The Soviet women's football championship were mass competitions among women's
football
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teams in the
Soviet Union and were conducted by the
Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The championship consisted of three tiers (Higher, First and Second leagues) with each having two or more groups.
Football competitions among women were conducted before, but in 1990 there was established an official championship. In 1989 there took place competitions among teams of trade unions involving some 60 teams.
After two seasons the championship was discontinued due to
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
. Most of the Russian-based clubs formed the new
Russian Women's Football Championship; clubs based in former Soviet republics based in Europe formed their own leagues, while those in Central Asia either dissolved or moved to Russia, as local federations did not allow women's football for many years, or none at all to date.
Champions
See also
*
Russian Women's Football Championship, successor.
References
External links
Soviet women's football championshipat
RSSSF
{{Football in the Soviet Union
women
Women's League
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1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union
Defunct top level women's association football leagues in Europe