The SAFA Provincial Women's League is the second-tier South African women's association football league. It is semi-professional, 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.
The championship's 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.
History The SAFA Provincial Women's League was originally launched in 2009 as the Absa Women's League, in partnership with Absa Bank, in order to improve the South African women's national team's international performances. From the 2013 season the league sponsorship was granted to energy and chemical company Sasol Limited on a 4-year partnership and the league branded the Sasol League. The sponsorship ended in 2024.
Annual Champions A list of champions and runners-ups:, since its founding 12 different teams from 7 provinces have won the SAFA Pronvincial Women's League:
YearChampionsRunners-upABSA Women's League2009Detroit LadiesPalace Super Falcons2010Palace Super FalconsDetroit Ladies2011Palace Super FalconsBrazilian Ladies2012Palace Super FalconsCape Town RosesSasol League2013Mamelodi Sundowns LadiesMa-Indies Ladies 2014Cape Town RosesPalace Super Falcons2015Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Cape Town Roses2016Bloemfontein Celtics LadiesJVW2017Bloemfontein Celtics LadiesCape Town Roses2018Tshwane University of TechnologyDurban Ladies2019JVWMa-Indies Ladies 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa 2021Vasco da GamaCity Lads Ladies 2022Copperbelt LadiesUniversity of Pretoria 2023University of Fort HareLindelani Ladies2024EzemveloUniversity of Cape TownSAFA Provincial Women's League2025Diepkloof LadiesRamatlaohle
Performance by province
ProvinceWinnersRunners-upWinnerRunners-upGauteng84Western Cape24Free State20Limpopo14KwaZulu-Natal12Eastern Cape11Mpumalanga11
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