The 2017–18 Indian Women's League (also known as Hero Indian Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The qualifiers for the league started from 25 November 2017. Rising Student's Club won the 2017–18 Indian Women's League.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was scheduled to be held from 25 November 2017 to 8 December 2017 at Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur. Thirteen teams entered the preliminary round. Teams were split into two groups and the top-ranked team from each group qualified for the final round.
Teams
Team locations + Group A State/UT Group B State/UTSethuMadurai, Tamil NaduChandney Sporting ClubWest BengalIndira Gandhi AS&EPondicherryUnited Warriors SCPhagwara, PunjabCapital ComplexNaharlagun, Arunachal PradeshHans WomenDelhiBaroda Football AcademyVadodara, GujaratIndia Rush SoccerMaharashtraRising Students ClubCuttack, OdishaKRYPHSAManipurJ&K State Sports CouncilSrinagar, Jammu and KashmirEastern Sporting UnionManipurSAI Women Rising Student's Club and Eastern Sporting Union qualified for final round by topping Group A and Group B respectively. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League, four more teams from qualification round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, India Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round.
Personnel Team Head coach CaptainEastern Sporting Union Oinam Bembem Devi Irom Prameshwori DeviGokulam Kerala Priya P. V. Anita RawatIndira Gandhi AS&E Amrutha ArvindKRYPHSA Langam Chaoba Devi Bala DeviRising Students Club Sukla Dutta Suprava SamalRush Soccer Claude BoltonSethu Kalpana Dass Indumathi Kathiresan
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Eastern Sporting Union — — —Gokulam Kerala Fazila Ikwaput Ritah Nabbosa — Indira Gandhi AS&E — — — KRYPHSA — — — Rising Students Club — — — Rush Soccer — — —Sethu Tanvie Hans Sabina Khatun Krishna Rani Sarkar
Final round
Final round will be played among seven teams who face each other once with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team will be joined by Six teams from preliminary round.
Group stage
Knock-out stage
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Season awards Hero Indian Women's League 2017–18 awards were given on April 14.
AwardRecipient Top Scorer Bala Devi (KRYPHSA) Best Goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu (Eastern Sporting Union) Most Valuable Player Prameshwori Devi (Eastern Sporting Union) Emerging Player Grace Dangmei (KRYPHSA)
References
External links All India Football Federation.