Cardiff City Football Club Women () is a

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club based in

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. Affiliated with

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It currently competes in , the third tier of the English football league system in the 2025–26 season following relegation. Founded in 1899 a ...

, the club competes in the

Adran Premier The Adran Premier (, formerly the Welsh Premier Women's League), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Genero Adran Premier, is the highest level of league competition for women's football in Wales. Established in 2009, it is organised by th ...

, the top tier of Welsh women's football. Cardiff have won three league titles, four Welsh Cups and one

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History

Until the 2011–12 season, Cardiff played in the South Wales Women's League Division One. The club joined the Welsh Premier Women's League in 2012, after the decision was made to expanded the league nationally for the 2012–13 season. Cardiff won the

2012–13 Welsh Premier League The 2012–13 Welsh Premier League, known as the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Welsh Premier League, the highest Association football, football league within Wales since its establishment ...

on goal difference, and subsequently qualified for European football, entering the Qualifying round of the

2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 13th edition of the European women's championship for football clubs. The final was held at Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon, Portugal. German team VfL Wolfsburg won the title over Swedish club Ty ...

. Placed in

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, Cardiff made their European debut against

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on 8 August 2013, losing 3–0. The club lost both remaining group games against

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and

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respectively, and finished the group in fourth place. The club reached the final of the 2014–15 Welsh Cup, the clubs first appearance in a Welsh Cup final, but were beaten 4–2 by

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on 19 April. Cardiff won the 2015–16 Welsh Cup, beating Llandudno 5–2 on 17 April. The club reached the final of the WPWL Cup for the first time in 2021, but were beaten 4–1 by

on 26 May. The club achieved a league and cup double for the 2022–23 season, winning both the Adran Premier and Welsh Cup. Cardiff turned semi-professional in June 2023. The club were drawn against Lithuanian side Gintra in the

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of the

2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 15th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the third edition to fe ...

, losing 2–0. The club achieved a

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for the 2023–24 season, winning the league, Welsh Cup, and Adran Trophy. The club achieved another league and cup double for the 2024–25 season, winning both the Adran Premier and Welsh Cup.

Stadium

Cardiff play their home games at the

Cardiff International Sports Stadium Cardiff International Sports Campus (), is an athletics stadium and playing fields in the Canton area of Cardiff, Wales. The campus opened in 2009 as part of the major Leckwith Development, which included a new football and rugby stadium, Car ...

. The club also play select matches at the

Cardiff City Stadium The Cardiff City Stadium () is a stadium in the Leckwith, Cardiff, Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. It is the home of Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City and the Wales national football team, Wales national team. Following expansion of the Ninian S ...

Players

First-team squad

Honours

League *

(level 1) **Champions:

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 Cup *

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup (), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions ...

**Winners: 2015–16, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 **Runners-up: 2014–15 *

**Winners: 2023–24

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Summary

By season

References

External links

Official website
{{Cardiff City F.C. Women's football clubs in Wales Cardiff City F.C. Welsh Premier Women's Football League clubs