Liga I (women's football)
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The Liga I is the top level women's football league in Romania. The champion team qualifies for UEFA Women's Champions League.
Founded | 1990 as Divizia A 2006 as Liga I 2013 as Superliga 2017 as Liga I |
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Country | Romania |
Confederation | UEFA |
Number of teams | 12 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | Liga II |
Domestic cup(s) | Romanian Women's Cup |
International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League |
Current champions | U Olimpia Cluj (11th title) (2021–22) |
Most championships | U Olimpia Cluj (11 titles) |
Website | frfotbal.ro |
Current: 2022–23 Liga I |
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.