Football league season
Calcutta Women's Football League Season 2022–23 Dates 20 December 2022–28 January 2023[1] Champions East Bengal (2nd title)Matches played 100 Goals scored 614 (6.14 per match) Best Player Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal) Top goalscorer Sujata Mahata (23 goals) (New Alipore Suruchi Sangha) Best goalkeeper Gurubari Mandi (Sreebhumi ) Biggest home win East Bengal 35–0 Behala Aikya Sammilani 10 January 2023Biggest away win Jubak Sangha 0–16 KFA Southern Samity 27 December 2022 Akhil Bhartiya AVP 0–16 Sreebhumi 20 January 2023 Highest scoring East Bengal 35–0 Behala Aikya SammilaniLongest winning run 10 matches East Bengal Longest unbeaten run 10 matches East Bengal Longest losing run 6 matches Kolkata Union Sporting Club Behala Aikya Sammilani Durbar Sports Academy Akhil Bhartiya
All statistics correct as of 28 January 2022.
2022–23 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 27th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup.[2] [3] [4]
The season consists of 32 teams participating in the league, with the teams in the group stage divided into four groups consisting of eight teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage. Each team consists of a maximum of four outstation players and every team has two under-17 players. IFA has also appointed an "Integrity Officer" in each team for the sake of women footballers.[5] On 28 January 2023, East Bengal defeated Sreebhumi 1–0 in the final to lift the Kanyashree Cup title and qualified for the Indian Women's League .[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
CWFL Participants Group A Group B Group C Group D Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad Adivasi United Students Club Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation Chandney SC All Airlines Recreation Club ASOS Rainbow AC Durbar Sports Academy Invention FCC Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity Bidyut Sporting Club GC Roy Memorial FC J.B. Pur Women FA Behala Aikya Sammilani Jubak Sangha Jyotirmoy Athletic Club Manick Football CC Dipti Sangha FC KFA Southern Samity Kalighat Sports Lovers Association Sevayani S.W. Org East Bengal New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Mohammedan Sporting Sreebhumi FC Kolkata Union Sporting Club Police AC Moitree Sansad Youth Footballers Welfare Association WB Police Club Sarojini Naidu OSC Rampur Milan Sangha
Group stage [ edit ] Group A [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Sreebhumi 7 7 0 0 77 0 +77 21 Advanced to Knockout stage 2 Chandney SC 6 5 0 1 27 13 +14 15 3 Invention FCC 7 4 1 2 22 17 +5 13 4 Sevayani S.W. Org 6 3 0 3 14 24 −10 9 5 Manick Football CC 7 2 2 3 8 16 −8 8 6 J.B. Pur Women FA 5 1 1 3 10 25 −15 4 7 Youth Footballers Welfare Association 4 0 0 4 3 14 −11 0 8 Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad 6 0 0 6 0 52 −52 0
Matches [ edit ] Manick Football CC v Youth Footballers Welfare Association
Chandney SC v Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad
Sevayani S.W. Org v Invention FCC
Manick Football CC v Chandney SC
Invention FCC v Youth Footballers Welfare Association
Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad v J.B. Pur Women FA
Chandney SC v Youth Footballers Welfare Association
Invention FCC v Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad
Sevayani S.W. Org v J.B. Pur Women FA
Youth Footballers Welfare Association v Sreebhumi Manick Football CC v Invention FCC
Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad v Sevayani S.W. Org
Manick Football CC v Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad
J.B. Pur Women FA v Invention FCC
Chandney SC v Sevayani S.W. Org
Manick Football CC v J.B. Pur Women FA
Manick Football CC v Sevayani S.W. Org
Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad v Sreebhumi Invention FCC v Chandney SC
Group B [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 East Bengal 7 7 0 0 64 0 +64 21 Advanced to Knockout stage 2 WB Police Club 7 5 1 1 34 7 +27 16 3 Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity 7 4 1 2 35 14 +21 13 4 Adivasi United Students Club 7 3 2 2 22 9 +13 11 5 All Airlines Recreation Club 7 2 2 3 22 17 +5 8 6 Dipti Sangha FC 7 2 2 3 15 10 +5 8 7 Kolkata Union Sporting Club 6 0 0 6 1 50 −49 0 8 Behala Aikya Sammilani 6 0 0 6 0 86 −86 0
Matches [ edit ] Dipti Sangha v Kolkata Union Sporting Club
Adivasi United Students Club v Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity
Behala Aikya Sammilani v All Airlines Recreation Club
Behala Aikya Sammilani v Adivasi United Students Club
All Airlines Recreation Club v Kolkata Union Sporting Club
Dipti Sangha v WB Police Club
Dipti Sangha v Adivasi United Students Club
WB Police Club v Kolkata Union Sporting Club
Behala Aikya Sammilani v Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity
Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity v WB Police Club
Kolkata Union Sporting Club v Adivasi United Students Club
Dipti Sangha v All Airlines Recreation Club
Adivasi United Students Club v WB Police Club
Kolkata Union Sporting Club v Behala Aikya Sammilani
Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity v All Airlines Recreation Club
WB Police Club v Behala Aikya Sammilani
Dipti Sangha v Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity
Adivasi United Students Club v All Airlines Recreation Club
Dipti Sangha v Behala Aikya Sammilani
Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity v Kolkata Union Sporting Club
All Airlines Recreation Club v WB Police Club
Group C [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 ASOS Rainbow AC 6 6 0 0 51 2 +49 18 Advanced to Knockout stage 2 New Alipore Suruchi Sangha 5 4 0 1 45 4 +41 12 3 KFA Southern Samity 5 3 0 2 25 6 +19 9 4 Sarojini Naidu OSC 5 2 0 3 13 21 −8 6 5 Jubak Sangha 5 2 0 3 6 46 −40 6 6 Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha 5 1 0 4 5 36 −31 3 7 Police AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Bidyut Sporting Club 5 0 0 5 0 30 −30 0
Matches [ edit ] Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha v Bidyut Sporting Club
Sarojini Naidu OSC v New Alipore Suruchi Sangha
Jubak Sangha v Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha
Sarojini Naidu OSC v Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha
Jubak Sangha v Bidyut Sporting Club
Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha v New Alipore Suruchi Sangha
New Alipore Suruchi Sangha v Jubak Sangha
Sarojini Naidu OSC v Bidyut Sporting Club
Group D [ edit ]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Moitree Sansad 7 5 1 1 29 4 +25 16 Advanced to Knockout stage 2 Mohammedan Sporting 6 5 1 0 25 1 +24 16 3 Kalighat Sports Lovers Association 6 5 0 1 39 3 +36 15 4 Jyotirmoy Athletic Club 7 4 0 3 10 9 +1 12 5 GC Roy Memorial FC 6 2 0 4 7 16 −9 6 6 Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation 6 2 0 4 7 31 −24 6 7 Rampur Milan Sangha 6 1 0 5 6 27 −21 3 8 Durbar Sports Academy 6 0 0 6 1 33 −32 0
Matches [ edit ] Moitree Sansad v Jyotirmoy Athletic Club
GC Roy Memorial FC v Durbar Sports Academy
Rampur Milan Sangha v Kalighat Sports Lovers Association
Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation v Rampur Milan Sangha
GC Roy Memorial FC v Moitree Sansad
Jyotirmoy Athletic Club v Kalighat Sports Lovers Association
GC Roy Memorial FC v Rampur Milan Sangha
Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation v Kalighat Sports Lovers Association
Moitree Sansad v Durbar Sports Academy
Jyotirmoy Athletic Club v Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation
Kalighat Sports Lovers Association v Moitree Sansad
Durbar Sports Academy v Rampur Milan Sangha
GC Roy Memorial FC v Jyotirmoy Athletic Club
Rampur Milan Sangha v Moitree Sansad
Durbar Sports Academy v Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation
Moitree Sansad v Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation
Durbar Sports Academy v Jyotirmoy Athletic Club
GC Roy Memorial FC v Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation
Jyotirmoy Athletic Club v Rampur Milan Sangha
Kalighat Sports Lovers Association v Durbar Sports Academy
Knockout stage [ edit ] Qualified teams [ edit ] The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
Bracket [ edit ] Quarter-finals [ edit ] Matches [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Matches [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup final was held at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on 28 January 2023 between Sreebhumi and East Bengal . East Bengal reached their fourth final, having won the tournament once previously back in 2001, and been runners-up twice in 2002 and 2020. They had defeated Mohammedan Sporting 3–0 in the semi-final. Whereas, Sreebhumi reached their second final, being runners-up in 2019. They had defeated W.B. Police Club 1–0 in the semi-final. The match kicked off with East Bengal leading the proceedings from the beginning and dominating possession but could not break the deadlock. The solitary goal game in the eighty-eighth minute of the match when a long throw-in from Anita Oraon was partially cleared which fell onto the feet of Kabita Saren, who put in a cross and was met by Sulanjana Raul with a header that found the back of the net at the far post. East Bengal managed to hold onto the lead for the remainder of the game and was crowned as the 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup winners, lifting their second title after 2001 .[6] [7]
GK 21 Gurubari Mandi RB 27 Atasi Pal CB 3 Mugli Soren CB 4 Mamata Singh (c ) LB 5 Pratima Mahata CM 14 Mugli Hembram CM 7 Mamata Hansda RW 9 Mamata Mahata 90+3' LW 11 Chapa Mistry CF 28 Roshni Verma LF 12 Tulsi Hembram Substitutions: GK 1 Hansika Gond FW 8 Sombari Hembram DF 36 Sonia Murmu MF 20 Dolly Kumari 90+3' FW 4 Pungi Mandi MF 17 Kakali Hansda MF 15 Singo Murmu FW 16 Sonali Mondal FW 18 Priyasa Sarkar FW 25 Sonali Karmakar Head Coach: Pratima Biswas
GK 41 Buli Sarkar (c ) RB 2 Anita Oraon CB 5 Ratna Halder 64' CB 4 Mini Roy LB 3 Riya Sarkar CM 7 Puja Karmakar 45' CM 8 Kabita Saren LW 25 Shivani Toppo CF 14 Rimpa Halder CF 22 Sulanjana Raul RW 21 Mousumi Murmu Substitutions: GK 51 Mamani Das FW 10 Aishwarya Arun Jagtap DF 24 Poli Koley MF 20 Trisha Mallick FW 18 Tanushre Oraon MF 9 Tamalika Sarkar MF 11 Barnali Karar 45' FW 28 Deblina Bhattacharjee FW 15 Gita Das FW 16 Sushmita Bardhan Head Coach: Sujata Kar
Season awards [ edit ] The following awards were announced at the end of the season:[2]
Emerging Player of the Tournament: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal) Highest Goalscorer: Sujata Mahata (New Alipore Suruchi Sangha) – 23 goals in 7 matches Best Goalkeeper: Gurubari Mandi (Sreebhumi) References [ edit ]
Clubs Adivasi United Students Club Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity Chandney SC East Bengal Invention FCC Jyotirmoy Athletic Club Kalighat Sports Lovers Association KFA Southern Samity Mohammedan Moitree Sansad New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Sarojini Naidu OSC Sevayani S.W. Org Sreebhumi FC WB Police Club Former clubs Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad All Airlines Recreation Club ASOS Rainbow AC Behala Aikya Sammilani Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation Bidyut Sporting Club Dipti Sangha FC Durbar Sports Academy Friends of the Stadium GC Roy Memorial FC Income Tax Itika Memorial J.B. Pur Women FA Jubak Sangha Kolkata Union Sporting Club Mohun Bagan Manick Football CC Police AC Rampur Milan Sangha SSB Youth Footballers Welfare Association Seasons
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