FA WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE NATIONAL DIVISION

The 'FA Women's Premier League National Division' is at the top of the English women's football league pyramid. Below it are simultaneously the Northern and Southern divisions. 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.
It is the women's football counterpart to the FA Premier League, although the women's league is not fully professional. The terms ''Women's Premiership'' and ''Ladies Premiership'' thus generally refer to the National Division alone. Its clubs are semi-professional affiliates of their male Premiership and Football League counterparts.
Premiership teams also compete in the FA Women's Cup and the Premier League Cup, and the Premiership winner competes against the FA Cup winner for the FA Women's Community Shield. Premiership winners also get a chance to compete in the UEFA Women's Cup as well.
For the 2006–07 season, the number of competing teams was increased from 10 to 12, with the promotion of the Northern (Blackburn Rovers) and Southern (Cardiff City) champions and no relegations despite test matches being played.

Contents

National Division clubs, 2007-08

History

League Champions

See also

External links

National Division clubs, 2007-08

Club	Finishing position last season
Arsenal	'1st'
Birmingham City	7th
Blackburn Rovers	6th
Bristol Academy	4th
Cardiff City1	10th
Charlton Athletic	3rd
Chelsea	8th
Doncaster Rovers	9th
Everton	2nd
Leeds United	5th
Liverpool	1st in Northern Division
Watford	1st in Southern Division

¹ Club is located in Wales.

History

League Champions

Teams in 'bold' have won a double with the FA Cup.

★ 2007 — 'Arsenal L.F.C.' (also wins a Treble with the UEFA Women's Cup)

★ 2006 — 'Arsenal L.F.C.'

★ 2005 — Arsenal L.F.C.

★ 2004 — 'Arsenal L.F.C.'

★ 2003 — 'Fulham L.F.C.'

★ 2002 — Arsenal L.F.C.

★ 2001 — 'Arsenal L.F.C.'

★ 2000 — 'Croydon L.F.C'

★ 1999 — Croydon L.F.C

★ 1998 — Everton L.F.C.

★ 1997 — Arsenal L.F.C.

★ 1996 — 'Croydon L.F.C'

★ 1995 — 'Arsenal L.F.C.'

★ 1994 — 'Doncaster Belles L.F.C.'

★ 1993 — 'Arsenal L.F.C.'

See also

★ Women's football (soccer)

★ List of women's football teams

★ List of women's football (soccer) competitions

External links

★ The FA Women's Page

★ femaleSOCCER.net - Girls and women's football including Premier League