FA Women's National League South

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.

FA Women's National League South
SportFootball
Founded1992
No. of teams12
Countries England and
 Wales
Most recent
champion(s)		Watford F.C. (1 title)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toWomen's Championship
Relegation toFA Women's National League Division One South West, FA Women's National League Division One South East
Current sports event 2023–24 FA Women's National League

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]

Current teams (2023–24 season)

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

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.

See also

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


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