Three-time champions Gokulam Kerala will clash against Sethu FC in the opening match of the Indian Women's League 2023-24 (IWL) on Friday, December 8. Seven teams will be playing in a double round-robin format on a home-away basis for the first time in tournament history.
The 20th edition of the tournament will see 12 teams featuring in 30 games in three stadiums.
Sumati Kumari gave India the lead in the seventh minute before Priyangka Devi struck a brace in the 41st and 53rd minutes.
An Indian team is currently playing in the Women's SAFF U-19 Championships in Dhaka. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and hosts India will compete in the SAFF U-18 Women’s Championship.
The team will play against two top tier 1 sides Hammarby IF (October 20) and Djurgarden IF (October 23) in Sweden.
Chinese Taipei are ranked 40th in the FIFA chart while the Indians are placed at 57th.
Dennerby was speaking a day after his team blanked hosts Bahrain 5-0 in an international friendly match here.
Thomas Dennerby's girls sent out a strong message with this astounding victory after the heart-wrenching 0-1 defeat against Tunisia in their previous friendly in the UAE.
Manisha Kalyan, Pyari Xaxa, Sweety Devi and Anju Tamang scored for India on Saturday in the team's first overseas friendly since Thomas Dennerby took charge.
The Blue Tigress have been winless in the five matches played so far this year, though all of them were against higher ranked European sides.
The team, which is currently camping in Jamshedpur, will travel to the UAE for two friendly matches against the United Arab Emirates on October 2 and the Tunisia national team two days later.
While both sides created ample scoring opportunities, Uzbekistan found the back of the net with a late free-kick by Shoyimova in the 87th minute to grab the bragging rights.
The team has been camping in Goa since December and is preparing for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, which is set to be held in India in 2022.
Supporting AIFF President Praful Patel's view, the sports ministry asked the AIFF to prepare a "concrete and actionable" roadmap to work towards the women team's qualification in the 2027 World Cup.
Prescribed by senior national team doctor Shervin Sheriff, the SOP mandates that incoming players and support staff must get a Covid test (RT-PCR) done from an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) accredited laboratory three days before departure from their hometowns.
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