2022–23 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 27th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup.
The season consists of 32 teams participating in the league, with the teams in the group stage divided into four groups consisting of eight teams each. The top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage. Each team consists of a maximum of four outstation players and every team has two under-17 players. IFA has also appointed an "Integrity Officer" in each team for the sake of women footballers. On 28 January 2023, East Bengal defeated Sreebhumi 1–0 in the final to lift the Kanyashree Cup title and qualified for the Indian Women's League.
Teams +CWFL ParticipantsGroup A Group B Group C Group D Akhil Bhartiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad Adivasi United Students Club Adivasi Taruni Bragen Sangha Bhangore Sports Welfare Foundation Chandney SC All Airlines Recreation Club ASOS Rainbow AC Durbar Sports Academy Invention FCC Bally Gramanchal Krira Samity Bidyut Sporting Club GC Roy Memorial FC J.B. Pur Women FA Behala Aikya Sammilani Jubak Sangha Jyotirmoy Athletic Club Manick Football CC Dipti Sangha FC KFA Southern Samity Kalighat Sports Lovers Association Sevayani S.W. Org East Bengal New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Mohammedan Sporting Sreebhumi FC Kolkata Union Sporting Club Police AC Moitree Sansad Youth Footballers Welfare Association WB Police Club Sarojini Naidu OSC Rampur Milan Sangha
Venues Rabindra Sarobar Stadium East Bengal Ground Naihati Stadium Amal Dutta Stadium (Dumdum Surer Match) Mohammedan Sporting Ground Rishi Aurobindo Maidan, Konnagar Bidhannagar Sports Complex SAI Ground, Salt Lake Mohun Bagan Ground Netaji Sports Complex, Kamalgazi Barrackpore Stadium Dr Ambedkar Ground, Gayeshpur Kishore Bharati Krirangan
Group stage
Group A
Matches
Group B
Matches
Group C
Matches
Group D
Matches
Knockout stage Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.
Group Winners Runner-up A Sreebhumi Chandney SC B East Bengal WB Police Club C ASOS Rainbow AC New Alipore Suruchi Sangha D Mohammedan Sporting Kalighat SLA Bracket
Quarter-finals
+Team 1ScoreTeam 2Sreebhumi4–1Kalighat SLAWB Police Club4–0ASOS Rainbow ACEast Bengal2–1New Alipore Suruchi SanghaChandney SC0–1Mohammedan
Matches
Semi-finals
+Team 1ScoreTeam 2Sreebhumi1–0WB Police ClubMohammedan0–3East Bengal
Matches
Final Summary The 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup final was held at the Kishore Bharati Krirangan on 28 January 2023 between Sreebhumi and East Bengal. East Bengal reached their fourth final, having won the tournament once previously back in 2001, and been runner-up twice in 2002 and 2020. They had defeated Mohammedan Sporting 3–0 in the semi-final. Whereas, Sreebhumi reached their second final, being runner-up in 2019. They had defeated W.B. Police Club 1–0 in the semi-final. The match kicked off with East Bengal leading the proceedings from the beginning and dominating possession but could not break the deadlock. The solitary goal game in the eighty-eighth minute of the match when a long throw-in from Anita Oraon was partially cleared which fell onto the feet of Kabita Saren, who put in a cross and was met by Sulanjana Raul with a header that found the back of the net at the far post. East Bengal managed to hold onto the lead for the remainder of the game and was crowned as the 2022–23 Kanyashree Cup winners, lifting their second title after 2001.
Match
GK 21 Gurubari MandiRB 27 Atasi PalCB 3 Mugli SorenCB 4 Mamata Singh (c)LB 5Pratima MahataCM 14 Mugli HembramCM 7 Mamata HansdaRW 9Mamata Mahata LW 11Chapa MistryCF 28Roshni VermaLF 12Tulsi HembramSubstitutions:GK 1Hansika GondFW 8Sombari HembramDF 36Sonia MurmuMF 20Dolly Kumari FW 4Pungi MandiMF 17Kakali HansdaMF 15Singo MurmuFW 16Sonali MondalFW 18Priyasa SarkarFW 25Sonali KarmakarHead Coach:Pratima Biswas GK 41 Buli Sarkar (c)RB 2 Anita OraonCB 5 Ratna Halder CB 4 Mini RoyLB 3Riya SarkarCM 7Puja Karmakar CM 8Kabita SarenLW 25 Shivani ToppoCF 14Rimpa HalderCF 22 Sulanjana RaulRW 21Mousumi MurmuSubstitutions:GK 51Mamani DasFW 10Aishwarya Arun JagtapDF 24Poli KoleyMF 20Trisha MallickFW 18Tanushre OraonMF 9Tamalika SarkarMF 11Barnali Karar FW 28Deblina BhattacharjeeFW 15Gita DasFW 16Sushmita BardhanHead Coach:Sujata Kar
Player of the Match: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal)
Assistant referees: Sujata Palit Sandhya Rana Fourth official: Monika Jana Match commissioner: Debjit Das |}Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Ten named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
Season awards The following awards were announced at the end of the season:
Emerging Player of the Tournament: Sulanjana Raul (East Bengal) Highest Goalscorer: Sujata Mahata (New Alipore Suruchi Sangha) – 23 goals in 7 matches Best Goalkeeper: Gurubari Mandi (Sreebhumi)
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