Points Table
Fixtures
May 26
Mata Rukmani FC 0-7 Sports Odisha
Arrows 0-1 Kickstart
Sethu FC 1-3 Gokulam Kerala
Results
April 15
PIFA Sports FC 1-3 Kickstart FC
SSB Women FC 6-2 Hans Women FC
Indian Arrows 4-0 Sirvodem
April 16
Odisha Police 0 - 12 Gokulam Kerala FC
Sethu FC 6 - 1 Mata Rukmani FC
ARA FC 1 - 3 Odisha Sports
April 19
Hans Women FC 0 - 6 PIFA Sports FC
Odisha Sports 0 - 0 Indian Arrows
Gokulam Kerala FC 2 - 0 SSB Women FC
April 20
Sirvodem SC 0 - 7 Kickstart FC
Mata Rukmani FC 0 - 1 Odisha Police
Sethu FC 3 - 0 ARA FC
April 23
Hans Women FC 0 - 9 Gokulam Kerala FC
PIFA Sports FC 0 - 0 Sirvodem SC
Kickstart FC 1 - 0 Odisha Sports
April 24
SSB Women FC 7 - 1 Mata Rukmani FC
Odisha Police 1 - 3 ARA FC
Indian Arrows 0 - 3 Sethu FC
April 27
Odisha Police 0 - 4 Indian Arrows
Odisha Sports 9 - 1 Sirvodem SC
Mata Rukmani FC 3 - 2 Hans Women FC
April 28
Sethu FC 2 - 1 Kickstart FC
ARA FC 2- 3 SSB Women FC
Gokulam Kerala FC 6 - 1 PIFA Sports FC
May 1
Gokulam Kerala FC 8-0 Mata Rukmani FC
SSB Women FC 0-2 Indian Arrows
PIFA Sports FC 0-3 Odisha Sports
May 2
Hans Women FC 0-3 ARA FC
Kickstart FC 2-0 Odisha Police
Sirvodem SC 0-5 Sethu FC
May 5
Sethu FC 4 - 0 Odisha Sports
Mata Rukmani FC 1 - 3 PIFA Sports FC
ARA FC 0 - 8 Gokulam Kerala FC
May 6
Odisha Police 2 - 1 Sirvodem SC
Indian Arrows 2 - 0 Hans Women FC
SSB Women FC 0 - 1 Kickstart FC
May 8
Mata Rukmani FC 0 - 4 ARA FC
PIFA Sports FC 1 - 4 Sethu FC
Odisha Sports 4 - 1 Odisha Police
May 9
Gokulam Kerala FC 2 - 1 Indian Arrows
Sirvodem SC 2 - 1 SSB Women FC
Hans Women FC 0 - 4 Kickstart FC
May 13
ARA FC 1 - 1 PIFA Sports FC
Odisha Police 0 - 3 Sethu FC
Indian Arrows 8 - 0 Mata Rukmani FC
May 14
Kickstart FC 0 - 5 Gokulam Kerala FC
SSB Women FC 1 - 1 Odisha Sports
Hans Women FC 0 - 4 Sirvodem SC
May 17
ARA FC 1 - 3 Indian Arrows
Gokulam Kerala FC 4 - 0 Sirvodem SC
Sethu FC 6 - 0 SSB Women FC
May 18
Sports Odisha 6 - 0 Hans Women Football Club
Mata Rukmani FC 0 - 10 Kickstart FC
Odisha Sports 1 - 3 Hans Women FC
May 21
Indian Arrows 1 - 2 PIFA Sports FC
Kickstart FC 3 - 0 ARA FC
SSB Women FC 5 - 2 Odisha Police
May 22
Hans Women FC 0 - 5 Sethu FC
Sirvodem SC 4 - 1 Mata Rukmani FC
Gokulam Kerala FC 7 - 1 Odisha Sports
May 25
ARA FC 3 - 1 Sirvodem SC
PIFA 1- 6 SSB
Odisha Police 2 - 3 Hans
The Indian Women's League (IWL), the country's top women's professional club competition, is back after a gap of two years. Twelve teams will be involved in this year's tournament, which will include last edition's champions, Gokulam Kerala FC, as well as a new All India Football Federation (AIFF) developmental side - Indian Arrows.
Dates and venues
The IWL will begin on April 15th and end on May 26th. Bhubaneswar will host all 66 matches at three venues - Capital Ground, 7th Battalion Ground and the Kalinga Stadium.
Broadcast details
Eurosport will telecast 30 of the 66 matches on TV. All matches at the Capital Ground and Kalinga Stadium will also be streamed on the Indian Football YouTube page.
Teams
Four teams - ARA FC, The Young Welfare Club, Guwahati City Football Club and Golazo Football Club were involved in the qualifying round from April 1-5 in New Delhi. ARA FC from Gujarat made the cut to the main round by finishing on top of the table with nine points from three matches.
The other teams are:
Gokulam Kerala FC from Kerala. The defending champions from Kozhikode will start as favourites for the tournament. They are also champions of the Kerala Women's League (KWL) 2021-22.
Hans Women Football Club from Delhi. This is their second appearance in the IWL, also having won three consecutive Delhi League titles.
Indian Arrows are the development team of the AIFF, consisting of youngsters and promising players.
Kickstart FC from Bengaluru, Karnataka. They are featuring in the IWL for the second time in a row. Kickstart FC are three-time champions of Karnataka Women's League, the latest being the winners of 2021-22 season.
Mata Rukmani Football Club from Dimrapal in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. This will be their first foray in the IWL. They've won their state-level league competition twice.
Odisha Police and Sports Odisha are the two clubs from Odisha. Odisha Police won the most recent edition of Odisha Women's League while Sports Odisha ended as runners-up. Both teams made it to IWL 2022 by making it to the final of Odisha Women's League.
PIFA Sports Colaba FC from Mumbai. This will be their debut season in the IWL. They made it to the main round of the tournament after becoming the champions of their state level club competition.
Sethu FC from Madurai, Tamil Nadu: Former champions of the IWL - the 2018-19 season, where they beat Manipur Police in the final. They are also the two-time champions of Tamil Nadu Women's League - in 2019-20 and 2021-22.
Sirvodem Sports Club from Goa. This will be their first ever season in the IWL. They won the 2021 Goa Women's League without losing a single match.
SSB Women Football Club from Siliguri, West Bengal. This is their second appearance in the IWL. They won the Calcutta Women's Football League three years in a row.
Format
This season's IWL matches will be played in a round-robin format. Teams will play each other once and the table-topper will be declared as the champions. The winners of this season will also qualify for the AFC Women's Club Championships.