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{{infobox football league season<br />
| competition = [[Indian Women's League]]<br />
| season = 2016–17<br />
| winners = [[Eastern Sporting Union]] <br />
| continentalcup1 = <br />
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = <br />
| continentalcup2 = <br />
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = <br />
| matches = 34<br />
| total goals = 183<br />
| league topscorer = <br />
[[Sanju Yadav]] (Alakhpura)<br/>[[Yumnam Devi|Kamala Devi]] (Eastern Sporting Union) <br/> 15 goals<br />
| best goalkeeper = <br />
| biggest home win = <br />
| biggest away win = <br />
| highest scoring = <br />
| longest wins = <br />
| longest unbeaten = <br />
| longest winless = <br />
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| highest attendance = <br />
| lowest attendance = <br />
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| prevseason = <br />
| nextseason = [[2017–18 Indian Women's League season|2017–18]]<br />
| updated = <br />
14 February 2017<br />
}}<br />
The '''2016–17 Indian Women's League season''' was the first season of the [[Indian Women's League]], a [[Women's association football|women's]] [[association football|football]] league in [[India]]. The season was scheduled to kick off with the preliminary rounds on 17 October 2016 in which the top two teams from the two groups qualified for the league proper.<ref name="Preliminary">{{cite news|title=INDIAN WOMEN’S LEAGUE PRELIMS TO KICK-OFF ON OCT 17|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=7522|accessdate=14 October 2016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=14 October 2016}}</ref> In the final round four teams from qualifier joined by two direct entry teams. [[Eastern Sporting Union]] won the title in the inaugural season.<br />
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==Preliminary round==<br />
{{main|2016–17 Indian Women's League preliminary round}}<br />
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===Teams===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! Group A<br />
! State<br />
! Group B<br />
! State<br />
|-<br />
| Alakhpura<br />
| [[Harayana]]<br />
| [[Eastern Sporting Union]]<br />
| [[Manipur]]<br />
|-<br />
| Bodyline<br />
| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| [[Indira Gandhi AS&E|Jeppiaar Institute]]<br />
| [[Pondicherry]]<br />
|-<br />
| New Quartz<br />
| [[Kerala]]<br />
| [[KRYPHSA F.C.|KRYPHSA]] <br />
| [[Manipur]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Rising Student Club|Rising Student]]<br />
| [[Odisha]]<br />
| Sudeva Moonlight F.C.<br />
| [[Delhi]]<br />
|-<br />
| Royal Wahingdoh F.C.<br />
| [[Meghalaya]]<br />
| Uttar Pradesh F.C.<br />
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Eastern Sporting Union]] and [[Rising Student Club]] entered final rounds by topping their groups, and Alakhpura and [[Indira Gandhi AS&E|Jeppiaar Institute]] as group runners-up.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student FC makes it to the Final round of the Indian Women's League 2017.|url=https://twitter.com/IndianFootball/status/791639403433046016|work=The All India Football Federation|date=27 October 2016|accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Final round==<br />
{{main|2016–17 Indian Women's League final round}}<br />
The final round will be held from January 28 to February 14 at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]]. The league proper will follow a round robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.<ref>{{cite news|title=AIFF launches professional league for women footballers|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/aiff-launches-professional-league-for-women-footballers/973585|accessdate=25 January 2017|work=Outlook India|date=24 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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===Group stage===<br />
{{:2016–17 Indian Women's League final round|transcludesection=Group stage}}<br />
===Knock-out Stage===<br />
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{{OneLegStart}}<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=4|Semifinals<br />
{{OneLegResult|[[Rising Student Club|Rising Student]]||[[2016–17 Indian Women's League final round#Knock out stage|{{small|2–0}}]]|[[FC Pune City (women)|FC Pune City]]}} <br />
{{OneLegResult|[[Eastern Sporting Union]]||[[2016–17 Indian Women's League final round#Knock out stage|{{small|4–1}}]]|Alakhpura}} <br />
|-<br />
!colspan=4|Final<br />
{{OneLegResult|[[Eastern Sporting Union]]||[[2016–17 Indian Women's League final round#Knock out stage|{{small|3–0}}]]|[[Rising Student Club|Rising Student]]}} <br />
{{end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.the-aiff.com/ All India Football Federation].<br />
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{{Indian Women's League}}<br />
{{2016–17 in Indian football}}<br />
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