PFF Women's League

The PFF Women’s League (PFFWL) is the top-flight of women's association football in the Philippines.

Brief history

To follow up with the PFF Women’s Cup which was launched in 2014, the PFF Women’s League was launched on November 5, 2016 by the Philippine Football Federation. The competition became the first to follow a league format following the folding of the Pinay Futbol League in 2013 and became the first women’s domestic league in the country. The league sanctioned by the PFF as an amateur tournament is part of FIFA's Women's Development Project for the Philippines.

Most of the teams that are participating at the inaugural 2016-17 season are either from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines or alumni teams. The PFF plans to hold a bigger amateur women’s league to give more playing opportunities to collegiate players after they graduate from their respective universities and eventually professionalize the league so it can support itself. The league was launched to create a bigger pool for the Philippines women’s national football team.

Teams

11 teams entered in the inaugural edition. At least for the inaugural edition, participating teams paid a registration fee of ₱15,000 inclusive of free uniforms, shoes, socks, and balls.

• Ateneo de Manila University

• De La Salle University

• Far Eastern University

• Fuego España

• Green Archers United

• Hiraya

• Kaya

• OutKast

• The Younghusband Football Academy

• University of Santo Tomas

• University of the Philippines

Information for this post was taken from Wikipedia