The 2025–26 season is the 7th season in the history of East Bengal Women. The team would compete in the Indian Women's League and the Calcutta Women's Football League and also, would participate in the 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League and 2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship after being champions of the 2024–25 Indian Women's League.
Background
East Bengal Women's team won their inaugural Indian Women's League in the 2024–25 season and qualified for the 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League and inaugural 2025 SAFF Women's Club Championship. East Bengal extended the contracts of fourteen players for the season – Goalkeepers: Panthoi Chanu, Mamani Das, Defenders: Sarita Yumnam, Sathi Debnath, Supriya Kispotta, Riya Sarkar, Midfielders: Karthika Angamuthu, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Sangita Basfore, Thandamoni Baskey, Forwards: Soumya Guguloth, Sulanjana Raul, Sandhya Maity, Resty Nanziri. The club also roped in the Golden Boot winner of the 2024–25 Indian Women's League, Ugandan national team striker Fazila Ikwaput for the season, along with Indian national team players: Shilky Devi Hemam and Payal Basude.
Current squad
Competitions
Overall record
AFC Women's Champions League
East Bengal qualified for the 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League after being the champions of the 2024–25 Indian Women's League. East Bengal was grouped into group E of the Preliminary round alongside Kitchee of Hong Kong and Phnom Penh Crown of Cambodia, with all the matches of the group set to be played at the RSN Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. East Bengal roped in 4 new foreigners ahead of the tournament along with Resty Nanziri who was retained from the last season – compatriots Fazila Ikwaput and Amnah Nababi from Uganda, and defenders: Abena Anoma Opoku from Ghana and Maureen Tovia Okpala from Nigeria. In the opening match against Phnom Penh Crown on 25 August, East Bengal won 1–0 to begin the campaign with Fazila Ikwaput scoring the only goal of the match. On 31 August, East Bengal faced Kitchee and drew 1–1 and topped the group and secured a qualification for the group stages of the AFC Women's Champions League.
Preliminary Round
Matches
Group stage
East Bengal was grouped into Group-B alongside hosts Wuhan Jiangda of China, Bam Khatoon from Iran and Nasaf from Uzbekistan, with all the matches to be played at the Hankou Cultural Sports Centre in Wuhan, China. On 17 November 2025, East Bengal faced Bam Khatoon in the opening match of the group stage and won 3–1 with goals from Shilky Devi Hemam, Fazila Ikwaput and Resty Nanziri to register their first ever win in the AWCL group stages.
Matches
SAFF Club Women's Championship
East Bengal participated in the inaugural SAFF Club Women's Championship as the sole representative from India after becoming champions of the 2024–25 Indian Women's League. The tournament consists of teams from hosts Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan, alongside East Bengal with all the matches to be played at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu. On 8 December, East Bengal debuted in the tournament with a 4–0 victory over Transport United of Bhutan with Fazila Ikwaput scoring a brace and Sulanjana Raul and Resty Nanziri scoring the rest. East Bengal continued their winning run in the second match with a 2–0 victory over Karachi City with Sulanjana Raul and Resty Nanziri scoring again for East Bengal. In the third match, East Bengal thrashed Nasrin of Bangladesh 7–0 with Fazila Ikwaput scoring five goals herself, and the rest two scored by Jyoti Chouhan and Sulanjana Raul, as East Bengal qualified for the final of the tournament with a game to spare. On 17 December, East Bengal played out a goalless draw in the last match of the league phase against APF of Nepal in a regulation match as both teams already qualified for the final. On 20 December 2025, East Bengal created history to become the first Indian women's football team to win an international tournament as they defeated APF of Nepal 3–0 in the final with Fazila Ikwaput scoring a brace and Shilky Devi Hemam scoring the other, as East Bengal became the inaugural champions of the SAFF Club Women's Championship.
Group stage
Matches
Final match
Indian Women's League
East Bengal is the defending champions of the Indian Women's League.
League table
Results by match
Matches
Calcutta Women's Football League
East Bengal is the defending champions of the Kanyashree Cup and were grouped in Group B for the first phase of the tournament. They started their campaign on 23 March 2026 against Moitree Sansad with a 12–0 win. East Bengal defeated rivals Sribhumi 2–1 in the second match. On 2 April, East Bengal recorded a 21–0 victory over Dipti Sangha, the second biggest victory in the history of the club, only after a 35–0 victory over Behala Aikya Sammilani from the 2022–23 season. On 20 April, East Bengal defeated United Kolkata 2–0 to become the champions of group B and enter the championship round.
League Table
Matches
Statistics Goal scorers
RankNameAFC Women's Champions LeagueSAFF Club ChampionshipIndian Women's LeagueKanyashree CupTotal1 10 FW Fazila Ikwaput | 2 | 9 | 20 | ! 312 22 FW Sulanjana Raul | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 ! 213 5 DF Astam Oraon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 ! 14 14 FW Sandhya Maity
| 14 ! 145 11 MF Naorem Priyangka Devi
| 2 | 10 ! 126 7 MF Soumya Guguloth | 0 | 0 | 10 | ! 10 19 MF Shilky Devi Hemam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 ! 108 16 MF Resty Nanziri | 1 | 2 | 5 | ! 89 17 MF Sathi Debnath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 ! 5 25 FW Shrabani Murmu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 ! 5 32 FW Rubina Khatun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 ! 5 38 FW Purnima Das
| 5 ! 5 44 FW Birsi Oraon
| 5 ! 514 26 MF Antasia Oraon
| 4 ! 415 14 MF Karthika Angamuthu | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 ! 216 4 DF Loitongbam Ashalata Devi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ! 1 6 DF Sarita Yumnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 ! 1 8 MF Sangita Basfore | 1 | | 0 | ! 1 15 DF Susmita Lepcha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ! 1 20 DF Fulmani Kharia
| 1 ! 1 23 FW Supriya Kispotta
| 1 ! 1 99 FW Jyoti Chouhan | 0 | 1 | 0 | ! 1 Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 0 Total ! 5 ! 16 ! 47 ! 90 ! 158
Assists
RankNameAFC Women's Champions LeagueSAFF Club ChampionshipIndian Women's LeagueKanyashree CupTotal1 10 FW Fazila Ikwaput | 1 | 3 | 6 | ! 92 6 RB Sarita Yumnam | 0 | 3 | 4 | ! 7 7 MF Soumya Guguloth | 0 | 3 | 4 | ! 7 16 MF Resty Nanziri | 1 | 1 | 5 | ! 75 4 DF Ashalata Devi Loitongbam | 0 | 1 | 5 | ! 6 15 LB Sushmita Lepcha | 0 | 1 | 5 | ! 66 19 MF Hemam Shilky Devi | 0 | 1 | 4 | ! 58 22 FW Sulanjana Raul | 0 | 2 | 2 | ! 49 5 DF Astam Oraon | 0 | 0 | 1 | ! 1 14 MF Karthika Angamuthu | 0 | 0 | 1 | ! 1 20 MF Amnah Nababi | 1 | 0 | 0 | ! 1 Total ! 3 ! 15 ! 32 ! ! 50
See also 2025–26 in Indian football 2025–26 East Bengal FC season (Men's)
Notes
References
External links Official website