West Bengal women's football team
{{Short description|State football team representing West Bengal of India}}
{{For|the men's team|West Bengal football team}}
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| fullname = West Bengal women's football team
| ground = Salt Lake Stadium
| capacity = 68,000
| owner = Indian Football Association (West Bengal)
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| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Sujata Kar
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| league = Senior Women's National Football Championship
| season = 2023–24
| position = Semi-finals
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The West Bengal women's football team, also earlier the Bengal women's football team, is an Indian women's football team representing West Bengal in the Senior Women's National Football Championship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/association/494|title=Indian Football Association }}
History
West Bengal women's football team have appeared in the Women's National Championship finals fifteen times, and have won the championship two times. They were the winner of the inaugural season of Women's National Championship in 1991–92 and last won it in 1996–97 held at Haldia.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india-womchamp.html|title=India – List of Women Champions |publisher=Rsssf.com |date=2009-12-21|access-date=2010-10-09}} Legendary football manager Sushil Bhattacharya became the first head coach of the team in 1975.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/19/13704072/legendary-indian-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-passes-away|title=Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away|date=19 July 2015|location=Kolkata|access-date=22 July 2015|first=Atanu|last=Mitra|publisher=Goal|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924145235/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2015/07/19/13704072/legendary-indian-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-passes-away|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/a-documentary-on-sushil-bhattacharya/|title=ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম পেশাদার কোচ, না পাওয়ার বাস্তবে এ এক অন্য তথ্যচিত্র!|trans-title=East Bengal's first professional coach, this is another documentary in reality!|website=bengali.indianexpress.com|publisher=The Indian Express|date=14 May 2019|access-date=9 October 2022|first=Debasmita|last=Das|location=Kolkata|language=bn|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929010448/https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/a-documentary-on-sushil-bhattacharya/}}{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/sports/east-bengal-first-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-dead-1.178613|title=ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম কোচ প্রয়াত|first=|last=|website=www.anandabazar.com|publisher=Anandabazar Patrika|language=bn|trans-title=First coach of East Bengal passed away|location=Kolkata|agency=|date=19 July 2015|access-date=10 October 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816071947/https://www.anandabazar.com/sports/east-bengal-first-coach-sushil-bhattacharya-dead-1.178613}}
Honours
=State (senior)=
- Senior Women's National Football Championship
- Winners (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
- Runners-up (13): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
- National Games
- Silver medal (2): 1999, 2002
- Bronze medal (4): 2001, 2007, 2011, 2025
=State (youth)=
- Junior Girl's National Football Championship
- Winners (1): 2011–12
- Runners-up (1): 2003–04
- Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship
- Winners (1): 2010–11
- Runners-up (1): 2023–24
See also
References
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{{Senior Women's National Football Championship}}
{{Indian state football teams}}
{{Football in Kolkata}}
{{Football in India}}
Category:Football in West Bengal
Category:Senior Women's National Football Championship teams
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