Cardiff Met Women AFC
Full nameCardiff Met Women AFC
Nickname(s)The Archers
Founded1992
GroundCyncoed Campus, UWIC Cyncoed
CoachKerry Harris
LeagueAdran Premier
2021–22Adran Premier, 2nd of 8
WebsiteClub website

Cardiff Met WFC is a women's football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It is the student team of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

The club is one of the most successful Women's Welsh Premier League team after winning the title five times (2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 and 2018–19) and qualifying multiple times for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

The team was named UWIC Ladies until they changed their team name to Cardiff Met. Ladies AFC after the 2011–12 season.[1] They then renamed from Ladies to Womens ahead of the 2018/19 season.

Squad

As of 31 July 2020[2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK Wales WAL Jessica Rees
- GK Wales WAL Charlotte Smith
- GK England ENG Estelle Randall
- DF Wales WAL Rebecca Mathias
- DF Wales WAL Tija Richardson
- DF Wales WAL Stephanie Turner
- DF Wales WAL Lucy Finch
- DF United States USA Jessica Westhoff
- MF United States USA Alexis Rienks
- MF England ENG Stacey Ayling
- MF Wales WAL Grace Corne
- MF England ENG Aimee Dagnall
- MF Wales WAL Sophie Hancocks
- MF Wales WAL Lauren Hutton-Townsend
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF Bermuda BER Kennesha Nanette
- MF United States USA Madison Schupbach
- MF United States USA Micaela Milavec
- MF England ENG Ellie Walker Smith
- MF England ENG Amy Long
- FW Wales WAL Emily Allen
- FW Wales WAL Erin Murray
- FW England ENG Naomi Clipston
- FW England ENG Robyn Pinder
- FW United States USA Olivia Thompson
- FW Wales WAL Chloe Tiley
- FW England ENG Kitty Wells
- FW Wales WAL Jodie Passmore

Top flight record

The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 2009, taking part in the four team Southern Conference.

The first two seasons saw the club finish in second place in the Southern Conference behind eventual champions Swansea City Ladies, having won all their matches, except the encounters with The Swans. The 2011/12 season proved to be their year as they avoided defeat against the reigning champions and qualified for the Championship Final, which they won 3–0 against Wrexham Ladies at Victoria Park, Llanidloes. Nadia Lawrence, Sophie Scherschel and Lauran Welsh scored the goals that sealed the club's first ever national title.

In the 2018-19 season, Cardiff Met Women won the domestic treble after winning the Premier League, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.[4] Cardiff Met were also unbeaten in the domestic season, winning 14 and drawing 2 of their 16 league games.

Year Pos Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Pts
2009/10 2 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12
2010/11 2 8 6 1 1 24 10 +14 19
2011/12 1 8 6 1 1 19 5 +14 19
2012/13 2 20 19 0 1 81 11 +70 57

Honours

Record in UEFA Women's Champions League

Summary

Pld W D L GF GA Last season played
15 2 1 12 17 59 2018–19

By season

Season Round Opponent Home Away Agg
2012–13 Qualifying round Israel ASA Tel Aviv University 0–5[12] 4th of 4[13]
Bosnia and Herzegovina SFK 2000 0–1[14]
Republic of Ireland Peamount United 0–4[15]
2014–15 Qualifying round Israel ASA Tel Aviv University 0–2[16] 4th of 4[17]
Belgium Standard Liège 0–10[18]
Portugal Atlético Ouriense 2–1[19]
2015–16 Qualifying round Poland KKPK Medyk Konin 0–5[20] 4th of 4[21]
Lithuania Gintra Universitetas 1–5[22]
Republic of Ireland Wexford Youths 1–5[23]
2016–17 Qualifying round Bulgaria NSA Sofia 4–0[24] 3rd of 4[25]
Serbia Spartak Subotica 2–3[26]
Iceland Breiðablik 0–8[27]
2018–19 Qualifying round Romania Olimpia Cluj 2–3[28] 3rd of 4[29]
Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 2–5[30]
Malta Birkirkara 2–2[31]
2019–20 Qualifying round Slovenia Pomurje 1–0[32] 2nd of 4[33]
Scotland Hibernian 1–2[34]
Georgia (country) Tbilisi Nike 5–1[35]

History

Cardiff Met. Ladies made history by recording the new record win for a Women's Premier League match on 10 March 2013 when they defeated Caerphilly Castle Ladies 43–0, surpassing a previous record set by Newcastle Emlyn Ladies against the same opponents.[36] Emily Allen holds the record of the most goals in a Women's Premier League match, with 15 in Cardiff Met. Ladies record win.[36]

References

  1. ^ "Europe beckons for UWIC". shekicks.net. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
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  4. ^ a b "FAW Women's Cup: Cardiff Met Women win domestic treble". 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ @AdranLeagues (21 April 2016). "@CardiffMetLFC crowned champions of the WPWL. Congratulations!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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  30. ^ "Cardiff Met-Kharkiv - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  31. ^ "Birkirkara-Cardiff Met - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  32. ^ "Cardiff Met-Pomurje | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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  35. ^ "FC Nike-Cardiff Met | UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  36. ^ a b "Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies net 43 goals against Caerphilly Castle". BBC. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

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