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.

For the football team playing in the English National League, see Cardiff City Ladies 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
LeagueAdran Premier
2022–23Adran Premier, 1st of 8
WebsiteClub website

The club won the Women's Welsh Premier League in 2012–13,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Current squad
As of 20 September 2023

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 Wales WAL Ceryn Chamberlain
2 DF Wales WAL Lisa Owen
3 DF Wales WAL Ffion Price
4 DF Wales WAL Hannah Power
5 DF Wales WAL Siobhan Walsh (captain)
6 DF Wales WAL Megan Bowen
8 MF Wales WAL Kanisha Underdown
9 FW Wales WAL Alana Murphy
10 MF Wales WAL Danielle Broadhurst
11 FW Wales WAL Danielle Green
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK Wales WAL Amelia Forkings
14 FW Wales WAL Jasmine Simpson
15 FW Cayman Islands CAY Molly Kehoe
16 DF Wales WAL Ellie Jones
18 FW Wales WAL Phoebie Poole
19 FW Wales WAL Catherine Walsh
20 FW Wales WAL Zoe Atkins
21 DF Wales WAL Cerys Pinchard
- DF Wales WAL Daisy Connolly

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 0–3[5] 4th of 4[6]
Bulgaria NSA Sofia 0–2[7]
Turkey Konak Belediyespor 0–1[8]

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. "WOMEN WIN WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE - News - Cardiff City". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk.
  3. "South Wales Womens Football League - Season Archive". www.leaguewebsite.com.
  4. "Cardiff City Women win Womens Welsh Premier League title". BBC Sport. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  5. "Sarajevo-Cardiff - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". syndication.soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. "Cardiff-NSA - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  8. "Konak-Cardiff - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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