2021 22 Indian Women's League

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The 2021–22 Indian Women's League (also known as Hero Indian Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Indian Women's League, the top division women's professional football league in India. The qualifying round was held from 1–5 April 2022 at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. The final round was scheduled to kick-off from mid-April in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and continue till the last week of May. On 26 May, Gokulam Kerala successfully defended their title with a convincing win against Sethu in a title decider on the last matchday, and became the first club to do it.

Qualifiers

Teams

Club	City	State/Region
ARA	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Golazo	Hamirpur	Himachal Pradesh
Guwahati City	Guwahati	Assam
Young Welfare	Imphal	Manipur

Table

The following four teams from four states played each other once during April in the qualifying round at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi.

Clubs

Stadiums and locations

The matches were played at three venues located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha; Kalinga Stadium, O.S.A.P 7th Battalion Ground and Capital High School Ground.

Club	City	State/Region
ARA	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Gokulam Kerala	Kozhikode	Kerala
Hans Women	New Delhi	Delhi
Indian Arrows	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
Kickstart	Bengaluru	Karnataka
Mata Rukmani Girls	Bastar	Chhattisgarh
Odisha Police	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	Mumbai	Maharashtra
Sethu	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
Sirvodem	Navelim	Goa
Sports Odisha	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
SSB	Siliguri	West Bengal

Personnel and sponsorships

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ARA	Template:Flagicon Prit Bhatt	Template:Flagicon Anju
Gokulam Kerala	Template:Flagicon Anthony Andrews	Template:Flagicon Aditi Chauhan	Template:Flagicon SEGA	Federal Bank
Hans Women	Template:Flagicon Arun Mishra	Template:Flagicon Jyoti Ann Burrett		Kica Active
Indian Arrows	Template:Flagicon Suren Kumar Chettri	Template:Flagicon Martina Thokchom	Template:Flagicon SIX5SIX
Kickstart	Template:Flagicon Amrutha Aravind Valliyath	Template:Flagicon Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi		Haier
Mata Rukmani Girls	Template:Flagicon Sandeep Singh	Template:Flagicon Laxmi Mandavi		Goel TMT
Odisha Police	Template:Flagicon Sradhanjali Samantaray	Template:Flagicon Sumitra Xalxo	Template:Flagicon VEGA	Odisha Tourism
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	Template:Flagicon Nirvan Shah	Template:Flagicon Karen Pais		Häfele Group
Sethu	Template:Flagicon Crispin Chettri	Template:Flagicon Sandhiya Ranganathan	Template:Flagicon SIX5SIX	COSCO
Sirvodem	Template:Flagicon Chitra Gangadharan	Template:Flagicon Ancella Barretto		Fabiana's – Sports & Hospitality
Sports Odisha	Template:Flagicon Gitanjali Khuntia	Template:Flagicon Manisa Panna	Template:Flagicon VEGA	Odisha Tourism
SSB	Template:Flagicon Juliet Miranda	Template:Flagicon Dular Marandi		BS

Foreign players

Teams allowed to register maximum of two foreign players. Only one can be part of the starting lineup. Indian Arrows cannot sign any foreign player as they are part of AIFF's developmental program.

Club	Player 1	Player 2
ARA	—	—
Gokulam Kerala	Template:Flagicon Win Theingi Tun	Template:Flagicon Elshaddai Acheampong
Hans Women	—	—
Kickstart	—	—
Mata Rukmani Girls	—	—
Odisha Police	—	—
PIFA Sports (Colaba)	—	—
Sethu	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Kioko Katungwa	—
Sirvodem	Template:Flagicon Ernestina Tetteh	—
Sports Odisha	—	—
SSB	—	—

Results

Fixture and results

All matches were played at neutral venues. The "home" and "away" are designated to identify Team 1 and Team 2 respectively.

Results by match

The table lists the results of teams after each match.

Matches

• All times are in IST (UTC+5:30).

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	20
2	Template:Flagicon Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala	14
3	Template:Flagicon Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	12
4	Template:Flagicon Apurna Narzary	Indian Arrows	9
	Template:Flagicon Naorem Priyangka Devi	Indian Arrows
	Template:Flagicon Dular Marandi	SSB
7	Template:Flagicon Renu Gour	Sethu	8
Source: AIFF

Most clean sheets

Note: Only the top 5 goalkeepers with most clean sheets have been listed below.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Template:Flagicon Maibam Linthoingambi Devi	Kickstart	8
2	Template:Flagicon Aditi Chauhan	Gokulam Kerala	7
3	Template:Flagicon Devi D	Sethu	7
4	Template:Flagicon Adrija Sarkhel	Indian Arrows	6
5	Template:Flagicon Sasmita Parida	Sports Odisha	4

Awards

Match awards

Note: Player of the match awarded only for the matches played in the regular season, and not in the qualifier.

Hero of the Match
Match No.	Player	Club	Match No.	Player	Club	Match No.	Player	Club
Match 1	Template:Flagicon Irom Prameshwori Devi	Kickstart	Match 23	Template:Flagicon Dular Marandi	SSB	Match 45	Template:Flagicon Naorem Priyangka Devi	Indian Arrows
Match 2	Template:Flagicon Dular Marandi	SSB	Match 24	Template:Flagicon Karishma Shirvoikar	Gokulam Kerala	Match 46	Template:Flagicon Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala
Match 3	Template:Flagicon Naorem Priyangka Devi	Indian Arrows	Match 25	Template:Flagicon Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	Match 47	Template:Flagicon Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha
Match 4	Template:Flagicon Manisha Kalyan	Gokulam Kerala	Match 26	Template:Flagicon Apurna Narzary	Indian Arrows	Match 48	Template:Flagicon Sanfida Nongrum	Sirvodem
Match 5	Template:Flagicon Sanju Yadav	Sethu	Match 27	Template:Flagicon Subhadra Sahoo	Sports Odisha	Match 49	Template:Flagicon Soumya Guguloth	Gokulam Kerala
Match 6	Template:Flagicon Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	Match 28	Template:Flagicon Rajeswari Das	Odisha Police	Match 50	Template:Flagicon Santosh	Indian Arrows
Match 7	Template:Flagicon Nisilia Majaw	PIFA Sports	Match 29	Template:Flagicon Manisha	ARA	Match 51	Template:Flagicon Anju Tamang	Sethu
Match 8	Template:Flagicon Sasmita Parida	Sports Odisha	Match 30	Template:Flagicon Renu Gour	Sethu	Match 52	Template:Flagicon Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu	Kickstart
Match 9	Template:Flagicon Manju	SSB	Match 31	Template:Flagicon Durga A	Sethu	Match 53	Template:Flagicon Supriya Routray	Sports Odisha
Match 10	Template:Flagicon Asem Roja Devi	Kickstart	Match 32	Template:Flagicon Karen Pais	PIFA Sports	Match 54	Template:Flagicon Karen Pais	PIFA Sports
Match 11	Template:Flagicon Jasmani Samad	Odisha Police	Match 33	Template:Flagicon Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	Match 55	Template:Flagicon Dular Marandi	SSB
Match 12	Template:Flagicon Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	Match 34	Template:Flagicon Sarojini Tirkey	Odisha Police	Match 56	Template:Flagicon Pakpi Devi Yumlembam	Kickstart
Match 13	Template:Flagicon Loitongbam Ashalata Devi	Gokulam Kerala	Match 35	Template:Flagicon Sunita Munda	Indian Arrows	Match 57	Template:Flagicon Iawanlang Nongbet	PIFA Sports
Match 14	Template:Flagicon Afshan Ashiq	Sirvodem	Match 36	Template:Flagicon Ngangbam Sweety Devi	Kickstart	Match 58	Template:Flagicon Soumya Guguloth	Gokulam Kerala
Match 15	Template:Flagicon Asem Roja Devi	Kickstart	Match 37	Template:Flagicon Kiran	ARA	Match 59	Template:Flagicon Devneta Roy	Sethu
Match 16	Template:Flagicon Naorem Sumila Chanu	SSB	Match 38	Template:Flagicon Anju Tamang	Sethu	Match 60	Template:Flagicon Jyoti	Sirvodem
Match 17	Template:Flagicon Kiran	ARA	Match 39	Template:Flagicon Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	Match 61	Template:Flagicon Jyoti Ann Burrett	Hans Women
Match 18	Template:Flagicon Sandhiya Ranganathan	Sethu	Match 40	Template:Flagicon Asem Roja Devi	Kickstart	Match 62	Template:Flagicon Huidrom Ranjita Devi	SSB
Match 19	Template:Flagicon Apurna Narzary	Indian Arrows	Match 41	Template:Flagicon Elshaddai Acheampong	Gokulam Kerala	Match 63	Template:Flagicon Kiran	ARA
Match 20	Template:Flagicon Pyari Xaxa	Sports Odisha	Match 42	Template:Flagicon Arpita Yeshwant Pednekar	Sirvodem	Match 64	Template:Flagicon Deepa Nayak	Sports Odisha
Match 21	Template:Flagicon Reet Kashyap	Mata Rukmani Girls	Match 43	Template:Flagicon Anju Tamang	Sethu	Match 65	Template:Flagicon Kshetrimayum Margaret Devi	Kickstart
Match 22	Template:Flagicon Elizabeth Kioko Katungwa	Sethu	Match 44	Template:Flagicon Manisha	ARA	Match 66	Template:Flagicon Grace Dangmei	Gokulam Kerala

Season awards

Award	Winner
Hero of the League	Template:Flagicon Manisha Kalyan (Gokulam Kerala)
Top Goalscorer	Template:Flagicon Elshaddai Acheampong (Gokulam Kerala)
Best Goalkeeper	Template:Flagicon Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (Kickstart)
Best Defender	Template:Flagicon Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (Gokulam Kerala)
Emerging Player of the League	Template:Flagicon Naorem Priyangka Devi (Indian Arrows)