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UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2022/23

EDITION:

22nd since the UEFA Women's Cup was founded in 2001. The 13th edition since the rebranding to the UEFA Women's Champions League in 2009. And it is the second edition to feature a 16-team, home-and-away group stage.

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FORMAT: 

The top six nations are handed three spots (France, Germany, Spain, England, Sweden, Czech Republic).

The associations ranked 7–16 will enter with two clubs (Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Scotland, Belarus, Ukraine, Austria).

The remaining associations will enter with one team each. 

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QUALIFICATION: 
Four teams qualify directly to the group stage:

The defending UWCL champions

The league champions from the nations ranked 1 by UEFA coefficient

The league champions from the nations ranked 2 by UEFA coefficient

The league champions from the nations ranked 3 by UEFA coefficient

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For all remaining teams who don't automatically qualify for the group stage, two paths will occur:

A champions path (from where 7 teams qualify)

A non-champions 'league' path (from where 5 teams qualify)

The two paths will take place in four-team, predetermined-venue miniature tournaments (one-off semifinals, third place, and final matches) and a second round of paired home-and-away ties.

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GROUP STAGE

A double-round-robin group stage with four groups of four - eight teams qualify for the home-and-away quarterfinals.

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FINAL

Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands will stage the final 3 June 2023.

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REIGNING CHAMPIONS 2021/22:

Olympique Lyonnais 

 

TOP SCORER 2021/22:

Alexia Putellas (11 goals)

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MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB:

Olympique Lyonnais (8 titles)

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MOST SUCCESSFUL NATION:

Germany (9 titles)

Frankfurt (4)

Turbine Potsdam (2)

VfL Wolfsburg (2)

Duisburg (1)

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SCOTTISH WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE

SWPL 1 - Highest league of women's football in Scotland

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Founded: 2002​

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Current champion 2021-22: Rangers (1st title)

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Most championships: Glasgow City (15 titles)

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2022-23 Season dates: 7 August 2022 to 21 May 2023

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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

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USL W-LEAGUE

A pre-professional women’s competition in the United States

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Founded: 2021, first season in 2022

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2022 champions South Georgia Tormenta FC

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Teams: 65

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2023 season dates: Kick off 6 May with the Final set for mid-July

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A total of 380 games are slated to be played over the course of the regular season. Playoffs begin after the completion of the regular season.

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TOPPSERIEN

Highest league of women's football in Norway

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Founded: 1984

• 2000–present (as Toppserien) 

• 1996–1999 (as Eliteserien) 

• 1984–1995 (as 1. divisjon)

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League sponsor: OBOS

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2023 Season dates: 25 March - 12 November

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Teams: 10

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Match rounds: 27

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Matches played overall: 135 (all teams meet each other three times

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Format: The 10 teams play each other three times, totalling 27 matches per team. The ninth placed team will face the second placed team of 1. divisjon in a two-legged play-off to decide who will play in the Toppserien next season.

 

UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top two teams  

 

Current champions 2022: SK Brann (2nd title)

 

Most championships: LSK Kvinner / Trondheims-Ørn (7 titles each)

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2022 Top scorer: Elise Thorsnes (19 goals)

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D1 ARKEMA

Known names:

• Division 1 Féminine

• D1 Féminine

• D1F

• D1 Arkema

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Highest league of women's football in France

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Founded: 1974

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League sponsor: Arkema

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Current champions 2021-22: Olympique Lyonnais (15th title)

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Most championships: Olympique Lyonnais (15 titles)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Marie-Antoinette Katoto (18 goals)

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2022-23 Season dates: 9 September 2022 - 27 May 2023

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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 determine the winner. 

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Relegation / Promotion: Bottom two clubs relegate to Division 2 Féminine and and the winners of the two groups in D2 Féminine are promoted to D1 Arkema in their place.

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top three clubs

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VROUWEN EREDIVISIE

Highest league of women's football in Netherlands

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Founded: 2007

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League sponsor: Azerion

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Current champions 2020-21: FC Twente (8th title)

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Most championships: FC Twente (8 titles)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Fenna Kalma (33 goals)

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2022-23 Season dates: 16 September 2022 – 5 May 2023

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Teams: 11

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Regular season rounds: 22

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Total matches regular season: 110

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Format: Each team will play all of the other teams twice over 22 rounds with each round one team having a bye due to the odd number of teams.

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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

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COUPE DE FRANCE FÉMININE

Annual women's cup in France.

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Founded in 2001 as Challenge de France. From the 2011–12 season the competition was renamed to Coupe de France Féminine

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Most successful club: Olympique Lyonnais (9 titles)

Reigning champions 2021/22: Paris Saint-Germain (3rd title)

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Format: The first round takes place without the clubs of Division 1 Féminine and Division 2 Féminine. The second round sees their entry, where first the D2 clubs enter before the D1 Arkema clubs enter in the Round of 16

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Dates:

Second round: 10-11 December 2022​

Round of 32: 17-18 January 2023

Round of 16: 28-29 January 2023

Quarter-finals: 5 March 2023

Semi-finals: 18 March 2023

Final: 13 May 2023

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Final venue: Stade de la Source, Orléans 

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WOMEN'S FA CUP

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

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Sponsor: Vitality

 

Founded: 1970 

 

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

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Most titles: Arsenal (14 titles)

 

Reigning champions 2021-22: Chelsea (4th title)​

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Teams participating 2022-23 season: 438, increase of 21 from previous year

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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 12 teams from the Women's Championship enter 

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

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2023 Final venue: Wembley Stadium, London (14 May)

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Prize money: A combined £3,000,000, compared to around £400,000 previous year

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UEFA WOMEN'S U-17 CHAMPIONSHIP 2023

The 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.

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Estonia is hosting the tournament on May 14–26.

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Eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2006 eligible to participate.

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Germany is the two-time defending champions.

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GROUP A

• Estonia (Host)

• Switzerland

• Spain

• Germany

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GROUP B

• France

• England

• Poland

• Sweden

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The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

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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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2022/23 Season: 20 August  2022 - 18 May 2023

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Teams: 48

• All teams from previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga

• All the teams from previous year's 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding certain clubs' second teams.

• 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:​ The rounds will be played in a one-legged system where the clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarterfinals.

• Round 1: 20 - 22 August 2022

• Round 2: 10 - 12 September 2022

• Round of 16: 19 - 20 November 2022

• Quarterfinals: 28 February 2023

• Semifinals: 15 - 17 April 2023

• Final: 18 May 2023

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Championship venue: RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

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Current champions 2021/22: VfL Wolfsburg (9th title)

 

Most successful club: Vfl Wolfsburg & Eintracht Frankfurt, previous known as 1. FFC Frankfurt (9 titles each)

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LIGA MX FEMENIL, CLAUSURA

Highest 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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Current season: 2022/23

Apertura* season: 8 July - 14 November 2022

Clausura* season: 6 January - June 2023

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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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Current champion (2022 Clausura): Chivas Guadalajara

Current champion (2022 Apertura): Tigres UANL (5th title)

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Top goal scorer 2022 Clausura: Alicia Cervante 14 goals

Top goal scorer 2022 Apertura: Mia Fishel 17 goals)

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Most championships all seasons: Tigres UANL (5 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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AXA WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE

Highest league of women's football in Switzerland

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Founded: 1970

• 1970 (as Nationalliga A)

• 2020 (as Super League)

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League sponsor: AXA

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Current champion 2021/22: FC Zürich Frauen (23rd title)

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Most championships: FC Zürich Frauen (23 titles)

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2021/22 Top scorer: Sina Cavelti (17 goals)

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2022/23 Season dates: 20 August 2022 – June 2023

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Teams: 10

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Match rounds Regular season: 18

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Total matches Regular season: 90

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Format Regular Season:

The 10 teams play against each other twice (home / away). The 8 best-placed teams qualify for the playoffs.

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Format Playoffs: 

The playoffs start with two-legged quarter-finals (home / away) as follows:

1st vs 8th

2nd vs 7th

3rd vs 6th

4th vs 5th

The four total winners of the quarter-finals reach the semi-finals, which also are played as two-legged (home / away). The winners of the semi-finals play the AWSL final (one game) for the Swiss champion title.

The four losing teams from the quarter-finals play classification games (two legs) to determine places 5 to 8. To determine who play who - all points and goals from the regular season and the play-off games are taken into account.
The final ranks of the losing semi-finalists will be determined with same ranking system. 

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Format Promotion / Relegation:

The 2 bottom-placed teams of the Regular season play a promotion / relegation round together with the 2 best-placed teams from Nationalliga B (the 2nd highest division).
All teams play against each other twice. The 2 best-placed teams in the promotion / relegation round stay in / move up to the AWSL. The bottom two clubs stay in / relegate to the Nationalliga B. 

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UWCL Qualification: Two teams

1. The Swiss champion

2. The winner of the Regular season (if it happens to be the same team as the Swiss champions, the losing team from the AWSL final will grab the second UWCL spot)

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WOMEN'S SUPER LEAGUE

Highest 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 2021-22: Chelsea (5th title)

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Most championships: Chelsea (5 titles)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Sam Kerr (20 goals)

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top three teams

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2022-23 Season dates: 10 September - 28 May

 

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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COPA DE LA REINA

ABOUT

The Copa de la Reina (Queen's Cup) is an annual cup competition for Spanish women's teams organized by the RFEF (Royal Spanish Football Federation). 

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HISTORY

The tournament was founded in 1983, five years before the Spanish women's league was created meaning the winners of the cup were crowned as Spanish champions.

From 2004 to 2017 the top eight clubs at the end of the league season qualified for the cup, and the knockout tournament took place once the league season was over. Since 2018, all the 16 teams of the first division joined and the competition has since been played during the league season.

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FORMAT & DATES 2022/23

48 teams participate. All ties are played in a single-match decider:

• First round: 13–15, 27–28 September 2022

• Second round: 18–20 October 2022

• Third round: 22-24 November 2022

• Round of 16: 11 January 2023

• Quarter-finals: 7-9 March 2023

• Semi-finals: 23-24 May 2023

• Final: 27 May 2023

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CURRENT CHAMPIONS

FC Barcelona Femení (9th title)

 

MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB

FC Barcelona Femení (9 titles)

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2023 CONCACAF WOMEN'S U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP

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The 12th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in the North, Central American and Caribbean region

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Host: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Dates:  24 May and 3 June 2023

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The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the CONCACAF representatives

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The United States are the two-time defending champions, having won the 2020 and 2022 tournaments

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GROUP A

• United States

• Canada

• Jamaica 

• Panama

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GROUP B

• Mexico

• Costa Rica

• Puerto Rico

• Dominican Republic (Host)

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The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

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LIGA F

Highest league of women's football in Spain, now with professional league status.

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Founded: 1988

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League sponsor: Finetwork

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Current champions: Barcelona (7th title)

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Most championships: Barcelona (7 titles)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Asisat Oshola / Geyse Ferreira (20 goals each)

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UEFA Women's Champions League Qualification: Top three teams 

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2022/23 Season: 10 September 2022 - 21 May 2023

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Teams: 16

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Match rounds: 30

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Matches played overall: 240 

 

Format: Each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents.

At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned champion. If points are equal between teams, what determines the winner is:

1. Goal difference in the matches between the two teams.

2. Goal difference all matches of the championship.

 

Relegation: Bottom two teams to Primera Federación Femenina (the second highest division)

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FRAUEN-BUNDESLIGA

Highest league of women's football in Germany

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Founded: 1990

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League sponsor: FLYERALARM

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Current champion 2021-22: Vfl Wolfsburg (7th title) 

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Most championships: 1. FFC Frankfurt & Vfl Wolfsburg (7 titles each)

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2021-22 Top scorer: Lea Schüller (16 goals)

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2022-23 Season dates: 16 September - 28 May

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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

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