Swansea City Ladies F.C. Explained

Clubname:Swansea City
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Fullname:Swansea City Ladies Football Club
Nickname:The Swans
Founded:2002
Ground:Llandarcy Academy of Sport
Neath, Wales
Capacity:2,000
Manager:Jamie Sherwood
League:Adran Premier
Season:2023–24
Position:Adran Premier, 2nd of 8
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Website:https://www.swanseacity.com/news?category=1578

Swansea City Ladies Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Merched Dinas Abertawe) is a women's football club based in Swansea, Wales, currently playing in the Adran Premier, the top level of female competition in Wales.

History

Formed in 2002, the team were members of the inaugural Welsh Premier Women's League in 2009/10 and came top of the Southern Conference, winning all six of their matches.

This set up a meeting with Northern winners, Caernarfon Town Ladies, with the winner clinching the title and becoming Wales' representatives in the UEFA Women's Champions League.

They beat the Canaries 4–0 at Haverfordwest to qualify for Europe for the very first time.[1] For the first time Swansea qualified to UEFA competitions in 2010 after winning the Welsh Premier League. As Wales is not in the top leagues by the UEFA coefficient for women, the team had to go through the qualifying stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League. Swansea City were drawn out in Group 5 and paired with ŽNK Krka (Slovenia) – who hosted the mini group – top seeds CF Bardolino Verona (Italy) and FC Baia Zugdidi (Georgia).[2] Swansea achieved one win in its group, beating Baia Zugdidi 2–1 and ended the group on place 3 of 4, thus failing to move on to the knockout stages.

They defended their title in 2011 again against Caernarfon with a 3–1 final win, thus would participate in the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

19 April 2015 Swansea Beat Cardiff City Women's 4–2 in the FAW Women's Cup.

On 28 April 2016, Swansea beat PILCS in the Welsh Premier Women's League Cup 4–0.

In the 2016/2017 they lost the first game of the season in a thrilling 5–4 contest at home to Abergavenny. They then went on to remain unbeaten the whole season, winning the league comfortably, and crowned champions after a 4–0 win against Cyncoed. Setting the girls up for a return to Europe. The girls headed to Cluj, Romania, where they played Hibernian, Olimpia Cluj and Zhytlobud-2.

Returning home after Champions League, the women went on to secure second in the league after a tough campaign. They did win the FAW Cup, 2–1 with goals coming from Jodie Passmore and Katy Hosford to beat Cardiff City at the Cardiff City Stadium, bring the FAW cup home to Liberty Stadium in Swansea

As of August 2023, Swansea City Ladies F.C became Swansea City AFC Women semi-professional team.

2022-2023

Champions League

Swansea City were drawn against tournament hosts and Greek champions PAOK in the first round of the qualifying bracket.

Despite a valiant effort, Swansea lost 2-0 against PAOK to bow out of the 2022–23 UEFA Women's Champions League in the First Round of Qualifying.

Players

Current squad

captain

Honours

Adran Premier

Welsh Premier Women's League

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

By season

SeasonRoundOpponentHomeAwayAgg
2010–11Qualifying round Bardolino0–7[14] 3rd of 4[15]
Krka0–4[16]
Baia Zugdidi2–1[17]
2011–12Qualifying round Lehenda-ShVSM0–2[18] 3rd of 4[19]
Apollon Limassol0–8[20]
Progrès Niederkorn4–0[21]
2017–18Qualifying round Hibernian0–5[22] 4th of 4[23]
Olimpia Cluj0–3[24]
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv0–9[25]
2020–21Round 1 Apollon Limassol0–3[26]
2021–22Round 1 CSKA Moscow1–4 (aet)[27]
2022–23Round 1 PAOK0–2[28]

Coaching staff

Updated: August 15, 2022

PositionName
Head coach Jamie Sherwood
Assistant coach -
Assistant coach -
Goalkeeping coach -

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ladies book European place . Swansea City A.F.C. . 10 May 2010 . 25 May 2010.
  2. News: Swans Ladies are Slovenia bound . Swansea City A.F.C. . 22 June 2010 . 22 June 2010.
  3. Web site: League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League . www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk . 29 July 2019.
  4. Web site: League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League . www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk . 29 July 2019.
  5. Web site: League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League . www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk.
  6. Web site: League Tables - Welsh Premier Womens League . www.welshpremierwomensleague.co.uk . 29 July 2019.
  7. Web site: WOMEN'S FAW CUP: CARDIFF CITY 2-4 SWANSEA CITY . . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/ursh8MRicwg . 2021-12-15 . live. 29 July 2019 . 25 April 2015.
  8. Web site: FAW / Swansea come back to beat Cardiff in FAW Women's Cup Final . www.faw.cymru . 29 July 2019 . en.
  9. Web site: Cardiff Met win FAW Women's Welsh Cup Final 2014 . . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/Pheps-uK8S0 . 2021-12-15 . live. 29 July 2019 . 15 April 2014.
  10. Web site: FAW Women's Cup final: Swans Ladies 2-2 Cardiff Met Ladies (4-5 on penalties) . 29 July 2019 . 9 April 2017.
  11. Web site: She Kicks - News Section: Swans Exact Welsh Premier Cup Final Revenge . 2017-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170207014031/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/13080 . 7 February 2017 . dmy-all .
  12. Web site: PILCS Come From Behind to Claim League Cup - Welsh Premier League . www.wpl.cymru . 29 July 2019.
  13. Web site: Season in Review: Swans Ladies Swansea . www.swanseacity.com . 29 July 2019.
  14. Web site: Women's Soccer Scene . www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk . 7 August 2019.
  15. Web site: Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  16. Web site: Swansea City vs. Krka - 7 August 2010 - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  17. Web site: Baia vs. Swansea City - 10 August 2010 - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  18. Web site: Legenda vs. Swansea City - 11 August 2011 - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  19. Web site: Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  20. Web site: Swansea City vs. Apollon Limassol - 13 August 2011 - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  21. Web site: Progrès Niederkorn vs. Swansea City - 16 August 2011 - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  22. Web site: Hibernian-Swansea - UEFA Women's Champions League . UEFA.com . 7 August 2019 . en.
  23. Web site: Summary - UEFA Women's Champions League - Europe - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway . syndication.soccerway.com . 7 August 2019.
  24. Web site: Olimpia Cluj-Swansea - UEFA Women's Champions League . UEFA.com . 7 August 2019 . en.
  25. Web site: Swansea-Kharkiv - UEFA Women's Champions League . UEFA.com . 7 August 2019 . en.
  26. Web site: Report | Apollon Ladies 3 Swansea City Ladies 0 | Swansea .
  27. Web site: Report | WFC CSKA Moscow 4 Swansea City Ladies 1 | Swansea .
  28. Web site: Report | AC PAOK 2 Swansea City Ladies 0 | Swansea .