Campaign of Odisha teams in the 6th Indian Women League (IWL) Football Tournament ended on a sorrowful note with both Odisha FC and Sports Odisha losing in in the quarterfinals via penalty shoot out in Ahmedabad, Gujarat today.
Goalkeeper Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia saved all three penalty kicks of Odisha FC in the tie-breaker to help defending champions Gokulam Kerala FC win their quarterfinal match 3-0 after played in the regulation time ended in 1-1 draw at TransStadia. Gokulam goalie Nketia saved all three penalty kicks of Odisha FC taken by Anju Tamang, Bala Devi and Pyari Xaxa.
Sports Odisha went down to Eastern Sporting Union 2-4 in tie-breaker after play in the regulation time ended in 1-1 draw at Shahibaug Police Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Odisha FC made it to the last-eight stage by finishing third in Group-B with 16 points from seven matches. They won five games, lost one and drew one. State Government-owned Sports Odisha qualified for the quarterfinals finishing second in Group A with 13 points from seven games. They won four matches, lost two and drew one.
ODISHA FC WOMEN TEAM: Arifa Zaheer Sayed, Grace Hauhnar, Sonali Chemate, Shreya Hooda, Pyari Xaxa, Juli Kishan, Jasoda Munda, Karishma Oram, Satyabati Khadia, Sumitra Xalxo, Bannya Kabiraj, Malati Munda, Deepa Nayak, Sasmita Parida, Susmita Tanty, Karthika Angamuthu, Sweety Devi, Munica Minz, Anju Tamang, Sradhanjali Panda, Payal Basude, N Bala Devi, Serto Lynda Kom, Faustina W Akpo, Cynthia Santos, Manisa Panna. Head Coach: Crispin Chettri.
SPORTS ODISHA TEAM: Wahengbam Usharani Devi (GK), Ritu Devi, Poonam, Mamata Patra, Kkhumukcham Sanamija Chanu, Sumitra Hembram, Sanfida Nongrum, Poonam, Rekha Poudel, Nisha, Manisha, Anju, Manisha Naik, Sinulata Sahoo, Jharana Mallik, Ankita Singh, Sangeeta Das, Subasini Saha, Bharati Das, Spandita Das. Head Coach: Paromita Sit.
RESULTS OF ODISHA FC:
April 27 (At TransStadia): Odisha FC (Grace Lalrampari Hauhnar 19th, Cynthia Dos Santos 29th, Faustina Akpo 44th, S Lynda Kom 45+2, Ngangom Bala Devi 65th, Jasoda Munda 66th) beat CRPF FC 6-0. PoM: Grace Lalrampari Hauhnar.
April 30 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Odisha FC lost to Kickstart FC (Kioko Elizabeth Katungwa 36th, Laishram Bibicha Devi 73rd) 0-2. PoM: Kioko Elizabeth Katungwa.
May 3 (At TransStadia): Odisha FC (Anju Tamang 17th, Ngangom Bala Devi 25th, Jasoda Munda 46th, S Lynda Kom 90+7) beat Eastern Sporting Union 4-0. PoM: Jasoda Munda.
May 5 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Odisha FC (Ngangom Bala Devi 6th, 21st, Jasoda Munda 12th, Karishma Oram 18th, 45+3, Karthika Angamuthu 39th, Faustina Akpo 56th, S Lynda Kom 60th, Malati Munda 65th, 90+1) beat Churchill Brothers FC 10-0. PoM: S Lynda Kom.
May 7 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Odisha FC (Cynthia Dos Santos 41st, Ngangom Bala Devi 45+1, Faustina Akpo 63rd, Malati Munda 86th, Anju Tamang 89th) beat Lords FA Kochi 5-0. PoM: Ngangom Bala Devi.
May 10 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Odisha FC (Faustina Akpo 3rd, Bannya Kabiraj 45+2, S Lynda Kom 90+3) beat Celtic Queens FC 3-0. PoM: Anju Tamang.
May 13 (At TransStadia): Odisha FC drew with Sethu Madurai FC 0-0. PoM: Jasoda Munda (Odisha FC).
May 16 (QF At TransStadia): Odisha FC (Ngangom Bala Devi 2nd) drew with Gokulam Kerala FC (Asem Roja Devi 45+4) 1-1. Penalty shootout: Odisha FC lost to Gokulam Kerala FC (Ashalata Devi, Sabitra Bhandari, Indumathi Kathiresan) 0-3. PoM: Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia (Gokulam Kerala FC).
RESULTS OF SPORTS ODISHA:
April 26 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Sports Odisha (Rekha Poudel 51st, Manisha Naik 58th, Anju 90+5) beat HOPS FC (Shailja (71st, Rajni Bala 81st) 3-2. PoM: Anju.
April 29 (At TransStadia): Sports Odisha (Sumitra Hembram 12th) lost to Gokulam Kerala FC (Sabitra Bhandari 7th, 62nd, 63rd, 79th; Vivian Konadu Adjei 28th, 86th; Dangmei Grace 43rd, Hemam Shilky Devi 70th) 1-8. PoM: Vivian Konadu Adjei.
May 2 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Sports Odisha (Rekha Poudel 11th, 86th, Nisha 87th) beat Kahaani FC 3-0. PoM: Sanfida Nongrum (Sports Odisha).
May 4 (At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Sports Odisha (Manisha Naik 54th) beat Mata Rukmani FC 1-0. PoM: Manisha Naik.
May 6 (At TransStadia): Sports Odisha (Anju 34th) lost to Mumbai Knights FC (Ritu Rani 45+5, Karishma Shirvoikar 47th) 1-2. PoM: Karishma Shirvoikar.
May 9 (At TransStadia): Sports Odisha (Rekha Poudel 60th, Ritu Devi 90+4) beat East Bengal FC (Mousumi Murmu 63rd) 2-1. PoM: Mousumi Murmu.
May 12 (At TransStadia): Sports Odisha drew with Misaka United FC 0-0. PoM: Nisilia Majaw (Misaka United FC).
May 16 (QF At Shahibaug Police Stadium): Sports Odisha (Manisha Naik 80th) drew with Eastern Sporting Union (Lhingdeikim 67th) 1-1. Penalty Shooout: Sports Odisha lost to Eastern Sporting Union 2-4. PoM: Lhingdeikim.
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PHOTO: Players of Odisha FC pose before their IWL quarterfinal match against Gokulam Kerala FC in Ahmedabad on 16 May 2023.