Belgian Women's Super League

The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap; French: Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football; German: Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft) is the highest women's football league in Belgium. It was created in 2015 after the BeNe League, a joint league for Belgium and the Netherlands, folded after the 2014–15 season.[1]

Belgian Women's Super League
Founded2015
Country Belgium
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toBelgian Women's First Division
Domestic cup(s)Belgian Women's Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsRSC Anderlecht
(2019–20)
Current: 2020–21 season

Format

In season 2015–16, eight teams participated. They played a double round-robin in the first stage. After that, points were halved and the top four placed and bottom placed teams each played another double round-robin for a total of 20 games. The winner of the championship group qualified for the Champions League. The last placed team of the relegation group was relegated.

With only seven teams in 2016–17, the format was changed and the second stage was dropped. Teams played each other four times for a total of 24 matches per team. The tie-breakers for teams on equal points follow the men's Belgian First Division A, that is first number of wins, then goal difference.[2]

In 2017–18, only six teams played in the league and again a championship group was played.[3]

Teams
Location of the 2020–21 Belgian Super League teams

Club Brugge was the only team not returning from the BeNe League for the Super League's first season, after they shut down their first team.[4] The remaining five sides and the three highest placed teams from the first division got a place in the inaugural season,[5] although DVL Zonhoven moved to Genk and was rebranded as Ladies Genk.[6] In June the final line-up was published.[7]

2015 and 2016 cup winners Lierse did not return for the 2016–17 season,[8] leaving the league with just seven teams as none of the teams from the first division accepted the final eighth place.[9]

TeamHome cityHome ground2019–20 finish
RSC AnderlechtAnderlechtRSCA Football Academy1st
Sporting de CharleroiCharleroiStade du Pays de Charleroi
Eendracht AalstAalstPierre Cornelius Stadium
GenkGenkPleinen Turkse Rangers4th
AA GentGhentPGB-Stadion3rd
Club BruggeBruggeJan Breydel Stadion5th
Oud-Heverlee LeuvenHeverleeGemeentelijk Stadion6th
Standard Fémina de LiègeLiègeComplexe Standard de Liège2nd
White Star WoluweBrusselsStade Communal Fallon
Zulte WaregemZulteGemeenelijk Stadion

Champions
Main article: List of Belgian women's football champions

The winners of the league are crowned Belgian champions.

Year Winner Runners-up Third Topscorer Goals
2015–16 Standard Liège WD Lierse SK RSC Anderlecht Jana Coryn (Lierse) 19[10]
2016–17 Standard Liège RSC Anderlecht AA Gent Ladies Sanne Schoenmakers (Standard) 26[11]
2017–18 RSC Anderlecht AA Gent Ladies KRC Genk Ladies Ella Van Kerkhoven (Anderlecht) 27[12]
2018-19 RSC Anderlecht Standard Liège KRC Genk Ladies Ella Van Kerkhoven (Anderlecht) 21
2019-20 RSC Anderlecht Standard Liège AA Gent Ladies Sanne Schoenmakers (Standard) 12[13]

References
  1. "Super League Vrouwenvoetbal vanaf volgend seizoen – Koninklijke Belgische voetbalbond". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. "Super League Vrouwenvoetbal vanaf volgend seizoen | Koninklijke Belgische voetbalbond". www.belgianfootball.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  3. "Waarom een terugkeer van de BeNe League nog niet voor meteen is". Vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be (in Dutch). 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  4. "Club Brugge duwt verschillende internationals naar de exit". 5 February 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Ladies Genk aan top van vrouwenvoetbal – HLN Genk". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  7. "KSK Heist maakt Belgische Super League compleet – Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  8. "Lierse stopt, wat nu met de Super League?". 15 June 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. "Diverse clubs haken af voor Super League". 6 May 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  10. Van Lindt, Aernout (1 July 2016). "Top-scorers from the Super League". vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  11. "Dit is ons team van het seizoen in de Super League (Team of the season)" (in Dutch). vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be. Retrieved 31 May 2017. ...Sanne Schoenmakers van Standard. Zij maakte er 26...
  12. https://www.vrouwenvoetbalkrant.be/wedstrijden/2018-05-01/anderlecht-vrouwen/krc-genk-ladies-vrouwen/verslag
  13. https://www.belgiumsoccer.be/nieuws/lees/2020-03-27/officieel-anderlecht-is-kampioen--bij-de-vrouwen
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