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The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2) and renamed the FA Women's Championship prior to the 2018–19 season. [1] " The FA " was subsequently dropped from the league name ahead of the 2022–23 season , [ 2 ] prior to new ownership for the 2024–25 season by clubs in the first and second tiers.
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They will be replaced by Bristol City who returned to the division following relegation from the Women's Super League after one season. [4] Following a switch to a two down, two up system with the FA Women's National League, the 2024–25 season marks the first time more than one newly-promoted team will contest the Championship.
Liverpool were promoted to the FA WSL as 2021–22 FA Women's Championship winners. [6] They were replaced by Birmingham City who finished bottom of the FA WSL in the 2021–22 season and were relegated after 20 years in the top flight. [7] Watford were relegated to the FA Women's National League after just one season in the Championship. [8]
The pyramid for women's football in England runs separately into ten tiers. There are no official definitions of any level below 11 for men or below 10 for women. Any references to the structure at lower levels should not be regarded as definitive. Some England-based men's clubs play outside the English football league system.
Twelve teams competed in the Championship for the 2021–22 season, an increase of one team from the previous season. This was a planned progression of the restructuring of the English women's game, a move prompted to provide for a fully professional Women's Super League (WSL) starting with the 2018–19 season.
It was the team's first-ever major trophy and was the first major international championship won by an England team (women's or men's) since 1966. [65] The final was watched by a crowd of 87,192, a record for either the women's or men's European Championship. [66]
The WFA was founded in November 1969 as the Ladies Football Association of Great Britain, when the main women's football competitions were Regional Leagues.After the English Football Association reversed its 1921 ban on women's games at its grounds, the WFA Cup began in 1970–71, a national competition initially including many clubs outside of England.