2024 ANFA Women's League

The 2024 ANFA Women's League, also known as National Women's League was the season of the first-tier women's club football competition in Nepal organized by the All Nepal Football Association.^[1] The tournament was held from September 2024 to January 2025.

ANFA Women's League

Season	2024–25
Dates	1 September 2024 – 29 January 2025
Champions	APF FC (7th title)
AFC Champions League	APF FC
Matches played	69
Goals scored	292 (4.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rashmi Ghising (35 goals)
Biggest win	APF FC 19–0 Sudurpaschim Province (23 September 2024)
Total attendance	17,689
Average attendance	272
← 2022 2025–26 →

Format

All the Clubs take part in Single Round Robin a total of 45 matches in the first round. Then, the top 5 teams from fist round will take part in Double Round Robin Format in the Super League.^[2]

The top four teams from the Super League will progress to the Qualifiers, then compete in the Eliminator, and finally, the Finals of the competition.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

The season was made up of 5 teams that participated in the 2022 as well as 5 further regionally qualified teams.^[3]

Club	City	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Karnali Province	Birendranagar, Surkhet	Karnali Province	Karnali Province Stadium	12,500
Koshi Province	Dharan, Sunsari	Koshi Province	Dharan Stadium	10,000
Sudurpaschim Province	Godawari, Dhangadhi,	Sudurpashchim Province	Dhangadhi Stadium	10,000
APF FC	Kathmandu	Bagmati Province	Halchowk Stadium	5,000
Nepal Police FC			Nepal Police Academy, Maharjgunj	1500
Sankata FC			Dasharath Rangasala	15,000
Nepal Army FC			Tribhuwan Army Stadium, Bhadrakali	2000
Bagmati Youth Club	Sarlahi, Sarlahi	Madhesh Province	Bagmati Club Football Ground	NA
Chandrapur Municipality	Chandrapur, Rautahat		Rautahat District FA Ground	1500
Waling Municipality	Waling, Syangja	Gandaki Province	Waling Malay Bagar Football Ground	NA

Personnel and Sponsorships

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
Bagmati Youth Club	Sunil Kumar Shrestha	Divya Yasmali Magar	Li-Ning
Chandrapur Municipality	Bhojraj Ghimire (Asst. Coach)	Saloni Rana Magar	Kelme	Aiwina
APF FC	Jibesh Pandey	Anita Basnet	Kelme	Mahindra
Nepal Police FC	Bhola Silwal	Niru Thapa	Kelme
Karnali Province	Ganesh Khadka (Asst. Coach)	Lila Joshi
Koshi Province	Shyam Manandhar	Simran Rai	Joya	Joya
Sankata FC	Rabindra Shilakar	Sushma Maharjan
Sudurpaschim Province	Dipesh Yonjan Lama	Kanti Patali
Nepal Army FC	Chaun Bahadhur Thapa	Anchali Waiba	Kelme
Waling Municipality	Dilip Thapa	Maya Maske		Garima Bikas Bank

Foreign players

ANFA allowed maximum of three foreign players per team but only two can be part of starting 11.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Other registered player(s)	Former player(s)
Bagmati Youth Club	Sujata Rai	Eva Pierrot	Gifty Acheampong	—	—
Chandrapur Municipality	—	—	—	—	—
APF FC	—	—	—	—	—
Nepal Police FC	—	—	—	—	—
Karnali Province	—	—	—	—	—
Koshi Province	Buli Sarkar	Sunita Sarkar	Tamalika Sarkar	—	—
Sankata FC	Tening Sene	Selina Anima	Temilope Dominique Owoeye	Jeannette Dominique Sagna	—
Sudurpaschim Province	—	—	—	—	—
Nepal Army FC	—	—	—	—	—
Waling Municipality	Jackline Nassali	Cissy Nantongo	—	—	—

Venues

Kathmandu

Lalitpur

Nepal

Kathmandu	Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala	ANFA Complex
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APF FC (C)	9	8	1	0	53	2	+51	25	Qualified for Super League
2	Nepal Army FC	9	7	1	1	51	4	+47	22
3	Nepal Police FC	9	6	3	0	22	2	+20	21
4	Waling Municipality	9	5	0	4	17	18	−1	15
5	Koshi Province	9	4	2	3	15	19	−4	14	Pulled out of the Super League due to Financial Problem
6	Bagmati Youth Club	9	3	1	5	10	19	−9	10	Qualified for Super League
7	Sankata FC	9	2	2	5	10	13	−3	8
8	Chandrapur Municipality	9	1	5	3	7	20	−13	8
9	Karnali Province	9	1	1	7	4	26	−22	4
10	Sudurpaschim Province	9	0	0	9	3	71	−68	0

Source: Hamro Khelkud
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	APF	TAC	NPC	WAL	KOP	BYC	SFC	CHA	KAP	SUP
APF FC	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	8–0	7–0	3–0	6–0	6–1	19–0
Nepal Army FC	1–2	—	1–1	8–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	10–0	5–0	14–1
Nepal Police FC	0–0	1–1	—	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	9–0
Waling Municipality	1–2	0–8	0–2	—	0–4	4–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	5–1
Koshi Province	0–8	0–5	0–4	4–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–0	4–0
Bagmati Youth Club	0–7	0–3	0–1	0–4	1–2	—	3–1	0–0	1–0	5–1
Sankata FC	0–3	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–3	—	0–0	2–0	6–0
Chandrapur Municipality	0–6	0–10	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–1	4–0
Karnali Province	0–6	0–5	0–3	0–4	0–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	3–0
Sudurpaschim Province	0–19	1–14	0–9	1–5	0–4	1–5	0–6	0–4	0–3	—

Source: ANFA Women's League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Form

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
APF FC	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bagmati Youth Club	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L
Chandrapur Municipality	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L
Nepal Police FC	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W
Karnali Province	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Koshi Province	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	W
Sankata FC	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	L
Sudurpaschim Province	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Nepal Army FC	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Waling Municipality	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	W

Source: ANFA Women's League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
APF FC	6	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
Bagmati Youth Club	3	4	6	8	8	8	7	6	6
Chandrapur Municipality	5	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8
Nepal Police FC	7	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3
Karnali Province	4	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Koshi Province	1	1	1	4	4	5	5	5	5
Sankata FC	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	7	7
Sudurpaschim Province	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Nepal Army FC	1	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2
Waling Municipality	10	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

	Leader

Source: ANFA Women's League

Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APF FC	8	8	0	0	43	3	+40	24	Advance to Qualifier 1
2	Nepal Army FC	8	5	1	2	26	6	+20	16
3	Nepal Police FC	8	3	2	3	11	10	+1	11	Advance to Eliminator
4	Bagmati Youth Club	8	1	1	6	4	21	−17	4
5	Waling Municipality	8	1	0	7	5	49	−44	3

Source: Hamro Khelkud
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) head-to-head.

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	APF	BYC	TAC	NPC	WAL
APF FC	—	5–1	3–1	6–0	9–0
Bagmati Youth Club	0–6	—	0–3	0–2	1–3
Nepal Army FC	1–2	2–0	—	0–0	6–1
Nepal Police FC	0–2	0–0	0–1	—	5–0
Waling Municipality	0–10	0–2	0–12	1–4	—

Source: ANFA Women's League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

The table lists the results of the teams after each match.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
APF FC	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Bagmati Youth Club	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L
Nepal Police FC	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L
Nepal Army FC	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L
Waling Municipality	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W

Source: ANFA Women's League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
APF FC	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Bagmati Youth Club	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Nepal Army FC	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nepal Police FC	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Waling Municipality	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Leader

Source: ANFA Women's League

Super League Matches

• All times are in NST (UTC+5:45).

Super League Match Results

Round 1 Nepal Army v Bagmati Youth Club 2 January 2025 Nepal Army 2–0 Bagmati Youth Club Lalitpur 15:00 B. Chaudhary 25', 71' Report Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 275 Referee: Gyan Bahadur Tamang Player of the Match: Bimala Chaudahary (TAFC) Nepal Police v Waling Municipality 3 January 2025 Nepal Police 5–0 Waling Municipality Lalitpur 15:00 A. Sherpa 26', 48' S. Lawati 45+1', 60' P. Rana 46' Report Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Player of the Match: Samjhana Lawati (NPC) Round 2 APF FC v Bagmati Youth Club 4 January 2025 APF FC 5–1 Bagmati Youth Club Lalitpur 12:00 Rashmi Ghising 6', 12', 69' Sabitha Rana Magar 27' Anita K.C 59' Report Pushpa Kumari Khadka 16' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 350 Referee: Anjana Rai Player of the Match: Rashmi Kumari Ghising (APF) Nepal Army v Nepal Police 5 January 2025 Nepal Army 0–0 Nepal Police Lalitpur 15:00 Report Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 425 Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Player of the Match: Birsana Chaudhary (NPC) Round 3 APF FC v Waling Municipality 6 January 2025 APF FC 9–0 Waling Municipality Lalitpur 15:00 Rashmi Ghising 3', 6', 17', 77' Saru Limbu 31', 39' Gita Rana 5', 42(P)' Anita K.C 90+1' Report Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Anjana Rai Player of the Match: Rashmi Kumari Ghising (APF) Bagmati Youth Club v Nepal Police 7 January 2025 Bagmati Youth Club 0–2 Nepal Police Lalitpur 15:00 Report Niru Thapa 9' Puja Rana 82' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 220 Referee: Kriti Sen Player of the Match: Puja Rana (NPC) Round 4 Waling Municipality v Nepal Army 8 January 2025 Waling Municipality 0–12 Nepal Army Lalitpur 15:00 Report B. Chaudhary 34', 48', 60', 81(P)' Chandra Bhandari 23', 31', 69' Sapana Lama 25', 75' Anjana T Rai 56', 70' Bimala BK 90+1' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 375 Referee: Kriti Sen Player of the Match: Bimala Chaudhary (TAFC) APF FC v Nepal Police 9 January 2025 APF FC 6–0 Nepal Police Lalitpur 15:00 Anita Basnet 10', 90+2', 90+3' Sara Limbu 85', 87' Renuka Nagarkote 37' Report Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Umesh Bidari Player of the Match: Saru Limbu(APF) Round 5 Waling Municipality v Bagmati Youth Club 10 January 2025 Waling Municipality 0–2 Bagmati Youth Club Lalitpur 15:00 Report Asmita Khawas 52' Bishnu Maya Bal 75' Stadium: ANFA Complex APF FC v Nepal Army 11 January 2025 APF FC 3–1 Nepal Army Lalitpur 15:00 Nisha Thokar 60' Anita Basnet 85' Preeti Rai 90' Report Bimala Thapa 70' Stadium: ANFA Complex Round 6 Bagmati Youth Club v Nepal Army 13 January 2025 Bagmati Youth Club 0–3 Nepal Army Lalitpur 15:00 Report Sapana Lama 6' Punam Jargha Magar 22' Chandra Bhandari 90+1' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 355 Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Player of the Match: Bimala Chaudhary (TAFC) Waling Municipality v Nepal Police 14 January 2025 Waling Municipality 1–4 Nepal Police Lalitpur 15:00 Yasodha Kumari Chiral 85' Report Niru Thapa 15' Anuska Sherpa 28' Puja Rana 32' Dhana Bohora 43 (own goal)' Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Kriti Sen Player of the Match: Puja Rana (NPC) Round 7 Bagmati Youth Club v APF FC 15 January 2025 Bagmati Youth Club 0–6 APF FC Lalitpur 15:00 Report Rashmi Ghising 43', 45+2' Saru Limbu 56', 90+1' Preeti Rai 88' Semihangma Limbu Pandhak 55 (own goal)' Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Player of the Match: Sabita Rana Magar (APF) Nepal Police v Nepal Army 16 January 2025 Nepal Police 0–1 Nepal Army Lalitpur 15:00 Report Samiksha Ghimire 90+5 (own goal)' Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Player of the Match: Chandra Bhandari (TAFC) Round 8 Waling Municipality v APF FC 17 January 2025 Waling Municipality 0–10 APF FC Lalitpur 15:00 Report Rashmi Ghising (4)' Saru Limbu (2)' Sabitha Rana Magar (2)' Preeti Rai (1)' Renuka Nagarkote (1)' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 225 Referee: Kriti Sen Player of the Match: Preeti Rai (APF) Nepal Police v Bagmati Youth Club 18 January 2025 Nepal Police 0–0 Bagmati Youth Club Lalitpur 15:00 Report Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 275 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Player of the Match: Sahara Limbu (BYC) Round 9 Nepal Army v Waling Municipality 19 January 2025 Nepal Army 6–1 Waling Municipality Lalitpur 15:00 Chandra Bhandari 14', 23', 53', 67', 73' B. Chaudhary 63' Report Mina Deuba 17' Stadium: ANFA Complex Referee: Nabindra Maharjan Nepal Police v APF FC 20 January 2025 Nepal Police 0–2 APF FC Lalitpur 15:00 Report Rashmi Ghising 17' Anita KC 64' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 350 Referee: Prajwol Chhetri Player of the Match: Sabita Rana Magar (APF) Round 10 Bagmati Youth Club v Waling Municipality 21 January 2025 Bagmati Youth Club 1–3 Waling Municipality Lalitpur 15:00 Sahara Limbu 43' Report Sushma Tamang 56', 68', 85' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 75 Referee: Anjana Rai Player of the Match: Sushma Tamang(WAL) Nepal Army v APF FC 22 January 2025 Nepal Army 1–2 APF FC Lalitpur 15:00 Amisha Karki 83' Report Rashmi Ghising 23' Anita Basnet 38' Stadium: ANFA Complex Attendance: 348 Referee: Nabindara Maharjan Player of the Match: Renuka Nagarkoti (APF)

Playoffs

Bracket

	Qualifier 1					Qualifier 2					Grand final
	1	APF FC	2								Q1W	APF FC	4
	2	Nepal Army FC	1								Q2W	Nepal Police FC	0
						Q1L	Nepal Army FC	0 (1)
						EW	Nepal Police FC	0 (2)
	3	Nepal Police FC	1
	4	Bagmati Youth Club	0

Matches

Eliminator

24 January 2025

11:15 NST (UTC+05:45)

Nepal Police FC	1–0	Bagmati Youth Club
Amrita Jaisi 90+2'	Report

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Attendance: 350

Referee: Anjana Rai

Qualifier 1

25 January 2025

9:15 NST (UTC+05:45)

APF FC	2–1	Nepal Army FC
Rashmi Ghising 78', 88'	Report	Hima Chaudhary 8'

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Referee: Umesh Bidari

Qualifier 2

27 January 2025

12:00 NST (UTC+05:45)

Nepal Police FC	0–0	Nepal Army FC
	Report
Penalties
	2–1

ANFA Complex, Lalitpur

Referee: Umesh Bidari

Grand Final

29 January 2025

13:30 NST (UTC+05:45)

APF FC	4–0	Nepal Police FC
Rana Magar 63', 84' Limbu 68' Lama 90+5'	Report

Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu

Referee: Anjana Rai

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Rashmi Ghising	APF FC	35
2	Chandra Bhandari	Nepal Army	17
3	Bimala Chaudhary	Nepal Army	16
4	Sabita Rana Magar	APF FC	11
	Saru Limbu	APF FC
6	Anita K.C.	APF FC	9
	Anita Basnet	APF FC
	Amisha Karki	Nepal Army
9	Jackline Nassali	Waling Municipality	8
10	Preeti Rai	APF FC	7
	Dipa Shahi	Nepal Army
12	Samjhana Lawati	Nepal Police	6
	Temilope Dominique Owoeye	Sankata FC
	Samiksha Magar	Koshi Province
	Anuska Sherpa	Nepal Police
16	Renuka Nagarkote	APF FC	5
	Anita Lamjel	Nepal Army
	Gita Rana	APF FC

Awards

End-of-season awards

The following awards were announced after the completion of the grand final that took place on 29 January 2025 at Dasarath Stadium, Kathmandu.^[4]

Award	Winner	Club	Amount
Goalkeeper of the year	Sabitri Kishan	APF FC	रू50,000
Golden Boot Award	Rashmi K. Ghishing (35 goals)	APF FC	रू50,000
Most Valuable Player	Sabita Rana Magar	APF FC	रू100,000
Fair Play Award	Nepal Army FC		रू150,000
Runner Up	Nepal Police FC		रू500,000
Champion	APF FC		रू1,000,000

Broadcast rights

• Hamro Khelkud on Youtube