11 teams to enter the soccer women's professional league "WE League" will be decided October 15th, 15:57
Eleven teams to enter the WE League, a professional soccer league for women's soccer, which will start next year, have been decided, and two newly established teams will enter along with nine teams belonging to the Nadeshiko League. ..
The WE League is looking for clubs to join the league with the aim of opening next fall, and by July 17 teams had applied for membership.
At the board meeting on the 15th, the WE League signed professional contracts with more than 15 players, and after judging based on its own entry criteria such as making more than half of the officers and employees female, the application for 11 teams Approved.
Approved are nine teams from the current Nadeshiko League, including Nippon TV Beleza, INAC Kobe Leonessa, and Nagano Parceiro, as well as two new teams established by J1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima and J2 Omiya Ardija.
Kikuko Okajima, chair of the WE League, said, "Everything was fascinating, but after debating the judges and the board of directors, we approved 11 clubs. We will continue to prepare for the event. "
11 teams approved for membership
There are 9 teams entering from the Nadeshiko League.
▽ My Navi Sendai in Sendai City ▽
Urawa Reds in Saitama City
▽ Chifure Elfen Saitama in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture
▽ Jeff Chiba in Chiba City ▽
Nittele
Belaser in
Inagi City, Tokyo
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Nojima Sutera
Kanagawa Sagamihara in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
▽ Nagano Parceiro
▽ Albirex Niigata in Seiro Town, Niigata Prefecture ▽
INAC Kobe Leonessa in Kobe City
Two new teams to enter.
▽ Omiya Ardija in Saitama City ▽
Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Hiroshima City