Kickstart FC (women)

Kickstart Football Club Women is an Indian professional football club from Karnataka. It forms the women's section of the club Kickstart FC and participates in the Indian Women's League.[1]

Kickstart
Full nameKickstart Football Club Karnataka
Founded9 July 2016 (9 July 2016)
OwnerShekar Rajan
Laxman Bhattarai
Head coachLangam Chaoba Devi
LeagueIndian Women's League
Karnataka Women's League
2023–24IWL, 3rd of 7
KWL, Champions
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Kickstart FC
Football (Men's) Football (Women's)

History

Kickstart FC was founded on 9 July 2016 by Shekar Rajan and Laxman Bhattarai to develop grassroot level football in Karnataka.[2]

Kickstart FC women's team won the Karnataka Women's League three times continuously in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21,[3] which is the top division women's premier football league in Karnataka.[4][5]

They have qualified for Indian Women's League twice. In 2019–20 IWL, they finished 3rd in the group stage. They qualified again in 2021-22 where they finished 3rd in the league table, behind eventual champions Gokulam Kerala and Sethu FC.

Kickstart FC directly qualified for 2022–23 IWL as AIFF decided to give direct entry to top 4 teams from 2021 to 2022 season.

Technical staff
As of 8 December 2023
Position Name
Head coach Langam Chaoba Devi
Team Manager Saravana Dharman D.

Current squad
As of 6 December 2023[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Maibam Linthoingambi Devi (vice-captain)
2 DF  IND Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi
3 DF  IND Ritu Rani
4 DF  IND Jabamani Tudu
5 DF  IND Yumlembam Pakpi Devi
6 MF  IND Supriya Routray
7 FW  IND Karishma Shirvoikar
8 MF  IND Karen Pais
9 MF  IND Sushmita Jadhav
10 FW  BAN Sabina Khatun
11 MF  IND Laishram Bibicha Devi
12 MF  IND Maitreyi Palasamudram
13 FW  IND Aarushi Santhosh
14 MF    NEP Preeti Rai
15 MF  IND Sushmita Lepcha
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  IND Sonia Marak
17 DF  IND Dalima Chhibber (captain)
18 DF  IND Afreen Peerbhoy
19 DF  IND Juhi Singh
20 DF  IND Mansi Anant Samre
23 MF    NEP Dipa Shahi
24 GK  IND Aiswarya A.
25 DF  IND Jayashree E.
26 DF  IND Theertha Lakshmi E.
27 MF  IND Sandhiya P.
28 MF  IND Monalisha Marandi
29 DF  IND Aruna Bag
30 MF  IND Amsavalli
33 DF  IND Shanglakpam Banti Sharma
35 MF    NEP Anita K.C.

Records and statistics
As of 24 March 2024
Overall records
Season Indian Women's League KWL Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2019–20 5 3 0 2 6 7 9 Group stage Champions
2021–22 11 9 0 2 33 8 27 Third place Champions
2022–23 10 7 1 2 34 8 16 Runners-up Champions Kioko Elizabeth Katungwa
Saru Limbu		 7
2023–24 12 6 3 3 16 18 21 Third place Champions Karishma Shirvoikar 8


Honours

References
  1. "Karnataka Women's League: Kickstart FC Beat Parikrma FC to Strengthen Hold on Top Spot". News18. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  2. "Kickstart FC announce BDFA Super Division team on day of second anniversary". mykhel.com. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. "Kickstart FC Win Karnataka Women's League to Qualify for Indian Women's League". News18. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  4. Scroll Staff. "IWL 2020: Kickstart FC see off Kolhapur City, Sandhiya's hat-trick powers Sethu to big victory". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  5. Achal, Ashwin. "Indian Women's League: Kickstart FC beats Baroda FC in opener". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  6. "IWL 2023-24". i-league.org. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  7. "Hero Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  8. "Indian Women's League 2023: Gokulam Kerala thrash Kickstart FC 5–0 to win third consecutive title". sportstar.thehindu.com. Chennai: Sportstar. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  9. "Gokulam Kerala steamroll Kickstart to complete hat-trick of Hero IWL titles". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2023.


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