Southampton Women's FC is a women's football club based in

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

, England. The club is affiliated to the

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and is an

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club. Founded in 1970, Southampton Women's FC is the most successful women's football team in Southampton. They are eight-time winners of the

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between the seasons 1970–71 and 1980–81, and twice runners-up.

History

Founded in 1970 by fans of Southampton F.C. men's team, Southampton Women's FC became the first WFA Cup (Women's FA Cup) winners in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

, winning the Final against

Stewarton Thistle Kilmarnock FC Women is a women's football team based in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire that plays in the SWPL 2. Founded as Stewarton Thistle, the club is the oldest women's football team in Scotland and celebrated its 50th anniversary in July 2011. Hi ...

. Southampton reached every WFA Cup Final in the competition's first nine seasons. They won the first three and won again in 1975, 1976,

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

, 1979 and 1981, with defeats in 1974 and 1977. Southampton is the city's most successful women's football club. They are eight-time winners of the

, second only to

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with 14 titles to their name. Southampton returned to form, with the first team winning the

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and League Cup in 2016–17. They gained promotion to the 4th-tier

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(now National League), whilst the Reserves were unbeaten in the Hampshire County Women's League and won promotion to the

Former players

Pat Davies scored two of England's three goals in their victory over Scotland in 1972, as well as three of Southampton's goals in their 4-1 victory in the first

Squad

As of 6 February 2019:

Teams

Minis, under-10s, under-13 Reds, under-13 Yellows, under-16s, Reserves, Firsts.

Honours

* WFA Cup (Women's FA Cup) ** Winners: (8) 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81 ** Runners-up: (2) 1973–74, 1976–77 *

** Winners: 2016–17 * Southern Region Women's Football League Cup ** Winners: 2016–17 *

Hampshire County Women's Football League Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire is ...

** Winners: 2015–16

References

External links

Official website
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