Slovenian Women's League

Slovenian Women's League
Countries Slovenia
Founded 1992
Divisions 1
Number of teams 8
Levels on pyramid 1
Domestic cup(s) Slovenian Women's Cup
International cup(s) UEFA Champions League
Current champions ŽNK Krka
(2010/11)
Most championships ŽNK Krka (8)
Website nzs.si
2011/12

The Slovenian Women's League (Slovenian: 1.Slovenska Ženska Nogometna Liga, 1.SŽNL, 1. Slovenian women's football league) is the top level women's football league of Slovenia. It was founded in 1992 and currently features ten teams.

The champion of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Contents

Format

The teams play each other twice per season. Thus every team plays 14 matches. There is no relegation system in place. In 2010–11 a playoff system was adopted. After the regular season the top 4 and bottom 4 team play each other twice again with the points added to the regular season record. After that the winner of the top 4 group is crowned champion.

2011-12 teams

List of champions

The champions are:[1][2]

Top Scorers

The following is a list of all seasons's top scorers since 2001.[3] Anica Korpič won the award a record five times, four times in the first four seasons of the league. Tanja Vrabel got three awards in the most recent seasons. Mateja Zver achieved the highest number of goals per season, scoring 61 goals in just 21 games.

Season Top scorer Club Goals (Apps)
2000/01 Anica Korpič ŽNK Škale 32 (14)
2001/02 Anica Korpič ŽNK Škale-Mila-Krško 43 (20)
2002/03 Anica Korpič ŽNK Atrij Odranci LEN 43 (20)
2003/04 Anica Korpič ŽNK Krka 44 (20)
2004/05 Karmen Vais ŽNK Pomurje Len 43 (20)
2005/06 Anica Korpič ŽNK Krka 27 (20)
2006/07 Mateja Zver ŽNK Pomurje 61 (21)
2007/08[4] Natalija Golob ŽNK Slovenj Gradec 38 (20)
2008/09 Tanja Vrabel ŽNK Pomurje 33 (20)
2009/10 Tanja Vrabel ŽNK Pomurje-Beltinci 30 (14)
2010/11 Tanja Vrabel ŽNK Pomurje-Beltinci 50 (20)

References

  1. ^ rsssf.com; Slovenia (Women) Final Rankings
  2. ^ nzs.si; Dosedanje zmagovalke
  3. ^ nzs.si; Goal strikers
  4. ^ nzs.si; Goal scorers 2007/08

External links

National teams
League system
First League · Second League · Third League (East & West) · Regional League (5 subdivisions) · Women's league
Domestic cups
Youth competitions
Youth League (U-16 & U-18)
Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)
National Leagues
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Former leagues
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