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club representing the University of the Western Cape based in Bellville, Western Cape. The senior team competes in the SAFA Women's League, the top tier women's football league in South Africa. In 2024 they won the 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League and qualified for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League becoming the first university to qualify for the CAF Women's Champions League. UWC are the 2021,

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champions.

History

They were runners-up in the 2018 and 2019

editions losing both finals to TUT Ladies.

2021 season

2021 Women's Varsity Football

The team won their maiden Women's Varsity Football Cup 4-3 via penalties against UP-Tuks Ladies after the match ended in a goalless draw. They had won all their matches in group B and kept a clean sheet throughout the tournament. They rounded off the 2021 season with a third place finish in the

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2022 season

In 2022, they lost their Women's Varsity Football Cup title 5-3 via penalties to UJ Ladies after a goalless draw. In the

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, they finished as runner's up with 68 points to Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies' 82 points.

2023 season

In 2023, they reclaimed the Women's Varsity Football Cup winning 2-0 against defending champions UJ Ladies. In the

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, the side were runner-ups for the second time in a row finishing with 75 points to Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies' 78 points.

2024 season

COSAFA Women's Champions League

In July 2024 it was confirmed that the

second placed team would represent South Africa at the 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League. This made the University of the Western Cape the first university to qualify for the Champions League qualifiers. On 15 August 2024, they opened their 2024 COSAFA Women's Champions League with a 1-0 loss to Green Buffaloes from Zambia. They won their next match with a 3-0 win over FC Ongos from Namibia. They topped group A and qualified for the semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Herentals Queens from Zimbabwe. In the semi-finals against

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from Eswatini they won the match 6-0. They won the final 9-8 via penalties against Gaborone United Ladies from Botswana after the match ended in a 1-1 draw. This meant they qualified for the 2024 CAF Women's Champions League and will become the first university to play in the

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2024 Women's Varsity Football

They defended their

title with a 2-1 win over hosts TUT Ladies in the final.

Team

Technical team

Honours

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* SAFA Women's League: Runner-up:

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* Women's Varsity Football Cup: 2021,

Runner's up: 2018, 2019,

Notable players

FIFA World Cup participants

List of players that were called up for a

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while playing for the university. In brackets, the tournament played: * Bongeka Gamede (

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) * Fikile Magama (

) *

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(

) * Kholosa Biyana (

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call up while playing for the university: *

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* Regirl Ngobeni * Amogelang Motau

Team statistics

COSAFA Women's Champions League record

SAFA Women's League record

* Orange = In progress * Gold = Champions * Silver = Runner up

References

{{SAFA Women's League University and college soccer clubs in South Africa SAFA Women's League Women's soccer clubs in South Africa