Women’s Premier League to expand to 14 teams from 2026/27 season with the match also start in plans | Football news

The Premier League is scheduled to expand to 14 teams from the 2026/27 season.

The current league coordination is witnessing one team that has been deported from the highest -class women’s football, but will now change to two teams that have landed and promote them every season.

In order to reach 14 teams in the 2026/27 campaign, it will automatically be automatically to the team of two teams in the second layer – The Women’s Super League 2 – to WSL.

The last fourteenth place will be determined by a decline match at the end of the season between the twelfth place in the WSL and the third team in the Premier League 2.

From the 2026/27 season, the fourteenth team in the league will be automatically deported, as the team faces the thirteenth place match with WSL 2 Runners.

WSL shareholders voted on the procedure on Monday, but it is still subject to approval from the Football Association Council (FA).

A statement issued by WSL read: “Our priority was to find a path that would benefit the pyramid of the entire women’s game, and we believe that this next development of women’s professional football will lead to a minimum standards, create discrimination and stimulate investment in all fields.

“Taking into account the approval of the FA Council, the BWSL expanding to 14 teams will motivate the movement between the patrols and through the pyramid that increases opportunities. The introduction of an upgrade/upgrade match creates a discrimination of the women’s game and offers a high -level match.”

Analysis: New controversial rules – but add to the drama

Sky SPORTS News’s Anton Toloui:

The league presidents have thought in a long and difficult period about the best ways to expand the highest sections of the section, but today’s announcement will not be without his critics.

The threat of relegation remains for the worst performance team in WSS this season, but it is a realistic possibility that the team can go throughout the year and still maintain the status of the trip.

However, the presence of at least two teams of WSL2 is a great victory for the clubs that were developing and investing in their women’s programs.

The teams such as Birmingham City, Bestol City, Charlton, Newcastle and others will now have three chances to win the promised land instead of wasting more time and money without a chance of ascending.

Who does not like the match? The presence of one with such a danger appears to be a huge batch, in terms of entertainment, for the women’s game.

Sky to show approximately 90 percent of WSL games next season

In October, it was announced that Sky Sports had signed a new deal for a five -year broadcast – securing the rights to show nearly 90 percent of the league matches.

From next season, you will broadcast Sky 118 matches from WSLMore than three times the number of games currently, 78 installations displayed exclusively.

With more than 75 percent of the first options in addition to all matches from the exclusive end weekend to Sky, women football fans guarantee more of the best matches per week, and a week of the best trip in England.

The new partnership also gives the option to show matches from Women Championship and Women’s League CupIncluding the final. This brings both competitions on the sky platforms for the first time.

In 2023, Sky Sports broadcasts more than 70 percent of all direct women’s sport. Football for women can be enjoyed alongside the Cricket game in England, a hundred, the United States of tennis, the WTA tour, the golf specialties, the England network, the F1 Academy, the WPL CRICTET, the women’s boxing, the Premier League (Rugby League) and more.

Football fans can enjoy this huge increase in matches of the women’s game from next season at the same time that Sky’s Record is tackled with Premier League kicks, including at least 215 games – an increase of 70 percent in exclusive live games.

Sky Sports to view 215 Live Pl games next season

From next season, the Sky SPORTS ‘coverage in the Premier League will increase from 128 games to at least 215 games exclusively.

And 80 percent of all the Premier League matches next season in Sky Sports.