Première Ligue
Women's association football league in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Première Ligue (French pronunciation: [pʁəmʒɛʁ liɡ]; sponsor name Arkema Première Ligue) is a professional women's association football league at the highest level of the French football league system, and is run by the Ligue féminine de football professionnel (LFFP). Its annual competition features twelve teams playing two series of round-robin matches from September to June, to determine the four participants of a single-elimination tournament. The winners of the tournament are crowned champions of France, and contest the Trophée des Championnes match the following season. At the end of each season, the top three teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League, while the bottom two teams are relegated to the Seconde Ligue.
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Organising body | LFFP |
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Founded | 1975; 49 years ago (1975) |
Country | France |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 12 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Seconde Ligue |
Domestic cup(s) | |
International cup(s) | UEFA Women's Champions League |
Current champions | Olympique Lyonnais (17th) |
Most championships | Olympique Lyonnais (17) |
TV partners | |
Current: 2024–25 season |
The Première Ligue is the latest iteration of a competition founded in 1975 by the French Football Federation (FFF) as the amateur Division 1 Féminine. Professionalism was introduced for the first time in the 2009–10 season. The competition was ranked the best women's league in Europe according to UEFA 2019–20 women's association club coefficients.[1] Olympique Lyonnais have won the league the most times (17), and also hold the record for consecutive wins (14).