Cardiff City Ladies F.C.

For the football team playing in the Welsh Premier League, see Cardiff City FC (women).

Cardiff City Ladies

Full name

Cardiff City Ladies Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Bluebirds

Founded

1975 as Llanedeyrn LFC

Ground

Cardiff International Sports Stadium
Cardiff

Capacity

4,953 (seated: 2,553; standing: 2,400)

Chairman

Kath Kavanagh

Manager

Michele Adams

League

FA Women's Premier League National Division

2011–12

8th, FA Women's Premier League National Division

Home colours

Away colours

Cardiff City Ladies Football Club is a Welsh women's football club playing at the third tier level in England. The club was founded in 1975 as Llanedeyrn L.F.C. after a local charity match. They play at Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff.

History

The club has gone through diverse name changes. In 1981 the name was changed to Cardiff L.F.C., and in 1993 the club linked up with Inter Cardiff F.C. From this period the club has as ground the Cardiff Athletic Stadium, which still is used as the home ground today. In 1997 the connection with Inter Cardiff was broken. The club now changed its name to Cardiff County L.F.C and was affiliated to the Cardiff County Council. In 2001 the club got affiliated with Cardiff City, the professional men’s club from the same city.

At the beginning of the 2003 season, however, the club severed its connection with its male counterpart when its members voted against the men’s club proposals for the running of Cardiff City LFC, and became a totally independent outfit again. Although they were allowed to keep use of the Cardiff City name and kit colours, their crest is very different, and no longer uses the famous moniker 'Bluebirds' (although they are still referred to as such by media such as BBC Sport), incorporating the Welsh red dragon instead.

In 2006 Cardiff City Ladies won the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division and were promoted to the National Division for the first time. It is not the first Welsh club to make it to the highest division, however; Barry Town, which is now defunct, had a top-division stint in 2001. Relegated in the 2007–08 season, the club again were promoted to the National Division in 2010–11.^[1]

Because Cardiff City Ladies won the Welsh Women's Cup diverse times (a privilege its male counterpart has not had since 1995), the club has played in the UEFA Women's Cup for Wales, despite playing in the English women's football pyramid.

Titles

Welsh Women's Cup (11): 1995, 2003 to 2010, 2012, 2013

European history

UEFA Women's Cup

2003–04: first qualifying round, 4th
2004–05: first qualifying round, 4th
2005–06: first qualifying round, 3rd
2006–07: first qualifying round, 2nd
2007–08: first qualifying round, 4th
2008–09: first qualifying round, 4th

UEFA Women's Champions League

2009–10: qualifying round, 3rd

References

↑ "Cardiff City Ladies win promotion". BBC. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

External links

FA Women's Premier League

Northern Division	Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Derby County Leeds United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Sporting Club Albion Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chesham United Coventry United Gillingham Keynsham Town Lewes Portsmouth Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Cup seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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