2021 National Women's League (Nepal)

The 2021 National Women's League, also known as Deputy Mayor National Women's League is 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 is 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)
← 2019-20
All statistics correct as of 17 February 2021.

Teams

The season was made up of the teams that qualified for the cancelled 2019–20 season; the three departmental teams as well as four regionally qualified teams.

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
Tribhuvan Army F.C.
Nepal Police Club
Waling Municipality Waling, Syangja, Gandaki Province

Personnel and kits
Team Head Coach Captain Foreign players Kit Sponsor
Biratnagar Metropolitan City Paras Chaudary[6] Kalpana Karki[7]
Chandrapur Municipality Noor Raj Kafle[8] Rojina Shrestha[7]
Chaudandigadhi Municipality Dipak Thapa[9] Chumlungma Rai[10]
Nepal A.P.F. Club Bhagwati Thapa[8] Anita Basnet[11] Agni Mahindra
Tribhuvan Army F.C. Raju Tamang[4] Kabita Dhimal[12] Bajaj Pulsar
Nepal Police Club Sanjeev Joshi[9] Ghim Kumari Gurung[11] Nepal Telecom
Waling Municipality Dilip Thapa[13] Saraswoti Hamal[10] Metho Elodie Ruth[14]
Kiomegne Djomo Vanessa Noelle
Djoubi Soline Diane
Touta Ornella Evanick Noelle		 Jagdamba Cement

Venues
Nepal
Kathmandu Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala ANFA Complex
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 6,000

League table
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 Tribhuvan Army F.C. 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) Champion

Results
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
Tribhuvan Army F.C. 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

End-of-season awards
Award Winner[15] Club
Best Goalkeeper Usha Nath Nepal Police Club
Best Defender Amrita Jaisi Nepal Police Club
Best Midfielder Bimala Chaudhary Tribhuvan Army F.C.
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

All matches were streamed live on MyCujoo.[16]

References
  1. Ale Magar, Dil Kumar (19 February 2021). "APF, Police victorious as Women's League concludes". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. "ANFA | APF hit 22 past depleted Chaudandigadhi". the-anfa.com. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. "Women's League to kick off on January 20". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. "ANFA National Women's League 2021 kicks off". The AFC. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. "Nepal (Women) 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. "NWL - Nepal APF 7-0 Biratnagar Metro City". All Nepal Football Federation. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. "Biratnagar register first win with thumping of Chandrapur". All Nepal Football Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. "ANFA | Bhandari scores hattrick as APF defeat Chandrapur". the-anfa.com. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  9. "Nepal Police Club thrashes Chaudandigadhi 6-0 in National Women's League". Khabar Hub. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. "Waling thrash Chaudandigadhi 10-0 for first win". All Nepal Football Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  11. "Bhandari's hat-trick helps APF down NPC". All Nepal Football Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  12. "APF solidify top spot with assertive win over Tribhuvan Army". All Nepal Football Federation. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  13. "TAFC run riot against Waling with 7-0 win". All Nepal Football Federation. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  14. "Four Cameroonian Women Players In Town To Play National Women's League For Waling !". GoalNepal. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  15. "APF defeat Army to finish National Women's Campaign undefeated". All Nepal Football Federation. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  16. "Nepal Women's Football League 2077". Mycujoo. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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