Liga I (women's football)

Liga I
Founded1990 as Divizia A
2006 as Liga I
2013 as Superliga
2017 as Liga I
Country Romania
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toLiga II
Domestic cup(s)Romanian Women's Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
Current championsFarul Constanța (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsU Olimpia Cluj (12 titles)
Websitefrfotbal.ro
Current: 2024–25 Liga I

The Liga I is the top level women's football league in Romania. The champion team qualifies for UEFA Women's Champions League.

After the fall of communism, organised women's football started to take off, and the founded clubs were distributed into 2 leagues - Divizia A with 12 teams and Divizia B with 30 teams grouped into 3 series, following a tournament called Cupa Libertății.[1] In 2006, the league was rebranded as Liga I along with its male counterparts, since the name Divizia A was found to already be trademarked.[2]

The top league was renamed Superliga for 4 seasons between the 2013–14 season, when the league-system was restructured, and until the 2016–17 season. Between these seasons, the name Liga I was given to the second-tier league.

  1. ^ Celălalt fotbal (PDF)
  2. ^ Cotidianul, Divizia A a fost mitraliată (The "A Division" was gunned down), accessed on 3 February 2007 Archived 12 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine