title: 2017–18 Indian Women's League season
text: # 2017–18 Indian Women's League season
  
  The 2017–18 Indian Women's League season was the second season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The qualifiers for the league will start from 25 November 2017. Rising Student's Club won the 2017–18 Indian Women's League.
  
  ## Preliminary round
  
  The preliminary round was scheduled to be held from 25 November 2017 to 8 December 2017 at Rajarshi Shahu Stadium in Kolhapur. Thirteen teams entered the preliminary round. Teams were split into two groups and the top-ranked team from each group qualified for the final round.
  
  ### Team locations
  
  | Group A | State/UT | Group B | State/UT |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Sethu FC | Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Chandney Sporting Club | West Bengal |
  | Indira Gandhi AS&E (formerly Jeppiaar Institute FC) | Pondicherry | United Warriors Sporting Club | Phagwara, Punjab |
  | Capital Complex Sporting Club | Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh | Hans Women’s Football Club | Delhi |
  | Baroda Football Academy | Vadodara, Gujarat | India Rush Soccer | Maharashtra |
  | Rising Student's Club | Cuttack, Odisha | KRYPHSA | Manipur |
  | J&K State Sports Council | Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir | Eastern Sporting Union | Manipur |
  | | | SAI Women Football Team | |
  
  Rising Student's Club and Eastern Sporting Union qualified for final round by topping Group A and Group B respectively. Due to unavailability of teams from I-League and Indian Super League, four more teams from qualification round Sethu FC, Indira Gandhi AS&E, India Rush Soccer and KRYPHSA are promoted to final round.
  
  ### Foreign players
  
  | Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Eastern Sporting Union | — | — | — |
  | Gokulam Kerala FC | Fazila Ikwaput | Ritah Nabbosa | — |
  | Indira Gandhi AS&E | — | — | — |
  | KRYPHSA | — | — | — |
  | Rising Student's Club | — | — | — |
  | Rush Soccer | — | — | — |
  | Sethu FC | Tanvie Hans | Sabina Khatun | Krishna Rani Sarkar |
  
  ## Final round
  
  Final round will be played among seven teams who face each other once with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals. Gokulam Kerala FC women's team will be joined by Six teams from preliminary round.
  
  ### Group stage
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | KRYPHSA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 14 | Semi Final |
  | 2 | Eastern Sporting Union | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 14 | Semi Final |
  | 3 | Sethu FC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 13 | Semi Final |
  | 4 | Rising Student's Club | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 10 | Semi Final |
  | 5 | Gokulam Kerala | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | |
  | 6 | Indira Gandhi AS&E | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 3 | |
  | 7 | Rush Soccer | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 | |
  
  ### Knock-out Stage
  
  | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Semifinals |||
  | KRYPHSA | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | Rising Student's Club |
  | Eastern Sporting Union | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Sethu FC |
  | Final |||
  | Rising Student's Club | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Eastern Sporting Union |
  
  ## Season awards
  
  Hero Indian Women's League 2017–18 awards were given on April 14.
  
  | Award | Recipient |
  | - | - |
  | Top Scorer | Bala Devi (KRYPHSA F.C.) |
  | Best Goalkeeper | Panthoi Chanu (Eastern Sporting Union) |
  | Most Valuable Player | Irom Prameshwori Devi (Eastern Sporting Union) |
  | Emerging Player | Grace Dangmei (KRYPHSA F.C.) |
  