FAZ Women's Super Division


The FAZ Women Super Division is the highest league of women's football in Zambia. It was established in the beginning of 2021 and is run by FAZ. The inaugural season featured 12 teams from four provinces in Zambia. The super division replaced the 4 regional women's leagues as the highest level of women's football in Zambia, while the regional leagues dropped to the second tier. In November 2022 a new nationalwide division one was created, serving as the second tier and dropping the regional leagues to the third tier.
The teams for the first season of the super division were selected from an application process where FAZ granted spots in the league for fully structured teams that were expected to be able to complete the full season. The creation of the league came from a wider promotion of the women's game in a promising era of Zambian women's football with the Copper Queens qualified for the Tokyo Olympic games. It was also a response to the newly announced CAF Women's Champions League, where the best teams of the continent are competing and started later in 2021.

Past champions

The Women's Football League in Zambia dates back to the beginning of the 1980s when women competed in Copperbelt province. The national league began in January 1984, according to RSSSF, with teams "mostly from Copperbelt towns: Luanshya, Mufulira, Kitwe, Ndola, Kalulushi, Chililabombwe and Chingola."
The Football Association of Zambia became involved in the national league held from 1999 for a few seasons, and the Lusaka Zambia Women Football Championship Cup was held from 2005 to 2007.
In the beginning of the 90s Copperbelt football died out while it instead was introduced in Lusaka at the end of the decade and Kabwata EDUSPORT United was an early dominant of the game. Since then, women have competed in various competitions, predominantly in the Copperbelt and Lusaka, with the following champions:

Clubs in the 2022-2023 season

The third edition of the national league was won by Green Buffaloes and were contested by the following 18 clubs:
ClubProvinceFinal position current seasonPosition previous season 2021/22First seasonFirst season of current spellNumber of seasons in Super DivisionBest Finishing position
Bauleni United Sports AcademyLusaka155 Zone B2020/212020/2136
Green Buffaloes WomenLusaka11 Zone A2020/212020/2131
Green EaglesSouthern117 Zone B2021/222021/22211
Indeni RosesCopperbelt62 Zone A2020/212020/2133
Elite Ladies - Lusaka Dynamos WomenLusaka44 Zone B2020/212020/2134
Mufulira Wanderers WomenCopperbelt187 Zone A2020/212020/21312
National Assembly WomenLusaka96 Zone A2020/212020/2139
Nkwazi QueensLusaka125 Zone A2020/212020/2138
Play it Forward QueensSouthern16Southern Province 1st2022/232022/23116
Police Doves QueensNorth-Western84 Zone A2020/212020/2138
Prison Leopards QueensCentral178 Zone B2021/222021/22215
Queens AcademyCentral136 Zone B2020/212020/21310
Red Arrows WomenLusaka22 Zone B2020/212020/2132
Trident QueensNorth-Western10North-West Province 1st2022/232022/23110
YASA QueensLusaka71 Zone B2020/212020/2132
Zanaco LadiesLusaka5Lusaka Province 1st2022/232022/2315
Zesco Ndola GirlsCopperbelt33 Zone A2020/212020/2133
ZISD QueensLusaka143 Zone B2020/212020/2136

Lower tiers of the football piramid

National League

The national division one League was introduced in the 2022–2023 season, and was played in two zones with 8 teams each. The league serves as the second tier of the Zambian football piramid for women.
Champions of the first season was Luyando in the South Zone and Police Blue Eagles in the North Zone.

Regional Leagues

Serving as the third tier of Zambian female football is leagues divided by provinces. Earlier the top tier was organised like this but with the introduction of the Super division and National division one League, the regional football is feeding the nationalwide tiers.