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{{Infobox football league
| name = Odisha Women's League
| logo =
| pixels =
| country = India
| organiser = [[Football Association of Odisha|FAO]] (Odisha)
| founded = {{start date and age|2011|08|15|df=y}}
| teams = 6
| promotion = [[Indian Women's League 2]]
| relegation =
| levels = 3
| domest_cup =
| confed_cup =
| champions = [[Nita Football Academy]] (2nd title)
| most_successful_club = [[East Coast Railway]] [[Rising Students Club]] (3 titles)
| season = [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| tv = [[Football Association of Odisha|FA Odisha]] ([[YouTube]]) SportsKPI
| website =
| current =
}}

The '''Odisha Women's League''' ('''OWL'''), also known as the '''FAO Women's League''', is the women's top division [[association football|football]] league of [[Odisha]], India. The league is among the existing top tier women's football leagues in [[India]]. The league is organised every year by the apex football governing body of [[Odisha]], the [[Football Association of Odisha]] (FAO), in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services (DSYS) of the [[Government of Odisha]]. It is currently contested by 6 clubs across the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=NTcz|title=FAO Women's Football League|work=Orisports|date=28 August 2011|access-date=17 May 2018|archive-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223617/http://orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=NTcz|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=MjU5MQ==|title=Odisha Women League 2020-21|work=Orisports|date=28 February 2021|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414200213/http://orisports.com/SheduleDetails.aspx?cId=MjU5MQ==|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the inception of the Odisha Women's League, a total of four clubs have been crowned champions. [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] and [[Rising Students Club]] have won the most titles in league history, being crowned champions thrice. Chand Club, [[Odisha Police]], and [[Sports Authority of India|SAI-STC]] have won it once.

==History==
Odisha Women's League was brought up as '''AT Group Women's Football League''' in the year 2011 as Odisha's premier level women's football league. The [[Football Association of Odisha]] (FAO) introduced the league system to provide a platform for women to showcase their footballing abilities. The league system eventually continued to be a hit among the footballing enthusiasts of [[Odisha]]. Footballing talents from the FAO Women's League are recruited in the [[Odisha women's football team]], and eventually in [[India women's national football team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goal.com/en-in/news/odisha-football-league-structure-india/1dbjavwlxvyl71eemry7qv22cb|title=All you need to know about the football league structure in Odisha|work=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|date=25 June 2018|access-date=26 June 2018|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111000/http://www.goal.com/en-in/news/odisha-football-league-structure-india/1dbjavwlxvyl71eemry7qv22cb|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 27 February 2021, during the press meet and jersey launch ceremony for the 2020-21 season, the league was rechristened as ''Odisha Women's League''. The [[Government of Odisha|Department of Sports and Youth Services]] Principal Secretary and Honorary Secretary of Football Association of Odisha (FAO) attended the ceremony at [[Kalinga Stadium]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=sports_odisha|number=1365557842212651008|date=27 February 2021|title=Odisha Sports}}</ref>

==Venues==
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|float=right
|caption={{center|Venues for FAO Leagues in [[Odisha]]}}
|alt=Venues for FAO Leagues in [[Odisha]]
|places={{location map~ |India Odisha|lat=20.2961|long=85.8245|label=[[Bhubaneswar]]|position=left}}
{{location map~ |India Odisha|lat=20.4625|long=85.8830|label=[[Cuttack]]|position=right}}
}}

===Bhubaneswar===
* [[Kalinga Stadium]]
* [[Capital High School, Bhubaneswar|Capital High School Ground]] (Capital Football Arena)
* OSAP 7th Battalion Ground (Odisha Football Academy Ground)
* Unit-1 Ground (Bhubaneswar Football Academy Ground)

===Cuttack===
* [[Barabati Stadium]]
* [[Odisha Police|Odisha Police Ground]]
* [[Ravenshaw University|Ravenshaw University Ground]]
* Sports Hostel Ground

===Choudwar===
* OTM Ground

==Clubs==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Location !! No. of seasons !! First {{Abbr|app|appearance}} !! Last {{Abbr|app|appearance}} !! Best finish
|-
| Ardor Football Academy
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]]
| align=center | 6th ([[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]])
|-
| Bidanasi Club
| [[Cuttack]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2018–19 FAO Women's League|2018–19]]
| align=center | 4th ([[2018–19 FAO Women's League|2018–19]])
|-
| Buxi Jagabandhu Club
| [[Bargarh]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| align=center | 11th ([[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|-
| Chand Club
| Cuttack
| 4
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2017
| style="background-color:silver;" align=center | '''Runners-Up''' (2011, 2012)
|-
| Chauliaganj Club
| Cuttack
| 2
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2012
| align=center | Group stage (2011, 2012)
|-
| [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]
| Bhubaneswar
| 8
| align=center | 2012
| align=center | [[2022–23 Odisha Women's League|2022–23]]
| style="background:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' (2012, 2015, [[2019–20 FAO Women's League|2019–20]])
|-
| [[KIIT Group of Institutions|KIIT & KIIS]]
| Bhubaneswar
| 2
| align=center | [[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]]
| align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| align=center | 3rd ([[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]])
|-
| Mangala Club
| Cuttack
| 4
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2015
| align=center | Semi-finalist (2011, 2015)
|-
| Manorama Club
| [[Debagarh|Deogarh]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| align=center | 10th ([[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|-
| Morning Club
| Cuttack
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | 2011
| align=center | Group stage (2011)
|-
| [[Nita Football Academy]]
| Cuttack
| 2
| align=center | [[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]]
| align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' ([[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|-
| [[Odisha FC Women|Odisha FC]]
| Bhubaneswar
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2022–23 Odisha Women's League|2022–23]]
| style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' ([[2022–23 Odisha Women's League|2022–23]])
|-
| [[Government of Odisha|Odisha Government Press]]
| Cuttack
| 5
| align=center | [[2020–21 Odisha Women's League|2020–21]]
| align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| style="background-color:silver;" align=center | '''Runners-Up''' ([[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]])
|-
| [[Odisha Police]]
| Cuttack
| 10
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' ([[2021–22 Odisha Women's League|2021–22]])
|-
| Radha Gobinda Club
| Cuttack
| 3
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2015
| align=center | Group stage (2011, 2012, 2015)
|-
| Radha Raman Club
| Cuttack
| 2
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2012
| style="background:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' (2011)
|-
| [[Rising Students Club]]
| Cuttack
| 10
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' (2013, 2017, [[2020–21 Odisha Women's League|2020–21]])
|-
| [[Sports Authority of India|SAI-STC Cuttack]]
| Cuttack
| 5
| align=center | 2017
| align=center | [[2021–22 Odisha Women's League|2021–22]]
| style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''Champions''' ([[2018–19 FAO Women's League|2018–19]])
|-
| [[Sports Odisha]]
| Bhubaneswar
| 10
| align=center | 2013
| align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| style="background-color:silver;" align=center | '''Runners-Up''' (2015, 2017, [[2021–22 Odisha Women's League|2021–22]], [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|-
| Sunrise Club
| Cuttack
| 2
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2015
| align=center | Group stage (2011, 2015)
|-
| Sunshine Club
| Cuttack
| 4
| align=center | 2011
| align=center | 2015
| align=center | Group stage (2011, 2012, 2015)
|-
| Tarini Football Academy
| [[Keonjhar]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| align=center | 6th ([[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|-
| Tata Steel Foundation
| [[Joda]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| align=center | 8th ([[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|-
| Young Association Kuarmunda
| [[Sundergarh]]
| 1
| colspan=2 align=center | [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
| align=center | 5th ([[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]])
|}

==Championships==
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Champion
! Runners-up
|-
|'''2011'''|| Radha Raman Club || Chand Club
|-
|'''2012'''|| [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] || Chand Club
|-
|'''2013'''|| [[Rising Students Club]] || [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]
|-
|'''2015'''|| [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] || [[Sports Odisha]]
|-
|'''2017'''|| [[Rising Students Club]] || [[Sports Odisha]]
|-
|'''[[2018–19 FAO Women's League|2018–19]]''' || [[Sports Authority of India|SAI-STC]] || [[Odisha Police]]
|-
|'''[[2019–20 FAO Women's League|2019–20]]''' || [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]] || [[Odisha Police]]
|-
|'''[[2020–21 Odisha Women's League|2020–21]]''' || [[Rising Students Club]] || [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]
|-
|'''[[2021–22 Odisha Women's League|2021–22]]''' || [[Odisha Police]] || [[Sports Odisha]]
|-
|'''[[2022–23 Odisha Women's League|2022–23]]''' || [[Odisha FC Women|Odisha FC]] || [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]
|-
|'''[[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]]''' || [[Nita Football Academy]] || [[Government of Odisha|Odisha Government Press]]
|-
|'''[[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]''' || [[Nita Football Academy]] || [[Sports Odisha]]
|}

===Championships by team===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Club
!Titles
!Runners-up
!Winning seasons
|-
| align=left|[[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]
| 3
| 1
| 2012, 2015, [[2019–20 FAO Women's League|2019–20]]
|-
| align=left|[[Rising Students Club]]
| 3
| 0
| 2013, 2017, [[2020–21 Odisha Women's League|2020–21]]
|-
| align=left|[[Nita Football Academy]]
| 2
| 0
| [[2023–24 Odisha Women's League|2023–24]], [[2024–25 Odisha Women's League|2024–25]]
|-
| align=left|[[Odisha Police]]
| 1
| 2
| [[2021–22 Odisha Women's League|2021–22]]
|-
| align=left|[[Sports Authority of India|SAI-STC]]
| 1
| 0
| [[2018–19 FAO Women's League|2018–19]]
|-
| align=left|Radha Raman Club
| 1
| 0
| 2011
|-
| align=left|[[Odisha FC Women|Odisha FC]]
| 1
| 0
| [[2022–23 Odisha Women's League|2022–23]]
|-
| align=left|[[Sports Odisha]]
| 0
| 4
| —
|-
| align=left|Chand Club
| 0
| 1
| —
|}

==See also==
*[[Odisha women's football team]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Odisha Women's League}}
{{Football in Odisha}}
{{Football in India}}
{{Sports leagues of India}}

[[Category:Odisha Women's League]]
[[Category:Football in Odisha]]
[[Category:Regional women's football leagues in India]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Odisha]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Odisha]]

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