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| referee = [[Yoshimi Yamashita]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
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2025–26 football season for East Bengal FC Women
East Bengal Women 2025–26 football season
The 2025–26 season is the 7th season in the history of East Bengal FC (women). The team would compete in the Indian Women’s League and the Calcutta Women’s Football League and also, would participate in the 2025–26 AFC Women’s Champions League and 2025 SAFF Club Women’s Championship after being champions of the 2024–25 Indian Women’s League.[1]
East Bengal Women’s team won their inaugural Indian Women’s League in the 2024–25 season and qualified for the 2025–26 AFC Women’s Champions League and inaugural 2025 SAFF Club Women’s Championship.[1] East Bengal extended the contracts of fourteen players for the season – Goalkeepers: Panthoi Chanu, Mamani Das, Defenders: Sarita Yumnam, Sathi Debnath, Supriya Kispotta, Riya Sarkar, Midfielders: Karthika Angamuthu, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Sangita Basfore, Thandamoni Baskey, Forwards: Soumya Guguloth, Sulanjana Raul, Sandhya Maity, Resty Nanziri.[2] The club also roped in the Golden Boot winner of the 2024–25 Indian Women’s League, Ugandan national team striker Fazila Ikwaput for the season, along with Indian national team players: Shilky Devi Hemam and Payal Basude.[3]
- As of 1 August 2025[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Last updated: 31 August 2025
Source: Soccerway
AFC Women’s Champions League
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East Bengal qualified for the 2025–26 AFC Women’s Champions League after being the champions of the 2024–25 Indian Women’s League.[1] East Bengal was grouped into group E of the Preliminary round alongside Kitchee of Hong Kong and Phnom Penh Crown of Cambodia, with all the matches of the group set to be played at the RSN Stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.[5] East Bengal roped in 4 new foreigners ahead of the tournament along with Resty Nanziri who was retained from the last season – compatriots Fazila Ikwaput and Amnah Nababi from Uganda, and defenders: Abena Anoma Opoku from Ghana and Maureen Tovia Okpala from Nigeria.[6] In the opening match against Phnom Penh Crown on 25 August, East Bengal won 1–0 to begin the campagin with Fazila Ikwaput scoring the only goal of the match.[7] On 31 August, East Bengal faced Kitchee and drew 1–1 and topped the group and secured a qualification for the group stages of the AFC Women’s Champions League.[8]
Win Draw Loss Void
East Bengal was grouped into Group-B alongside hosts Wuhan Jiangda of China, Bam Khatoon from Iran and Nasaf from Uzbekistan, with all the matches to be played at the Hankou Cultural Sports Centre in Wuhan, China.[9] On 17 November 2025, East Bengal faced Bam Khatoon in the opening match of the group stage and won 3–1 with goals from Shilky Devi Hemam, Fazila Ikwaput and Resty Nanziri to register their first ever win in the AWCL group stages.[10]
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Hosts
Win Draw Loss Void
SAFF Club Women’s Championship
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East Bengal is set to participate in the inaugural SAFF Club Women’s Championship as the sole representative from India after becoming champions of the 2024–25 Indian Women’s League.[11] The tournament consists of teams from hosts Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan, alongside East Bengal with all the matches to be played at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu.[12]
Indian Women’s League
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East Bengal is the defending champions of the Indian Women’s 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
- As of 20 November 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Name | AFC Women’s Champions League | SAFF Club Championship | Indian Women’s League | Kanyashree Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | FW |  |
Fazila Ikwaput | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2 | 8 | MF |  |
Sangita Basfore | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 16 | MF | |
Resty Nanziri | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 19 | MF | |
Shilky Devi Hemam | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Own Goals | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | ||||
| Total | 5 | — | — | — | 5 | ||||
