2001 Calcutta Women's Football League

Football league season

Calcutta Women's Football League
Season	2001
Dates	12 February 2001–16 March 2001
Champions	East Bengal (1st title)
Matches played	36
Goals scored	129 (3.58 per match)
← 2000 2002 → All statistics correct as of 11 March 2023.

2001 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 9th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League.

The season consisted of twelve teams divided into two groups. The top four teams of each group would qualify for the knockouts where they would face each other in the quarterfinals. This was the first season that Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan formed^[1]^[2]^[3] and fielded their women's teams with East Bengal clinching the final 1–0 against Mohun Bagan to lift their first-ever title.^[4]^[5] Shanta Dhara scored the winning goal in the final.^[6]^[7]

Teams

CWFL Participants
Group A	Group B
Bidyut Sporting	Bally Gramanchal
East Bengal	Itika Memorial
Income Tax	Jubak Sangha
Kasba Samannay	Mohun Bagan
Nabajanma Sangha	NPC Academy
Young Footballers	Rampur Milan Sangha

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohun Bagan	5	5	0	0	21	0	+21	15	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	Jubak Sangha	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	10
3	Bally Gramanchal	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
4	Itika Memorial	4	1	2	1	3	6	−3	5
5	NPC Academy	5	1	1	3	4	10	−6	4
6	Rampur Milan Sangha	5	0	0	5	0	19	−19	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2023. Source: indianfootball.de

Matches

Mohun Bagan v Rampur Milan Sangha

12 February 2001 (2001-02-12)	Mohun Bagan	6–0	Rampur Milan Sangha	Kolkata
				Stadium: SAI Complex

Jubak Sangha v NPC Academy

14 February 2001 (2001-02-14)

Jubak Sangha

2–0

NPC Academy

Kolkata

Mohun Bagan v Itika Memorial

15 February 2001 (2001-02-15)

Mohun Bagan

5–0

Itika Memorial

Kolkata

Jubak Sangha v Rampur Milan Sangha

16 February 2001 (2001-02-16)

Jubak Sangha

5–0

Rampur Milan Sangha

Kolkata

Bally Gramanchal v NPC Academy

16 February 2001 (2001-02-16)

Bally Gramanchal

4–0

NPC Academy

Kolkata

Itika Memorial v NPC Academy

20 February 2001 (2001-02-20)

Itika Memorial

1–1

NPC Academy

Kolkata

Bally Gramanchal v Rampur Milan Sangha

20 February 2001 (2001-02-20)

Bally Gramanchal

3–0

Rampur Milan Sangha

Kolkata

Mohun Bagan v Jubak Sangha

21 February 2001 (2001-02-21)

Mohun Bagan

2–0

Jubak Sangha

Kolkata

Jubak Sangha v Bally Gramanchal

22 February 2001 (2001-02-22)

Jubak Sangha

2–0

Bally Gramanchal

Kolkata

Itika Memorial v Rampur Milan Sangha

22 February 2001 (2001-02-22)

Itika Memorial

2–0

Rampur Milan Sangha

Kolkata

Mohun Bagan v NPC Academy

23 February 2001 (2001-02-23)

Mohun Bagan

3–0

NPC Academy

Kolkata

NPC Academy v Rampur Milan Sangha

26 February 2001 (2001-02-26)

NPC Academy

3–0

Rampur Milan Sangha

Kolkata

Itika Memorial v Jubak Sangha

26 February 2001 (2001-02-26)

Itika Memorial

0–0

Jubak Sangha

Kolkata

Mohun Bagan v Bally Gramanchal

27 February 2001 (2001-02-27)

Mohun Bagan

5–0

Bally Gramanchal

Kolkata

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Income Tax	5	4	1	0	30	0	+30	13	Advanced to Knockout stage
2	East Bengal	5	4	1	0	17	0	+17	13
3	Nabajanma Sangha	5	3	0	2	10	7	+3	9
4	Young Footballers	5	2	0	3	4	12	−8	6
5	Bidyut Sporting	5	1	0	4	5	20	−15	3
6	Kasba Samannay	5	0	0	5	0	27	−27	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2023. Source: indianfootball.de

Matches

East Bengal v Bidyut Sporting

13 February 2001 (2001-02-13)

East Bengal

7–0

Bidyut Sporting

Kolkata

Nabajanma Sangha v Kasba Samannay

13 February 2001 (2001-02-13)

Nabajanma Sangha

6–0

Kasba Samannay

Kolkata

Income Tax v Young Footballers

14 February 2001 (2001-02-14)

Income Tax

9–0

Young Footballers

Kolkata

Bidyut Sporting v Kasba Samannay

15 February 2001 (2001-02-15)

Bidyut Sporting

5–0

Kasba Samannay

Kolkata

East Bengal v Young Footballers

19 February 2001 (2001-02-19)

East Bengal

2–0

Young Footballers

Kolkata

Income Tax v Nabajanma Sangha

19 February 2001 (2001-02-19)

Income Tax

5–0

Nabajanma Sangha

Kolkata

Income Tax v Kasba Samannay

21 February 2001 (2001-02-21)

Income Tax

7–0

Kasba Samannay

Kolkata

Young Footballers v Bidyut Sporting

21 February 2001 (2001-02-21)

Young Footballers

1–0

Bidyut Sporting

Kolkata

East Bengal v Nabajanma Sangha

22 February 2001 (2001-02-22)	East Bengal	2–0	Nabajanma Sangha	Kolkata
	Shanta Dhara Najda Tabasum	Report

Income Tax v Bidyut Sporting

23 February 2001 (2001-02-23)

Income Tax

9–0

Bidyut Sporting

Kolkata

East Bengal v Kasba Samannay

24 February 2001 (2001-02-24)

East Bengal

6–0

Kasba Samannay

Kolkata

Nabajanma Sangha v Young Footballers

24 February 2001 (2001-02-24)

Nabajanma Sangha

1–0

Young Footballers

Kolkata

Young Footballers v Kasba Samannay

27 February 2001 (2001-02-27)

Young Footballers

3–0

Kasba Samannay

Kolkata

Nabajanma Sangha v Bidyut Sporting

28 February 2001 (2001-02-28)

Nabajanma Sangha

3–0

Bidyut Sporting

Kolkata

East Bengal v Income Tax

1 March 2001 (2001-03-01)

East Bengal

0–0

Income Tax

Kolkata

Knockout stage

Qualified teams

The top four placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group A	Group B
Mohun Bagan	Income Tax
Jubak Sangha	East Bengal
Bally Gramanchal	Nabajanma Sangha
Itika Memorial	Young Footballers

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

6 March 2001

Mohun Bagan	2
		8 March 2001
Young Footballers	0
		Mohun Bagan	6
6 March 2001
		Nabajanma Sangha	0
Nabajanma Sangha	2
				16 March 2001
Jubak Sangha	0
				Mohun Bagan	0
6 March 2001
				East Bengal	1
Income Tax	3
		9 March 2001
Itika Memorial	0
		Income Tax	0
6 March 2001
		East Bengal	1
East Bengal	4

Bally Gramanchal	0

Quarter-finals


Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mohun Bagan	2–0	Young Footballers
Nabajanma Sangha	2–0	Jubak Sangha
Income Tax	3–0	Itika Memorial
East Bengal	4–0	Bally Gramanchal

Matches

Mohun Bagan v Young Footballers

1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–1	Mohun Bagan	2–0	Young Footballers	Kolkata
	Anjana Kumari ?' Rinku Ghosh ?'	Report

Nabajanma Sangha v Jubak Sangha

1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–2	Nabajanma Sangha	2–0	Jubak Sangha	Kolkata
	Madhumita Das ?' Swapna Ghosh ?'	Report

Income Tax v Itika Memorial

1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–3	Income Tax	3–0	Itika Memorial	Kolkata
	Pushpa Das ?' Priyanka Kumari ?' Sayanti Nandy ?'	Report

East Bengal v Bally Gramanchal

1 March 2001 (2001-03-01) QF–4	East Bengal	4–0	Bally Gramanchal	Kolkata
	Sujata Kar ?', ?', ?' Swapna Kumari ?'	Report

Semi-finals


Team 1	Score	Team 2
Mohun Bagan	6–0	Nabajanma Sangha
Income Tax	0–1	East Bengal

Matches

Mohun Bagan v Nabajanma Sangha

8 March 2001 (2001-03-08) SF–1

Mohun Bagan

6–0

Nabajanma Sangha

Kolkata

Income Tax v East Bengal

9 March 2001 (2001-03-09) SF–2

Income Tax

0–1

East Bengal

Kolkata

Final

Summary

The 2001 Calcutta Women's Football League final was held at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium on 16 March 2001 between Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, in the very first season of their formation. This match would thus remain recorded as the first-ever women's Kolkata Derby between the two teams. East Bengal women's team clinched the match 1–0 courtesy of a solitary goal from forward Shanta Dhara in the twenty-third minute of the game as East Bengal held onto the lead and lifted their first-ever Calcutta Women's Football League title.^[6]^[7]^[4]^[5]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Match

16 March 2001 (2001-03-16)

Mohun Bagan	0–1	East Bengal
	Report	Shanta Dhara 23'

Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

Mohun Bagan

East Bengal


GK		Ranjita Khan
RB		Maria D'Rebello
CB		Madhu Kumari
CB		Dulali Ghosh
LB		Jayanti Barua
CM		Naushaba Alam
CM		Mausam Kumari
RW		Swati Kumari
LW		Kalpana Sahoo
CF		Anjana Kumari
LF		Rinku Ghosh
Substitutions:
CM		Sanju Kumari
CM		Seema Dey
FW		Papia Ghosh


GK		Namita Bag
RB		Prathama Priyadarshini
CB		Nesha Kumari
CB		Momo Gogoi
LB		Nazda Tabassum
CM		Rajani Alankar
CM		Sharmila Sapui
RW		Swapna Kumari
LW		Sashi Kumari
FW		Sujata Kar
FW		Shanta Dhara
Substitutions:
—

Player of the Match:
Shanta Dhara (East Bengal)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Golden goal ends game.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of three substitutions allowed.

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