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2021 National Women's League (Nepal)

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National Women’s League
Season2021
Dates20 January 2021 - 19 February 2021
ChampionsAPF Club
Top goalscorerSabitra Bhandari (43 goals)[1]
Highest scoringAPF 22–0[2] Chaudandigadhi
(1 February 2021)
Longest unbeaten runAPF Club (12 matches)
Longest losing runChandrapur (12 matches)
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 17 February 2021.

The 2021 National Women's League, also known as Deputy Mayor National Women's League was the 2021 edition of the first-tier women's club football competition in Nepal organized by the All Nepal Football Association. The season started on 21 January.[3][4] It was the first season since 2017/18, as the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal.[5] APF Club was crowned champions on 17 February 2021.

Qualification

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The season was made up of the teams that qualified for the2019–20 season, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal; the three departmental teams as well as four regionally qualified teams. For the 2019–20 National Women's League season, the three departmental sports teams APF Club, Nepal Army FC, and Nepal Police Club were qualified and were joined by four local teams determined by all four semi-finalists of the Chandrapur Upa Mayor National Women's League Qualification Tournament played between Waling Municipality, Bangsgadhi Municipality, Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Birendranagar Municipality, Barhabise Municipality, Chaudandigadhi Municipality, Bidur Municipality, and Chandrapur Municipality in Chandrapur, Rautahat in February 2020.[6][7]

Team Qualification Method
Biratnagar Metropolitan City Qualification Tournament semi-finalist
Chandrapur Municipality Qualification Tournament winner
Chaudandigadhi Municipality Qualification Tournament semi-finalist
APF Club
Nepal Army FC
Nepal Police Club
Waling Municipality Qualification Tournament Runner-up

Teams

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Team Location
Biratnagar Metropolitan City Biratnagar, Morang, Province No. 1
Chandrapur Municipality Chandrapur, Rautahat, Province No. 2
Chaudandigadhi Municipality Chaudandigadhi, Udayapur, Province No. 1
Nepal A.P.F. Club Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province
Nepal Army FC
Nepal Police Club
Waling Municipality Waling, Syangja, Gandaki Province

Personnel and kits

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Team Head Coach Captain Foreign players Kit Sponsor
Biratnagar Metropolitan City Nepal Paras Chaudary[8] Nepal Kalpana Karki[9] India Purnima Kumari[10]
Chandrapur Municipality Nepal Noor Raj Kafle[11] Nepal Rojina Shrestha[9]
Chaudandigadhi Municipality Nepal Dipak Thapa[12] Nepal Chumlungma Rai[13] India Aimit Lepcha[14][15]
India Angela Bhutia[15]
India Sujata Rai[15]
India Deepshika Biswakarma[15]
Nepal A.P.F. Club Nepal Bhagwati Thapa[11] Nepal Anita Basnet[16] Agni Mahindra
Nepal Army FC Nepal Raju Tamang[4] Nepal Kabita Dhimal[17] Bajaj Pulsar
Nepal Police Club Nepal Sanjeev Joshi[12] Nepal Ghim Kumari Gurung[16] Nepal Telecom
Waling Municipality Nepal Dilip Thapa[18] Nepal Saraswoti Hamal[13] Cameroon Metho Elodie Ruth[19]
Cameroon Kiomegne Djomo Vanessa Noelle
Cameroon Djoubi Soline Diane
Cameroon Touta Ornella Evanick Noelle 		Jagdamba Cement

Venues

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The league was played centrally in two venues in two cities in the Kathmandu Valley.

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Nepal
Kathmandu Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala ANFA Complex
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 6,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nepal A.P.F. Club (C) 12 12 0 0 77 1 +76 36
2 Nepal Army FC 12 8 2 2 63 7 +56 26
3 Nepal Police Club 12 5 3 4 28 10 +18 18
4 Waling Municipality 12 5 2 5 26 22 +4 17
5 Biratnagar Metropolitan City 12 5 1 6 16 28 −12 16
6 Chandrapur Municipality 12 3 0 9 12 49 −37 9
7 Chaudandigadhi Municipality 12 0 0 12 4 106 −102 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 February 2020. Source: ANFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head.
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away APF BIR CHAN CHAU NPC TAC WAL
Nepal A.P.F. Club — 7–0 6–0 22–0 2–1 6–0
Biratnagar 0–1 — 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–7 1–1
Chandrapur 0–8 0–5 — 2–1 1–3 0–0
Chaudandigadhi 0–14 1–2 1–7 — 0–6 0–12 1–7
Nepal Police Club 0–3 0–1 3–0 — 1–1 0–1
Nepal Army FC 1–1 7–0 6–1 9–0 0–0 — 7–0
Waling 0–3 0–1 3–0 10–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17. Source: ANFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

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End-of-season awards

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Award Winner[20] Club
Best Goalkeeper Usha Nath Nepal Police Club
Best Defender Amrita Jaisi Nepal Police Club
Best Midfielder Bimala Chaudhary Nepal Army FC
Best Forward Sabitra Bhandari APF Club
Best Head Coach Bhagwati Thapa APF Club
Most Valuable Player Saru Limbu APF Club
Fair Play Award Chandrapur

Broadcast rights

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All matches were streamed live on MyCujoo.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Ale Magar, Dil Kumar (19 February 2021). "APF, Police victorious as Women's League concludes". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "ANFA | APF hit 22 past depleted Chaudandigadhi". the-anfa.com. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. ^ "Women's League to kick off on January 20". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "ANFA National Women's League 2021 kicks off". The AFC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Nepal (Women) 2020". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's League". The Himalayan Times. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Group Stage Final Standings" (in Nepali). ANFA Women's Football. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "NWL - Nepal APF 7-0 Biratnagar Metro City". All Nepal Football Federation. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Biratnagar register first win with thumping of Chandrapur". All Nepal Football Federation. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Nepal fall to India in SAFF U-18 Women's Championship opener". the-anfa.com. ANFA. 15 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b "ANFA | Bhandari scores hattrick as APF defeat Chandrapur". the-anfa.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  12. ^ a b "Nepal Police Club thrashes Chaudandigadhi 6-0 in National Women's League". Khabar Hub. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Waling thrash Chaudandigadhi 10-0 for first win". All Nepal Football Federation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  14. ^ "महिला फुटबल लिग : आर्मीले चौदण्डीगढीलाई ९-० ले हरायो". shilapatra.com (in Nepali). Shilapatra. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  15. ^ a b c d "राष्ट्रिय महिला लिग: चौदण्डीगढीको पोस्टमा आर्मीको ९ गोल" [National Women's League: 9 goals of Army in the post of Chaudandigadi]. kendrabindu.com (in Nepali). Kathmandu. 24 January 2021. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Bhandari's hat-trick helps APF down NPC". All Nepal Football Federation. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  17. ^ "APF solidify top spot with assertive win over Tribhuvan Army". All Nepal Football Federation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  18. ^ "TAFC run riot against Waling with 7-0 win". All Nepal Football Federation. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  19. ^ "Four Cameroonian Women Players In Town To Play National Women's League For Waling !". GoalNepal. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  20. ^ "APF defeat Army to finish National Women's Campaign undefeated". All Nepal Football Federation. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  21. ^ "Nepal Women's Football League 2077". Mycujoo. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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