Nevertheless, women's football flourished and the club Atalante de Jette even played national team from France and Great Britain.
[2] The BeNe League was played three seasons, it consisted of eight Belgian and eight Dutch clubs.
The only Belgian side playing for the top spots were Standart Liège, finishing runners-up to Twente twice before winning the league in 2014–15.
In contrast to the First Division the format changed from a double round robin to a two staged season.
After that points were halved and the top four placed and bottom placed teams played another double round-robin for a total of 20 games.