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| Full name | Sethu Football Club | |||
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| Founded | 2016[1] | |||
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (league matches) | |||
| Capacity | 40,000 | |||
| Owner | S. M. Seeni Mohaideen | |||
| Head coach | Manoj Joshi | |||
| League | Indian Women's League | |||
| 2024–25 | IWL, 5th of 8 | |||
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Sethu Football Club is an Indian women's professional football club based in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, that participates in the Indian Women's League, the top flight of Indian women's football.[2][3][4] They won their first IWL in 2018–19 season.
History
[edit]The club was founded by S. M. Seeni Mohaideen in 2016, in order to provide a platform for women's footballers of Tamil Nadu to play competitively at the national tiers. With the girls recruited from veteran football coach Mariappan's academy who had earlier represented Jeppiaar Institute, they went to form the core of the team and then of the Tamil Nadu women's football team which won the nationals in 2018.[5] They participated and won the inaugural edition of the Tamil Nadu Women's League in the 2019–20 season.[6][7][8]
Sethu made their IWL debut in the 2017–18 season. They won their maiden league title in the 2018–19 season.[9][10]
Ground
[edit]Sethu are based in Madurai, but play their home matches in the top tier league at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Chennai.[11][12]
Squad
[edit]- As of December 2025[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
[edit]Technical staff
[edit]- As of December 2025
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Manoj Joshi |
| Assistant coach | Surbhi Manjrekar |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jeya Prakash J. |
| Physio | Akshayaa |
| Head of Women's Football | Kusum Bi Shaikh |
| Head of Operations | Parthiban |
| Media manager | Vivian Paul |
| Kit manager | Suman |
Honours
[edit]Domestic
[edit]Regional
[edit]- Tamil Nadu Women's League
- Champions (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
References
[edit]- ↑ Schöggl, Hans. "India - List of Foundation Dates". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ↑ "Sethu FC to start Indian Women's League campaign on March 26 - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ "Indian Women's League: ARA FC aim to be organised against dominant Sethu FC". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Bhubaneswar: The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 19 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- ↑ "IWL: Tough battle awaits for debutants Churchill Brothers". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Goa: The Times of India. TNN. 24 April 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ↑ "The revolution in Tamil Nadu women's football". The Hindu. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ Keerthivasan, K; Pathak, Manasi (16 December 2019). "Tamil Nadu to host its first-ever women's state league". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022.
- ↑ Waris, Sarah (19 January 2020). "Sethu FC lifts Tamil Nadu Women's League title to qualify for Indian Women's League". The Bridge.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Women's League: Sethu FC Primed to Go for IWL Title Defence as League Leaders". News18. 1 January 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022.
- ↑ "Hero Indian Women's League 2018-19, Final Round". AIFF. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ "Sethu FC crowned Indian Women's League champions after Sabitra's brace". The Times of India. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "IWL to be held in Chennai for first time; Sethu FC to play home games at Nehru Stadium". The Times of India. 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Sethu FC Returns to Chennai's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for Indian Women's League 2024-25". Fieldvision. 21 October 2024.
- ↑ "Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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