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]

Sasol Women's League
Organising bodySAFA
Founded18 September 2009
Country South Africa
Divisions18
Number of teams144
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toSAFA Women's League
Relegation toSAFA Women's Regional League
Current championsUniversity of Fort Hare
(2023)
Most championshipsPalace Super Falcons (3 titles)
TV partnersSABC
Current: 2023 Sasol Women's League

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:

SeasonWinnerProvince
2009Detroit LadiesMpumalanga
2010Palace Super FalconsGauteng
2011
2012
2013Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
2014Cape Town RosesWestern Cape
2015Mamelodi Sundowns LadiesGauteng
2016Bloemfontein Celtics LadiesFree State
2017
2018TUT LadiesGauteng
2019JVWGauteng
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19

pandemic in South Africa

2021Vasco da GamaWestern Cape
2022Copperbelt LadiesLimpopo
2023University of Fort HareEastern Cape

References
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  2. "ABOUT THE SASOL LEAGUE". Sasol in Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. "Sasol and SAFA launch the 2023 Sasol League National Championship". South African Football Association. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  4. "Sasol League Regulations" (PDF). South African Football Association. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  5. "Absa Women's League launched". SuperSport official website. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  6. "Women's football league kicks off - Brand South Africa". Brandsouthafrica.com. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  7. "Absa launch Women's League". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  8. "Competition and Player Development : A comparison between South America and Germany" (PDF). Cies.ch. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  9. Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak. "Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief history" (PDF). History.msu.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  10. Shehu, Jimoh (18 November 2017). Gender, Sport and Development in Africa: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Patterns of Representations and Marginalization. African Books Collective. ISBN 9782869783065. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  11. Cornelissen, Scarlett; Grundlingh, Albert (13 September 2013). Sport Past and Present in South Africa: (Trans)forming the Nation. Routledge. ISBN 9781317988588. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  12. Alegi, Peter (14 February 2010). African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game. Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780896804722. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  13. "Safa planning to launch a national women's league". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  14. "About the Sasol League". Sasol in Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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