The African contingency mounts ahead of the new season in the Chinese Women Super League as Hangzhou welcome Ghana WPL current top scorer the highly talented Mary Amponsah. Mary moves on from Ampem Darkoa where she was the league leading scorer with 14 goals after 13 rounds.
Mary-Ann Ogochukwu Ezenagu (24 years) moves on from the Russian Women’s Super League who featured for Rivers Angels and Bayelsa Queens in the CAF Women’s Champions League. She was also a youth international and a very talented player playing at the 2016 Fifa Women’s Under 17 WWC.
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Changchun confirmed the signings of African trio Sandrine Niyonkuru, Ochumba Lubandji and Aisha Nantongo
Sandrine Niyonkuru the star of the Egyptian Women’s Premier League in the past two years leading FC Masar to the championship and a third place spot in the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League is joined by her club team mate Uganda international Aisha Nantongo a strong defender who will strengthen the defense of the vice champions.
Zambia’S Ochumba Lubandji joins the club from Red Arrows who had scored 20 gold in the opening half of the Zambia Women’s Super League season
Changchun Women’s Football Team has introduced four players. Among the four, the most famous one is former national team player Yao Lingwei. Born in 1995, Yao Lingwei played for Jiangsu Women’s Football Team as a defensive midfielder.
In addition, Wang Huimin and Cui Miaomiao, who were born in 2003, and Bai Yifan, who was born in 2000, also
Round 2 CAF WCL champions v preliminary round winner
Semi Final Uefa WCL v round 2 winner
Libertadores Feminina champions v Concacaf Women’s Champions Cup champion
FIFA Women’s Champions Cup 2026 qualification timeline: continental club competition finals AFC Women’s Champions League: 24 May 2025 CAF Women’s Champions League: 23 November 2025 Concacaf W Champions Cup: 24 May 2025 CONMEBOL Libertadores Femenina: 18 October 2025 OFC Women’s Champions League: 17 May 2025 UEFA Women’s Champions League: 24 May 2025
Fifa Women’s Champions Cup Final 4 dates
2026 Jan 28 to Feb 1
2027 Jan 27 to Jan 31
AFC Women’s Champions League
Quarter Final
March 22 Incheon v Bam Khatoon
March 22 Ho Chin Ming City v Abu Dhabi Country Club
March 23 Melbourne City v Blue Whale
March 23 Urawa v Wuhan
Concacaf Women’s Championships Cup
Semi Final
May 21 Tigres v Portland
May 21 America v Gotham
Final May 24
Conmebol Libertadores Feminina
Teams Qualified
Argentina Boca, San Lorenzo
Brasil, Corinthians, São Paulo, Ferroviária
Chile Colo Colo, U de Chile
Colombia 2025 champion and runner up
Ecuador 2025 Champion
Paraguay Libertad, Olimpia
Peru 2025 champion
Uruguay Nacional
Venezuela 2025 champion
OFC Women’s Champions League Tahiti
Tahiti Tupapa Maraerenga
PNG Hekari United
New Zealand Auckland
Fiji Ba
Vanuatu Penama Tigers
Others to be announced
UEFA Women’s Champions League
Quarter Final
First Leg
March 18 Real Madrid v Arsenal
March 18 Bayern v Lyon
March 19 Wolfsburg v Barcelona
March 19 Man City v Chelsea
Second Leg
March 26 Lyon v Bayern
March 26 Arsenal v Real Madrid
March 27 Barcelona v Wolfsburg
March 27 Chelsea v Man City
13 clubs will earn a direct passage while the remaining three will qualify via a one off match play in route.
Direct slots
AFC x2
CAF x2
Concacaf x2
Conmebol x2
UEFA x5
Play in slots
All confederations AFC, CAF, Concacaf, Conmebol, OFC and UEFA obtain one play in position of which three ties will be drawn with the matches played in a single tie, the three winners advancing to the Group stage of the Fifa Women’s World Club Cup
Second place Fomget eased to a 3-1 victory over Hakkarigücü Abi Kim opening the scoring before Armisa Kuc and Olha Odviychuk extended the lead to 3-0. Elizabeth Owusuaa scored Hakkarigücü consolation on 76 minutes.
Amed 0-2 Trabzonspor
Fatlinda Ramaj struck just after the interval to give Trabzonspor the lead which Azra Ardos doubled in the 88th mínute to complete the 2-0 victory
Besiktas 2-1 Ünye
Glory A Ogbonna burst the net with a dramatic 90th minute winner to earn Besiktas 3 valuable points in the title race. In a hard fought contest Besiktas defeated a stubborn Ünye outfit 2-1 to stay 3rd 8 pts behind leaders Fenerbahçe
Taiwo Lawal had cancelled out Fadimatou Kome opening goal.
Fatih Vatan 8-0 Çemeköy
Gabi Da Santos and Zeynep Koçer bagged braces as Fatih Vatan routed Çemeköy 8-0 to move up to 8th in the standings
Fenerbahçe 5-0 Bornova
Yagmur Uraz struck a quadruple as Leaders Fenerbahçe romped to a 5-0 win over Bornova. Brasilian Marta Cintra opened the scoring on 5 minutes before Uraz took over with goals on 34 44 60 and 72 mínutes
Beylerbeyispor 2-0 Alg Spor
Beylerbeyi struck a big blow to Alg Spor title hopes with a 2-0 win. Scoreless at the break Alexandra Takounda Engolo opened the scoring with a excellent strike on 60 minutes. Kader Hancar sealed the win with a breakaway goal on the last play of the game in the 90+5th minute.
Alice Ogebe struck two goals on her debut for FC Masar in a 7-0 rout of El Mokawloon to remain top of the standings as the first matches of the Championship Round commenced. Each team will play each other once with FC Masar facing Al Alhy in the final match round on May 2.
Alice Ogebe preparing for debut
Á first encounter saw Al Alhy overcome ZED FC Charity Reuben give Al Alhy the lead with a sublime header from a freekick gave Al Alhy on 30 minutes before cooly placing a stoppage time penalty into the bottom corner to earn Al Alhy a 2-1 victory and remain a point behind leaders FC Masar.
Chinaza Agoh had slotted home the equaliser from a excellent cut back on 78 minutes
Charity Reuben celebrates a late winner
Fajobi Yetunde Atinuke fired home a excellent brace the first a superb header from a freekick. Early in the second half Slimzi completed her brace running onto a through ball and calmly slotting the ball into the low far corner of the net. NBE pulled a goal back on 67 minutes before Abigail Sakyiwaa sealed Zamalek’s 3-1 win.
Slimzi celebrating a braceAbigail Sakyiwaa sealed a 3-1 victory
Wadi Degla overcame Pyramids 1-0 to stay in touch with the leaders, Manar struck the winning goal on 81 minutes
Samuel Oluwagbemi earned Modern Sport a 1-0 win over Maadi in Thursdays match scoring in stoppage time.
The 2026 AFC Women’s schedule has been released with host Australia opening the tournament in Perth.
Group play last from March 1-10, with the Quarter Finals March 13-15. Stadium Australia will host a Semi Final on March 18 with Perth hosting the first Semi Final on March 17.
The final will be held in Stadium Australia on Sunday March 21st
Pairings and kick-off times will be confirmed following the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Final Draw, which will take place later this year after the conclusion of the Qualifiers of the tournament that will be played from June 23 to July 5.
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