FA Women's National League South

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FA Women's National League South
FA Women's National League.png
Sport Football
Founded1992
No. of teams12
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England and
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Most recent
champion(s)
Watford F.C. (1 title)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion to Women's Championship
Relegation toFA Women's National League Division One South West, FA Women's National League Division One South East
Sports current event.svg 2023–24 FA Women's National League

The FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division is a league in the third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are part of the FA Women's National League and below the Women's Super League and Women's Championship.

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The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard three points for a win format. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Division One South West, and Division One South East.

For the 2023/24 season, changes were made meaning that two clubs would be relegated from the Women's Championship allowing one team each from National League North and South to be promoted to the Championship rather than having to play a season end playoff. This change resulted in two teams being relegated from the Championship at the end of the season.

Southern Premier Division teams are eligible to play in the Women's National League Cup as well as the Women's FA Cup.

Name

It was known as the 'Women's Premier League Southern Division' before the 2018–19 season. [1] [ when? ][ clarification needed ]

Current teams (2023–24 season)

Previous winners

SeasonClub
2000–01 Brighton & Hove Albion
2001–02 Fulham
2002–03 Bristol Rovers (later Bristol Academy, now Bristol City)
2003–04 Bristol City (later AFC Team Bath, now defunct)
2004–05 Chelsea
2005–06 Cardiff City
2006–07 Watford
2007–08 Fulham
2008–09 Millwall Lionesses
2009–10 Barnet
2010–11 Charlton Athletic
2011–12 Portsmouth
2012–13 Reading
2013–14 Coventry City
2014–15 Portsmouth
2015–16 Brighton & Hove Albion
2016–17 Tottenham Hotspur
2017–18 Charlton Athletic
2018–19 Coventry United
2019–20 not awarded
2020–21 not awarded
2021–22 Southampton F.C.
2022–23 Watford

From the 2014–15 season onwards, the club promoted to the Women's Championship (via a play-off between the Northern and Southern division champions), and overall champions of the FA Women's National League, are marked in bold.

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References

  1. "FA Women's Championship: New name chosen for England's second tier". BBC. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.