Naisten Liiga
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Naisten Liiga is the highest division of women's football
in Finland
. The competition was first held in 1971. Up to 2006 it was known as Naisten SM-sarja ("Women's Finnish championship series").
The league consists of 12 clubs who play two rounds with a total of 22 matches per team in a season. At the end of the season the 12th placed team is relegated to the second level and the 11th placed team continues to relegation play-offs. The league champion qualifies for the next season's UEFA Women's Champions League.
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...
in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. The competition was first held in 1971. Up to 2006 it was known as Naisten SM-sarja ("Women's Finnish championship series").
The league consists of 12 clubs who play two rounds with a total of 22 matches per team in a season. At the end of the season the 12th placed team is relegated to the second level and the 11th placed team continues to relegation play-offs. The league champion qualifies for the next season's UEFA Women's Champions League.
Teams participating in the 2011 season
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