ORGANISED BY: All India Football Federation (AIFF)

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*     Football Association of Odisha has announced a 22-member State team for the 29th Senior Women National Football Championship.
*     Placed in four-team Group F, Odisha will play their opening match against Ladakh at RDT Stadium in Anantapur on October 19.
*     Odisha will play their other two league matches against Arunachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh at the same venue on October 21 and 23 respectively.
*     Out of a total of 33 participating teams, 31 will play at the league stage in eight groups, while defending champions Manipur and runners-up Haryana will play the final round directly.
*     The Final Round will feature two groups of five teams each and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. Tamil Nadu, Railways, Punjab and Mahararashtra have already qualified for the final round.
*     The first edition of the Senior Women National Football Championship was held in Manipur in 1992. Manipur have been the most dominant side in the history of the championship, winning the title 22 out of the 28 times so far.
*     West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have won two titles each, while Odisha and Railways have been champions once each. Odisha won their only title in 2011, trouncing West Bengal 5-0 in the final in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. Odisha has finished runners-up five times (2002, 2008, 2010, 2019) so far.