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 2 "streams" of 8-10 teams in each of South Africa's 9 provinces (in some cases, multiple streams per province), and each province's champion then competing in a single-location National Championship tournament[3]. The league's champion from that tournament is promoted to the (professional, first-tier) SAFA Women's League, the runner-up advances to a promotion play-off, while the bottom 2 teams in each province's standings are relegated to the SAFA Regional Women's League of their respective province.[4]
Organising body | SAFA |
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Founded | 18 September 2009 |
Country | ![]() |
Divisions | 18 |
Number of teams | 155 |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
Promotion to | SAFA Women's League |
Relegation to | SAFA Regional Women's League |
Current champions | Copperbelt Ladies (2022) |
TV partners | SABC |
History
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]
Annual Champions
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 |
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2009 | Detroit Ladies | Mpumalanga |
2010 | Palace Super Falcons (1) | Gauteng |
2011 | Palace Super Falcons (2) | Gauteng |
2012 | Palace Super Falcons (3) | Gauteng |
2013 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (1) | Gauteng |
2014 | Cape Town Roses Ladies | Western Cape |
2015 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (2) | Gauteng |
2016 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies (1) | Free State |
2017 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies (2) | Free State |
2018 | TUT Ladies | Gauteng |
2019 | JVW FC | Gauteng |
2020 | not held | N/A |
2021 | Vasco da Gama | Western Cape |
2022 | Copperbelt Ladies | Limpopo |
2023 | TBD | TBD |
References
- South African Football Association https://www.safa.net/safa-sasol-womens-league/. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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