Cardiff Met WFC

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

Cardiff Met Women AFC

Full name	Cardiff Met Women AFC
Nickname(s)	The Archers
Founded	1992
Ground	Cyncoed Campus, UWIC Cyncoed
Capacity	1,620
Coach	Kerry Harris
League	Adran Premier
2023–24	Adran Premier, 6th of 8
Website	https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cardiffmetwfc
Home colours Away colours

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK  WAL Jessica Rees - GK  WAL Charlotte Smith - GK  ENG Estelle Randall - DF  WAL Rebecca Mathias - DF  WAL Tija Richardson - DF  WAL Stephanie Turner - DF  WAL Lucy Finch - DF  USA Jessica Westhoff - MF  USA Alexis Rienks - MF  ENG Stacey Ayling - MF  WAL Grace Corne - MF  ENG Aimee Dagnall - MF  WAL Sophie Hancocks

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  BER Kennesha Nanette - MF  USA Madison Schupbach - MF  USA Micaela Milavec - MF  ENG Ellie Walker Smith - MF  ENG Amy Long - FW  WAL Erin Murray - FW  ENG Naomi Clipston - FW  ENG Robyn Pinder - FW  USA Olivia Thompson - FW  WAL Chloe Tiley - FW  ENG Kitty Wells - FW  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

• Adran Premier:
  • Champions (6): 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16,^{[5][non-primary source needed]} 2017–18,^[6] 2018-19^[7]
• FAW Women's Cup:
  • Champions (3): 2013–14, 2016–17,^[8] 2018-19^[4]
  • Runners-up: 2010, 2012, 2013
• Adran Trophy:
  • Champions (3): 2013–14,^[9] 2016–17,^[10] 2018-19^[11]
• British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) champions 2012–13, 2013–14

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	ASA Tel Aviv University	0–5[12]		4th of 4[13]
		SFK 2000	0–1[14]
		Peamount United	0–4[15]
2014–15	Qualifying round	ASA Tel Aviv University	0–2[16]		4th of 4[17]
		Standard Liège	0–10[18]
		Atlético Ouriense	2–1[19]
2015–16	Qualifying round	KKPK Medyk Konin	0–5[20]		4th of 4[21]
		Gintra Universitetas	1–5[22]
		Wexford Youths	1–5[23]
2016–17	Qualifying round	NSA Sofia	4–0[24]		3rd of 4[25]
		Spartak Subotica	2–3[26]
		Breiðablik	0–8[27]
2018–19	Qualifying round	Olimpia Cluj	2–3[28]		3rd of 4[29]
		Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	2–5[30]
		Birkirkara	2–2[31]
2019–20	Qualifying round	Pomurje	1–0[32]		2nd of 4[33]
		Hibernian	1–2[34]
		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

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27. "Cardiff Met-Breidablik - UEFA Women's Champions League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
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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.
33. "UWCL - Standings". 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. "Cardiff Metropolitan Ladies net 43 goals against Caerphilly Castle". BBC. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.

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External links

• Official website