FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

Sport	Football
Founded	1992
No. of teams	10
Country(ies)	England and Wales
Most recent champion(s)	Barnet

The FA Women's Premier League Southern Division is a league in the Third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division

The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard football format. The Southern champions get promoted to the National Premiership and are replaced by one of its bottom clubs, with relegation allocated along geographical lines. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the South West and South East Combination Leagues.

Southern Championship teams are eligible to play in the Women's League Cup as well as the FA Women's Cup.

Clubs for 2011–12 season

• Brighton & Hove Albion LFC
• Colchester United LFC
• Gillingham LFC
• Keynsham Town LFC
• Cardiff City LFC -
• Plymouth Argyle LFC †
• Portsmouth LFC
• Queen's Park Rangers LFC
• Tottenham Hotspur LFC ♠
• West Ham United LFC

† = promoted from South West Combination Women's Football League
♠ = promoted from South East Combination Women's Football League
- = relegated from FA Women's Premier League National Division

See also

• Women's association football
• List of women's football teams
• International competitions in women's association football

External links

• The FA Women's Page