2025–26 Indian Women's League 2

Indian Women's League 2
Season2025–26
Dates20 March 2026 – TBD
Matches1
Goals2 (2 per match)
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2026.

The 2025–26 Indian Women's League 2 is the third season of the Indian Women's League 2 (IWL2), the second tier women's football league in India.[1]

Garhwal United were the champions of the previous edition. They were promoted to the 2025–26 IWL alongside Sesa.[1]

Qualification

The teams qualifying and nominated from the 2024–25 Indian State Leagues will join the remaining 2024–25 Indian Women's League 2 and the 2024–25 Indian Women's League relegated teams for the season. This edition will have 14 teams, that will be splitted into two groups of five each and one group of four. The group stage will be played in a single round-robin format in two centralised locations in Karnataka and Kerala from 20 March to 29 March 2026.[1][2]

Relegated from Indian Women's League
Team State/Region Qualifying method
2024–25 Indian Women's League 2
Krida Prabodhini Maharashtra Final round
Mumbai Knights Maharashtra Group stage
Roots Karnataka Final round
2024–25 Indian Women's State leagues
DKR Telangana 2025 Telangana Women's League champions
Imphal Manipur 2024–25 Manipur Women's League champions
Juba Sangha Delhi 2024–25 Delhi Women's League runners-up[a]
KASA Girls Assam 2024–25 Assam Women's League champions
Kemp Karnataka 2024–25 Karnataka Women's League runners-up[b]
Kerala United Kerala 2024–25 Kerala Women's League runners-up[c]
MGM Ambush Chhattisgarh 2024–25 Chhattisgarh State Women's Football League champions
Suruchi Sangha West Bengal 2024–25 Calcutta Women's Football League semifinalists[d]
Others
DFA Raisen Madhya Pradesh Nominated
  1. ^ 2024–25 season champions participates in IWL.
  2. ^ 2024–25 season champions participates in IWL.
  3. ^ 2024–25 season champions participates in IWL.
  4. ^ Both the 2024–25 season champions and runners-up are part of Indian Women's League.

Teams

DFA Raisen
New Delhi
New Delhi clubs:
Juba Sangha
HOPS
DKR
KASA Girls
MGM Ambush
Imphal
Bengaluru
Locations of the IWL 2 teams
Group A
Group B
Group C

Stadiums and locations

Group City Stadium Capacity
Group A Bengaluru PD CSE Phase 2 250
Group B Thrissur Municipal Corporation Stadium 15,000
Group C Bengaluru PD CSE Phase 2 250
Team City State/Region
Group A
Roots (host) Bengaluru Karnataka
Odisha Bhubaneswar Odisha
Mumbai Knights Mumbai Maharashtra
DFA Raisen Raisen Madhya Pradesh
Juba Sangha FC New Delhi Delhi
Group B
Kerala United (host) Malappuram Kerala
KASA Girls FC Diphu Assam
HOPS New Delhi Delhi
Krida Prabodhini Pune Maharashtra
DKR Football Academy Nizamabad Telangana
Group C
Kemp (host) Bengaluru Karnataka
MGM Ambush FC Raipur Chhattisgarh
FC Imphal Imphal Manipur
Suruchi Sangha Kolkata West Bengal

Personnel

Team Head coach Captain
DFA Raisen
DKR Football Academy
HOPS
FC Imphal
Juba Sangha FC
KASA Girls FC
Kemp
Kerala United
Krida Prabodhini
MGM Ambush FC
Mumbai Knights Preetam Mahadik Nikita Jude
Odisha Mitchel Ivan Silva Muriel Adam
Roots
Suruchi Sangha

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai Knights 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 Final round
2 Odisha 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
3 DFA Raisen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Juba Sangha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Roots (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: I-League
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
(H) Hosts

Matches

20 March 2026 Mumbai Knights 1–1 Odisha Bengaluru
09:00
  • Bhagyashree Dalvi 89'
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  • Ashwathi P. 40'
 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ruba Devi G.
Player of the Match: Ashwathi P. (Odisha)
20 March 2026 Juba Sangha v DFA Raisen Bengaluru
15:00 IFL Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
22 March 2026 DFA Raisen v Roots Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
22 March 2026 Juba Sangha v Mumbai Knights Bengaluru
16:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
24 March 2026 Roots v Juba Sangha Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
24 March 2026 Odisha v DFA Raisen Bengaluru
15:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
26 March 2026 Odisha v Juba Sangha Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
26 March 2026 Mumbai Knights v Roots Bengaluru
15:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
28 March 2026 DFA Raisen v Mumbai Knights Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
28 March 2026 Roots v Odisha Bengaluru
16:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 DKR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 HOPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 KASA Girls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kerala United (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Krida Prabodhini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: I-League
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
(H) Hosts

Matches

22 March 2026 HOPS v KASA Girls Thrissur
09:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
22 March 2026 DKR v Krida Prabodhini Thrissur
16:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
24 March 2026 Krida Prabodhini v Kerala United Thrissur
09:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
24 March 2026 DKR v HOPS Thrissur
16:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
26 March 2026 Kerala United v DKR Thrissur
09:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
26 March 2026 KASA Girls v Krida Prabodhini Thrissur
16:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
28 March 2026 KASA Girls v DKR Thrissur
09:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
28 March 2026 HOPS v Kerala United Thrissur
16:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
30 March 2026 Krida Prabodhini v HOPS Thrissur
09:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium
30 March 2026 Kerala United v KASA Girls Thrissur
16:00 Stadium: Corporation Stadium

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Imphal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final round
2 Kemp (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 MGM Ambush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Suruchi Sangha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: I-League
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
(H) Hosts

Matches

25 March 2026 Imphal v MGM Ambush Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
25 March 2026 Kemp v Suruchi Sangha Bengaluru
15:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
27 March 2026 Suruchi Sangha v Imphal Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
27 March 2026 MGM Ambush v Kemp Bengaluru
15:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
29 March 2026 MGM Ambush v Suruchi Sangha Bengaluru
09:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2
29 March 2026 Imphal v Kemp Bengaluru
16:00 Stadium: Padukone Dravid CSE Phase 2

Final round

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Group A First 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Indian Women's League
2 Group B First 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Group C First 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Group A Second 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Group B Second 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Group C Second 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: I-League
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

Matches

Season statistics

Top scorers

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "IWL 2 2025-26 to kickstart on March 20". i-league.org. All India Football Federation. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Competitions Calendar 2025-26" (PDF). www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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