2022–23

Calcutta Women's Football League The Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup, is a women's association football, football league in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal. Founded in 1993, it is the oldest women's foot ...

was the 27th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup. The season consists of 32 teams participating in the league, with the teams in the group stage divided into four groups consisting of eight teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage. Each team consists of a maximum of four outstation players and every team has two under-17 players. IFA has also appointed an "Integrity Officer" in each team for the sake of women footballers. On 28 January 2023,

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defeated Sreebhumi 1–0 in the final to lift the Kanyashree Cup title and qualified for the

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Teams

Venues

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium The Rabindra Sarobar Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. It is used for football matches and it serves as the home of many Calcutta Football League matches. History The venue opened in 1961. It also was the home gro ...

East Bengal Ground The East Bengal Ground, also known as East Bengal–Aryan Ground, is the home stadium of East Bengal and Aryan. The stadium has a capacity of 23,500 people. It is one of the venues for Calcutta Football League. The stadium lies in the Kolkata ...

Naihati Stadium Bankimanjali Stadium, also commonly known as Naihati Stadium, is a football stadium located in a municipality of Naihati in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Named after Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, the stadium is owne ...

* Amal Dutta Stadium (Dumdum Surer Math) *

Mohammedan Sporting Ground Mohammedan Sporting Ground, also known as Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Kolkata, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is mainly the home stadium of Mohammedan Sporting. The ground ...

* Rishi Aurobindo Maidan,

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* Bidhannagar Sports Complex * SAI Ground, Salt Lake *

Mohun Bagan Ground Mohun Bagan Ground, also known as Mohun Bagan–Calcutta FC Ground, is a football stadium located in the maidan region of central Kolkata, just opposite the Eden Gardens. The stadium is leased to Mohun Bagan AC and is mostly used as training gro ...

* Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi * Barrackpore Stadium * Dr Ambedkar Ground, Gayeshpur *

Kishore Bharati Krirangan Kishore Bharati Krirangan (commonly known as both Mukundapur Stadium and Mukundapur Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kolkata, India, used mainly for football matches. The capacity of the stadium is 12,000 and the size of the sports compl ...

Group stage

Group A

Matches

Group B

Matches

Group C

Matches

Group D

Matches

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Matches

Semi-finals

Matches

Final

Summary

The 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup final was held at the

on 28 January 2023 between Sreebhumi and

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. East Bengal reached their fourth final, having won the tournament once previously back in 2001, and been runners-up twice in 2002 and 2020. They had defeated Mohammedan Sporting 3–0 in the semi-final. Whereas, Sreebhumi reached their second final, being runners-up in 2019. They had defeated W.B. Police Club 1–0 in the semi-final. The match kicked off with East Bengal leading the proceedings from the beginning and dominating possession but could not break the deadlock. The solitary goal game in the eighty-eighth minute of the match when a long throw-in from Anita Oraon was partially cleared which fell onto the feet of Kabita Saren, who put in a cross and was met by Sulanjana Raul with a header that found the back of the net at the far post. East Bengal managed to hold onto the lead for the remainder of the game and was crowned as the 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup winners, lifting their second title after

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Match

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extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

if necessary. *

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if scores still level. *Ten named substitutes *Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Season awards

The following awards were announced at the end of the season: * Emerging Player of the Tournament: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal) * Highest Goalscorer: Sujata Mahata (New Alipore Suruchi Sangha) – 23 goals in 7 matches * Best Goalkeeper: Gurubari Mandi (Sreebhumi)

References

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