BeNe League (soccer)

BeNe League
Association	KBVB and KNVB
First edition	2012
Teams	15 teams
master	Standard Liège (2014/15)
Record champions	FC Twente Enschede (2)
Record player	Kirsten Koopmans , 78 games
Record scorer	Vivianne Miedema , 68 goals
Website	www.beneleague.com
Qualification for	UEFA Women's Champions League

The BeNe League ( BeNe : Short form of Be lgien and Netherlands ( Ne derland ), abbr .: BNL ) was the top league of the women's team of Belgian and Dutch football clubs .

history

When it was founded in the 2012/13 season, it formed the first cross-border league of two national sports associations in Europe with eight clubs each from both countries: the Royal Belgian Football Association and the Royal Dutch Football Association . Previous major leagues were Eerste Klasse in Belgium and Eredivisie in the Netherlands.

When it was founded, the most important goal was to improve the sporting quality of women's football in both countries, given the difficulties of putting together their own first division in each country from 16 or more similarly high-performing teams. In the second season, however, several clubs struggled with severe financial losses, so that during the season in January 2013, FC Utrecht had to file for bankruptcy. In addition, Royal Antwerp withdrew from the league with the start of the 2014/2015 season. Before the 2015/2016 season, Club Bruges finally dissolved its first team and withdrew from the league. After several clubs struggled with financial problems, the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond decided in January 2015 to leave the joint league with Belgium at the beginning of the 2015/2016 season. With the dissolution of the league, FC Twente Enschede remains the league's record champions with two championship titles. The former BeNeLeague teams from Belgium have been playing in the newly founded Super League since the dissolution and the Dutch clubs in the revived Eredivisie .

year	winner	Second place	third place	Top player	proof
2012-2013	FC Twente	Standard Fémina	PSV FC Eindhoven	- (not determined)
2013-2014	FC Twente	Standard Fémina	Ajax	Vivianne Miedema (Heerenveen), 39 goals
2014-2015	Standard Fémina	FC Twente	Ajax	Tessa Wullaert (standard), 18 goals

mode

In the first season, Belgian ( BeNe League Red ) and Dutch ( BeNe League Orange ) teams were divided into two groups in return games ; after the winter break, the top four from each country played in BeNe League A , the rest in BeNe League B .

From the 2013/14 season onwards everyone will play in the same league. The first-placed team wins the BeNe Supercup , for which the national champions had already played in 2011 and 2012. The top-ranked Belgian and top-ranked Dutch teams are champions in their respective countries and thus both qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League .

Founding members

From Belgium RSC Anderlecht Royal Antwerp Club Bruges KAA Gent Lierse SK Oud-Heverlee lions Standard Liege

From the Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam ADO The Hague PSV / FC Eindhoven SC Heerenveen SC Telstar VVNH FC Twente Enschede FC Utrecht PEC Zwolle

Web links

• FanSoccer, women's football international: BeNe-Liga with problems even before the official start, introduction of a new joint league in Belgium and the Netherlands , accessed on August 15, 2012.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Darmanin: Bankruptcy brings end to women's football at FC Utrecht . UtrechtCentral.com. January 11, 2014. Accessed January 31, 2014.
2. ^ FC Antwerp stapt uit BeNe League ( Dutch ) Vrouwenvoetbalnieuws. February 17, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
3. ↑ http://www.voetbalkrant.com/nl/nieuws/lees/2015-02-05/club-brugge-duwt-verschillende-internationals-naar-de-exit?ref=team_news
4. ↑ Women's BeNe League to close as Dutch and Belgians rethink strategy . insideworldfootball.com. January 8, 2015. Accessed January 8, 2015.
5. ↑ Arjan Veurink: On the other hand, FC Twente will have four country championships, which means that the League will be under the League and the other will be held on the KNVB-beker
6. ↑ http://www.belgianfootball.be/nl/nieuws/super-league-vrouwenvoetbal-vanaf-volgend-seizoen
7. ↑ Eredivisie vrouwen start met zeven clubs ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KNVB.nl, April 2, 2015  
8. ↑ FC Twente kampioen BeNe League ( Dutch ) NOS.nl. May 25, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
9. ^ BeNe League . women.soccerway.com. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
10. ↑ Wiep Wierda: Vivianne Miedema onbetwiste topscorer ( Dutch ) Bene League. June 7th, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14th, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 8, 2014. 
11. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ↑ ^{a b} Belgium and the Netherlands cross borders. In: derStandard.at. September 6, 2011, accessed December 6, 2017 .