The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 25th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the

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, and for the second season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the Premier League Plate. All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament. Going into the tournament, Charlton Athletic were the reigning champions, having defeated Sheffield on

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the previous season. They failed to defend their title this year however, thanks to a defeat to

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in the first round.

Results

All results listed are published by The Football Association. Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously. The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.

Qualifying rounds

Determining round

The competition began with a Determining Round, which consisted of all 72 teams in the

being drawn in pairs. The winners of these 36 games progressed to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualified for the

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Preliminary round

With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needed to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place. Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the first round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in preliminary round ties.

Competition proper

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

:''Teams and squad numbers as indicated on the official team sheet for the match.''

References

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