Kickstart begin title defence with 5-0 win against Maatru Pratishtana

Winner of the last three edition of KWL Super Division, Kickstart FC started their campaign this season with a bang defeating Maatru Pratishtana FC 5-0 at Bangalore Football Stadium today evening. Matru Pratishtana girls were down by two goals in the first half, after lemon break, Kickstart girls pumped thee more. 

In a keenly contested first game of the day, Super Division new comer Modern Girls FC beat another new comer Pink Panthers FC 5-3. The latter team took lead in 8th minute, however, Modern Girls dominated proceedings there on, they rallied back to equalize, and scored two more. Pink Panthers reduced one to make the score 3-2 for Modern in half-time. Modern Girls conceded after changing ends, but Mira Devi’s brace, sealed the fate on Pink Panthers. 

KWL will resume on Thursday, Aug 25 with the following matches: 
 - 12:00 PM: Rebels Women’s FC Vs Parikrma FC 
 - 2:00 PM: Maatru Pratishtana FC Vs Pink Panthers FC 
 - 4:00 PM: Kickstart FC Vs Roots FC 

KWL Super Division 5th edition kicks-off tomorrow

Karnataka State Football Association will kick-off its fifth edition of the Karnataka Women's League (KWL) Super Division 2022-23 season tomorrow, August 21. Three-time champs, Kickstart FC Karnataka will be looking to clinch the title for the 4th time in a row. 

Kickstart FC Karnataka, Misaka United FC, Kemp FC, Maatrupratishtana FC, Parikrma FC, Rebels Women's FC, Modern Girls FC, Pink Panthers FC, and Roots FC are the nine teams participating in this edition.

The best player for every match will receive a Rs 2000 voucher from Plaeto and Rs 1000 voucher from Barley & Grapes Cafe.

The league will be played in a single-leg round-robin format hence giving each team a minimum of 8 games. The tournament is scheduled to go on till October 10.

This season, all teams will be donning the #NoFoulPlay logo on the right hand sleeve of their jersey in support of indiscrimination, anti-sexism, and equality. The #NoFoulPlay campaign was launched recently under the aegis of KSFA.

In Sunday's opening matches Kemp FC will face Rebels Women's FC at 2:00 pm while Roots FC will face Misaka United FC at 4.00 pm.

 

Modern Girls beat debutant Bengaluru FC 2-0

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Bengaluru FC went down 2-0 to Modern Girls FC in their first ever clash, in the KSFA Women’s ‘A’ Division League, at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Tuesday. First-half goals from M Priyadarshini and Aishwarya Rathore settled the tie in favor of Modern Girls, who held fort at the back to thwart Bengaluru’s attempts to find a way back.

The Blues held possession for the first ten minutes and even found themselves through on goal when Annika Srivastava had only the goalkeeper to beat but chose to make a pass which was too short for Shloka Krishna. Modern Girls turned it up a notch and punished the BFC backline after Priyadarshini found herself through on goal and slotted past Karnika Karthick to take the lead in the 11th minute.    

Bengaluru FC conceded a corner only moments later and found themselves two goals down when Simran Bhargava converted past Karnika from close range to make it 2-0 with twenty minutes left to play in the first period. 

BFC U15 Girls Head Coach Levanah Samuel made changes at the break as Nandini and Ruthu Sreenandhan came off the bench. Nandini added impetus to the Blues' attack, carrying the ball down the wing. Ten minutes into the second half, her effort from distance tested Modern 'keeper Aruni Singh, but wasn't enough to reduce the deficit.

The chances started coming for the Blues as Nandini found herself in the thick of things again and attempted a shot from distance on the hour mark, but her effort was just wide. The Blues pushed forward in search of a goal but fell short in the attacking third as the referee blew his whistle to bring an end to proceedings.

The BFC U15 Girls are next in action when they take on G.R.K Girls FC at the same venue, on Thursday.

Women's A Division Football League 2021-22 to kick off today

The KSFA Women’s A Division football league started today at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Modern Girls FC, winners of the Sports Planet Trophy earlier in the season along with debutants Bengaluru FC are part of the 8 team league.

Participating teams 

1. Modern Girls FC

2. Roots Football School

3. Pass FC

4. Pink Panthers

5. Sai Sports Academy

6. United FC Kodagu

7. GRK Girls FC

8. Bengaluru FC

Sai Sports Academy and GRK Girls FC played the first match of the league. In a high scoring game, Sai Sports got the better of GRK. The match ended in 4-2 in favour of the Sai Sports girls with Shayna scoring a hattrick. 

Sai Sports Academy 4 (Shayna Anahi Nilkon-21’, 26’, 36’

Sai DivyaShree-70’) Vs GRK Girls FC 2 (Rujula GS-5’, 49’) 

In tomorrow’s game, strong Modern Girls FC will meet debutant Bengaluru FC, 3.30 pm at the Bangalore Football Stadium.

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