Bristol City Women's Football Club is a women's association football team from the city of Bristol. Formed in 1998 as Bristol Rovers W.F.C., they were renamed Bristol Academy W.F.C. in 2005 following the withdraw of support from Bristol Rovers and increased involvement and academy development from Bristol Academy of Sport, part of South Gloucestershire and Stroud College. A second change of name, this time to Bristol City was approved by the FA Women's Football Board in time for the 2016 WSL season. With their home games relocating from SGS College’s Stoke Gifford Stadium to the Robins High Performance Centre and now Ashton Gate Stadium. Bristol City Women won promotion to the FA Women's Super League (WSL), the highest level of the women's game in England in 2016 and stayed there for five seasons before being relegated to the FA Women's Championship in 2021.
Casey Jean Stoney is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of the San Diego Wave.
Joshua Brendan David Magennis is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Exeter City and the Northern Ireland national team. Having spent the majority of his youth career as a goalkeeper, he switched to striker in 2008 before turning professional in 2009. Magennis has previously played for Cardiff City, Grimsby Town, Aberdeen, St Mirren, Kilmarnock, Charlton Athletic, Bolton Wanderers, Hull City and Wigan Athletic.
Jessica Anne Fishlock is a Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC and the Wales national team. She previously played for Bristol Academy in England's FA Women's Super League, AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie, Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League, Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City in Australia's W-League, as well as Bundesliga club FFC Frankfurt in Germany.
Natasha Khalila Dowie is an English former footballer. She represented the England women's national football team at the youth level before making her senior international debut in 2009. Dowie played for the London teams Watford, Fulham and Charlton Athletic, and then spent five years with Everton before transferring to FA WSL clubs Liverpool Ladies in November 2012 and Doncaster Rovers Belles in 2016. She also spent three periods on loan with Melbourne Victory of the Australian W-League in 2015, 2016, and 2017 and played for Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in 2016 and 2017.
Lyle James Alfred Taylor is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Colchester United and the Montserrat national team.
Hayley Elizabeth Ladd is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Women's Super League club Manchester United. Born in England, she has been capped internationally for Wales.
Sophie Louise Ingle is a Welsh footballer who plays for the FA WSL club Chelsea and is the captain of the Wales national team. She has previously represented Bristol Academy, Cardiff City, and Liverpool. Ingle plays as either a defender or defensive midfielder.
Natasha Marie Harding is a retired Welsh footballer.
Angharad Jane James, also known as Angharad James-Turner, is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign and the Wales national team.
Deon Ryan Moore is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sutton United. Born in England, he plays for the Guyana national team. He will become a free agent on 30 June 2024.
Jay Rhys Dasilva is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL Championship club Coventry City and the Wales national team.
Lauren May Hemp is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester City and the England national team. With City, she is a FA Cup and League Cup winner, and with England; she is a European Championship and Finalissima winner, as well as World Cup runner-up. Since 2017, Hemp was twice named FA England Young Player of the Year and four times named PFA Women's Young Player of the Year.
Elise Anna Hughes is a Welsh footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Championship club Crystal Palace and the Welsh national team.
Ebony Salmon is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Aston Villa, the England national team, and the under-23 team. A product of the Aston Villa academy, she has previously played senior football for Sheffield United, Bristol City, Racing Louisville and Houston Dash. Salmon has captained England's under-17s and under-23s, and made her senior international debut in February 2021.
Charlotte Devlin is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder or a forward for Birmingham City in the FA Women's Championship.
Charlie Louise Wellings is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Reading. Wellings has previously played for Birmingham City and Bristol City of the Women's Super League and Celtic of the Scottish Women's Premier League.
Grace Clinton is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League (WSL) club Manchester United and the England national team. Clinton started her senior career at Everton before moving to Manchester United. She had loan spells at Bristol City, where she won the 2022–23 Championship title, and Tottenham Hotspur.
Rhian Cleverly is a Welsh footballer who plays as defender and midfielder for Lewes. She has a single appearance with the Wales national team.
Charlotte Wardlaw is an English footballer, who plays for Glasgow City on loan from Chelsea. She has captained the England women's under-15, under-17 and under-19 teams, and represented the under-23 team.
