2016–17 Indian Women's League

Indian Women's League
Season	2016–17
Champions	Eastern Sporting Union; 1st title
Matches played	34
Goals scored	183 (5.38 per match)
Best Player	Thokchom Umapati Devi
Top goalscorer	Yumnam Kamala Devi (12 goals)
	2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 14 February 2017.

The 2016–17 Indian Women's League (also known as Hero Indian Women's League for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the Indian Women's League, a women's football league in India. The season was scheduled to kick off with the preliminary rounds on 17 October 2016.^[1] In the final round four teams from qualifier joined by two direct entry teams. Eastern Sporting Union won the title in the inaugural season.

Preliminary round

Teams

Group A	State	Group B	State
Alakhpura	Haryana	Eastern Sporting Union	Manipur
Bodyline	Maharashtra	Jeppiaar Institute	Pondicherry
Quartz	Kerala	KRYPHSA	Manipur
Rising Student	Odisha	Sudeva Moonlight	Delhi
Royal Wahingdoh	Meghalaya	Uttar Pradesh FC	Uttar Pradesh

Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student Club entered final rounds by topping their groups, and Alakhpura and Jeppiaar Institute as group runners-up.^[2]

Teams

Team locations

Team	State	Entry
Eastern Sporting Union	Manipur	Preliminary
Rising Students	Odisha	Preliminary
Jeppiaar Institute	Puduchery	Preliminary
Alakhpura	Haryana	Preliminary
Pune City	Maharashtra	Direct
Aizawl	Mizoram	Direct

Personnel

Team	Head coach	Captain
Eastern Sporting Union	Oinam Bembem Devi (player-manager)
Rising Students	Gitanjali Khuntia	Sasmita Mallik
Jeppiaar Institute	Subramanian Mariappan	Sumithra Kamaraj
Alakhpura	Sonika Vijarnia	Sanju Yadav
Pune City	Kalpana Dass	Dalima Chhibber
Aizawl	Pi R. Lalnunsangi	K. Lalruaizeli

Final round

The final round will be held from January 28 to February 14 at the Ambedkar Stadium. The league proper will follow a round robin format with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.^[3]

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rising Students	5	4	0	1	20	3	+17	12	Semi Final
2	Eastern Sporting Union	5	4	0	1	15	4	+11	12
3	Alakhpura	5	2	2	1	8	4	+4	8
4	Pune City	5	2	1	2	6	8	−2	7
5	Jeppiaar Institute	5	1	1	3	5	18	−13	4
6	Aizawl	5	0	0	5	5	22	−17	0

Source: AIFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots