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 foo ...

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,

East Bengal East Bengal (; ''Purbô Bangla/Purbôbongo'') was the eastern province of the Dominion of Pakistan, which covered the territory of modern-day Bangladesh. It consisted of the eastern portion of the Bengal region, and existed from 1947 until 195 ...

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

Indian Women's League The Indian Women's League (abbreviated as the IWL) is the women's top tier professional football league in India, founded in 2016. Currently, a total of 8 teams from across the country participate in the league. The competition was planned ...

Teams

Venues

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

* East Bengal Ground * Naihati Stadium * Amal Dutta Stadium (Dumdum Surer Match) * Mohammedan Sporting Ground * Rishi Aurobindo Maidan,

Konnagar Konnagar is a town and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is under the jurisdiction of the Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan ...

* 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 Maidan, Kolkata, just opposite Eden Gardens. Due to certain restrictions by the Indian Armed Forces, who own all the land surrounding Fort W ...

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

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

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

. East Bengal reached their fourth final, having won the tournament once previously back in 2001, and been runner-up twice in 2002 and 2020. They had defeated Mohammedan Sporting 3–0 in the semi-final. Whereas, Sreebhumi reached their second final, being runner-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

, style="width:60%;vertical-align:top", Match rules *90 minutes. *30 minutes of

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play 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 only if the game is required t ...

if necessary. *

Penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:2022-23 Calcutta Women's Football League season Calcutta Women's Football League 2022–23 in Indian football leagues 2022–23 in Asian women's association football leagues