The 2023 season of the Indian Women's League, the country's top-flight club competition for women's football, will begin from April 26. All matches will be held in Ahmedabad across two stadiums - Transstadia and the Shahibaug Police Stadium - at 8 AM and 4.30 PM.
The All India Football Federation released the league stage fixtures on Monday and the opener will see two matches kick off simultaneously at 8 AM: Misaka United FC and Mata Rukmani at Transstadia and Sports Odisha taking on HOPS FC at the same time at Shahibaug.
The last league stage day is scheduled to be May 13, the schedule for the knockout stages haven't been announced yet.
IWL 2023 will have 16 teams will participate in the league, competing in two groups of eight. Group A will see two-time defending champions Gokulam Kerala placed alongside East Bengal, HOPS, Kahaani, Mata Rukmani, Misaka United, Mumbai Knights and Sports Odisha. Group B will see heavyweights Sethu alongside Celtic Queens, CRPF, Churchill Brothers, Eastern Sporting Union, Kickstart, Lords FA, and Odisha FC.
Four of the 16 clubs have teams participating in the two top men's divisions: East Bengal and Odisha in the Indian Super League and Gokulam Kerala and Churchill Brothers in the I-League.
Champions Gokulam Kerala will kick off their campaign vs East Bengal on the opening day, with a 4.30 PM kickoff at Shahibaug police stadium.
FIXTURES
April 26
East Bengal vs Gokulam Kerala, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Misaka United vs Mata Rukmani Football Club, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Kahaani Football Club vs Mumbai Knights FC, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs HOPS Football Club, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
April 27
Lords FA Kochi YMAA vs Celtic Queens, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Churchill Brothers vs Sethu, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Central Reserve Police Force Football Club vs Odisha FC, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Eastern Sporting Union vs Kickstart FC Karnataka, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
April 29
HOPS FC vs Misaka United, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Gokulam Kerala vs Sports Odisha, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
East Bengal vs Kahaani, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Mumbai Knights vs Mata Rukmani, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
April 30
Sethu vs Lords, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Odisha vs Kickstart, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Churchill Brothers vs CRPF, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Celtic Queens vs Eastern Sporting Union, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
May 2
Mata Rukmani vs East Bengal, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
HOPS vs Gokulam Kerala, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Misaka United vs Mumbai Knights, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs Kahaani, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
May 3
Kickstart vs Churchill Brothers, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Lords FA vs CPRF, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Celtic Queens vs Sethu, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Eastern Union vs Odisha, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
May 4
East Bengal vs Mumbai Knights, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
Gokulam Kerala vs Misaka United, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Kahaani vs HOPS, 4:30 PM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs Mata Rukmani, 4:30 PM, Shahibaug Police Stadium
May 5
Churchill Brothers vs Odisha, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Sethu vs Eastern Sporting Union, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
CRPF vs Celtic Queens, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Lords FA vs Kickstart, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
May 6
Misaka United vs East Bengal, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Gokulam Kerala vs Kahaani, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
HOPS vs Mata Rukmani, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
Mumbai Knights vs Sports Odisha, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
May 7
Sethu vs CRPF, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Eastern Sporting Union vs Churchill Brothers, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Odisha vs Lords FA, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Celtic Queens vs Kickstart, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
May 9
Kahaani vs Misaka United, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Sports Odisha vs East Bengal, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
HOPS vs Mumbai Knights, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
Mata Rukmani vs Gokulam Kerala, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
May 10
CRPF vs Eastern Union, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Lords FA vs Churchill Brothers, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Kickstart vs Sethu, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
Celtic Queens vs Odisha, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
May 12
Misaka United vs Sports Odisha, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Kahaani vs Mata Rukmani, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Gokulam Kerala vs Mumbai Knights, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
East Bengal vs HOPS, 4.30 PM, Transstadia
May 13
CRPF vs Kickstart, 8:00 AM, Shahibaug police stadium
Eastern Sporting Union vs Lords FA, 8:00 AM, Transstadia
Sethu vs Odisha, 4.30 PM, Shahibaug police stadium
Churchill Brothers vs Celtic Queen, 4.30 PM, Transstadia