2021 National Women's League (Nepal)

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.

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.

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

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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  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.
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  21. ^ "Nepal Women's Football League 2077". Mycujoo. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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