KRYPHSA Football Club is an Indian women's football club based in

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, that competed in the

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History

In 1964, residents of Naoremthong, a locality on the outskirts of

, 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. 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.

Indian Women's League

KRYPHSA participated in the preliminary round of inaugural season of

. The club finished third in group stage, behind fellow Imphal

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and Jeppiaar Institute, failing to qualify to next round. Though club got invitation from

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to participate in the

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later, it decided not to participate due to financial problems. In 2017–18 season, KRYPHSA finished the

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second, behind

and played in the

. KRYPHSA entered semifinal finishing top of the group. In

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, KRYPHSA lost to

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in a

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Team records

Seasons

PR: Preliminary round.

Current squad

Technical staff

Honours

** Runners-up (1): 2019–20 *

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** Champions (2): 2016, 2019

References

External links

Team profile
at

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