FA Women's National League North

FA Women's National League North

Sport	Football
Founded	1992
No. of teams	11
Country	England
Most recent champion(s)	Sheffield F.C. Ladies 2012–13
Level on pyramid	3

The FA Women's Premier League Northern Division is a league in the third-level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Southern 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 Northern 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 Northern and Midland Combination Leagues.

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

Clubs for 2013–14 season

Club	Finishing position 2012–13
Blackburn Rovers	3rd
Bradford City W.F.C.	3rd in Northern Combination
Derby County	8th
Leeds United	FA Women's Premier League National Division
Newcastle United	6th
Nottingham Forest	2nd
Preston North End	5th
Sheffield	1st
Sporting Club Albion	4th
Stoke City	1st in Midland Combination
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7th

Previous winners

Season	Winner
2003–04	Liverpool L.F.C.
2004–05	Sunderland A.F.C. Women
2005–06	Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.
2006–07	Liverpool L.F.C.
2007–08	Nottingham Forest L.F.C.
2008–09	Sunderland A.F.C. Women
2009–10	Liverpool L.F.C.
2010–11	Aston Villa L.F.C.
2011–12	Manchester City L.F.C.
2012–13	Sheffield F.C. Ladies

See also

• Women's football (soccer)
• List of women's football teams
• List of women's football (soccer) competitions

External links

• The FA Women's Page
• FA Full-time