Organising body | SAFA |
---|---|
Founded | 18 September 2009 |
Country | South Africa |
Divisions | 18 |
Number of teams | 144 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | SAFA Women's League |
Relegation to | SAFA Women's Regional League |
Current champions |
University of Fort Hare ( 2023) |
Most championships | Palace Super Falcons (3 titles) |
TV partners | SABC |
Current: 2023 Sasol Women's League |
The Sasol Women's League is the second-tier South African Women's association football league, sponsored by Sasol since 2013. [1] It is semi-professional, [2] and operates as a provincial league, with two "streams" of 8-10 teams in each of South Africa's nine provinces (in some cases, multiple streams per province), and each province's champion then competing in a single-location National Championship tournament. [3] The championships two finalists are then promoted to the (professional, first-tier) SAFA Women's League, while the bottom two teams in each province's standings are relegated to the SAFA Regional Women's League of their respective province. [4]
The Sasol Women's League was originally launched in 2009 as the Absa Women's League, in partnership with Absa Bank, [5] [6] in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
As recorded by the league sponsor, [14] since its founding 9 different teams from 5 provinces have won the Sasol Women's League:
Season | Winner | Province |
---|---|---|
2009 | Detroit Ladies | Mpumalanga |
2010 | Palace Super Falcons | Gauteng |
2011 | ||
2012 | ||
2013 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | |
2014 | Cape Town Roses | Western Cape |
2015 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | Gauteng |
2016 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies | Free State |
2017 | ||
2018 | TUT Ladies | Gauteng |
2019 | JVW | Gauteng |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 | |
2021 | Vasco da Gama | Western Cape |
2022 | Copperbelt Ladies | Limpopo |
2023 | University of Fort Hare | Eastern Cape |
Organising body | SAFA |
---|---|
Founded | 18 September 2009 |
Country | South Africa |
Divisions | 18 |
Number of teams | 144 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | SAFA Women's League |
Relegation to | SAFA Women's Regional League |
Current champions |
University of Fort Hare ( 2023) |
Most championships | Palace Super Falcons (3 titles) |
TV partners | SABC |
Current: 2023 Sasol Women's League |
The Sasol Women's League is the second-tier South African Women's association football league, sponsored by Sasol since 2013. [1] It is semi-professional, [2] and operates as a provincial league, with two "streams" of 8-10 teams in each of South Africa's nine provinces (in some cases, multiple streams per province), and each province's champion then competing in a single-location National Championship tournament. [3] The championships two finalists are then promoted to the (professional, first-tier) SAFA Women's League, while the bottom two teams in each province's standings are relegated to the SAFA Regional Women's League of their respective province. [4]
The Sasol Women's League was originally launched in 2009 as the Absa Women's League, in partnership with Absa Bank, [5] [6] in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
As recorded by the league sponsor, [14] since its founding 9 different teams from 5 provinces have won the Sasol Women's League:
Season | Winner | Province |
---|---|---|
2009 | Detroit Ladies | Mpumalanga |
2010 | Palace Super Falcons | Gauteng |
2011 | ||
2012 | ||
2013 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | |
2014 | Cape Town Roses | Western Cape |
2015 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | Gauteng |
2016 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies | Free State |
2017 | ||
2018 | TUT Ladies | Gauteng |
2019 | JVW | Gauteng |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 | |
2021 | Vasco da Gama | Western Cape |
2022 | Copperbelt Ladies | Limpopo |
2023 | University of Fort Hare | Eastern Cape |