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 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 30 August 2020.[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
- GK  WAL Claire Skinner
- GK  WAL Charlotte Hastings
- GK  WAL Ceryn Chamberlain
- DF  WAL Emily Griffiths
- DF  WAL Lisa Owen
- DF  WAL Mollie Jones
- DF  WAL Siobhan Walsh (captain)
- DF  WAL Daisy Connolly
- DF  WAL Montana May
- MF  WAL Kanisha-Mae Underdown
- MF  WAL Danielle Broadhurst
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF  WAL Hannah Daley
- MF  WAL Kelly Bourne
- FW  WAL Zoe Atkins
- FW  WAL Eryn Gibbs
- FW  WAL Monet Legall
- FW  WAL Catherine Walsh
- FW  ENG Lucy McDonough
- FW  WAL Alana Murphy
- FW  WAL 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. "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. 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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