Full name | Kickstart Football Club Karnataka | ||
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Founded | 9 July 2016 | ||
Owner | Shekar Rajan Laxman Bhattarai | ||
Head coach | Langam Chaoba Devi | ||
League |
Indian Women's League Karnataka Women's League | ||
2023–24 | IWL, 3rd of 7 KWL, Champions | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Active departments of Kickstart FC | |
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Football (Men's) | Football (Women's) |
Kickstart Football Club Women is an Indian professional football club from Karnataka. It forms the women's section of the club Kickstart FC and participates in the Indian Women's League. [1]
Kickstart FC was founded on 9 July 2016 by Shekar Rajan and Laxman Bhattarai to develop grassroot level football in Karnataka. [2]
Kickstart FC women's team won the Karnataka Women's League three times continuously in 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21, [3] which is the top division women's premier football league in Karnataka. [4] [5]
They have qualified for Indian Women's League twice. In 2019–20 IWL, they finished 3rd in the group stage. They qualified again in 2021-22 where they finished 3rd in the league table, behind eventual champions Gokulam Kerala and Sethu FC.
Kickstart FC directly qualified for 2022–23 IWL as AIFF decided to give direct entry to top 4 teams from 2021 to 2022 season.
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Langam Chaoba Devi |
Team Manager | Saravana Dharman D. |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | Indian Women's League | KWL | Top Scorer | ||||||||
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P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Position | Player | Goals | ||
2019–20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Group stage | Champions | ||
2021–22 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 27 | Third place | Champions | ||
2022–23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 16 | Runners-up | Champions |
Kioko Elizabeth Katungwa Saru Limbu |
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2023–24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 21 | Third place | Champions | Karishma Shirvoikar | 8 |