Cardiff City Ladies Football Club is a Welsh women's football club playing in the English FA Women's National League Division One.

Cardiff City Ladies

Full name	Cardiff City Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Dragons
Founded	1975; 47 years ago (1975), as Llanedeyrn LFC
Ground	Cwrt Yr Ala, Caerau[1]
Capacity	1,000
Chair	Michele Adams MBE[2]
Manager	Jamie Phillip[3]
League	FA Women's National League Division One
2021–22	FA Women's National League South, 11th of 14 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was founded in 1975 as Llanedeyrn L.F.C. after a local charity match.^{[citation needed]} In 1981 the name was changed to Cardiff L.F.C., and in 1993 the club linked up with Inter Cardiff F.C. and started playing at the Cardiff Athletic Stadium.^{[citation needed]} In 1997, the connection with Inter Cardiff was terminated and the club changed its name to Cardiff County L.F.C while affiliating with the Cardiff County Council.^{[citation needed]} In 2001 the club began affiliating with Cardiff City, the professional men’s club from the same city.^{[citation needed]}

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's proposals its operations became an independent outfit again.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} Relegated in the 2007–08 season, the club again were promoted to the National Division in 2010–11.[4]

Because Cardiff City Ladies has won the Welsh Women's Cup, the club has represented Wales played in the UEFA Women's Cup.^{[citation needed]}

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2022.[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  WAL Laura O'Sullivan 2 DF  ENG Liberty Piggott 3 DF  IRL Harriet Lambe 4 MF  WAL Emily Poole 5 DF  WAL Terri Beddows 6 MF  WAL Chelsea Cocherane 7 MF  ENG Ellie Sargent 8 MF  WAL Chloe Lloyd 9 MF  WAL Kelly Isaac 10 MF  WAL Emily Richards 11 FW  ENG Kerry Bartlett 12 FW  WAL Cori Williams (captain) 13 GK  WAL Alesha Stokes 14 FW  WAL Grace Seren 15 MF  NOR Ingrid Aadland 16 MF  WAL Laura Williams 17 DF  WAL Kate Wood 18 DF  WAL Caitlin Williams 19 DF  WAL Thierry-Jo Gauvain 21 MF  WAL Ruby Scahill 25 DF  ENG Hannah Mills

Former players

Honours

• Welsh Women's Cup (11): 1995, 2003 to 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016[6]

Record in UEFA competitions

• 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
• 2009–10: qualifying round, 3rd

References

External links

• Official website