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Angolan Women's Football League

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Country
  
Angola

Founded
  
1997

Confederation
  
CAF

Level on pyramid
  
1

Domestic cup(s)
  
Taça de Angola SuperTaça de Angola

Current champions
  
Progresso do Sambizanga (2008)

The Angolan Women's Football League, currently inactive, is the top tier women's clubs competition in Angola. In 1997, a national championship was organized in Lubango, Huíla for the first time and on an experimental basis. Blocos FC, a team from Luanda was the winner.

In Luanda, eversince women's football tournaments began in 1993, over 30 clubs went out of business due to lack of support. At present, Progresso is one of the few, if not the only club to maintain a women's football team, even as official competition has halted.

Trivia

  • In the 2008 edition, Progresso do Sambizanga thrashed the Moxico Provincial team 30-0. Irene Gonçalves, a Progresso striker scored 22 goals.
  • References

    Angolan Women's Football League Wikipedia