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The Ethiopian Women's Premier League (Amharic: የሴቶች ፕሪምየር ሊግ) is the top Women's association football league in Ethiopia. It is regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation and divided into two division, division 1 (the top division) and division 2 ( the second division).
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History
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The league was founded in 2012 (2005 E.C.).
Dedebit won their 2nd title in the 2015-16 season.[1] Ethiopia Nigd Bank's striker Shitaye Sisay won the 2015-16 Most Valuable Player award. Loza Abera was top goal scorer at season's end with 10 goals in the playoffs and 47 goals during season competition.[1]
Dedebit won its 3rd title in the 2016-17 season.[2] After the 2016-17 season the first division was split into two divisions with the inaugural season of the Women's second division league set for the 2017-18 season.[3]
The format of the league for the 2016-17 season had 20 teams in two groups (10 teams per group) with group winners fighting for the trophy at the end of the season.[4] The 20 clubs that participated were a record high since the establishment of the league.
Dedebit were crowned champions for a third straight year earning the club's 4th title overall in its history.[5] The Dedebit Women's team was disbanded the after 2017-18 season due to the club's financial problems.
Adama City won the 2018-19 league title, its first as a club.[6] In 2021, Nigd Bank secured its fourth championship in the team's history, first since 2015, by virtue of 2-1 victory over Adama City.[7] The 2020-21 second division was won by Bahir Dar Kenema, qualifying the team for the next season's first division competition.[8] CBE FC won the first division title in the 2020-21 season.[9]
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Clubs
Division 1
The following 11 clubs competed in the Ethiopian Women's Premier League (Division 1) during the 2020-21 Season.
Division 2
The following 8 clubs competed in the Ethiopian Premier League (Division 2) during the 2020-21 Season.
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Previous Winners (First Division)
- 2004: Dedebit (Addis Abeba)
- 2012: Dedebit (Addis Abeba)
- 2012-13: Dedebit (Addis Abeba)
- 2013-14: CBE FC
- 2014-15: CBE FC
- 2015-16: Dedebit (Addis Abeba)
- 2016-17: Dedebit (Addis Abeba)
- 2017-18: Dedebit (Addis Abeba)
- 2018-19: Adama City (Adama)
- 2019-20: Season Cancelled
- 2020-21: CBE FC
- 2021-22: CBE FC
- 2022-23: CBE FC[7][9]
Top Goal Scorer (First Division)
*including playoff goals
References
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