{{Short description|Indian women's association football club based in Tamil Nadu}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Sethu | fullname = Sethu Football Club | image = Sethu FC logo.png | upright = 0.85 | founded = {{start date and age|2016}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Hans|last=Schöggl|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiafound.html|title=India - List of Foundation Dates|website=RSSSF|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023194819/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiafound.html|archive-date=23 October 2021}}</ref> | ground = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (league matches) | capacity = 40,000 | owntitle = Owner | owner = S. M. Seeni Mohaideen | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Manoj Joshi | league = Indian Women's League | season = 2024–25 | position = IWL, 5th of 8 | current = | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = | pattern_so3 = | leftarm3 = 318CE7 | body3 = 318CE7 | rightarm3 = 318CE7 | shorts3 = 318CE7 | socks3 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 32174D | body2 = 32174D | rightarm2 = 32174D | shorts2 = 32174D | socks2 = 32174D | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _whitecollar | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | pattern_so1 = _blueband | leftarm1 = FB607F | body1 = FB607F | rightarm1 = FB607F | shorts1 = FB607F | socks1 = FB607F | website = }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/sethu-fc-to-start-indian-womens-league-campaign-on-march-26/articleshow/63192189.cms|title=Sethu FC to start Indian Women's League campaign on March 26 - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=6 March 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-17|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330095044/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/sethu-fc-to-start-indian-womens-league-campaign-on-march-26/articleshow/63192189.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/indian-womens-league-ara-fc-aim-to-be-organised-against-dominant-sethu-fc/articleshow/90937950.cms|title=Indian Women's League: ARA FC aim to be organised against dominant Sethu FC|date=19 April 2022|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|publisher=The Times of India|access-date=21 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421054149/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/indian-womens-league-ara-fc-aim-to-be-organised-against-dominant-sethu-fc/articleshow/90937950.cms|archive-date=21 April 2022|url-status=live|location=Bhubaneswar|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IWL: Tough battle awaits for debutants Churchill Brothers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/iwl-tough-battle-awaits-debutants-churchill-bros/articleshow/99714198.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=The Times of India |agency=TNN |location=Goa |date=24 April 2023 |access-date=24 April 2023 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424053654/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/iwl-tough-battle-awaits-debutants-churchill-bros/articleshow/99714198.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> They won their first IWL in 2018–19 season.
==History== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/the-revolution-in-tamil-nadu-womens-football/article27914752.ece|title=The revolution in Tamil Nadu women’s football|date=16 June 2019 |website=The Hindu |access-date=31 December 2025 }}</ref> They participated and won the inaugural edition of the Tamil Nadu Women's League in the 2019–20 season.<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><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>
Sethu made their IWL debut in the 2017–18 season. They won their maiden league title in the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/5200|title=Hero Indian Women's League 2018-19, Final Round|website=AIFF|access-date=2019-04-17|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928164118/https://www.the-aiff.com/match-center/cms/5200|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/sethu-fc-crowned-indian-womens-league-champions-after-sabitras-brace/articleshow/69446817.cms|title=Sethu FC crowned Indian Women's League champions after Sabitra's brace|date=22 May 2019 |website=The Times of India|access-date=31 December 2025}}</ref>
==Ground== Sethu are based in Madurai, but play their home matches in the top tier league at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/iwl-to-be-held-in-chennai-for-first-time-sethu-fc-to-play-home-games-at-nehru-stadium/articleshow/114431787.cms|title=IWL to be held in Chennai for first time; Sethu FC to play home games at Nehru Stadium|website=The Times of India|date=21 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fieldvision.co.in/2024/10/21/sethu-fc-returns-to-chennais-jawaharlal-nehru-stadium-for-indian-womens-league-2024-25/|title=Sethu FC Returns to Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for Indian Women’s League 2024-25|website=Fieldvision|date=21 October 2024}}</ref>
== Squad == {{updated|December 2025|<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Women's League Squad |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/club/players/11512/11 |publisher=AIFF |access-date=10 January 2025 }}</ref>}} {{Fs start}} {{fs player|no=1|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Nandini Mattu}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Purnima Kumari}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Nirmala Devi Phanjoubam|other=vice-captain}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Dhurga Perumal}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Vinothini}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Babina Devi Lisham}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=GHA|pos=FW|name=Abigail Antwi}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Grace Hauhnar}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Lynda Kom}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=GHA|pos=MF|name=Doreen Graham}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Malavika Prasad|other=3rd captain}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=T. Hoshika}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Martina Thokchom}} {{fs player|no=14|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Naazbanu Shaikh}} {{fs player|no=15|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Priya Chettri}} {{fs player|no=16|nat=NEP|pos=GK|name=Anjila Tumbapo Subba|other=captain}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Sushmita Jadhav}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Yumlam Lali}} {{fs player|no=19|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Pushpa Parab}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Trisha Mallick}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Khushi Kumari}} {{fs player|no=22|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Bharti Barot}} {{fs player|no=23|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Ruchi Yadav}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Apurna Narzary}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Sumati Kumari}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Prithika}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Karen Pais}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Hempriya Seram}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Shubhangi Subba}} {{fs player|no=77|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Laxmi Tamang}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Kaviya Pakkirisamy}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Gyurme Dolmo Tamang}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=K. Ngopawdi}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Nisari K.}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=DF|name=Prameshwori Devi Irom}} {{fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=MF|name=Giani Ramching Mara}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Monisha}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=GK|name=Sharmila}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=IND|pos=FW|name=Kai Rumi}} {{Fs end}}
==Personnel== === Technical staff === {{updated|December 2025}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position ! Name |- | Head coach | {{flagicon|IND}} Manoj Joshi |- | Assistant coach | {{flagicon|IND}} Surbhi Manjrekar |- | Goalkeeping coach | {{flagicon|IND}} Jeya Prakash J. |- | Physio | {{flagicon|IND}} Akshayaa |- | Head of Women's Football | {{flagicon|IND}} Kusum Bi Shaikh |- | Head of Operations | {{flagicon|IND}} Parthiban |- | Media manager | {{flagicon|IND}} Vivian Paul |- | Kit manager | {{flagicon|IND}} Suman |}
==Honours== ===Domestic=== *'''Indian Women's League''' **Champions (1): 2018–19 **Runners-up (1): 2021–22
===Regional=== *'''Tamil Nadu Women's League''' **Champions (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Football in Tamil Nadu}}
Category:Football clubs in Tamil Nadu Category:Indian Women's League clubs Category:Women's football clubs in India Category:2016 establishments in Tamil Nadu Category:Association football clubs established in 2016
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