The Indian women's football champions are the winners of the highest national league in women's football in India. In 2016, the Indian Women's League was incorporated.
A proper league system for women's football was established in 2016 with the commencement of Indian Women's League (IWL), The league was launched as India's first professional football league for women with the aim to increase the player pool for India national team. Since 2019–20 season, the clubs that become champions are granted an opportunity to play in the AFC Women's Club Championship, the top tier women's club football competition in Asia, which was succeeded by the AFC Women's Champions League from the 2023–24 season.
National League Champions
Season Champions(number of titles) Runners-up Third place Winning coach Top scorer(club) Goals 2016–17 Eastern Sporting Union Rising Students– Bembem Devi Oinam Kamala Devi Yumnam (Eastern Sporting Union)12 2017–18 Rising Students Eastern Sporting Union Sukla Dutta Bala Devi Ngangom (KRYPHSA) 2018–19 Sethu Manipur Police Amrutha Aravind Bala Devi Ngangom (Manipur Police)26 2019–20 Gokulam Kerala KRYPHSA Priya P. V. Sabitra Bhandari (Gokulam Kerala)16 2020–21Cancelled 2021–22 Gokulam Kerala Sethu Kickstart Anthony Andrews Elshaddai Acheampong (Gokulam Kerala)20 2022–23 Kickstart – Sabitra Bhandari (Gokulam Kerala)29 2023–24 Odisha Gokulam Kerala Kickstart Crispin Chettri Fazila Ikwaput (Gokulam Kerala)20 2024–25 East Bengal Sribhumi Anthony Andrews24 2025–26 Sethu Kickstart Fazila Ikwaput (East Bengal)20
Total titles won
ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning seasonsRunner-up seasonsGokulam Kerala322019–20, 2021–22, 2022–232023–24, 2024–25East Bengal2–2024–25, 2025–26–Sethu122018–192021–22, 2025–26Eastern Sporting Union112016–172017–18Rising Students112017–182016–17Odisha1–2023–24–Manipur Police–1–2018–19KRYPHSA–1–2019–20Kickstart–1–2022–23
By state State Championships Clubs Kerala3 Gokulam Kerala (3) Odisha2 Rising Students (1), Odisha (1) West Bengal2 East Bengal (2) Manipur1 Eastern Sporting Union (1) Tamil Nadu1 Sethu (1)
By city/town City / Town State Championships Clubs Kozhikode Kerala3 Gokulam Kerala (3) Kolkata West Bengal2 East Bengal (2) Imphal Manipur1 Eastern Sporting Union (1) Cuttack Odisha1 Rising Students (1) Madurai Tamil Nadu1 Sethu (1) Bhubaneswar Odisha1 Odisha (1)
By region RegionChampionshipsSouth4East4Northeast1
See also Indian Women's League Football in India Women's football in India
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