| Sasol Women's League | |
| Organiser: | SAFA |
| Founded: | 18 September 2009 |
| Promotion: | SAFA Women's League |
| Relegation: | SAFA Women's Regional League |
| Levels: | 2 |
| Divisions: | 18 |
| Teams: | 144 |
| Champions: | University of Fort Hare |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Most Successful Club: | Palace Super Falcons(3 titles) |
| Tv: | SABC |
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]
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]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Detroit Ladies | Mpumalanga | |
| 2010 | Palace Super Falcons | Gauteng | |
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2013 | |||
| 2014 | Cape Town Roses | Western Cape | |
| 2015 | Gauteng | ||
| 2016 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies | Free State | |
| 2017 | |||
| 2018 | TUT Ladies | Gauteng | |
| 2019 | Gauteng | ||
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19pandemic in South Africa | ||
| 2021 | Vasco da Gama | Western Cape | |
| 2022 | Copperbelt Ladies | Limpopo | |
| University of Fort Hare | Eastern Cape | ||