BeNe League
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| Country | Belgium Netherlands |
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| Confederation | UEFA |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Folded | 2015 |
| Number of teams | 14 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) |
KNVB Women's Cup Belgian Women's Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Women's Champions League |
| Last champions |
Standard Fémina (1st title) (2014–15) |
| Most championships | FC Twente (2 titles) |
| Website | www |
The BeNe League was the highest women's football league in Belgium and the Netherlands. To increase competitiveness in their national leagues, the BeNe League was a joint cooperation between the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Dutch Football Association. Its first season was played in 2012–13 following the successful cooperation with the one match BeNe Super Cup, that paired both countries' national champions. The competition qualified the highest-placed Belgian and Dutch teams to the UEFA Women's Champions League.
After three seasons the league was discontinued and both nations returned to their own top-level leagues.
First talks of the league began in 2011. As a try-out of cooperation in 2011 the BeNe Super Cup was established. The KBVB/URBSFA approved the league on 10 December 2011. The KNVB approved the league on 13 February 2012.
UEFA then eventually gave the green light for the 2012–13 season on 23 March 2012 after its meeting of its Executive Committee in Istanbul.
There were some problems in the second season, with two teams not returning for the season, one going bankrupt during the season and one team folding after the season for financial reasons.
Following the third season, Belgium and the Netherlands will have their own top level league again. The BeNe League initiative was ended because Dutch clubs and the Dutch FA failed to come to an agreement regarding the clubs' financial participation for the following seasons.
Twente won both seasons. Due to the different stages in the first season there was no official top scorer award given.
The League is divided in two stages. In the first stage eight Dutch and eight Belgian teams will play a national League qualifying for the second stage. The second stage is divided in the Women's BeNe League A & B.
The eight Dutch and eight Belgian teams will play a national double round-robin, thus each team playing 14 matches. The number 1 until 4 qualify for the BeNe League A, the numbers 5 until 8 qualify for the BeNe League B.
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