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Cardiff City F.C. (women)

For the football team playing in the English National League, see Cardiff City Ladies F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club Women (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd Gwraig) is a women's football club based in Cardiff, Wales. Affiliated with Cardiff City, the club competes in the Adran Premier, the top tier of Welsh women's football.

Cardiff City
Full nameCardiff City Football Club Women
Nickname(s)The Bluebirds
Short nameCCFCW
GroundCardiff International Sports Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium
Capacity4,953 (2,553 seated)
ChairmanMehmet Dalman
ManagerIain Darbyshire
LeagueAdran Premier
2023–24Adran Premier, 1st of 8
WebsiteClub website

Cardiff have won three league titles, three Welsh Cups and one Adran Trophy.

History edit

Until the 2011–12 season, Cardiff played in the South Wales Women's League Division One.[1] The club joined the Welsh Premier Women's League in 2012, after the decision was made to expanded the league nationally for the 2012–13 season. Cardiff won the 2012–13 Welsh Premier League on goal difference, and subsequently qualified for European football, entering the Qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

Placed in Group 1, Cardiff made their European debut against SFK 2000 on 8 August 2013, losing 3–0. The club lost both remaining group games against NSA Sofia and Konak Belediyespor respectively, and finished the group in fourth place.[3]

The club reached the final of the 2014–15 Welsh Cup, the clubs first appearance in a Welsh Cup final, but were beaten 4–2 by Swansea City on 19 April. Cardiff won the 2015–16 Welsh Cup, beating Llandudno 5–2 on 17 April.[4]

The club reached the final of the WPWL Cup for the first time in 2021, but were beaten 4–1 by Swansea City on 26 May.[5] The club achieved a league and cup double for the 2022–23 season, winning both the Adran Premier and Welsh Cup.[6]

Cardiff turned semi-professional in June 2023.[7] The club were drawn against Lithuanian side Gintra in the Qualifying rounds of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, losing 2–0.[8]

Stadium edit

Cardiff play their home games at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium.[9] The club also play select matches at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 20 September 2023[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   WAL Ceryn Chamberlain
2 DF   WAL Lisa Owen
3 DF   WAL Ffion Price
4 DF   WAL Hannah Power
5 DF   WAL Siobhan Walsh (captain)
6 DF   WAL Megan Bowen
7 FW   WAL Rhianne Oakley
8 MF   WAL Seren Watkins
10 MF   ENG Kerry Walklett
11 FW   WAL Danielle Green
12 MF   WAL Kelly Adams
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK   WAL Amelia Forkings
14 FW   WAL Olivia Basham
15 FW   CAY Molly Kehoe
17 DF   WAL Hollie Smith
18 FW   WAL Mackenzie Olden
19 FW   WAL Madison Lloyd
20 FW   WAL Mali Ackerman
21 DF   WAL Mikayla Cook
22 MF   WAL Emma Beynon
23 GK   WAL Anna Phelps
25 MF   WAL Tija Richardson
39 FW   WAL Eliza Collie

Honours edit

League

Cup

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League edit

Summary edit

Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
5 0 0 5 0 11 2023–24

By season edit

Season Round Opponent Home Away Agg
2013–14 Qualifying round   SFK 2000 0–3[11] 4th of 4[12]
  NSA Sofia 0–2[13]
  Konak Belediyespor 0–1[14]
2023–24 Qualifying round   Gintra 0–2[15] 4th of 4
  Shelbourne 0–3[16]

References edit

  1. ^ "South Wales Womens Football League - Season Archive". www.leaguewebsite.com.
  2. ^ "Cardiff City Women win Womens Welsh Premier League title". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Looking Back with Hannah Power". Cardiff City F.C. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City FC Win Welsh Cup". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Valiant Bluebirds beaten at Dragon Park". Cardiff City F.C. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Cardiff City Crowned Back-to-Back FAW Women's Cup Winners". Football Association of Wales. 23 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Cardiff City Women to turn semi-professional". BBC Sport. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  8. ^ "FC Gintra 2–0 Cardiff City Women". Cardiff City F.C. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Cardiff City - Welsh Premier Women's League". Welsh Premier Women's League. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Women". Cardiff City F.C. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Sarajevo-Cardiff - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". syndication.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Cardiff-NSA - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Konak-Cardiff - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  15. ^ UEFA.com. "Gintra-Cardiff | UEFA Women's Champions League 2023/24". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  16. ^ UEFA.com. "Shelbourne-Cardiff | UEFA Women's Champions League 2023/24". UEFA.com. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links edit

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