Those who have their contracts extended for one season also include midfielders Karthika Angamuthu, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Sangita Basfore, and Thandamoni Baskey, and forwards Soumya Guguloth, Sulanjana Raul, Sandhya Maity, and Resty Nanziri have been retained for the upcoming season. Six players \u2013 Ngangbam Sweety Devi, Ashalata Devi, Sushmita Lepcha, Buli Sarkar, Astam Oraon, and Naorem Priyangka Devi \u2013 were signed on two-year contracts last season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Under head coach Anthony Andrews\u2019 tutelage, EB Women have an outstanding 2024-25 season, winning the domestic league double \u2013 the Indian Women\u2019s League (IWL) in April, followed by the Calcutta Women\u2019s Football League (also known as the \u2018Kanyashree Cup\u2019) in May.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
By winning their maiden IWL title, the \u2018Moshal Girls\u2019 will represent India in the preliminary stage of the AFC Women\u2019s Champions League in late August, where they have been placed in Group A alongside Hong Kong\u2019s Kitchee SC and Cambodia\u2019s Phnom Penh Crown FC.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The extensions include those of Indian internationals Panthoi, Karthika, Sandhiya, Sangita, Soumya, and Sulanjana, and Ugandan international Resty. Panthoi was adjudged the Best Goalkeeper of IWL 2024-25 and the Best Goalkeeper of the 2024 -25 season by the AIFF.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Soumya was bestowed with the AIFF Women\u2019s Player of the Year award for her consistent performances for her club and the national team. She was the leading Indian scorer in IWL 2024 -25 with 9 goals. A regular starter for the club and the national team, Karthika was EEB\u2019s top scorer during their triumphant CWFL 2025 campaign with 7 goals. She also scored an IWL goal against HOPS FC in Kalyani.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A regular starter for the club and the national team, Karthika was EEB\u2019s top scorer during their triumphant CWFL 2025 campaign with 7 goals. She also scored an IWL goal against HOPS FC in Kalyani.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
During Sweety\u2019s injury layoff, young Sathi adapted to the centre-back position and partnered the vastly experienced Ashalata, who is the first and only player so far to make 100+ appearances for the Indian women\u2019s national team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sangita, one of the current captains of the Indian women\u2019s national team, scored 4 goals, including a brace in the deciding fixture against Thailand, during the Blue Tigresses\u2019 recent AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup Qualifiers, helping them enter the main group stage of the tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
During Sweety\u2019s injury layoff, young Sathi adapted to the centre-back position and partnered the vastly experienced Ashalata, who is the first and only player so far to make 100+ appearances for the Indian women\u2019s national team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The player registrations are subject to the completion of regulatory processes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n