# Sasol Women's League

The Sasol Women's League is the second-tier South African women's association football league, sponsored by Sasol since 2013. 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 Sasol 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.
At the inaugural national championship. Detroit Ladies from Mpumalanga defeated Palace Super Falcons from Gauteng via penalties after the match ended in a 3-3 draw.
At the 2010 Absa League National Championship, Palace Super Falcons from Gauteng defeated Detroit Ladies from Mpumalanga 4-2 via penalties after the match ended in a 2-2 draw.
At the 2011 Absa League National Championship, Palace Super Falcons from Gauteng defeated Brazilian Ladies from Limpopo 6-0 in the final.
At the 2012 Sasol League National Championship, Palace Super Falcons from Gauteng defeated Cape Town Roses from the Western Cape 5-2 in the final.
At the 2013 Sasol League National Championship, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies from Gauteng defeated Ma-Indies Ladies from Limpopo 2-0 in the final.
At the 2014 Sasol League National Championship, Cape Town Roses from the Western Cape defeated Palace Super Falcons from Gauteng 2-1 in the final.
At the 2015 Sasol League National Championship, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies from Gauteng defeated Cape Town Roses from the Western Cape 5-0 in the final.
At the 2016 Sasol League National Championship, Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies from the Free State defeated JVW from Gauteng 1-0 in the final.
At the 2017 Sasol League National Championship, Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies from the Free State defeated Cape Town Roses from the Western Cape 2-0 in the final.
At the 2018 Sasol League National Championship, Tshwane University of Technology from Gauteng defeated Durban Ladies from KwaZulu-Natal 4-0 in the final.
At the 2019 Sasol League National Championship, JVW from Gauteng defeated Ma-Indies Ladies from Limpopo 2-0 in the final.
At the 2021 Sasol League National Championship, Vasco da Gama from the Western Cape defeated City Lads from the Eastern Cape 4-3 in the final.
At the 2022 Sasol League National Championship, Copperbelt Ladies from Limpopo defeated the University of Pretoria from Gauteng 3-2 via penalties after the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
At the 2023 Sasol League National Championship, the University of Fort Hare from the Eastern Cape defeated Lindelani Ladies from KwaZulu-Natal 4-3 via penalties after the match ended in a goalless draw.
At the 2024 Sasol League National Championship, Ezemvelo from KwaZulu-Natal defeated the University of Cape Town from the Western Cape 2-0 in the final.

## Annual Champions

As recorded by the league sponsor, since its founding 11 different teams from 7 provinces have won the Sasol Women's League:
| Season | Winner | Province |
| 2009 | Detroit Ladies | Mpumalanga |
| 2010 | Palace Super Falcons | Gauteng |
| 2011 | Palace Super Falcons | Gauteng |
| 2012 | Palace Super Falcons | Gauteng |
| 2013 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | Gauteng |
| 2014 | Cape Town Roses | Western Cape |
| 2015 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies | Gauteng |
| 2016 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies | Free State |
| 2017 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies | Free State |
| 2018 | Tshwane University of Technology | Gauteng |
| 2019 | JVW | Gauteng |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa |
| 2021 | Vasco da Gama | Western Cape |
| 2022 | Copperbelt Ladies | Limpopo |
| 2023 | University of Fort Hare | Eastern Cape |
| 2024 | Ezemvelo | KwaZulu-Natal |

### Performance by province

| Province | Winners | Runners-up | Winner | Runners-up |
| Gauteng | 7 | 4 | Palace Super Falcons (3) Mamelodi Sundowns (2) Tshwane University of Technology JVW | Palace Super Falcons (2) JVW University of Pretoria |
| Western Cape | 2 | 4 | Cape Town Roses Vasco Da Gama | Cape Town Roses (3) University of Cape Town |
| Free State | 2 | 0 | Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies (2) | |
| Limpopo | 1 | 3 | Copperbelt Ladies | Brazilians Ladies Ma-Indies Ladies (2) |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1 | 2 | Ezemvelo | Durban Ladies Lindelani Ladies |
| Eastern Cape | 1 | 1 | University of Fort Hare | City Lads |
| Mpumalanga | 1 | 1 | Detroit Ladies | Detroit Ladies |