Jordan Women's Football League

Jordan Women's Football League

Country	Jordan
Confederation	AFC
Founded	2005

The Jordan women's football championship is the main women's football tournament in Jordan. It was first contested in 2005. As the league is sponsored by Orange since 2012, it is called the Orange Women's Football league.

Teams

The top clubs draw up to 500 spectators per game.^[1]

Category A includes Shabab Al Ordon, Orthodoxi, Amman and Zarqa Category B includes: Petra, Kufor Rakeb, Al Esteqlal and Al Hussein^[2]

Format

It is played as a round-robin with the top four teams after that advancing to the play-offs.

Champions

The champions so far are:^[3] Apparently there was no championship held in 2009/10 and 2013/14.

• 2005 Shabab Al-Ordon (from Amman)
• 2006 Shabab Al-Ordon
• 2007 Shabab Al-Ordon
• 2008 Shabab Al-Ordon
• 2008/09 Shabab Al-Ordon
• 2010/11 Club Amman
• 2011/12 Shabab Al-Ordon^{[4] [5]}
• 2012/13 Shabab Al-Ordon
• 2014/15 Club Amman^[6][7][8]

References

1. "Jordan, the number one in the Arab region". fansoccer.de. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. "The women team technical staff will follow the league closely". Jordan FA. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. "Jordan - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. "The ceremony arrangements for orange-women league Champion". Jordan FA. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
5. "Women's football teams prepare for league" (5 November 2013). jordantimes.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
6. http://www.jordantimes.com/news/sports/amman-club-end-shabab-urdun%E2%80%99s-domination-women%E2%80%99s-football-league
7. http://www.jfa.com.jo/DomesticNewsDetails.aspx?NID=6503&lang=en
8. http://www.joc.jo/en/news/amman-club-clinch-women%E2%80%99s-league/

External links

• League at soccerway.com
• Jordan Football Association