KRYPHSA FC

KRYPHSA Football Club is an Indian women's football club based in Imphal, Manipur, that competed in the Indian Women's League.

KRYPHSA F.C.

Full name	Kangchup Road Young Physical and Sports Association
Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
President	Nabachandra Singh
Head coach	L. Chaoba Devi
League	Indian Women's League Manipur Women's League
Home colours Away colours

History

In 1964, residents of Naoremthong, a locality on the outskirts of Imphal, decided that they needed a club to give exposure for local football talents. Kangchup Road Young Physical and Sports Association was born and along with it, the hopes and dreams of Naoremthong.^[1] KRYPHSA is crowd–funded community club. Funds collected from the 3,500 households in the Naoremthong area are used as base for club income, while tambola games, which are held twice a year and are very popular in the Imphal area, also contribute a sizeable amount to the club.^[1]

Indian Women's League

KRYPHSA participated in the preliminary round of inaugural season of Indian Women's League.^[2] The club finished third in group stage, behind fellow Imphal Eastern Sporting Union and Jeppiaar Institute, failing to qualify to next round.^[3] Though club got invitation from AIFF to participate in the final round later, it decided not to participate due to financial problems.^[1]

In 2017–18 season, KRYPHSA finished the preliminary round second, behind Eastern Sporting Union and played in the final round.^[4] KRYPHSA entered semifinal finishing top of the group. In semifinal, KRYPHSA lost to Rising Student Club in a penalty shootout.^[5]

Team records

Seasons

Year	League								Top scorer(s)
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos.	Player(s)	Goals
2016–17	3	1	0	2	8	7	—	PR	Dangmei Grace	4
2017–18	7	4	3	0	24	3	—	Semifinal	Bala Devi	12

PR: Preliminary round.

Current squad

As of 12 May 2020:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Maibam Linthoingambi Devi 3 DF  IND Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi 4 DF  IND Yumlembam Pakpi Devi 5 DF  IND Laishram Devi 6 MF  IND Yumnam Chandrajini Devi 8 DF  IND Babysana Devi

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  IND Roja Devi 12 FW  IND Chandrajini Devi 15 DF  IND Shanglakpam Sharma 16 DF  IND K. Anita Devi 17 FW  IND Thangjam Chanu 18 DF  IND Roshni Devi 1 GK  IND Sarungbam Anika Chanu 19 GK  IND Naorem Khushi Chanu

Technical staff

As of 7 April 2018^[6]

Position	Name
Head coach	L. Chaoba Devi
Assistant coach	RK JANAKIBALA DEVI
Assistant coach	KHELEMBA NGANGOMCHA
Goalkeeping coach	KEISHAM NARAYAN SINGH
Physiotherapist	TONGBRAM GALAXY DEVI
Team manager	TH BIPINCHANDRA

Honours

• Indian Women's League
  • Runners-up (1): 2019–20
• Manipur Women's League
  • Champions (2): 2016, 2019

References

1. "With a side full of internationals, Manipur's Kryphsa may be the team to beat at the IWL". scroll.in. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. "Indian Women's League Prelims to Kick-Off on Oct 17". The All India Football Federation. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
3. "Eastern Sporting Union and Rising Student FC makes it to the Final round of the Indian Women's League 2017". The All India Football Federation. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
4. "Indian Women's League to Kick-Off on March 25". Aiff.com. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
5. "Rising Student Club Beat Kryhpsa to Enter Finals of Hero IWL". Aiff.com. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
6. "Kryphsa – squad". Retrieved 7 April 2018.

External links

• Team profile at All India Football Federation