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"Brasileirão Feminino A1" - The top league of women's football in Brazil

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Founded: 2013

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Teams: 16

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2024 regular season dates: 17 March to 26 June

Quarter-finals: 18 to 25 August

Semi-finals: 1 to 8 September

Final: 15 and 22 September

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Match rounds: 15

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Total matches: 134 (120 +14 playoff games)

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2024 Playoffs: Top eight teams from regular season.

Quarter-finals - home and away game for each team. Same goes for semi-finals and the final.

In the quarter-finals 1st placed team from regular season will play 8th placed team, 2nd play 7th, 3rd vs 6th and 4th vs 5th.​

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Promotion: Top four from Brasileiro A2

Relegation: Bottom four to Brasileiro A2

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Current champions: Corinthians (5th title)

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2023 Top scorer: Amanda Gutierres (14 goals)

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Most championships: Corinthians (5 titles)

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Qualification to Copa Libertadores: 3 spots (2024 edition)

1. The Brasileiro champions

2. The top five ranked countries (according to the historical achievements of the clubs in the Copa Libertadores) receive another spot (Brazil is one of them)

3. The country of the team which is the recent champions also received another spot (Corinthians won 2023)

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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.

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NATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER LEAGUE

National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is the highest league of women's soccer/football in the United States

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Founded: 2012

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2024 Regular season: 16 March – 3 November

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Teams: 14

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2024 Expansion teams: Bay FC and Utah Royals (the latter returns)

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Rounds: 26

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2024 Playoff season: 9 November - 23 November 

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Season start: The season is scheduled to begin with the 2024 NWSL Challenge Cup, a Supercup match between the reigning playoff champion (NJ/NY Gotham FC) and NWSL Shield winner San Diego Wave FC, on March 15, 2024. The regular season will begin the following day. The league will pause for a month between July 8 and August 18 for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Format: The top eight teams in the final standings at the end of the NWSL season qualify for the playoffs and the quarter-finals.

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Relegation / Promotion: No relegation / promotion as NWSL is a franchise league 

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Current champions 2023: NJ/NY Gotham FC (1st title)

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Current NWSL Shield* 2023: San Diego Wave FC (1st shield)

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Top Scorer 2023: Sophia Smith (11 goals)

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Most championships: Portland Thorns FC (3 titles)

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Most NWSL Shields*: OL Reign and North Carolina Courage (3 shields each)

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*Annual award given to the team with the best regular season record

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Uefa women's champions league

A total of teams from various associations will compete in the 2024/25 UEFA Women’s Champions League, marking the final season under its current format. The first-round draw included many clubs, with more teams entering in later stages and some directly joining the group stage. Among the notable participants are Barcelona, Arsenal, Frankfurt, Lyon, and Wolfsburg. Several teams will make their debut, including Crvena zvezda, Galatasaray, and Hammarby.

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When do teams enter?

• The entry list is based on UEFA’s association club rankings from the 2022/23 season.

• The title holders and champions of the top three ranked associations (France, Germany, Spain) automatically enter the group stage. Since Barcelona are both the title holders and the Spanish champions, the champions of the fourth-ranked association, England, also join the group stage. This brings Chelsea alongside Barcelona, Lyon, and Bayern München in the group stage.

• The champions of other associations join through the champions path. Teams from the associations ranked fifth to seventh (Italy, Sweden, Czechia) start in round 2, while the champions of lower-ranked associations, starting from eighth and excluding Russia, begin in round 1.

• Runners-up from the top six ranked associations (France, Germany, Spain, England, Italy, Sweden) join in round 2 of the league path.

• Third-placed teams from these six associations, as well as the runners-up from the next highest-ranked ten associations (Czechia, Denmark, Portugal, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Austria, Ukraine, Iceland, Belarus), enter in round 1 of the league path.

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Season Calendar:

Round 1 draw

5 July

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Round 1 (one-venue mini-tournaments)

Semi-finals: 4 September
Finals/third-place play-offs: 7 September

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Round 2 draw

9 September

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Round 2

First leg: 18/19 September
Second leg: 25/26 September

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​Group stage draw

27 September

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Group stage

Matchday 1: 8/9 October
Matchday 2: 16/17 October
Matchday 3: 12/13 November
Matchday 4: 20/21 November
Matchday 5: 11/12 December
Matchday 6: 17/18 December

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Quarter-final & semi-final draw

7 February

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Quarter-finals

First leg: 18/19 March
Second leg: 26/27 March

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Semi-finals

First leg: 19/20 April
Second leg: 26/27 April

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Final (Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon)

23, 24 or 25 May tbc

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Key Contenders for the Group Stage:

Direct entrants to group stage:

• Barcelona (holders)

• Lyon

• Bayern München

• Chelsea

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Champions Path – Seven teams will qualify for the group stage:

Enter in Round 2:

• Slavia Praha

• Roma

• Hammarby

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Enter in Round 1:

• Benfica

• St. Pölten

• BIIK-Shymkent

• Twente

• Vllaznia

• Vålerenga

• Vorskla Poltava

• Apollon LFC

• Anderlecht

• Valur

• SFK 2000 Sarajevo

• Ferencváros

• Servette FCF

• Mura

• Gintra

• Dinamo-BSUPC

• PAOK

• Breznica

• Racing FC Union Luxembourg

• Mitrovica

• KuPS Kuopio

• Osijek

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Unseeded in Pot 2:

• Birkirkara

• RFS

• Tallinna FC Flora

• Qiryat Gat

• Celtic

• Agarista CSF Anenii Noi 2020

• Lanchkhuti

• NSA Sofia

• KÍ Klaksvík

• Nordsjælland

• Spartak Myjava

• Peamount United

• Glentoran

• Ljuboten

• Crvena zvezda

• Cardiff City

• Pogoń Szczecin

• Farul Constanta

• Galatasaray

• Pyunik

• Neftçi

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League Path – Five teams will qualify for the group stage:

Enter in Round 2:

• Paris Saint-Germain

• Wolfsburg

• Real Madrid

• Manchester City

• Juventus

• Häcken

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Enter in Round 1:

• Arsenal

• Atlético de Madrid

• Paris FC

• Sparta Praha

• Eintracht Frankfurt

• Ajax

• Brøndby

• FC Minsk

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Unseeded in Pot 2:

• Breidablik

• Fiorentina

• Rosenborg

• Sporting CP

• Linköping

• Rangers

• First Vienna

• Kolos Kovalivka

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All of these teams will compete at various stages based on their rankings, performances, and national association standings from previous seasons.

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