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IWL 2024-25: East Bengal Claim Maiden Title With 1-0 Win Over Defending Champions Odisha

By IANS News April 11, 2025 • 19:54 PM View: 285

East Bengal: Almost 21 years since an East Bengal team last won a league title in Indian football, the club’s women’s team sealed the Indian Women’s League (IWL) trophy with a careful and tight 1-0 victory over defending champions Odisha FC.

To add further salt to the wounds, Odisha are now placed to suffer relegation, their fate not entirely in their own hands with one game left. Soumya Guguloth scored the winning goal in the 67th minute.

In their third season in the women’s top division, East Bengal halted all challenges with ease. They have beaten all teams, bar one — Gokulam Kerala — in the league this season and will no doubt look to amend that statistic heading into the final game of the season on April 18, when they will also be officially handed the trophy in Kalyani.