The FA Women's Premier League is the major women's football competition in England. It has been run by The Football Association since the 1992-93 season. 36 teams compete in the three divisions of the Women's Premier League.

The competition is run in a pyramid format, with the FA Women's Premier League National Division at the top, and the Northern and Southern divisions running on an equal basis underneath the National Division. The winners of these leagues each season are promoted to the National Division. The terms Women's Premiership and Ladies Premiership are generally used for the National Division only.

Underneath the top flight leagues, are four Combination leagues - the South West, South East, Midland and Northern Combinations.

Honours History

These are the top honours that the FA Women's Premier League clubs are eligible for and their holders over its history, counted from the time the (National) Premiership was formed; the FA Cup dates from 1970, the League Cup from 1991, and the Community Shield (formerly the Charity Match and the Charity Shield) from 2000.

Season	Premiership	FA Cup	League Cup	Community Shield
1992-93	Arsenal	Arsenal	Arsenal
1993-94	Doncaster Rovers	Doncaster Rovers	Arsenal
1994-95	Arsenal	Arsenal	Wimbledon
1995-96	Charlton Athletic	Charlton Athletic	Wembley
1996-97	Arsenal	Millwall	Millwall
1997-98	Everton	Arsenal	Arsenal
1998-99	Charlton Athletic	Arsenal	Arsenal
1999-2000	Charlton Athletic	Charlton Athletic	Arsenal	Arsenal
2000-01	Arsenal	Arsenal	Arsenal	Arsenal
2001-02	Arsenal	Fulham	Fulham	Fulham
2002-03	Fulham	Fulham	Fulham	Fulham
2003-04	Arsenal	Arsenal	Charlton Athletic	Charlton Athletic
2004-05	Arsenal	Charlton Athletic	Arsenal	Arsenal
2005-06	Arsenal	Arsenal	Charlton Athletic	Arsenal
2006-07	Arsenal	Arsenal	Arsenal	Arsenal
2007-08	Arsenal	Arsenal	Everton

Regional Championship Winners (promoted to Premiership) (partial list)

Season	Northern Championship	Southern Championship
1998-99	Aston Villa	Reading Royals
1999-2000	Sunderland	Barry Town
2000-01	Leeds United	Brighton & Hove Albion
2001-02	Birmingham City	Fulham
2002-03	Aston Villa	Bristol Rovers
2003-04	Liverpool	Bristol City
2004-05	Sunderland	Chelsea
2005-06	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff City
2006-07	Liverpool	Watford
2007-08	Nottingham Forest	Fulham

Sponsorship

• AXA (until 2004)
• Nationwide Building Society (2004-2007)
• Tesco (2007-present)

See also

• FA Women's Premier League National Division
• FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
• FA Women's Premier League Southern Division
• Premier League Cup, the Women's Premier League's cup competition
• Women's football (soccer) competitions

External links

• The Football Association - Women's Premier League official site
• femaleSOCCER.net - Girls and women's football including England Women's Premier League
• Records of winners