Football Club Pune City Women was an Indian women's

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club based in

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, which last played in

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, 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

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(AIFF) president,

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, 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

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, an

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side, were present. Finally, in October 2016, it was revealed that the

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

The women's team, like the men's side, would be owned by a consortium which consists of the Wadhawan Group and Bollywood actor

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Statistics and records

Season-by-season

Honours

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**Champions (1): 2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pune City (women)

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Football clubs in Pune Defunct women's football clubs in India Association football clubs established in 2017 Association football clubs disestablished in 2018 Indian Women's League clubs 2017 establishments in Maharashtra 2018 disestablishments in India