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===Performance by province===

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!width=135|Province
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Winner
!Runners-up
|-
|Gauteng
|align=center|7
|align=center|1
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Palace Super Falcons]] (3)
*[[Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC|Mamelodi Sundowns]] (2)
*[[TUT Ladies FC|Tshwane University of Technology]]
*[[JVW]]
}}
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Palace Super Falcons]]
*[[Tuks Ladies FC|University of Pretoria]]
}}
|-
|Western Cape
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Cape Town Roses]]
* Vasco Da Gama
}}
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Cape Town Roses]]
*University of Cape Town
}}
|-
|Free State
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies]] (2)
}}
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies]]
}}
|-
|Eastern Cape
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|{{smalldiv|
*[[UFH Ladies FC|University of Fort Hare]]
}}
|{{smalldiv|
}}
|-
|Limpopo
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Copperbelt Ladies]]
}}
|{{smalldiv|
}}
|-
|KwaZulu-Natal
|align=center|1
|align=center|1
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Ezemvelo]]
}}
|{{smalldiv|
*[[Durban Ladies]]
}}
|-
|Mpumalanga
|align=center|1
|align=center|0
|{{smalldiv|
*Detroit Ladies
}}
|{{smalldiv|
}}
|}
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Revision as of 17:56, 20 October 2024

Sasol Women's League
Organising bodySAFA
Founded18 September 2009
Country South Africa
Divisions18
Number of clubs144
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: 2024 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 Women's Regional League of their respective province.[4]

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]


At the 2023 Sasol League National Championship, the University of Fort Hare were crowned champions after defeating Lindelani Ladies 4-3 on penalties.[14] They became the first team from the Eastern Cape to win the championship.

At the 2024 Sasol League National Championship, Ezemvelo from KwaZulu-Natal won 2-0 against the University of Cape Town from the Western Cape.[15] They became the first team from KwaZulu-Natal to win the championship.

Annual Champions

As recorded by the league sponsor,[16] since its founding 11 different teams from 6 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 Tshwane University of Technology Gauteng
2019 JVW
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19

pandemic in South Africa

2021 Vasco da Gama Western Cape
2022 Copperbelt Ladies Limpopo
2023 University of Fort Hare Eastern Cape
2024 Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal

Performance by province

Province Winners Runners-up Winner Runners-up
Gauteng 7 1
Western Cape 2 2
Free State 2 1
Eastern Cape 1
Limpopo 1 0
KwaZulu-Natal 1 1
Mpumalanga 1 0
  • Detroit Ladies

References

  1. ^ "SAFA Sasol Women's League - SAFA.net". South African Football Association. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  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. ^ "University of Fort Hare crowned 2023 Sasol League National Champions - SAFA.net". 22 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Ezemvelo WFC crowned 2024 Sasol League National Champions - SAFA.net". 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  16. ^ "About the Sasol League". Sasol in Sport. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
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