Malian Women's Championship Explained

Women's Ligue 1
Nativename:Ligue 1 féminine
Country: Mali
Confed:CAF
Teams:12
Relegation:W-Ligue 2
Domest Cup:Malian Women's Cup
Confed Cup:CAF W-Champions League
Season:2021-22
Most Successful Club:AS Mandé
Current:2023-22 W-Championship

The Malian Women's Championship also called Women's Ligue 1 (French: Championnat du Mali féminin) is the top flight of women's association football in Mali. The competition is run by the Malian Football Federation.

History

Women's football was born in Mali on 1994 by the creation of the Bamako League. This league was held every year until 2014. It was dominated essentially by Super Lionnes d'Hamdallaye and AS Mandé who both won many titles.[1]

On 2016, the Malian Football Federation created the first national women's championship.

Champions

The list of champions and runners-up:[1]

YearChampionsRunners-up
2016–17AS MandéAS Real Bamako
2017–18align=center colspan=2 rowspan=2not held
2018–19
2019–20align=center colspan=2abandoned
2021AS MandéSuper Lionnes
2022AS MandéSuper Lionnes
2023AS Mandé Super Lionnes

Most successful clubs

Rank Club Champions Runners-up Winning Seasons Runners-up Seasons
1AS Mandé302017, 2021,2022
align=center rowspan=22AS Real Bamako012017
Super Lionnes022021,2022

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Mali - List of Women Champions . . José Batalha . 23 June 2021 .