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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo =
| pixels =
| country = India
| organiser = [[Tamil Nadu Football Association]]
| founded = {{start date and age|2019|df=y}}
| teams = 6
| promotion = [[Indian Women's League 2]]
| relegation =
| levels = 3
| domest_cup =
| confed_cup =
| champions = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] (3rd title)
| most_successful_club = [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] (3 titles)
| season = 2021–22
| tv = Football Makka ([[YouTube]])
| website =
| current =
}}
The '''Tamil Nadu Women's League''' is the top division of women's [[association football|football]] league in the Indian [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. The League is organised by the [[Tamil Nadu Football Association]] (TNFA), the official football governing body of the state.<ref name="tnwl" >{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Women's League |url=https://theawayend.co/tamil-nadu-womens-league/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://theawayend.co/tamil-nadu-womens-league/ |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|website=The Away End |access-date=12 February 2022 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="spts" >{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu to host its first-ever women's state league |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football-tamil-nadu-to-host-first-ever-womens-state-league-indumathi-seeni-sethu-minerva-thamizhachi-wow-police/article30319218.ece |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football-tamil-nadu-to-host-first-ever-womens-state-league-indumathi-seeni-sethu-minerva-thamizhachi-wow-police/article30319218.ece |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|website=Sportstar |last1=Keerthivasan |first1=K |last2=Pathak |first2=Manasi |date=16 December 2019 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== History ==

The state women's league was formulated during the tenure of Seeni Mohaideen, chairman of the women’s committee of the Tamil Nadu Football Association.<ref name="spts" /> The inaugural tournament was held in the 2019–20 season and was won by [[Sethu FC]].<ref name="spts" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Sethu FC lifts Tamil Nadu Women's League title to qualify for Indian Women's League |url=https://thebridge.in/football/sethu-fc-lifts-tamil-nadu-womens-league-title-qualify-indian-womens-league/?infinitescroll=1 |website=The Bridge |last=Waris |first=Sarah |date=19 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tamil Nadu Women's League: Sethu FC Primed to Go for IWL Title Defence as League Leaders |url=https://www.news18.com/news/football/tamil-nadu-womens-league-sethu-fc-primed-to-go-for-iwl-title-defence-as-league-leaders-2442409.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://www.news18.com/news/football/tamil-nadu-womens-league-sethu-fc-primed-to-go-for-iwl-title-defence-as-league-leaders-2442409.html |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|website=News18 |date=1 January 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The matches are usually held at [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] in Chennai.

== Media coverage ==

The league matches are live-streamed on [[YouTube]] by Football Makka.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scoring big by streaming live |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2022/jan/26/scoring-big-by-streaming-live-2411283.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2022/jan/26/scoring-big-by-streaming-live-2411283.html |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|website=The New Indian Express |last=S |first=Gomesh |date=26 January 2022 }}{{cbignore}}{</ref>

== Clubs ==
===2021–22 season===
The teams which participated in the 2021–22 season:<ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu women's State football league begins on December 1 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/tamil-nadu-womens-state-football-league-begins-on-december-1-chennai/article37703290.ece |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220213/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/tamil-nadu-womens-state-football-league-begins-on-december-1-chennai/article37703290.ece |archive-date=2022-02-13 |url-status=live|website=Sportstar |last=Keerthivasan |first=K |date=26 November 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Team
!Location
|-
|1
|[[Sethu FC|Sethu]]
|[[Madurai]]
|-
|2
|SDAT Excellence Club
|[[Chennai]]
|-
|3
|FC Thamizhatchi
|
|-
|4
|Tamil Nadu Police
|[[Chennai]]
|-
|5
|Minerva FC
|
|-
|6
|Wow Women's FC
|
|}

== Champions ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Edition !! Season !! Champion !! Runners-up !! Ref
|-
| 1st || 2019–20 || [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] || Tamil Nadu Police || <ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Women's League: Sethu FC Primed to Go for IWL Title Defence as League Leaders |url=https://www.news18.com/news/football/tamil-nadu-womens-league-sethu-fc-primed-to-go-for-iwl-title-defence-as-league-leaders-2442409.html |access-date=1 January 2020 |website=News18 }}</ref>
|-
| 2nd || 2020–21 || [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] || SDAT Excellence Club || <ref>{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Women's League |url=https://theawayend.co/tamil-nadu-womens-league/ |access-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019002144/https://theawayend.co/tamil-nadu-womens-league/ |archive-date=19 October 2021 |website=The Away End }}</ref>
|-
| 3rd || [[2021–22 Tamil Nadu Women's League|2021–22]] || [[Sethu FC|Sethu]] || SDAT Excellence Club || <ref name="tnwl" />
|}

== See also ==
* [[Football in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Football in India}}
{{Football in Tamil Nadu}}
{{Sports leagues of India}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamil Nadu Women's League}}
[[Category:Football in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Regional women's football leagues in India]]
[[Category:Sports leagues established in 2019]]
[[Category:2019 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]

Tamil Nadu Women's League - Revision history

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