2023–24 Adran Premier Explained

Competition:Adran Premier
Season:2023–24
Winners:Cardiff City Women
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Relegated:Pontypridd United
Matches:80
Total Goals:282
League Topscorer:Eliza Collie (17)
Biggest Home Win:Cardiff City 6–1 Barry Town
Biggest Away Win:The New Saints 0–6 Cardiff City
Updated:2024-4-18
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 Adran Premier season (also known as Genero Adran Premier for sponsorship reasons), is the third edition of the Adran Premier, the highest level of league competition for women's football in Wales, and the fifteenth season of top-flight women's football in Wales overall.[1] The competition started on September 17, 2023.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] This season saw a rise in the number of matches broadcast on television, including a doubling of those shown on Welsh public channel S4C.[6] [7]

As in the previous season, this season is split into two groups (top 4 and bottom 4) after the 14th game, and each group plays a double round robin to make 20 total games. The top team qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

Teams

The league has eight teams:

ClubCityGround
Park Avenue
Jenner Park
Cardiff City WomenCardiff International Sports Stadium
Cardiff Met Cyncoed Campus
UWS Sports Park
Llandarcy Academy of Sport
Park Hall
The Rock

Changes

League table

Results

Matches 1–14

Teams play each other twice, once at home and once away.

Matches 15–20

After fourteen matches, the league splits into two sections of four teams (i.e. the top four and the bottom four), with the teams playing every other team in their section twice (once at home and once away). The exact matches are determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.

Plate (bottom four)

Notes and References

  1. News: Wrexham not in Adran Premier 'to make numbers up'. BBC Sport .
  2. News: Swansea deny Wrexham on their Adran Premier return. BBC Sport .
  3. Web site: Genero Adran Premier - Wrexham share points in six-goal thriller. September 17, 2023.
  4. Web site: Genero Adran Premier: Swansea deny Wrexham on their return. September 18, 2023. Yahoo Sports.
  5. Web site: Abergavenny start with home run on return to the top flight. August 3, 2022. South Wales Argus.
  6. Web site: Williams . Rhys . 2023-08-25 . S4C to double number of women's football games it will show this year . 2023-10-17 . Caerphilly Observer . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 2023-10-03 . 'Welcome to Wrexham' shows the gritty reality of Welsh women's soccer . 2023-10-17 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.