The 2012–13 season of the Women's BeNe League was the first season of the Belgium and the Netherlands' women's football top level league. Since this was the first season, the league had no reigning champion, although both countries had reigning champions from their former top leagues—

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and

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. The season started on 24 August 2012. The championship was won by

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Format

The season began with a national phase, involving eight teams in each nation. The teams then played a double round-robin, resulting in 14 matches per team. The best four teams from each nation then qualified for the BeNe League A. The other teams joined the BeNe League B. The best team of each country in League A qualified for the

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Teams

Teams were required to apply for league places. In Belgium, 11 teams asked for a license, and nine teams got a license. Dutch teams had until 31 May 2011 to apply. On 5 June, the KNVB announced that nine Dutch teams would join the BeNe league. On 11 June,

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decided with FCE/PSV to withdraw from the

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First stage

BeNe League Red (Belgium)

BeNe League Orange (Netherlands)

Second stage

BeNe League A

Standard has secured the Champions League spot as best placed Belgium team.

BeNe League B

Topscorers

Below are the scorers of the single stages. There was no official top-scorer award given this year.

First stage

Updated to games played on 21 December 2012
Source: uk.women.soccerway.com Updated to games played on 22 December 2012
Source: uk.women.soccerway.com

Second stage

Updated to games played on 27 May 2013
Source: uk.women.soccerway.com Updated to games played on 26 May 2013
Source: uk.women.soccerway.com

References

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