FA Women's National League South

FA Women's National League South
Sport	Football
Founded	1992
No. of teams	12
Countries	England and; Wales
Most recent; champion(s)	Watford F.C. (1 title)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Women's Championship
Relegation to	FA Women's National League Division One South West, FA Women's National League Division One South East
	2024–25 FA Women's National League

The FA Women's National League South 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.

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]^{[clarification needed]}

Current teams (2024–25 season)

Club	Home ground	Position 2023–24
AFC Wimbledon	Grand Drive, Raynes Park^[2]	WNL D1 South East, 1st
Billericay Town	New Lodge, Billericay	10th
Cheltenham Town	Kayte Lane, Bishop's Cleeve	7th
Exeter City	Coach Road, Newton Abbot	WNL D1 South West, 1st
Gwalia United	Newport Stadium, Newport	8th (as Cardiff City)
Hashtag United	Parkside, Aveley	2nd
Ipswich Town	The Goldstar Ground, Felixstowe	4th
Lewes	The Dripping Pan, Lewes	Championship, 11th
Milton Keynes Dons	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes	6th
Oxford United	Marsh Lane, Marston	5th
Plymouth Argyle	Manadon Sports Hub, Plymouth	9th
Watford	Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip	Championship, 12th

Location of Southern Premier Division clubs for the 2024–25 season

Previous winners

Season	Club
2000–01	Brighton & Hove Albion
2001–02	Fulham
2002–03	Bristol Rovers (later Bristol Academy, now Bristol City)
2003–04	Bristol City (later AFC Team Bath, now defunct)
2004–05	Chelsea
2005–06	Cardiff City
2006–07	Watford
2007–08	Fulham
2008–09	Millwall Lionesses
2009–10	Barnet
2010–11	Charlton Athletic
2011–12	Portsmouth
2012–13	Reading
2013–14	Coventry City
2014–15	Portsmouth
2015–16	Brighton & Hove Albion
2016–17	Tottenham Hotspur
2017–18	Charlton Athletic
2018–19	Coventry United
2019–20	not awarded
2020–21	not awarded
2021–22	Southampton F.C.
2022–23	Watford
2023–24	Portsmouth

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.

References

^ "FA Women's Championship: New name chosen for England's second tier". BBC. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "AFC Wimbledon Women's new home away from home". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk.

External links

The FA Women's Page

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

[2] "AFC Wimbledon Women's new home away from home". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk.

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