2015–16 Welsh Premier Women's League

The 2015–16 Welsh Premier League was the seventh season of the Women's Welsh Premier League, the top level women's football league in Wales. The season began on 13 September 2015 and ended on 30 May 2016.

Welsh Premier League
Season2015–16
ChampionsCardiff Met. Ladies (4th title)
RelegatedNewcastle Emlyn
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueCardiff Met. Ladies
Matches played110
Goals scored544 (4.95 per match)
Biggest home winCardiff Met. 12–0 Aberystwyth Town[1]
Biggest away winPort Talbot Town 0–10 PILCS[2]
Highest scoringMBi Llandudno Ladies 3–10 Cwmbran Celtic[3]
Longest winning run8 wins (Swansea City)
Longest unbeaten run20 games (Cardiff Met.)
Longest losing run7 losses (Newcastle Emlyn)

Cardiff Met. Ladies were the defending champions and retained the title after completing an unbeaten season, winning 18 and drawing 2 of their 20 games.

Shannon Evans from Cardiff City won the top goalscorer award after scoring 37 goals, despite being a makeshift forward due to injury. Player of the Season was won by Cardiff Met. captain Emily Allen.[4]

Clubs
Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Premier League

Despite finishing 6th in the 2014–15 season, Wrexham ladies dropped out of the league for the 2015–16 season citing a lack of players.[5] Cyncoed Ladies replaced Wrexham Ladies in the league, after winning the South Wales Women's and Girls League Division 1.[6] 11 teams ended up competing in the league.

Team City Ground
Aberystwyth Town LadiesAberystwythPark Avenue
Cardiff City WomenCardiffLeckwith Athletics Stadium
Cardiff Metropolitan LadiesCardiffCardiff Metropolitan University, Cyncoed Campus
PILCS LadiesPontypool
Cwmbran CelticCwmbran
Cyncoed LadiesCardiffCardiff University Playing Fields, Llanrumney
MBi Llandudno LadiesLlandudno JunctionMaesdu Park
Newcastle Emlyn LadiesNewcastle EmlynParc Emlyn
Port Talbot Town LadiesPort TalbotThe Genquip Stadium
Rhyl & Prestatyn LadiesPrestatynRhyl FC's Corbett Sports Stadium
Swansea City LadiesPort TalbotBaglan Playing Fields

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation CAM SWA CAC CWM PIL LLA POR CYN ABE RHY NEW
1 Cardiff Metropolitan 20 18 2 0 115 14 +101 56 Qualification to 2016–17 Champions League — 2–1 2–0 4–1 6–2 8–0 8–2 6–0 12–0 9–0 10–0
2 Swansea City 20 16 2 2 47 10 +37 50 0–0 — 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 7–0
3 Cardiff City 20 13 3 4 74 28 +46 42 1–1 0–2 — 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 6–2 4–3 11–0
4 Cwmbran Celtic 20 12 4 4 63 38 +25 40 1–9 0–2 1–1 — 1–4 7–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 6–1
5 PILCS 20 13 0 7 79 41 +38 39 4–8 2–1 1–3 3–6 — 7–1 4–1 2–1 7–0 5–0 9–0
6 MBi Llandudno Ladies 20 7 2 11 53 70 −17 23 1–8 0–2 3–6 3–10 4–3 — 3–3 0–1 4–0 8–2 11–0
7 Port Talbot Town 20 6 3 11 32 56 −24 21 0–3 0–1 3–2 0–4 0–10 1–1 — 1–2 3–1 5–1 2–1
8 Cyncoed Ladies 20 5 2 13 23 52 −29 17 1–5 0–2 0–3 0–4 2–5 1–5 4–1 — 2–0 0–4 1–0
9 Aberystwyth Town 20 4 2 14 21 59 −38 14 0–3 1–2 1–5 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 — 1–2 4–0
10 Rhyl & Prestatyn 20 4 2 14 28 72 −44 14 0–5 1–4 3–9 1–3 1–4 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 — 3–2
11 Newcastle Emlyn 20 0 2 18 9 104 −95 2 Relegation to South Wales Women's & Girls' League 0–6 0–3 0–5 1–5 0–4 0–4 0–5 3–3 0–4 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source: Welsh Premier Women's League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

League Cup

This was the third season of the WPWL Cup and Swansea City were the third different team to win the competition. Aberystwyth Town Ladies, Cwmbran Celtic Ladies, Cyncoed Ladies and MBI Llandudno all received byes into round two and Wrexham Ladies were forced to withdraw which allowed Swansea City Ladies a bye into the quarter-finals.[7] The cup was won by Swansea City, beating defending champions PILCS 4–0 with goals from Katy Hosford (2), Emma Benyon and Sophie Hancocks.[8]

Round One

Wrexham Ladies withdrew allowing Swansea City a bye into the quarter-finals.

1 November 2015[9] Newcastle Emlyn 0–7 PILCS Parc Emlyn
14:00 Report Jassie Costa 11'
Shauna Pentney 31'
Lindsay Davies 35', 61', 66'
Alana Murphy 45', 70'
1 November 2015[10] Port Talbot Town 0–3 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City The Genquip Stadium
14:00 Report Lisa Bird 94'
Kylie Davies 110'
Alicia Davies 115'
1 November 2015[11] Rhyl & Prestatyn 0–8 Cardiff Metropolitan Corbett Sports Stadium
14:00 Report Stacey Ayling 3'
Steph Turner 13'
Erin Murray 23', 81'
Emily Allen 35', 78'
Robyn Pinder 39'
Abi Fever 55'

Quarter-finals
6 December 2015[12] Cardiff Metropolitan 9–2 MBi Llandudno Ladies Cardiff Metropolitan University
13:30
6 December 2015[13] Cwmbran Celtic 2–3 PILCS Celtic Park, Cwmbran
13:30 Lauren Boyd 35', 52' Alana Murphy 20'
Jassie Costa 60', 70'
6 December 2015[14] Cyncoed Ladies 2–4 Cardiff City Cardiff University Playing Fields, Llanrumney
13:30 Report Nicola Jones
Shannon Evans
13 December 2015[15] Aberystwyth Town 0–4 Swansea City Evan Bevans Playing Field, Baglan
13:30

Semi-finals
24 January 2016[16] PILCS 3–1 Cardiff Metropolitan New Road, Pontypool
14:00 Alana Murphy 5'
Jassie Costa 20', 38'		 Report Stacey Ayling 60'
24 January 2016 Cardiff City 1–3 (a.e.t.) Swansea City Leckwith Athletics Stadium
14:00 Chelsea Cochrane 70' (pen.) Report Emma Beynon 54'
Jodie Passmore

Final
28 April 2016[17] PILCS 0-4 Swansea City
19:30 Report Katy Hosford 4', 65'
Emma Beynon 60'
Sophie Hancocks 75'

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