Football Club Kolhapur City is an Indian professional

football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

based in

Kolhapur Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is kn ...

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 te ...

, that competes in both the

Indian Women's League The Indian Women's League, known as ''Hero Indian Women's League'' for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp is the women's top tier professional football league in Indian football. Founded in 2016, currently a total of 18 teams from across the ...

and

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 ...

, the top tier national and regional leagues respectively, of

women's football in India Women's football in India is growing in popularity under All India Football Federation, despite the earlier long-term governing body's inability to provide sufficient funds for the game. History Women's football has not had the relative advanta ...

. They registered their first win in IWL 2019–20 against Baroda FA under head coac
Muzamil 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

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 Chhatrapati Shahu Football Stadium is a historic association football, football stadium in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Name The stadium is named in honour of Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, the Maharaja of the Indian princ ...

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

**Champions (1): 2018–19 **Runners-up (1): 2019–20

References

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