The 2021 SAFA Women's League was the 2nd season of the fully-professional SAFA Women's League, and the 13th season of nation-wide league competition in women's club football in South Africa.

Teams

Team changes Joining the 12 teams from the inaugural 2019-20 competition were the two finalists from the 2019 Sasol League National Championship: JVW and Ma-Indies Ladies. No teams were relegated after the previous season per the expansion plan announced at the league launch in 2019; relegation would commence at the end of the 2022 season.

Stadiums and locations

+TeamLocationStadiumCapacityBloemfontein Celtic LadiesBloemfonteinSiwelele Park Stadium1,000Coal City WizardsJohannesburgPuma Stadium24,000Durban LadiesDurbanSugar Ray Xulu Stadium6,500First TouchPolokwaneBaroka village1,000Golden LadiesJohannesburgMontshioa StadiumJVW FCJohannesburgWits Stadium5,000Ma-Indies LadiesPolokwaneGiyani Stadium20,000Mamelodi Sundowns LadiesPretoriaLoftus versfeid stadium51,762Richmond UnitedNorthern CapeMerino Park Stadium200Thunderbirds LadiesGqeberhaSisa Dukashe Stadium17,000TUT ladiesPretoriaTUT Stadium2,500UJ LadiesJohannesburgUJ Soweto Stadium8,000UWC LadiesCape TownUWC Stadium2,500

Table

(C) Champion

Awards

The awards are also sponsored by Hollywoodbets, and were held on 26 March 2022.

AwardWinnerClub Goalkeeper of the Season Regirl Ngobeni UWC Player of the Season Bambanani Mbane Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Coach of the Season Jerry Tshabalala Top goalscorer Andisiwe MgcoyiNompumelelo NyandeniJVW Young Player of the Season Nthabiseng Majiya Richmond United Mbane was crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year.

See also 2021-22 South African Premier Division

References