Cardiff City F.C. (women)

Cardiff City is a women's football team based in Cardiff, Wales. It is the women's section of Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City
Full nameCardiff City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bluebirds
GroundCardiff International Sports Stadium[1]
Capacity4,953 (seated: 2,553; standing: 2,400)
ManagerJoel Hutton
LeagueWelsh Premier League
2018-193rd[2]
WebsiteClub website

The club won the Women's Welsh Premier League in 2012–13,[3] which qualified them for the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League. The team started in the qualifying round and lost all of its three matches.

History

Until the 2011–12 season the team played in the South Wales Women's League Division 1, where also the Southern Premier League teams played too.[4] The team only entered the Premier League when the league was expanded for 2012–13 and went truly national. In its first premier league season the team won the title on goal difference after beating Wrexham Ladies 5-2.[5]

Current squad
As of 21 July 2019.[6]

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

No. Position Player
- GK Claire Skinner
- GK Ceryn Chamberlain
- DF Emily Griffiths
- DF Lisa Owen
- DF Mollie Jones
- DF Siobhan Walsh (captain)
- DF Daisy Connolly
- DF Montana May
- MF Kanisha-Mae Underdown
- MF Danielle Broadhurst
No. Position Player
- MF Hannah Daley
- MF Kelly Bourne
- FW Zoe Atkins
- FW Eryn Gibbs
- FW Monet Legall
- FW Catherine Walsh
- FW Lucy McDonough
- FW Alana Murphy
- FW Danielle Green

Titles

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Summary
Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
3 0 0 3 0 6 2013–14

By season
Season Round Opponent Home Away Agg
2013–14 Qualifying round SFK 2000 0–3[7] 4th of 4[8]
NSA Sofia 0–2[9]
Konak Belediyespor 0–1[10]

References
  1. "Cardiff City FC Women Club Information - Welsh Premier Womens League". www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. "League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League". www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  3. "WOMEN WIN WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE - News - Cardiff City". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk.
  4. "South Wales Womens Football League - Season Archive". www.leaguewebsite.com.
  5. "Cardiff City Women win Womens Welsh Premier League title". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. "Women - Cardiff City". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. "Sarajevo-Cardiff - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. "Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". syndication.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  9. "Cardiff-NSA - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  10. "Konak-Cardiff - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.