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FA Women's National League South

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FA Women's National League South
SportFootball
Founded1992
No. of teams12
Countries England and
 Wales
Most recent
champion(s)		Ipswich Town (2 titles)
(2024–25)
Level on pyramid3
Promotion toWomen's Super League 2
Relegation toFA Women's National League Division One South West, FA Women's National League Division One South East
Current sports event 2024–25 FA Women's National League

The FA Women's National League South is a league in the third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are part of the FA Women's National League and below the Women's Super League and Women's Championship.

The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard three points for a win format. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Division One South West, and Division One South East.

For the 2023/24 season, changes were made meaning that two clubs would be relegated from the Women's Championship allowing one team each from National League North and South to be promoted to the Championship rather than having to play a season end playoff. This change resulted in two teams being relegated from the Championship at the end of the season.

Southern Premier Division teams are eligible to play in the Women's National League Cup as well as the Women's FA Cup.

Name

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It was known as the 'Women's Premier League Southern Division' before the 2018–19 season.[1]

Current teams (2024–25 season)

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Previous winners

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Season Club
1991–92 Arsenal
1992–93 District Line
1993–94 Bromley Borough
1994–95 Maidstone Tigress
1995–96 Southampton Saints
1996–97 Berkhamsted Town
1997–98 Ilkeston Town
1998–99 Reading Royals
1999–2000 Barry Town
2000–01 Brighton & Hove Albion
2001–02 Fulham
2002–03 Bristol Rovers (later Bristol Academy, now Bristol City)
2003–04 Bristol City (later AFC Team Bath, now defunct)
2004–05 Chelsea
2005–06 Cardiff City
2006–07 Watford
2007–08 Fulham
2008–09 Millwall Lionesses
2009–10 Barnet
2010–11 Charlton Athletic
2011–12 Portsmouth
2012–13 Reading
2013–14 Coventry City
Promotion to Women's Championship via NL play-off
2014–15 Portsmouth
2015–16 Brighton & Hove Albion
2016–17 Tottenham Hotspur
2017–18 Charlton Athletic
2018–19 Coventry United
2019–20 not awarded
2020–21 not awarded
2021–22 Southampton F.C.
2022–23 Watford
Automatic promotion to Women's Championship
2023–24 Portsmouth
2024-25 Ipswich Town

From the 2014–15 season until the 2023-24 season, the winning team from the National League South took part in a play-off game against the winning team of the Northern Division of the National League. The overall winner of this match was promoted to the Women's Championship. The overall champions of the FA Women's National League, the teams promoted in this period, are marked in bold.

From the 2023-24 season onwards, the English FA decided to remove the play-off between the two winners of the National League divisions, with both teams being promoted to the Women's Championship.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FA Women's Championship: New name chosen for England's second tier". BBC. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ "AFC Wimbledon Women's new home away from home". www.afcwimbledon.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Statement: 2023-24 promotion and relegation". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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