Venezuelan Women's Super League

The Venezuelan Women's Super League (Spanish: Superliga Femenina Fútbol de Venezuela) is the top level league competition for women's football in Venezuela. The winner qualifies for the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, the South American Champions League. The competition is organised by the Venezuelan Football Federation. It was established in 2017, with the league was made into a semi-professional one, and under the control of the Women's Football Commission.^[1]

Venezuelan Women's Super League

Founded	2017
Country	Venezuela
Confederation	CONMEBOL
Divisions	1
Number of clubs	12
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Copa Venezuela
International cup(s)	Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino
Current champions	ADIFFEM (2024)
Most championships	Caracas (6)
Current: 2024

History

A national amateur league was formed in 2000. In the Liga Amateur de Fútbol Femenino (LAFF) mostly University teams were playing. UCAB (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello) from Caracas won three of the four editions. In 2003/04 the national league was established. It was called the Primera División Femenina until 2016, when it was decided that women's footballers will be received with more adequate means to improve their football life, thus leading to the creation of the Super League in 2017. The newly established Super League will allow clubs to have professional contracts for female footballers and greater insurance, though it is not mandatory due to its semi-professional status.^[2][3][4]

Format

In the 2011 season there were 11 teams in two divisions, an Eastern and Western one. The champion qualified for the Copa Libertadores. The 2012/13 season was played in Apertura and Clausura format. Apertura from September to December and Clausura from December to June.^[5]

In 2016 the final stage consisted of a hexagonal with six teams each playing each other twice. The two leading teams played for the championship in a two leg match.^[6]

In 2017 the national FA changed the league to a semi-professional one.^[7] Clubs now need a license, professional staff and pay their players.

Background

Liga Nacional Femenina

Ed.	Season	Champion
1	2004	Estudiantes de Mérida
2	2005	Estudiantes de Mérida
3	2006	UCAB Spirit
4	2007	Zulia
5	2008	Fundemer
6	2009	Caracas
7	2010	Caracas
8	2011	Caracas[8]
9	2012	Caracas[9]
10	2013	Estudiantes de Guárico[10]
11	2014	Caracas[11]
12	2015	Estudiantes de Guárico[12]
13	2016	Estudiantes de Guárico
14	2017	Deportivo Lara
15	2018	Arroceros de Calabozo
16	2019	Deportivo Petare
Defunct Tournament

List of champions

Below is the list of champions.^[13] Caracas FC have been national champion five times, the most of any team.

Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up
Superliga Femenina (2017–2021)
1	2017	Estudiantes de Guárico[14]	Flor de Patria
2	2018	Flor de Patria[15][16]	Deportivo Táchira
3	2019	Estudiantes de Caracas[17]	Flor de Patria
–	2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
–	2021
Primera División Femenina (2022–present)
4	2022	Deportivo Lara	Madeira Club Lara
5	2023	Caracas	ADIFFEM
6	2024	ADIFFEM (1)	Marítimo

Titles by club

Club	Titles	Seasons won
Caracas	6	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2023
Estudiantes de Guárico	4	2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 SL
Deportivo Lara	2	2017 LN, 2022
Estudiantes de Mérida	2	2004, 2005
ADIFFEM	1	2024
Arroceros de Calabozo	1	2018 LN
Deportivo Petare	1	2019 LN
Estudiantes de Caracas	1	2019 SL
Flor de Patria	1	2018 SL
Fundemer	1	2008
UCAB Spirit	1	2006
Zulia	1	2007

National Cups

Ed.	Season	Champion	Runner-up
1	2021 Invitacional	Atlético Sport (1)	Caracas
2	2021 Adecuación	Yaracuyanos (1)	Caracas

References

1. "Arbitrosfvf.com - Sitio Oficial" (PDF). 2016-03-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
2. "Superliga Femenina de Fútbol profesional de Venezuela se organiza por primera vez | | Efecto Cocuyo". 2017-02-20. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
3. "La Superliga Femenina sale a la luz en marzo". 2017-02-20. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
4. "Se realizará la primera Superliga Femenina de Fútbol en Venezuela | ACN". 2017-02-20. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
5. "2012/13 format" (in Spanish). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
6. "DANZ y Estudiantes de Guárico a la final de la liga nacional" (in Spanish). diarioelnacionalista.com.ve. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
7. "Artloft".
8. "venezuela - feminas del caracas fc ya son tricampeonas" [Women of FC Caracas are three time champion.] (in Spanish). 11 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
9. "Caracas wins title" (in Spanish). rnv.gov.ve. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
10. "Estudiantes de Guárico ganó 3-1 al Caracas FC y se tituló campeón femenino" (in Spanish). balonazos.com. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
11. "Caracas FC femenino es campeón por quinta vez y va a la Libertadores" (in Spanish). primicia.com.ve. 12 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
12. "Estudiantes de Guárico campeonas absolutas" (in Spanish). eltubazodigital.com. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
13. "Venezuela - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
14. "Estudiantes de Guárico conquisto la Súper Liga" (in Spanish). diarioeltiempo.com.ve. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
15. "Flor de Patria se tituló campeón del Torneo Apertura". 21 June 2018.
16. "Flor de Patria se tituló campeón de la Superliga Femenina". 22 October 2018.
17. "Estudiantes de Caracas se coronó en la Superliga Femenina". lavinotinto.com (in Spanish). 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

External links

• Venezuelan FA
• Twitter-Feed
• Twitter-Liga Femenina