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 7 teams from across the country participate in the league.
| Organising body | All India Football Federation (AIFF) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Country | India |
| Confederation | AFC |
| Number of teams | 7 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Indian Women's League 2 |
| International cup(s) | AFC Women's Champions League |
| Current champions | Odisha (1st title) |
| Most championships | Gokulam Kerala (3 titles) |
| TV partners | Indian Football (YouTube) |
| Website | the-aiff.com |
| Current: 2023–24 | |
The competition was planned since 2014 and got established in 2016, with the first season starting from October 2016 in Cuttack, Odisha. The league was launched as India's first professional football league for women with the aim to increase the player pool for India national team. Since 2019–20, the clubs that become champions are granted an opportunity to play in the AFC Women's Club Championship, the top tier women's club football competition in Asia.
Until now four clubs have been crowned as champions: Eastern Sporting Union, Rising Students' Club, Sethu and Gokulam Kerala. Out of them Gokulam Kerala has lifted the championship trophy thrice.