Fans of Leyton Orient Women

Women's football pyramid - England
2026/27

Tier

League

Status

All-England national competition

1

FA Women's Super League 1

Full-time
Professional

2

FA Women's Super League 2

Full-time
Professional

FA Women's National leagues (FAWNL)

3

2 zonal leagues (North & South)

Largest zones
Mix of amateur and semi pro.

4

4 zonal leagues

Large zones
Mix of amateur and semi pro.

FA Women's Regional leagues

5

8 regional leagues

Mid-sized regions
Strictly amateur

6

17 regional leagues
(This is us for 2026/7)

Smaller regions
Strictly amateur

FA County level leagues

7

County leagues

County/district
Top level (Grass roots)

8

County leagues

County/district
Level 2 (Grass roots)

9

County leagues

County/district
Level 3 (Grass roots)

Explanation...

Women's Super league -1 (WSL-1) can be regarded as the women's version of the Premiership. Women's Super league - 2 (WSL-2)> has much the same role as the men's Championship. FAWNL - The FA's Women's National League has competitions at Tiers 3 and 4 operating nationally, but each tier is arranged into zonal divisions (two at Tier 3, four at Tier 4). FA Regional Leagues - These are run by the Women’s Regional Leagues, (not FAWNL) and are placed at Tier 5 and Tier 6. The County level leagues are similar to the men's National League but are all locally based. Everyone wants to get up into the FAWNL levels. The entire pyramid is subject to promotion and relegation, normally with one team up and one team down but there are variations. Below the County leagues are countless local leagues serving the entire country, they do not always have direct access to the county leagues by way of automatic promotion. Supporting and feeding into the women's pyramid is the Junior Premier League (JPL). The JPL is a set of competitive nationally organised leagues for youth/kid's teams with age limits. Under 12's, under 16's etc. The JPL is for youth development and seeks to attract and develop the most able and committed youngsters into women's football. Leyton Orient currently (2026/27) have teams in the Regional League level (Tier 6) as well as u16s and u18s in the JPL.