Cardiff City F.C. (women)

Cardiff City FC Women is a women's football team based in Cardiff, Wales. It is the official Women's side 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)
ManagerIain Darbyshire
LeagueWelsh Premier Women's League
2019-203rd[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 11 April 2021.[6]

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
23 GK  ENG Charlotte Hastings
2 DF  WAL Lisa Owen
3 DF  WAL Ffion Price
4 DF  WAL Hannah Daley
5 DF  WAL Siobhan Walsh (captain)
16 DF  WAL Ellie Jones
21 DF  WAL Cerys Pinchard
- DF  WAL Daisy Connolly
6 MF  WAL Sophie Norman
8 MF  WAL Kanisha Underdown
10 MF  WAL Danielle Broadhurst
9 FW  WAL Alana Murphy
11 FW  WAL Danielle Green
14 FW  WAL Jasmine Simpson
18 FW  WAL Phoebie Poole
19 FW  WAL Catherine Walsh
20 FW  WAL Zoe Atkins

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. Archived from the original on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. "Summary - Welsh Premier Women's League - Wales - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Women Soccerway". int.women.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  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. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. 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.
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