Swansea City Ladies F.C.
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| Full name | Swansea City Ladies Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Swans | ||
| Founded | 2002 | ||
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Evans Bevan Playing Fields Baglan, Wales | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Manager | Ian Owen | ||
| League | Women's Welsh Premier League | ||
| 2011–12 | Southern Conference, 2nd | ||
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Swansea City Ladies Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Merched Dinas Abertawe) is a ladies football club based in Baglan, Wales, currently playing in the Women's Welsh Premier League and South Wales Ladies Football League.
History
Formed in 2002, the team were members of the inaugural Welsh Premier Women's League in 2009/10 and came top of the Southern Conference, winning all six of their matches.
This set-up a meeting with Northern winners, Caernarfon Town Ladies, with the winner clinching the title and becoming Wales' representatives in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
They beat the Canaries 4-0 at Haverfordwest to qualify for Europe for the very first time.[1] For the first time Swansea qualified to UEFA competitions in 2010 after winning the Welsh Premier League. As Wales is not in the top leagues by the UEFA coefficient for women, the team had to go through the qualifying stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Swansea City were drawn out in Group 5 and paired with ŽNK Krka (Slovenia) - who hosted the mini group - top seeds CF Bardolino Verona (Italy) and FC Baia Zugdidi (Georgia).[2] Swansea achieved one win in its group, beating Baia Zugdidi 2–1 and ended the group on place 3 of 4, thus failing to move on to the knockout stages.
They defended their title in 2011 again against Caernarfon with a 3–1 final win, thus will participate in the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.
Honours
A list of all major honours that Swansea City Ladies have won.
| Competition | Achievement | Year(s) |
| Welsh Women's Premier League | Champions | 2009-10, 2010–11 |
| South Wales Women's League | Champions | 2006-07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12 |
| Welsh Women's Cup | Champions | 2011, 2015 |
| South Wales Women's League Cup | Champions Runners-up | 2007, 2008 2009 |
Current squad
- As of 9 may 2010.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
| Position | Name |
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| Chairman | Linden Jones |
| Secretary | Julie Lowe |
| Manager | Ian Owen |
| Assistant Manager | John Hughes |
| Sports Therapist | Wanye Brown |
| Physiotherapist | Sam Treharne |
| Welfare Officer | Julie Lowe |
References
- ↑ "Ladies book European place". Swansea City A.F.C. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ↑ "Swans Ladies are Slovenia bound". Swansea City A.F.C. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
External links
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