West Bengal women's football team
Appearance
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Full name | West Bengal women's football team | ||
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Ground | Salt Lake Stadium | ||
Capacity | 68,000 | ||
Owner | Indian Football Association | ||
Head coach | Dipankar Biswas | ||
League | Senior Women's National Football Championship | ||
2023–24 | Semi-finals | ||
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The West Bengal women's football team, also earlier the Bengal women's football team, is an Indian women's football team representing West Bengal in the Senior Women's National Football Championship.[1]
History
[edit]West Bengal women's football team have appeared in the Women's National Championship finals fifteen times, and have won the championship two times. They were the winner of the inaugural season of Women's National Championship in 1991–92 and last won it in 1996–97 held at Haldia.[2] Legendary football manager Sushil Bhattacharya became the first head coach of the team in 1975.[3][4][5]
Honours
[edit]- Senior Women's National Football Championship
- Winners (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
- Runners-up (13): 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
- National Games
- Junior Girl's National Football Championship
- Winners (1): 2011–12
- Runners-up (1): 2003–04
- Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship
- Winners (1): 2010–11
- Runners-up (1): 2023–24
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Indian Football Association".
- ^ "India – List of Women Champions". Rsssf.com. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
- ^ Mitra, Atanu (19 July 2015). "Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away". www.goal.com. Kolkata: Goal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ^ Das, Debasmita (14 May 2019). "ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম পেশাদার কোচ, না পাওয়ার বাস্তবে এ এক অন্য তথ্যচিত্র!" [East Bengal's first professional coach, this is another documentary in reality!]. bengali.indianexpress.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "ইস্টবেঙ্গলের প্রথম কোচ প্রয়াত" [First coach of East Bengal passed away]. www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Anandabazar Patrika. 19 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.