Malawi Women's League

Last updated
Malawi Women's League
Founded2020;5 years ago (2020)
CountryFlag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Confederation CAF
Number of clubs24
Relegation toW-League D2
Domestic cup(s)W-Presidential Cup
International cup(s) CAF W-Champions League
Current championsBlantyre Zero (1st title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsBlantyre Zero ,DD Sunshine (1 title)
Current: 2022-23 W-League

The Malawi Women's League called also Elite Women's League was the top flight of women's association football in Malawi in 2020. The competition was run by the National Women's Football Association which is a member association of the Football Association of Malawi. In 2025 a ten-club national women’s football league was unveiled sponsored by the National Bank of Malawi. [1]

Contents

History

Women's football was founded in 1998 in Blantyre. It was formed on first, a Blantyre Women's District League which later had becomes a Blantyre Women's Regional League and layer introduced in other regions. [2] On 2020 was started the first Malawi women's League which is composed of three regions of height teams each who will split into Regional and National phases. [3] [4]

In July 2025 a ten-club national women’s premier football league was unveiled by Fleetwood Haiya sponsored by the National Bank of Malawi. The teams will be the top three teams from the three regions of Malawi with the tench place settled by competition. The initial set would include FCB Nyasa Big Bullets Women, Ntopwa FC, Moyale Sisters, MK Academy, Mighty Wanderers Queens (South); Ascent Soccer, Civil Service Women, Silver Strikers Ladies (Centre) and Topik Sisters (North) [1]

Champions

The list of champions and runners-up:

YearChampionsRunners-up
2023 [5] Ntopwa Women Ascent Academy
2024Ascent AcademyMDF Lionesses [6]
2025 Ntopwa Women

References

  1. 1 2 Mabuka, Dennis (2025-07-10). "Malawi FA, National Bank unveils first-ever national women's league - Africa Top Sports" . Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Status of Malawi Women's Football" (PDF). fam.mw. 2020.
  3. ↑ "Inaugural National Women's League kicks off". cafonline.com. 29 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "FAM Women's Football League 2021". RSSSF . Hans Schöggl. 23 September 2021.
  5. ↑ 2023
  6. ↑ "Ascent Academy seek to reach new heights in 'home' qualifiers". COSAFA | The Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 2025-09-05. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.