lat=15.4909 |long=73.8278 |label=

{{nobreak|Panjim Footballers}}
|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=29.0165 |long=76.0493 |label=

{{nobreak|FC Alakhpura}}
|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=24.82 |long=93.95 |label=

{{nobreak|Manipur Police SC}}
|position=top}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=12.9716 |long=77.5946 |label=

{{nobreak|Bangalore United}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=22.3072 |long=73.1812 |label=

{{nobreak|Baroda FA}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=9.9252 |long=78.1198 |label=

{{nobreak|Sethu}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=16.7050 |long=74.2433 |label=

{{nobreak|FC Kolhapur City}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=28.7041 |long=77.1025 |label=

{{nobreak|Hans Women’s FC}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=20.4625 |long=85.8830 |label=

{{nobreak|Cuttack}}
|position=right}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=11.2588 |long=75.7804 |label=

{{nobreak|Gokulam Kerala}}
|position=left}}

{{location map~ |India |lat=22.5726 |long=88.3639 |label=

{{nobreak|Central SSB Women's}}
|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |India |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=18.0 |long=90.0 |label=

Cuttack teams
{{nobreak|Rising Student's Club}}
{{nobreak|SAI-STC Cuttack}}

|position=bottom}}

}}

=Team locations=

class="wikitable"

|+

!Group A

!State/UT

!Group B

!State/UT

Rising Students Club

|Cuttack, Odisha

|Manipur Police

|Imphal, Manipur

Gokulam Kerala

|Kozhikode, Kerala

|Sethu

|Madurai, Tamil Nadu

SSB Women

|Kolkata, West Bengal

|Kolhapur City

|Kolhapur, Maharashtra

FC Alakhpura

|Alakhpura, Haryana

|Baroda FA

|Baroda, Gujarat

Hans Women FC

|Delhi

|Bangalore United FC

|Bengaluru, Karnataka

Panjim Footballers

|Panaji, Goa

|SAI-STC Cuttack

|Cuttack, Odisha

=Personnel=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left
Team

! Head coach

! Captain

Alakhpura

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Sanjay Singh

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Ritu Rani

Bangalore United

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Chitra Gangadharan

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Amoolya Kamal

Baroda FA

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Lalita Saini

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Tarannum Shaikh

Gokulam Kerala

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Priya P. V.

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Dalima Chhibber

Hans Women

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Paritosh Sharma

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Jyoti Ann Burrett

Kolhapur City

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Gitanjali Khuntia

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Mrunal Khot

Manipur Police

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Mutum Surmala Chanu

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Bala Devi

Panjim Footballers

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Naresh Virnodkar

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Linda Calado

Rising Students Club

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Sukhwinder Kumar

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Prerna Mishra

SAI-STC Cuttack

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Shyam Lodh

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Arati Baral

SSB Women

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Barun Sengupta

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Sumitra Marandi

Sethu

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Amrutha Arvind

|{{Flagicon|IND}} Indumathi Kathiresan

Foreign players

class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: left
style="text-align:center;"|Club

! style="text-align:center;"| Player 1

! style="text-align:center;"| Player 2

Alakhpura

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Bangalore United

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tanvie Hans

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Baroda FA

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Hans Women

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Uchenna Ritacascia Ukachukwu

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Gokulam Kerala

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Kolhapur City

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Ayomide Awawu Anibaba

| {{flagicon|NGA}} Crystal Nnenna Eke

Manipur Police

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Panjim Footballers

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Rising Students Club

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

SAI-STC Cuttack

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

SSB Women

| style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="text-align: center;" | —

Sethu

| {{flagicon|NEP}} Sabitra Bhandari

| {{flagicon|NEP}} Anita Basnet

Final round

=Group stage=

{{main|2018–19 Indian Women's League final round}}

==Cluster I==

{{:2018–19 Indian Women's League final round|transcludesection=Cluster I}}

==Cluster II==

{{:2018–19 Indian Women's League final round|transcludesection=Cluster II}}

=Knock–out stage=

{{OneLegStart}}

|-

!colspan=4|Semifinals

{{OneLegResult|Gokulam Kerala||2–4|Manipur Police}}

{{OneLegResult|Sethu||8–1|SSB Women}}

|-

!colspan=4|Final

{{OneLegResult|Manipur Police||1–3|Sethu}}

|}

Season awards

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

class=wikitable

!Award

!Recipient

Top ScorerBala Devi (Manipur Police)
Best GoalkeeperMaibam Linthoingambi Devi (Gokulam Kerala)
Most Valuable PlayerSandhiya Ranganathan (Sethu)
Emerging PlayerNongmaithem Ratanbala Devi (Sethu)

References

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