FA Women's National League South

Third-level English women's football league

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
2023–24 FA Women's National League

The FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division 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]^[when?]^{[clarification needed]}

Current teams (2023–24 season)

Club	Home ground	Position 2022–23
Billericay Town	New Lodge, Billericay	6th
Cardiff City Ladies	CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach	WNL D1 South West, 1st
Chatham Town	Bauvil Stadium, Chatham	7th (as Gillingham)
Cheltenham Town	Corinum Stadium, Cirencester	8th
Hashtag United	Parkside, Aveley	WNL D1 South East, 1st
Ipswich Town	The Goldstar Ground, Felixstowe	2nd
London Bees	The Hive, Edgware	9th
Milton Keynes Dons	Stadium MK, Milton Keynes	5th
Oxford United	Marsh Lane, Marston	3rd
Plymouth Argyle	Manadon Sports Hub, Plymouth	10th
Portsmouth	Westleigh Park, Havant	4th
Rugby Borough	Kilsby Lane, Rugby	Championship, 12th (as Coventry United)

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Location of Southern Premier Division clubs for the 2022–23 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

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.

External links

The FA Women's Page

FA Women's National League

Seasons

Top level	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
Below WSL	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Clubs
2022–23

Northern Division	AFC Fylde Boldmere St. Michaels Brighouse Town Burnley Derby County Huddersfield Town Liverpool Feds Loughborough Lightning Nottingham Forest Stoke City West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southern Division	Billericay Town Bridgwater United Cheltenham Town Crawley Wasps Gillingham Ipswich Town London Bees Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rugby Borough
Div. One North	Barnsley Bradford City Chorley Durham Cestria Hull City Leeds United Merseyrail Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norton & Stockton Ancients Stockport County York City
Div. One Midlands	Doncaster Rovers Belles Leafield Athletic Leek Town Lincoln City Long Eaton United Northampton Town Peterborough United Sheffield F.C. Solihull Moors Sporting Khalsa Stourbridge Wem Town
Div. One South East	Actonians AFC Wimbledon Ashford Town Cambridge City Cambridge United Chesham United Hashtag United Hounslow London Seaward Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Wymondham Town
Div. One South West	AFC Bournemouth AFC St Austell Cardiff City Exeter City Keynsham Town Larkhall Athletic Maidenhead United Moneyfields Portishead Town Selsey Southampton Women's Swindon Town

Associated
competitions

FA Women's National League Cup
FA Women's National League Plate
FA Women's Premier League National Division (defunct)
Combination Women's Football Leagues (defunct)

Women's football in England

National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Women's Super League Women's Championship FA Women's National League North South
Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East North East North West Southern South West West Midlands
Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset South East Counties Staffs Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire