FUFA Women Elite League explained

FUFA Women Elite League
Country:Uganda
Confed:CAF (Africa)
Divisions:2
Teams:8
Promotion:FUFA Women Super League
Levels:2

FUFA Women Elite League is a women's football league in Uganda sanctioned by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA). Until the 2019–20 season, the league was the top-flight women's football league in Uganda. The FUFA Women Super League succeeded the Women Elite League as the top women's football league in the country.

History

The establishment of the FUFA Women Elite League in 2015 followed Uganda's stint at the African qualifiers of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup where it won in a two-legged preliminary round match over South Sudan on a 22–0 aggregate.[1] [2] However the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) withdrew the national team from the qualifiers since it deemed "improper" to continue its campaign if there is no women's league in the country.[1]

The introduction of the Women Super League to the Ugandan women's football system as the new highest women's football league for the 2019–20 season relegated the FUFA Women Elite League as a second division league reducing the number of competing teams in the Elite League from 16 to 8. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 season of the Women Elite League was cancelled with Isra Soccer Academy (Victoria group) and Makerere University (Elizabeth group) promoted to the Women Super League for the 2020–21 season.[3]

Final playoff results

Notes and References

  1. News: Muyita . Joel . FUFA replace Women Elite League with Super League . 24 May 2020 . Kawowo . 12 September 2019.
  2. News: Senono . Elvis . Fufa get it right . 24 May 2020 . Daily Monitor . 16 March 2019.
  3. News: Muyita . Joel . FUFA Women Super League cancelled . 20 May 2020 . Kawowo Sports . 20 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Schöggl . Hans . Uganda (Women) 2017/18 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 24 May 2020.
  5. News: Ssenoga . Shafik . UCU Lady Cardinals dethrone Kawempe Girls . 24 May 2020 . New Vision . 15 June 2020.