Women's FA Community Shield

The Women's FA Community Shield is an association football match in England. It is a national super cup, and the equivalent of the FA Community Shield in male football. It is the first competitive match of the football season. The match is competed between the champions of the FA Women's Super League and the winners of the Women's FA Cup. If the Super League champions also win the FA Cup, the Cup runners-up play the match.

Women's FA Community Shield
Founded2000
Region England
Current championsChelsea (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Arsenal
(5 titles)
2020 Women's FA Community Shield

The first community shield match was played in 2000 and lasted until 2008. The competition was then revived in 2020.

Inauguration

The Football Association (The FA) held the first charity match in 2000 when Double winners Charlton Athletic Women's drew against Arsenal Ladies at Craven Cottage (Fulham L.F.C.) and the only time shared the title. All proceeds were donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. The Charity Shield (Community Shield since 2002) has been sponsored by Nationwide since its inauguration.

The competition lasted until 2008 and was not contested for 11 years until the competition was revived by the FA in 2020. The match was billed as a double header after being scheduled at Wembley Stadium on the same day as the men's competition for the first time in history.[1]

List of finals

No match was held in 2007 because of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup schedule.[2] The competition was not held from 2009 until its return in 2020 when it became a double-header with the men's equivalent at Wembley Stadium.[3]

Key
& Title was shared after match finished in a draw
Match decided by a penalty shootout after full-time
Women's FA Community Shield
Year Winner Score Runners–up Venue
2000 Arsenal
Charlton Athletic		 1–1& — Craven Cottage, Fulham
2001 Arsenal 5–2 Doncaster Rovers Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
2002 Fulham 2–2 Arsenal Brisbane Road, Leyton
2003 Fulham 1–0 Doncaster Rovers Field Mill, Mansfield
2004 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Arsenal Broadhall Way, Stevenage
2005 Arsenal 4–0 Charlton Athletic National Hockey Stadium, Milton Keynes
2006 Arsenal 3–0 Everton Alexandra Stadium, Crewe
2008 Arsenal 1–0 Everton Moss Rose, Macclesfield
2020 Chelsea 2–0 Manchester City Wembley Stadium, London

Performance by club
Club Winners Runners-up Winning years
Arsenal
5
2
 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008
Charlton Athletic
2
1
 2000, 2004
Fulham
2
–
 2002, 2003
Chelsea
1
–
 2020
Everton
–
2
 –
Doncaster Rovers
–
2
 –
Manchester City
–
1
 –

See also

References
  1. "BBC to broadcast Women's Community Shield double-header at Wembley". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. "Football: The FA Tesco Women's Community Shield 2008". Sportsister. 20 July 2008.
  3. "BBC to broadcast Women's Community Shield double-header at Wembley". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020.
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