Adran Leagues
women's football league in Wales
The Adran Leagues (for sponsorship reasons called the Genero Adran Leagues) is the senior women's football league in Wales. Founded in 2009 as the Welsh Women's League, it rebranded in 2021 as the Adran Leagues. It consist of three divisions – the top tier is the Adran Premier, and the second tier is split geographically into Adran North and Adran South conferences.
The Adran Leagues runs an annual competition for all clubs, known as the Adran Trophy.
League competition
Adran Premier
As of 2024, the Adran Premier consists of eight teams. Each year one is relegated and one is promoted from the second tier. The winners of Adran North and Adran South conferences have a playoff to determine who is promoted, if that team qualifies for a tier one license.
During the first three years of the league's existence, the Premier league was also split into North and South conferences, with a final match determining the overall league champion.
Second tier
Adran North and South each consist of eight teams. A play-off between the winners of each conference determines the overall league champion, who is promoted to the Adran Premier.
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