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WIFA Women's Football League
The WIFA Women's Football League is the top division of women's football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The league was first held in 2017 and is organised by the Western India Football Association (WIFA), the official football governing body of the state. Teams The league consists of teams from the women's divisions of the district football associations of Mumbai, Pune and Kolhapur. *Mumbai: MFA Women's League *Pune: PDFA Women's Division *Kolhapur: Kolhapur Women's League Venue The matches are held at Cooperage Ground The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point, Mumbai, India. It is currently home to multiple Mumbai Football League clubs. The Western India Football Association has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969 .... Clubs Clubs The teams participating in the 2023–24 season: Champions References Women's football leagues in India Football in Maharashtra Sports leagues established in 2017 {{India-f ...
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Western India Football Association
Western India Football Association (WIFA) is the state governing body for football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the sports national governing body. History The Bombay Football Association was established in the Bombay province of 1902. It was amalgamated with the older Rovers Football Cup Committee to form the Western India Football Association on 12 July 1911. Justice Russel became president of the WIFA while P. R. Cadell became vice-president, and the objective of was to improve the sport of football in the Bombay state, and in the present-day Maharashtra. Before that, football games were organised for the Rovers Cup, which is India's second oldest football tournament started in 1890. Then in 2011, after the sudden rise in the popularity of football in India, WIFA decided to revamp the Maharashtra Football System. The first thing they decided to do was renovate Mumbai's only national football stadium, the Cooperage ...
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Indian Women's League 2
The Indian Women's League 2 (abbreviated as the IWL 2) is the women's second tier professional football league in Indian football. The competition is established in 2023, with the first season starting from 2024. The league was launched as India's first national women's second tier professional football league below the Indian Women's League. History The league was launched by All India Football Federation as India's first national women's second tier professional football league. In January 2024, the League Committee confirmed the introduction of the system of promotion and relegation of the clubs involving the IWL and IWL 2, effective from the 2024–25 season. Format Media coverage Clubs Champions Records See also *Football in India Association football, Football in India has historically been among the top 3 most popular sport in terms of players participation and TV viewership, together with long time number one cricket and re-emerging kabaddi. India's current ...
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Mumbai Knights FC
Mumbai Knights Football Club is an Indian professional football club from Mumbai. It forms the women's section of the club Ambernath United Atlanta FC and participates in the Indian Women's League 2. History The Ambernath United women's team has been participating in the MFA Women's League, under the name ''Mumbai Knights FC''. They made their top tier debut in Indian Women's League in the 2022–23 season. They got promoted to the inaugural edition of the second tier Indian Women's League 2, by winning the 2023–24 edition of WIFA Women's Football League. Technical staff Current squad Honours * WIFA Women's Football League ** Champions (2): 2022–23, 2023–24 * Mumbai Women's Premier League ** Champions (2): 2021–22, 2022–23 References External links * *Mumbai Knights FCat AIFF Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data for personal computers and other electronic audio devices. Th ...
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Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ...
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States And Union Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ...
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union territories of India by population, second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivision globally. It was formed on 1 May 1960 by splitting the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi language, Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati language, Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Maharashtra is home to the Marathi people, the predominant ethno-linguistic group, who speak the Marathi language, Marathi language, the official language of the state. The state is divided into 6 Divisions of Maharashtra, divisions and 36 List of districts of Maharashtra, districts, with the state capital being Mumbai, the List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India, most populous urban area in India ...
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Cooperage Ground
The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point, Mumbai, India. It is currently home to multiple Mumbai Football League clubs. The Western India Football Association has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969, and the Mumbai District Football Association holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the I-League. I-League club Kenkre is currently using the stadium as their home ground since their inception in 2000. History Cooperage Ground was the primary venue of the Rovers Cup, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and Trades Cup. The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the World War I. In April 2011, plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when FIFA announced that they would give the Western India Football Association US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium. On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the Bombay High Court that th ...
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FC Pune City (women)
Football Club Pune City Women was an Indian women's football club based in Pune, Maharashtra, which last played in Indian Women's League, the top flight of Indian women's football. The club was established 2017, prior to the league's inaugural season. History In April 2016 it was announced by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president, Praful Patel, that an Indian women's football league would begin in October 2016. Then, in July 2016, the AIFF hosted a workshop program for the proposed women's league at which Pune City, an Indian Super League side, were present. Finally, in October 2016, it was revealed that the Indian Women's League would kick off with a preliminary round on 17 October in which the top two teams during that round would qualify for a place in the league. Pune City were not part of this round. A few months later, on 12 January 2017, the team announced that they would be fielding a side in the league proper, which would begin on 23 January. Ownership Th ...
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FC Kolhapur City
Football Club Kolhapur City is an Indian professional football club based in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, that competes in both the Indian Women's League and WIFA Women's Football League, the top tier national and regional leagues respectively, of women's football in India. They registered their first win in IWL 2019–20 against Baroda FA under head coacMuzamil Mahmood History The club was launched in October 2018, with the aim of playing in U13, U15, and U18 national leagues. In 2019–20 season, after winning qualifiers for Maharashtra zone, the club participated in Indian Women's League. Crest In the crest of FC Kolhapur City, a gaur is present, which represents strength and courage. Stadium FC Kolhapur City plays their home matches in Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Journey in IWL Kolhapur City got their first win after defeating Baroda FA and finished 4th in group A with 4 points. Honours *WIFA Women's Football League The WIFA Women's Footb ...
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Kenkre FC
Mumbai Kenkre FC (also known as Kenkre Football Club) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Founded in 2000, the club currently competes in MFA Elite Division of Mumbai Football League, and the I-League. After being relegated in 2021–22 I-League season, their place remained safe upon the discontinuation of Indian Arrows. History Formation and journey The club was founded in 2000 as ''Kenkre Academy FC'', under the patronage of former footballer and coach Adib Kenkre, and CEO Joshua Lewis. Kenkre FC were crowned champions of the ''Maha Football League'' in 2010 for the first time in the club's history, after defeating Bengal Mumbai FC 3–0, thanks to goals from Nigerian striker Mathew Odje, Francisco Salin and Charanjeet Singh. After achieving this result, Kenkre FC were granted admission into the I-League 2nd Division, then second-tier of Indian football league system, Indian football. 2020–present In December 2021, t ...
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PIFA Sports FC
PIFA Sports Football Club, or simply PIFA, is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that competes in the Mumbai Football League, They also participated in I-League 2nd Division. Players 2019 senior team squad Honours Men's team * Nadkarni Cup ** Runners-up (3): 2011, 2016, 2017 Women's team *WIFA Women's Football League The WIFA Women's Football League is the top division of women's football in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The league was first held in 2017 and is organised by the Western India Football Association (WIFA), the official football governing bod ... **Champions (1): 2021–22 **Runners-up (1): 2022–23 References Further reading * {{Maharashtra Sports Association football clubs established in 2006 I-League clubs Football clubs in Mumbai 2006 establishments in Maharashtra I-League 2nd Division clubs ...
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Women's Football Leagues In India
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