A-LEAGUE WOMEN

The top league of women's football in Australia

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Founded: 2008 (first season 2008/09)

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Sponsor: SharkNinja

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2024/25 season dates: 1 November 2024 - 17 May 2025

• Unite Round: 22 - 24 November 2024

  • = fourth round of the regular season; all fixtures will take place at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney, New South Wales

• Elimination Finals: 25 - 27 April, 2025

• Semi-Finals: 2 - 4 May and 9 - 11 May, 2025

• Grand Final: Between 16 - 18 May, 2025

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Teams: 12

• Adelaide United 

  • Stadiums: Coopers Stadium / Marden Sports Complex    

• Brisbane Roar

  • Stadiums: Ballymore Stadium / Perry Park    

• Canberra United     

  • ​Stadium: McKellar Park 

• Central Coast Mariners       

  • Stadium: Industree Group Stadium    

• Melbourne City        

  • Stadiums: AAMI Park / City Football Academy  ​

• Melbourne Victory       

  • Stadiums: AAMI Park / The Home of the Matildas    

• Newcastle Jets       

  • Stadiums: Newcastle Number 2 Sports Ground / McDonald Jones Stadium    

• Perth Glory       

  • Stadiums: Sam Kerr Football Centre / HBF Park    

• Sydney FC       

  • Stadiums: Jubilee Oval / Leichhardt Oval / Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre    

• Wellington Phoenix   

  • Stadiums:  Sky Stadium / Jerry Collins Stadium / Go Media Mount Smart Stadium    

• Western Sydney Wanderers     

  • Stadiums:  Marconi Stadium / CommBank Stadium / Wanderers Football Park   

• Western United       

  • Stadium: City Vista Recreation Reserve​

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Rounds: 23-round season: a full home-and-away, 22-round schedule for all 12 clubs, plus Unite Round which is an one-round extension each club will play outside of the A-League Womens’ ultimate away day in November. More details on the Unite Round can be found here >>

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Format: 

• Regular season: The A-League Women features a full home and away season. The highest ranked team after the 22 rounds, wins the title of "Premiers". The Premier winner qualify not only to the league's Finals series but also to tge 2025–26 AFC Women's Champions League.

• Knockout stage: The Australian format is a bit different from a 'normal' knockout phase. The top six clubs (expanded from four to six from 2023/24 season) at the conclusion of the regular season progress to the finals series. In the first week of finals fixtures, the third-through-sixth ranked teams play a single-elimination match, with the two winners of those matches joining the first and second ranked teams in two-legged ties played over two weeks. The two winners of those matches meet in the grand final. 

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2023/24 Season:

• Reigning champions: Sydney FC (5th title)

• Reigning premiers: Melbourne City (3rd title)​

• Golden Boot: Michelle Heyman, Canberra United (17 goals)

• Julie Dolan Medal (Best Player): Sophie Harding, Western Sydney Wanderers

• Young Footballer of the Year: Daniela Galic, Melbourne City

• Goalkeeper of the Year: Morgan Aquino, Perth Glory

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Most championships: Sydney FC (5 titles)

 

vrouwen eredivisie

The top league of women's football in the Netherlands

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Founded: 2007

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League sponsor: Azerion

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Current champions 2023-24: FC Twente (9th title)

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Most championships: FC Twente (9 titles)

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2023-24 Top scorer: Tessa Wullaert (26 goals)

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2024-25 Season dates: 28 September 2024 – 17 May 2025

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Teams: 12

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Regular season rounds: 22

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Total matches regular season: 132

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Format: Each team will play all of the other teams twice over 22 rounds

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Relegation / Promotion: There is no relegation nor promotion in the league

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification - The champions and runners-up:

1. Spot in the 2025/26 UWCL qualification round 1, champions path

2. Spot in the 2025/26 UWCL qualification round 1, league path

3. (Qualifies for second-tier UEFA women's club tournament)

 

BARCLAYS WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE

The top league of women's football in England, with professional league status (since the 2018–19 season).

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Founded: 2010 (First season 2011)

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League sponsor: Barclays

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Current champion 2023-24: Chelsea (7th title)

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Most championships: Chelsea (7 titles)

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2023-24 Top scorer: Khadija Shaw (21 goals)

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top three teams:

1. Qualification for th UWCL league stage

2. Qualification for the UWCL second round

3. Qualification for the UWCL first round

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2024/25 Season dates: 20 September 2024 - 11 May 2025

 

Teams: 12

 

Rounds: 22

 

Total matches: 132

 

Format: Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 22 games. At the end of the season, the club with the most points is crowned the league champions. If points are equal between teams, what determines the winner is:

1.  Goal difference

2. Number of goals scored

 

Relegation / Promotion: The bottom placed club (12th) will be relegated to Barclays Women's Championship. The winner of Barclays Women's Championship will promote to Barclays Women's Super League.

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FA WOMEN'S LEAGUE CUP

The annual cup tournament in England for clubs from Women's Super League and Women's Championship

Known as the FA Women's Continental League Cup for sponsorship reasons

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Sponsor: Subway​

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Founded: 2011

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Most successful club: Arsenal (7 titles)

 

Reigning champions 2023-24: Arsenal (7th title) 

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2024/25 season dates: 2 October 2024 – 15 March 2025

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Teams participating 2023-24 season: All 23 teams from the Women's Super League and Women's Championship​

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Format:

• Starting with a group stage split regionally. This season, the competition will contain only 23 teams, one fewer than previous season, as Reading withdrew from theWome's Championship in June 2024. 

• Teams competing in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage (Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City) are exempt from the 'Conti Cup' group stage, earning a provisional bye to the quarter-finals. 

• The group stage will feature 20 of the 23 total teams, with all groups featuring four teams each. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City enter the League Cup at the quarter-final stage.

• The first place team in each of the five groups qualifies for the knock-out stage.

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Group A:

1. Everton

2. Liverpool

3. Manchester United

4. Newcastle United

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Group B:

1. Blackburn Rovers

2. Durham

3. Sheffield United

4. Sunderland

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Group C:

1. London City Lionesses

2. Portsmouth

3. Southampton

4. West Ham United

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Group D:

1. Birmingham City

2. Brighton and Hove Albion

3. Bristol City

4. Leicester City

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Group E:

1. Aston Villa

2. Charlton Atheltic

3. Crystal Palace

4. Tottenham Hotspur

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Quarterfinals:

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City enter the League Cup, having been exempt from the group stage due to their participation in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.​​

• 22 January 2025

  • Chelsea vs Durham 17:45 GMT

  • Manchester UnitedvManchester City 18:00 GMT

  • Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal 18:15 GMT

  • Tottenham Hotspur vs West Ham United 18:30 GMT

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Semifinals:

• 5/6 February 2025

  • ​Brighton & Hove Albion or Arsenal vs Manchester United or Manchester City

  • Chelsea or Durham vs Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham United

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Final:

• 15 March 2025 at Pride Park Stadium, Derby

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Official site >>

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usl super league

The 2024–25 USL Super League season is the inaugural season for this professional women's soccer league in the United States. 

 

The league features eight teams, with a season split into fall and spring sessions, beginning on August 17, 2024, and ending in May 2025. 

 

The eight teams are:

1. Brooklyn FC

2. Carolina Ascent FC

3. Dallas Trinity FC

4. DC Power FC

5. Fort Lauderdale United FC

6. Lexington SC

7. Spokane Zephyr FC

8. Tampa Bay Sun FC

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Each team plays 28 regular-season matches in a quadruple round-robin format, and the top four teams advance to the playoffs. The season includes 112 regular-season matches and three playoff games. 

 

The league aims to provide high-level competition for women's soccer.

 

WOMEN's FA CUP

The Women's FA Cup is the annual cup tournament for women's clubs in England

 

Sponsor: Adobe

 

Founded: 1970 

 

Previous names: WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup and now Women's FA Cup (Adobe Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons)

 

Most titles: Arsenal (14 titles)

 

Reigning champions 2023-24: Manchester United (1st title)

 

Teams participating 2024-25 season: 514, increase of 58 from the previous year

 

System:

First round qualifying: Teams from lowest leagues enter

Second round qualifying: Tier 5 teams enter

Third round qualifying: The 48 teams in the FA Women's National League Division One (tier 4) enter

First round: Teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions (tier 3) enter

Second round: ...

Third round: The 11 teams from the Women's Championship enter 

Fourth round: The 12 Women's Super League teams enter

 

2025 Final venue: Wembley Stadium, London (18 May)

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copa de la reina

The 2024/25 Copa de la Reina is the 42nd edition of the Spanish Women's Cup in football.

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Defending champions 2023/24: FC Barcelona (10th title)

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Teams: 48

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Format: All ties are played in a single-match decider at the home ground of the lower division opponent, except for the semi-finals which will be a two-legged match.

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Dates:

• First round: 10–11 September 2024

• Second round: 1–3 October 2024

• Third round: 5–7 & 20 November 2024

• Round of 16: 21–22 December 2024

• Quarter-finals: 11–12 February 2025

• Semi-finals: 4–5 March 2025 (1st leg) & 11–12 March 2025 (2nd leg)

• Final: 8 June 2025

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Final venue: Yet to be named

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DFB-POKAL FRAUEN

DFB-Pokal Frauen is the German Women's Cup

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Founded: 1981

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2024/25 Season: 17 August 2024 – 1 May 2025

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Teams: 50

• All 12 clubs from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga

• 10 out of the 14 clubs of the prior year's 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding certain clubs' second teams.

• The 2 promoted teams and 5 champions of the previous year's season in Regionalliga (women's third-tier in Germany)

• The 21 winners of the regional association cups "Verbandspokal"

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Format:​ All teams from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga, along with the top four finishers from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, receive a bye in the first round. Teams from lower leagues will play at home against teams from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.

• Round 1: 17–20 August 2024

• Round 2: 6–11 September 2024

• Round of 16: 22–24 November 2024

• Quarter-finals: 11–13 February 2025

• Semi-finals: 22–23 March 2025

• Final: 1 May 2025

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Championship venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

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Current champions 2023/24: VfL Wolfsburg (11th title)

 

Most successful club: Vfl Wolfsburg (11 titles)

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Scottish women's premier league 1

SWPL 1 - The topleague of women's football in Scotland

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Founded: 2002​

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Current champion 2023-24: Celtic (1st title)

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Most championships: Glasgow City (16 titles)

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2024-25 Season dates: 10 August 2024 – 18 May 2025

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Teams: 12

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Format: Each team will play each other two times in a double round-robin before a "split", then another double round-robin of the top six and bottom six clubs respectively. 

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Relegation / Promotion: The 11th-placed team will play qualification in the SWPL1 relegation/promotion play-off against the runners-up from SWPL 2. The bottom placed team (12th) will be relegated to the SWPL 2.

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification - Top two clubs:

1. Spot in the UWCL qualifying round 2, champions path

2. Spot in the UWCL qualifying round 2, league path

 

coppa italia femminile
The Italian Women's Cup was first held in 1971 and is a competition reserved for Serie A Femminile and Serie B Femminile clubs.

 

The winner of the cup will challenge the Italian league champions team in the Italian Super Cup; 'Supercoppa Italiana Femminile'.

 

The 2024-2025 edition is the 53rd edition and started on August 25, 2024 and will end in 2025 (Date TBA). 26 teams (10 from Serie A  Femminile and 16 from Serie B Femminile ) officially participate.

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From the 2023-24 season, the adoption of a new format was approved:

Preliminary round: the last 4 teams in the ranking, from 23rd to 26th position, are paired following a predetermined scheme ( Game 1: 23rd vs 26th; Game 2: 24th vs 25th) before facing each other in a direct elimination round with single matches. The 2 winning teams advance to the round of 32 .

Round of 32: the two winners of the preliminary round join the 14 teams from 9th to 22nd place in the ranking for the round of 32 scheduled in a single match at the home of the team worst positioned in the ranking.

Round of 16: the 8 winners of the round of 32 reach the top eight teams in the ranking for the round of 16 , also scheduled for a single match and at the home of the worst placed team in the ranking.

Quarter-finals and Semi-finals: the 8 teams qualified from the round of 16 compete in home and away matches, according to the pairings on the scoreboard, in two successive rounds which determine the finalists. The second leg of the quarter-finals and semi-finals is played at the home of the best placed team in the ranking.

Final: the 2 finalists compete for the title in a single match on a neutral pitch.

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Current champions 2023/24: Juventus (2nd title)

Most successful club: Torres (8 titles)

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​LIGA MX FEMENIL

The top league of women's football in Mexico

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Founded: 2016 (first season 2017)

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Sponsor: BBVA

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2024/25 Season Dates:

• Apertura* regular season: 4 July 2024 - 3 November 2024

• Apertura Playoffs: 7 - 25 November 2024

• Clausura* season: 3 January 2025 - 18 April 2025​

• Clausura Playoffs: Pending ​

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Teams: 18

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Rounds: 17 

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Knockout Stage: The top eight teams qualify to the knockout stage called 'Liguilla'

Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final are played with a two-legged system; a home + away game for each team

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Total Matches: 167 (153 + 14 playoffs)

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NEW: Qualification to NWSL z Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup 2025:

The aggregate table (the sum of points of both the Clausura 2024 and Apertura 2024 tournaments) will be used to determine the six Liga MX Femenil teams that will participate in the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup 2025.

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Current champion (2024 Clausura): Monterrey (3rd title)

Current champion (2024 Apertura): Monterrey (4th title)

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Top goal scorer (2024 Clausura): Charlyn Corral (19 goals)

Top goal scorer (2024 Apertura): Charlyn Corral (18 goals)

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Most championships all seasons: Tigres UANL (6 titles)

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*The Apertura and Clausura tournaments is a split season format common for many Latin American football leagues in which the season is divided in two sections per season (Apertura + Clausura) each with its own champion.

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Official site >>​

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FRAUEN-BUNDESLIGA

The top league of women's football in Germany

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Founded: 1990

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League sponsor: Google Pixel

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Current champion 2023/24: FC Bayern Munich (6th title) 

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Most championships: 1. FFC Frankfurt/Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Wolfsburg (7 titles each)

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2023/24 Top scorer: Ewa Pajor (18 goals)

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2024/25 Season dates: 30 August 2024 – 11 May 2025

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Teams: 12

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Rounds: 22

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Total matches: 132

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Format: Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 22 games. 

At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal between teams, the goal difference and then goals scored and then head-to-head results, determine the winner. 

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Relegation / Promotion: Bottom two clubs relegate to 2. Frauen-Bundesliga and and the top two clubs in 2. Frauen-Bundesliga are promoted to Frauen-Bundesliga in their place.

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification - Top three clubs:

1. Qualification for UWCL league stage

2. Qualification for UWCL second round

3. Qualification for UWCL second round

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shebelieves cup

The SheBelieves Cup is an invitational women's soccer tournament held annually in various cities across the United States, typically in late February or early March. The 2025 SheBelieves Cup, will mark the tenth edition.

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Founded: 2106

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2025 Dates: 20 - 26 February

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2025 Teams: Australia (debut), Colombia (debut), Japan, and the United States.

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2025 Format: Six games played across three matchdays.

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2025 Venues:

• State Farm Stadium - Glendale, Arizona. Capacity: 63,400.

• Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, Texas. Capacity: 20,656.

• Snapdragon Stadium - San Diego, California. Capacity: 35,000

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Defending champions: United States (7th title)

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Most successful team: United States (7 titles)

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MVPs:

• 2016 Alex Morgan (USA)

• 2017 Camille Abily (France)

• 2020 Alexia Putellas (Spain)

• 2021 Rose Lavelle (USA)

• 2022 Catarina Macario (USA)

• 2023 Mallory Swanson (USA)

• 2024 Sophia Smith (USA)

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uefa women's nations league

League Stage Calendar

Matchdays 1 & 2: Between 19 and 26 February 2025
Matchdays 3 & 4: Between 2 and 8 April 2025
Matchdays 5 & 6: Between 28 May and 3 June 2025

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Promotion, Relegation, and Play-offs

League A:

The top two teams from each group will remain in League A for the European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The four third-placed teams will face off in a two-legged play-off against the second-placed teams from each group in League B. The winners of these ties will be promoted to League A for the European Qualifiers phase, while the losers will be relegated to League B.

The fourth-placed teams in League A will be relegated to League B.

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Group A1: Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Scotland

Group A2: France, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland

Group A3: Spain (holders), England, Belgium, Portugal

Group A4: Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Wales

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League B:

The four group winners from League B will earn promotion to League A.

The four second-placed teams will play against the third-placed teams from League A in a two-legged play-off. The winners of these ties will be promoted to League A, while the losers will remain in League B.

The two best third-placed teams will face off in a two-legged play-off against the two highest-ranked second-placed teams from League C. The winners will be promoted to League B for the European Qualifiers phase, while the losers will remain in League C.

The lowest-ranked third-placed teams, along with the four fourth-placed teams, will be relegated to League C.

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Group B1: Poland, Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania

Group B2: Republic of Ireland, Türkiye, Slovenia, Greece

Group B3: Finland, Serbia, Hungary, Belarus

Group B4: Czechia, Ukraine, Croatia, Albania

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League C:

The six group winners in League C will be promoted to League B.

The two highest-ranked second-placed teams in League C will play against the two best third-placed teams from League B in a two-legged play-off. The winners will be promoted to League B for the European Qualifiers phase, while the losers will remain in League C.

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Group C1: Slovakia, Faroe Islands, Moldova, Gibraltar

Group C2: Malta, Georgia, Cyprus, Andorra

Group C3: Luxembourg, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein

Group C4: Azerbaijan, Montenegro, Lithuania

Group C5: Israel, Bulgaria, Estonia

Group C6: Kosovo, Latvia, North Macedonia

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Teams Competing in the Finals

The UEFA Women's Nations League finals feature the top four group winners from League A, who qualify for the knockout stage.

In this second edition, a change has been made in the structure from the previous edition, where all matchups now will be played over two legs. The format remains similar to the previous edition, with two semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and the final. A draw will determine both the pairings and which team will host the first leg of each tie.

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The team that wins the final will be crowned the UEFA Women's Nations League champion.

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Finals & Play-offs

Finals

• Draw: 6 June 2025, Nyon (exact date TBC)

• Semi-finals (two legs): Scheduled between 22 and 28 October 2025

• Final/Third-Place Play-off (two legs): Set between 26 November and 2 December 2025

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Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

• Draw: 6 June 2025, Nyon (exact date TBC)

• Matches (two legs): To take place between 22 and 28 October 2025