The Women's FA Community Shield is an

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match in England. It is a national super cup, and the equivalent of the

FA Community Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the Premier Le ...

in male football. It is the first competitive match of the football season. The match is competed between the champions of the

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and the winners of the

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. If the Super League champions also win the FA Cup, the Cup runners-up play the match. The first community shield match was played in 2000 and lasted until 2008. The competition was then revived in 2020.

Inauguration

The Football Association (The FA) held the first charity match in 2000 when Double winners Charlton drew against

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and shared the trophy. All proceeds were donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity. The Charity Shield (Community Shield since 2002) has been sponsored by Nationwide since its inauguration. The competition lasted until 2008 and was not contested for eleven years until the competition was revived by the FA in 2020. The match was billed as a double header after being scheduled at

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on the same day as the men's competition for the first time in history.

List of finals

The competition was introduced in 2000 and was held annually at different venues until it was discontinued in 2009. It returned in 2020 when it became a double-header with the men's equivalent, hosted on the same day at

Performance by club

References

External links

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Community Shield Recurring sporting events established in 2000 2000 establishments in England Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in England

Inauguration

List of finals

Performance by club

See also

References

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