
The Women’s Super League (WSL), the top level of women’s football in England, has revealed a rebrand for the 2025-26 season.
The move sees the second-tier Women’s Championship renamed as WSL2, bringing both leagues under the same umbrella.
The Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL), the independent body that oversees both leagues, has also rebranded to Women’s Super League Football (WSL Football).
The WPLL assumed ownership of the top two tiers from the Football Association (FA) ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.
New logos and colour systems for each league were unveiled on Monday as part of a “new visual identity,” which will be seen on team kits and on footballs as well as in stadiums as part of the matchday experience.
A new WSL Football website will also be launched this summer.
“No one plays football like a female — it is our strength and the way players move is one element of what makes women’s football distinctive and special,” said WSL Football chief marketing officer Ruth Hooper.
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“It has taken months of work, and we have spoken to clubs, fans, players and partners who have all inputted during the process and been on this journey with us.
“There is a lot more in store over the coming months as we continue to grow the women’s game for the future.”
What does the rebrand mean for women’s football?
Analysis from women’s football writer Megan Feringa
What is being announced isn’t necessarily groundbreaking. The prospect of the Women’s Championship being rebranded to the WSL2 was highly anticipated, as was the Women’s Professional League Limited formally changing its name to encompass the WSL brand, which is only probably going to be confusing for the next 12 months, minimum, probably.
What is surprising from this is the badge. Initial reaction: Why is everything so aggressively slanted, as if the word WSL is tumbling down a mountainside in high heels? There’s forward, progressive movement and then there’s this. The logo is eye-catching and slick and sure, kind of cool, yet how it will be readily identifiable as a women’s football’s emblem to those outside the game begs questions. That a global women’s surfing league (WSL) shares the same initials as the WSL comes to mind when considering the new badge. Another question: How easily can it be replicated onto merchandise and playing shirts? Will this be an unnecessary cost for teams already working within restricted budget ranges?
The WPLL (now WSL Football) deserves acknowledgement for attempting to think outside the box, even redesigning the box. But sometimes it’s important to remember football is about football. Women’s football in England is at a crossroads, the most recent season’s anaemic final weekend a reminder that it needs a fundamental revamp to move it forward. A heavily slanted logo only goes so far.
(Photos: WSL)
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