FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

Sport	Football
Founded	1992
No. of teams	12
Countries	England and Wales
Most recent champion(s)	Coventry City
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	FA WSL 2

The FA Women's Premier League Southern 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 Premier League and below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League.

The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard football format. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Division One South West, and Division One South East.

Southern Championship teams are eligible to play in the Women's League Cup as well as the FA Women's Cup.

Previous winners

Season	Club
2000-01	Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.
2001-02	Fulham L.F.C.
2002-03	Bristol Rovers W.F.C. (later Bristol Academy W.F.C., now Bristol City W.F.C.)
2003-04	Bristol City W.F.C. (later AFC Team Bath Ladies, 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 W.F.C.

From the 2014-15 season onwards, the club promoted to FA WSL 2 (via a play-off between the Northern and Southern division champions), and overall champions of the FA WPL, are marked in bold.

Clubs for 2016-17 season

Club	Finishing position 2015-16
C & K Basildon	8th
Cardiff City	3rd
Charlton Athletic	2nd
Coventry United	4th
Crystal Palace	Promoted
Forest Green Rovers	11th
Lewes	7th
Portsmouth	5th
Queens Park Rangers	9th
Swindon Town	Promoted
Tottenham Hotspur	6th
West Ham United	10th

External links

The FA Women's Page

FA Women's Premier League

Northern Division	Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Derby County Fylde Ladies Huddersfield Town Leicester City Womens Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Nuneaton Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion

Southern Division	C & K Basildon Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry United Crystal Palace Forest Green Rovers Lewes Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

Northern Div. One	Blackpool Wren Rovers Brighouse Town Chester Le Street Chorley Crewe Alexandra Guiseley Vixens Hull City Leeds Liverpool Marshalls Feds Morecambe Mossley Hill Tranmere Rovers

Midlands Div. One	Birmingham & West Midlands Leicester City Ladies Long Eaton United Loughborough Foxes Loughborough Students Radcliffe Olympic Rotherham United Solihull Sporting Khalsa Steel City Wanderers The New Saints Wolverhampton Wanderers

South East Div. One	Actonians AFC Wimbledon Cambridge United Denham United Enfield Town Gillingham Ipswich Town Lowestoft Town Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Norwich City Stevenage

South West Div. One	Basingstoke Brislington Cheltenham Town Chichester City Exeter City Keynsham Town Larkhall Athletic Maidenhead United Plymouth Argyle Shanklin Southampton Saints St Nicholas

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 2016–17

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 2016–17

Plate seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Women's football in England

The Football Association

National teams

League system

Levels 1–2	Women's Super League 1 Women's Super League 2

Levels 3–4	Women's Premier League

Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East (level 5 only) North East North West Southern South West West Midlands Greater London (levels 6–9) South East Counties (levels 6–8)

Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset Staffs Suffolk Surrey (level 9) Sussex (level 8) Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire

Cup competitions

List of clubs

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FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

Previous winners

Clubs for 2016-17 season

See also

External links